Joe Richman

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  • Username: jrichman
  • Producer/Reporter
  • Role: Producer Group Staff

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Mexico '68: A Movement, A Massacre and the 40-Yr Search for the Truth (22:25)
From: Radio Diaries

In the summer of 1968, students in Mexico began to challenge the country's authoritarian government. But the movement was short-lived, lasting less than three months. It ...
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Gracie Allen: The Joke That Became a Campaign (05:12)
From: Radio Diaries

In 1940 the United States was just emerging from the shadow of the Great Depression and war loomed in Europe. Into these serious times stepped Gracie Allen, part of the ...
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Adlai Stevenson: A Candidate in the Age of Television (07:36)
From: Radio Diaries

The 1952 presidential campaign pitted the immensely popular General Dwight D. Eisenhower against the ferociously intellectual and intensely private Adlai Stevenson. It was an ...
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Margaret Chase Smith: Cold Warrior in Pearls (07:38)
From: Radio Diaries

In 1964, Margaret Chase Smith became the first woman from a major party to run for President. The Republican Senator ran as a staunch hawk and expert on national defense ...
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The “Veep” (07:25)
From: Radio Diaries

Alben Barkley served in Congress for close to 40 years and was Harry Truman’s vice president from 1948-1952. Though he wanted to be President himself, Barkley never made it ...