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waugh-bao · 2 days ago

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I’ve been meaning to get more into old time radio. Do you have any suggestions for good websites I can use to listen? :)

I think the easiest entry point, both in terms of how simple it is to access and the content itself, is the This Day in Jack Benny podcast. It comes out weekly and covers the Benny radio catalogue from the ‘30s-‘50s and every episode is a broadcast from that day or one close to it with a brief introduction on the context of the time the show was recorded and the specific references and jokes in the episode. I believe at this point the person behind it, John Henderson, has covered the entire available Benny catalogue or something close to it.

There is a website called Radio Echoes that has recordings of dozens of different radio programs from the ‘30s-‘50s and there’s a huge variance in the archive for each one. Some have 2-3 episodes preserved, some have hundreds. The Fred Allen show archive there, for example, has 231 episodes. They’ve got the Al Jolson Show, Benny Goodman Swing School, the Bob Hope Show, and so many others, British and American. You can search by the program, the year, or special collections, and it’s possible to listen on the site or download to your phone or computer.

I’m not sure what its status is nowadays, but Archive.org also has quite a bit of early radio content in the audio sections, and some neat videos from early radio stars who went on to have TV shows or guest on them in the video section. Like Jack Benny’s 20th Anniversary Special from 1970.

Hope that helps!

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fumbletron · 3 days ago

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Just had an interesting conversation with my brother about an episode of Star Trek Discovery that I thought was laughably bad, and I had this whole big rant about it, but he comes back with his own perspective and why it was actually one of his favorite episodes. Blew my mind and kind of jogged my perspective a little because it was an angle I hadn't considered.

This is why it's so important not to be attached to a black and white "this is bad and this is good" view of shows, movies, or books. Others might like things that you hate and have very valid reasons for that, but if your attitude toward a work is "I hate this and anybody who likes it is stupid" you could miss some very interesting and thought provoking points that you wouldn't have noticed on your own. Understanding and *respecting* that other perspectives might conflict with your own can broaden your own perspective, and you might never agree, but I will always believe it's better to have respectful, thought-provoking conversations about art than to stick to your guns and demean anybody who has a different perspective.

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shootbambino · 3 days ago

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