(over 9 hours on one compact disc)

A collection of 12 mp3 files, chronicling the first year of the Nostalgia Digest Podcast—with classic personalities and sounds from the Golden Age of Radio! JANUARY: A conversation with Nostalgia Digest founder CHUCK SCHADEN; FEBRUARY: The radio career of Rex Stout's NERO WOLFE; MARCH: All about EVE ARDEN; APRIL: Producer Steve Parry discusses his documentary about The National Barn Dance; MAY: The remarkable VIC AND SADE, radio's home folks; JUNE: The many men who gave voice to SAM SPADE; JULY: A visit to the Theatre Historical Society; AUGUST: Talking about the new Museum of Broadcast Communications with Museum president Bruce Dumont; SEPTEMBER: The comedy legacy of ABBOTT & COSTELLO; OCTOBER: We celebrate the great horror movie hosts and talk with Rich (SVENGOOLIE) Koz; NOVEMBER: Remembering GUNSMOKE, one of radio's first adult westerns; DECEMBER: Author Robert Ledermann recalls CHRISTMAS IN CHICAGO!

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(over 10 hours on one compact disc)

A collection of 12 mp3 files, chronicling the second year of the Nostalgia Digest Podcast—with classic personalities and sounds from the Golden Age of Radio! JANUARY: The life and career of radio's "Bad Boy," the notorious HENRY MORGAN; FEBRUARY: Award-winning artist ALEX ROSS talks about the Golden Age of Superheroes; MARCH: Author David Koenig talks about the amazing career of DANNY KAYE; APRIL: The man with the action-packed expense account--YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR; MAY: The life and career of KAY KYSER, "The Ol' Perfessor"; JUNE: We honor BOB & RAY, as Bob Elliott looks back on his forty-year partnership with Ray Goulding; JULY: One of radio's best family comedies, THE GREAT GILDERSLEEVE; AUGUST: We discuss the radio and television work of JACK BENNY with Jack's daughter Joan; SEPTEMBER: From Buck Rogers to X Minus One, SCIENCE FICTION on radio; OCTOBER: Comedian ROBERT KLEIN talks about the comedy legacy of the Catskill Resorts and the documentary When Comedy Went To School; NOVEMBER: The many voices of Baker Street's most famous resident, SHERLOCK HOLMES; DECEMBER: Meet The Man in Black, The Crazy Quilt Dragon, and the guard of Jack Benny's Vault: actor JOSEPH KEARNS

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(over 10 hours on one compact disc)

A collection of 12 mp3 files, chronicling the third year of the Nostalgia Digest Podcast—with classic personalities and sounds from the Golden Age of Radio! JANUARY: The radio path of the couple that would become famous as FIBBER McGEE AND MOLLY; FEBRUARY: Author Martin Gardner discusses his book about America's smartest children, THE QUIZ KIDS; MARCH: Movie historian MATTHEW HOFFMAN looks back at why 1939 was HOLLYWOOD'S GREATEST YEAR; APRIL: Those Were the Days announcer KEN ALEXANDER looks back on a fifty-five year radio career; MAY: The radio career of television's queen of comedy, LUCILLE BALL; JUNE: The Connecticut Yankee who became famous for spotting talent, RUDY VALLEE; JULY: Artist Donnie Pitchford discusses his comic strip homage to radio's LUM AND ABNER; AUGUST: "Laugh your troubles away" as we look back at RIVERVIEW AMUSEMENT PARK; SEPTEMBER: The "First Lady of Suspense" and one of radio's busiest actors, AGNES MOOREHEAD; OCTOBER: Bill Marx looks back at the comedy legacy of his father HARPO MARX; NOVEMBER: Author Todd Tarbox discusses the Illinois roots of ORSON WELLES; DECEMBER: We examine one of Chicago's great holiday traditions: HARDROCK, COCO & JOE

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(over 10 hours on one compact disc)

A collection of 12 mp3 files, chronicling the fourth year of the Nostalgia Digest Podcast—with classic personalities and sounds from the Golden Age of Radio! JANUARY: The show that brought movies to radio: THE LUX RADIO THEATRE; FEBRUARY: The story of RADIO'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN PIONEERS; MARCH: A celebration of Those Were the Days' 45th anniversary with RICH "Svengoolie" KOZ and pianist REGINALD ROBINSON; APRIL: Our conversation with Those Were the Days' founder CHUCK SCHADEN as he looks back on the show he created; MAY: sportscaster PAT HUGHES discusses his CD series of Baseball Voices; JUNE: The pioneering radio career of singer BING CROSBY; JULY: Remembering radio's master of mystery and horror, writer ARCH OBOLER; AUGUST: Remembering CHICAGO'S AIRPORTS with authors Neal Samors and Christopher Lynch; SEPTEMBER: The career of EDDIE CANTOR, the comedian who became one of radio's first (and biggest) stars; OCTOBER: We look at the man who walked by night: THE WHISTLER; NOVEMBER: Author Martin Grams Jr. discusses his book about DUFFY'S TAVERN and the challenges of writing about radio; DECEMBER: The wonderful life and radio career of the great JAMES STEWART

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(more than 13 hours on one compact disc)

A collection of 12 mp3 files, chronicling the fifth year of the Nostalgia Digest Podcast, with classic personalities and sounds from the Golden Age of Radio! JANUARY: Celebrating the Golden Age of Hollywood with the NORTHWEST CHICAGO FILM SOCIETY; FEBRUARY: The radio career of THE SHADOW; MARCH: Radio's most famous clown, RED SKELTON; APRIL: The voice of Betty Rubble and Gertrude Gearshift, actress BEA BENADERET; MAY: Author Walter Podrazik examines the "Golden Age" of television; JUNE: Radio's longest-running crimefighter, MR. KEEN, TRACER OF LOST PERSONS; JULY: The one, the only GROUCHO MARX; AUGUST: A look at ERNEST HEMINGWAY's Hollywood "career"; SEPTEMBER: The career of DICK POWELL, hard-boiled heart-throb; OCTOBER: How FIBBER McGEE AND MOLLY left Chicago for Hollywood and took Wistful Vista with them; NOVEMBER: We examine HEROES ON DECK, a documentary about Chicago's role in World War II; DECEMBER: Our gigantic FIFTH ANNIVERSARY PODCAST, featuring highlights from the past and some special guests from the present

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(over 11 hours on one compact disc)

A collection of 12 mp3 files, chronicling the sixth year of the Nostalgia Digest Podcast—with classic personalities and sounds from the Golden Age of Radio! JANUARY: We talk about Heroes of the Comics with celebrated artist DREW FRIEDMAN; FEBRUARY: The life and career of comedian EDDIE GREEN; MARCH: Radio's greatest hero, THE LONE RANGER; APRIL: Meet "America's Favorite Young Couple," OZZIE AND HARRIET NELSON; MAY: Chicago television legend BILL JACKSON looks back on his career; JUNE: The shows that brought the movies to radio; JULY: Remembering Chicago's famous BLACKHAWK RESTAURANT; AUGUST: We look at the Golden Age of bad movies with Mystery Science Theater 3000 star FRANK CONNIFF; SEPTEMBER: Radio's first voice of authority, LOWELL THOMAS; OCTOBER: Radio's most famous ventriloquist, EDGAR BERGEN; NOVEMBER: A conversation with radio historian CARL AMARI; DECEMBER: The radio history of A Christmas Carol

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