Apr 7th, 2008 · On April 7, 1933, as Prohibition was winding down, legal commercial beer production resumed in the United States. A looser definition of what constituted an intoxicating beverage allowed Americans to legally enjoy beer until Prohibition's repeal nine months later. Historian William Rorabaugh, author of Alcoholic Republic, discusses the day's events.
Mar 12th, 2008 · Melissa Block remembers Franklin Delano Roosevelt's first "fireside chat" as president, which he delivered on March 12, 1933 -- 75 years ago Wednesday. Roosevelt had been in office just eight days and had little time to waste, as the country needed reassuring.
Mar 9th, 2008 · Financial security for all Americans was weighing heavily on President Franklin Delano Roosevelt 75 years ago. On March 12, 1933, FDR delivered the first of what would become his famous "fireside chats" designed to reassure an anxious public struggling to find its way out of the Great Depression. He spoke after proclaiming a four-day bank holiday to prevent panicked customers from making huge withdrawals.
Sep 20th, 2007 · Critic Milo Miles reviews the new four-DVD set, Popeye the Sailor 1933-1938. The animated series features the classic Popeye cartoons by the Fleischer Brothers studios. Miles calls the set a first-rate reissue.
May 25th, 2007 · Late one evening in 1933, when Trudy Henry was at home in Dodge City, Kan., with her mother and sister, a man and a woman drove up to their house. What followed could be seen as an innocent visit -- if it weren't for the names of the couple in the car: Bonnie and Clyde.
Oct 10th, 2006 · More than 600,000 pieces of artwork are believed to have been looted from private European collections by the Nazis between 1933 and 1945. Some of that art is in the United States. NPR's Guy Raz reports on the quandaries museums face as they investigate claims. Recently, Yale University reached a creative solution with an elderly man over a Courbet landscape valued in the millions.
Sep 9th, 2006 · Sitting in the Berlin square where Nazis burned books in 1933, Wim Wenders, Cornel West and dozens of fellow notables answer 100 weighty questions submitted by people who read about the exercise on the Internet.
Jul 21st, 2006 · Harry Olivieri, credited with helping invent the Philly cheesesteak sandwich, has died at the age of 90. Olivieri and his older brother, Pat, began making Philadelphia's signature sandwich in 1933. The pair co-founded Pat's King of Steaks, selling the mix of beef and onions that still claims rabid fans. Melissa Block talks with Frank Olivieri, Harry's son, who still runs the family business.