Dec 24th, 2008 · Baseball broadcaster Jon Miller talks about a recently discovered recording of a baseball play-by-play that was made 41 years after the actual game took place. At a broadcasters' conference in Orlando in 1979, Red Barber recorded a gripping play-by-play of a 1938 game at Brooklyn's Ebbets Field.
Dec 22nd, 2008 · Automaker Toyota has announced its first operating loss since 1938. The company cited a severe drop in demand for its cars, especially in the U.S., which accounts for one-third of its vehicle sales. New York Times senior correspondent offers her insight.
Sep 30th, 2008 · In 1938, Nicholas Winton was set to go on a ski vacation when a friend called and asked him to help Jewish children flee the Nazis. The young stockbroker saved 660 children, including the mother and aunts of NPR reporter Kim Masters. Masters visits the 99-year-old Winton, who offers a lesson on memory.
Aug 8th, 2008 · Previously unpublished George Orwell diaries are being released online as a daily blog. The first entry, from Aug. 9, 1938, will appear online Saturday, exactly 70 years after Orwell wrote it. The diaries shed light on European history and Orwell's life.
Jul 21st, 2008 · Here's a back-to-school story 70 years in the making. The last time retired British army Col. Michael Cobb picked up a college degree was 1938. He went back this weekend to pick up another — a Ph.D. from Cambridge University. The 91-year-old put in 18 years of research to create an atlas of British train stations.
May 3rd, 2008 · Albert Hofmann, the self-described "father of LSD," discovered the substance while working for a pharmaceutical company in 1938. Rick Doblin of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies talks about Hofmann's discovery and later research.
Apr 30th, 2008 · Albert Hoffman discovered the psychedelic drug LSD in 1938 while seeking medicinal uses for a fungus found on grains. He was the first human to try the drug — by accident — when a small amount of the chemical was absorbed through his fingertips.
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.