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.
Nov 12th, 2008 · In 1979, Chrysler avoided collapse by getting $1.5 billion in loans from the government, but the company also had to come up with some $2 billion in concessions. Charles Hyde, professor of history at Wayne State University and author of Riding the Roller Coaster: A History of the Chrysler Corporation, offers his insight.
Sep 19th, 2008 · In 1979, the Supreme Court guaranteed students the right to vote in the communities in which they attend school. But election officials can make it difficult. In Norfolk, Va., the local registrar has reportedly barred students who live in dormitories from registering to vote.
Jul 24th, 2008 · The Monty Python funnyman is back with Not The Messiah, an adaptation of the 1979 film Life of Brian. He reprises some of the original songs and characters, and laments that the sheep get more applause than he does.
Jul 4th, 2008 · Pianist Bill Evans was a giant of jazz piano and one of Marian McPartland's first guests on Piano Jazz in 1979. On this program, the usually quiet and reserved musical genius opens up about his approach and philosophy.
Jun 10th, 2008 · Congressional leaders hope to wrap up a bill soon that would slow the pace of foreclosures. They're at their highest level since 1979. The bill has strong support from Democrats and quite a few Republicans. But the government bailout plan is also meeting resistance — from renters and even other homeowners.
Apr 29th, 2008 · Psychologist Dan Gottlieb hosts the award-winning mental-health call-in show Voices in the Family, which airs on Philadelphia's WHYY-FM. Since a near-fatal auto accident in 1979, he's been paralyzed from the chest down. Gottlieb has had nearly three decades to come to terms with the changed circumstances of his body — but now, he fears, that body may be wearing out.
Mar 28th, 2008 · Three Mile Island has been synonymous with the 1979 accident that caused the partial meltdown of one of its reactors. The company that owns the working reactor has applied for a license extension that would keep the plant running until 2034.