Battle of Britain -Veteran broadcaster Robert Trout recalls when the tide of the Battle of Britain turned. After the war, it was learned that on this date Adolf Hitler decided to abandon plans to take over England. Trout narrates a story about anchoring CBS Radio Network News during this period. We hear his colleague in London, Edward R. Murrow reporting on the air raids, Trout's own broadcasts, and the voice of Winston Churchill after the war.
Trout tells how the addition of an evening newscast in radio prime time angered advertisers.
It is the worst recorded natural disaster in the history of the United States. The voices you'll hear come from oral histories, letters and memoirs of storm survivors. NPR's John Burnett reports. The Amherst professor who's teaching the course is also preparing a Spanglish dictionary. Pippin Ross reports.