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"The Frost King" Fiasco
When she was 11, Helen wrote a story she thought was her own, and "The Frost King" was published by the director of the Perkins Institute.  She had not recalled someone had once read "The Frost Fairies" (by Margaret T. Canby) to her.  Eight people interrogated Helen, about her plagiarized ...
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A Cape Cod Vacation
Chapter 10 - After her visit to Boston, Helen and her teacher went on holiday to Cape Cod.  For the first time in her life, she felt what it was like to be in the ocean.  When a wave pulled her under the water, she was very frightened.  Also puzzled, she asked Anne Sullivan:  "Wh...
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A Student at Perkins Institution for the Blind
Helen visited the Perkins Institute for the Blind in May of 1888.  For the first time in her life, she met other children who used the manual alphabet.  It was, she said, like coming home to her own country.  She visited places around Boston, and especially loved the Pilgrims' Plymout...
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A Tale of Two Cities - Mercury Theatre on the Air
Orson Welles and Martin Gabel star in this Mercury Theatre on the Air production of Charles Dicken's novel, A Tale of Two Cities.  The story was first broadcast, on the CBS network, on July 25, 1938. This was the third program of the first series of Mercury Theatre on the Air broadcasts.
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A Trip to Meet Alexander Graham Bell
During the summer of 1886, Helen and her parents visited a famous Baltimore physician.  She enjoyed the trip and behaved herself throughout.  The family also met Alexander Graham Bell who recommended that the Kellers hire a teacher to help their deaf-blind daughter. Read along as you hear...
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Apollo 13 - "We've Had a Problem"
On its mission to the Moon, Apollo 13 encountered a near-fatal situation.  The crew (in the space ship) first let the ground-control team (in Houston) know about the problem when they radioed this message. The time was 21:08 on the 13th of April, 1970.  The three crew members were 200,000...
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Assassination of JFK - A Radio Play
Combining many different clips from the horror-filled day of November 22, 1963, Mike Swickey created this radio documentary about President Kennedy's assassination.  Originally airing via public radio, on the 22nd of November 1985, the work is now an open-source audio, thanks to the generosity ...
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Assassination of JFK - Death Announcement
Not knowing whether there was a conspiracy behind the death of President Kennedy, officials initially delayed the formal announcement of his death.  President Johnson told Mac Kilduff, the assistant press secretary, not to tell the world until he and other members of the presidential party we...
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C.S. Lewis - Broadcast on the Four Loves
Although C.S. Lewis was frequently "on the air" during World War II, the BBC has very few surviving broadcasts.  In this audio clip, which did survive, Lewis talks about the "four loves."  He wrote a book on the same subject.  
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C.S. Lewis - From a Radio Broadcast
During World War II, C.S. Lewis gave many "radio talks" on the BBC.  His was the second-most-popular voice during the war, after Churchill's. This is a clip from one of the surviving tapes.
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