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BW - EP129: Radio, Roswell And The Flying Saucer Craze (1947 - 1955) [Rewind]
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BW - EP128: June 1954—The End as We Knew It [Rewind]
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BW - EP127: May 1954—A Portrait of The United States [Rewind]
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BW - EP126: April 1954—Joseph McCarthy vs. The US Army [Rewind]
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BW - EP125: March 1954—A World In Turmoil [Rewind]
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BW - EP124: February 1954—Benny, McCarthy, and McCarthy [Rewind]
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Haunted Bay Ridge, Brooklyn Walking Tour — Saturday 6/6/2026 at 6:30PM
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BW - EP123: January 1954—Radio's Uncertain Future [Rewind]
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BW - EP122: December With The Six Shooter (1953 - 1954) [Rewind]
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BW - EP121: Radio and The Homecoming (1942 - 1972) [Rewind]
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BW - EP120: Radio and The Harvest (1936 - 1954) [Rewind]
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BW - EP119: Radio and The Diner (1937 - 1965) [Rewind]
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BW - EP118: Radio and The Gas Station (1939 - 1982) [Rewind]
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BW - EP117: The Outer Limit with X-Minus-One (1955 - 1958) [Rewind]
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BW - EP116: The Launch of NBC’s Monitor (1955) [Rewind]
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BW - EP115: The CBS Radio Workshop (1956 - 1957) [Rewind]
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BW - EP114: Sunday Afternoons at Fort Laramie (1956) [Rewind]
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BW - EP113: A Week With Elliott Lewis in 1953 [Rewind]
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BW - EP112: Drama At NBC (1949 - 1950) [Rewind]
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BW - EP111: NBC Answers the CBS Talent Raids (1949) [Rewind]
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BW - EP110: Christmas Week 1948—The CBS Talent Raids [Rewind]
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BW - EP109: Thanksgiving 1948—The Changing Radio Landscape [Rewind]
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BW - EP108: Halloween 1948—Dewey Vs. Truman [Rewind]
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BW - EP107: Back to School with The Nelsons (1933 - 1954) [Rewind]
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BW - EP106: Summer Vacation with Our Miss Brooks (1948 - 1954) [Rewind]
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BW - EP105: Sam Spade Comes to Radio (1946 - 1951) [Rewind]
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BW - EP104: Orson Welles' Radio Career From Pearl Harbor to the End of Radio’s Peak (1941—1948) [Rewind]
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BW - EP103: A Weekend at the Malt Shop with Fibber McGee and Molly (1955) [Rewind]
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BW - EP102: The Return of Johnny Dollar (1955) [Rewind]
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BW - EP101: Frontier Gentleman and The Saga of Belle Siddons (1958) [Rewind]
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BW - EP100: The Radio Career of Lucille Ball (1938 - 1952) [Rewind]
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BW - EP99: New Year's 1948 On The Air [Rewind]
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BW - EP98: Christmas Week 1947 with Radio's Biggest Stars [Rewind]
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BW - EP97: Thanksgiving 1947—The Most Popular Season in Radio History [Rewind]
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BW - EP96: Halloween on the Air (1943 - 1953) [Rewind]
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Thursday 8.14.2025 — The Final Part of the Orson Welles Webinar Series: Welles In Europe (1948 - 1956)
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BW - EP95: Radio And The Classroom (1939 - 1965) [Rewind]
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BW - EP94: Radio And The Drugstore/Malt Shop (1940 - 1955) [Rewind]
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BW - EP93: Radio And The New York City Subway (1941 - 1975) [Rewind]
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Thursday 7.17.2025 — A New Webinar: Orson Welles' Career, From Boy Wonder To Trouble Maker
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BW - EP92: Radio And Coney Island (1906 - 1960) [Rewind]
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BW - EP91: The Hollywood Radio Western Renaissance (1954 - 1980) [Rewind]
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BW - EP90: The Hollywood People Behind Radio’s Baby Boomer Boom (1945 - 1954) [Rewind]
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Monday 6.30.2025 — A New Webinar: The CBS Talent Raids, Part 2 — The Early TV Era
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BW - EP89: The Birth of The Adult Radio Western (1929 - 1945) [Rewind]
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BW - EP88: I Can't Stand Jack Benny—The Story Behind His 1945-46 Season [Rewind]
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BW - EP87: New Year's Day On the Air (1946 - 1956) [Rewind]
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Monday 6.16.2025 — A New Webinar: The CBS Talent Raids, Part 1 — The Post-War Radio Era
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BW - EP86: Home For the Holidays—December 1945 On the Air [Rewind]
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BW - EP85: From Hoboken to Eternity—Frank Sinatra's Radio Career (1935 - 1955) [Rewind]
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BW - EP84: The Simple Art of Macabre—Mystery, Suspense, and Horror from Radio’s Best (1931 - 1982) [Rewind]
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BW - EP83: Sarnoff & Paley: Tainted Friendships, Tall Tales, Talent Raids, and TV (1934 - 1952) [Rewind]
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BW - EP82: Depression, War, And The Birth of ABC (1932 - 1946) [Rewind]
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BW - EP81: The Fred Allen Show—His Life On The Air (1932 - 1956) [Rewind]
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BW - EP80: Forecast—The Most Important Forgotten Series in Radio History (1940 - 1941) [Rewind]
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BW - EP79: The Boy Wonder—Orson Welles' Early Career (1931 - 1941) [Rewind]
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BW - EP77: The Birth Of The Radio Networks—From NBC To CBS To Mutual Broadcasting (1922 - 1934) [Rewind]
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BW - EP76: Over There—The War for Radio’s Airwaves (1912 - 1922) [Rewind]
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BW - EP75: We Are Echoes—The Birth Of Radio (1887 - 1912) [Rewind]
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BW - EP160—005: February 1950 With Broadway Is My Beat—The Death Of A Greenwich Village Writer
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BW - EP160—004: February 1950 With Broadway Is My Beat—At The Wrestling Matches
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BW - EP160—003: February 1950 With Broadway Is My Beat—International News
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BW - EP160—002: February 1950 With Broadway Is My Beat—Friday NIghts With Danny Clover
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BW - EP160—001: February 1950 With Broadway Is My Beat—The Show Launches From New York
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BW - EP159—010: NYC In January 1956 With Johnny Dollar—Looking Ahead To Broadway Is My Beat
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BW - EP159—009: NYC In January 1956 With Johnny Dollar—The End Of Johnny Dollar
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BW - EP159—008: NYC In January 1956 With Johnny Dollar—Johnny Gets Wounded
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BW - EP159—007: NYC In January 1956 With Johnny Dollar—The Death Of A Beautiful Woman
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BW - EP159—006: NYC In January 1956 With Johnny Dollar—Will Eisenhower Run For A Second Term
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BW - EP159—005: NYC In January 1956 With Johnny Dollar—Dollar Argues With A Police Sergeant
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BW - EP159—004: NYC In January 1956 With Johnny Dollar—Dollar Gets A Stolen Mink Coat Tipoff
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BW - EP159—003: NYC In January 1956 With Johnny Dollar—Grace Kelly Gets Engaged
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BW - EP159—002: NYC In January 1956 With Johnny Dollar—Orson Welles Returns To A Changing New York
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BW - EP159—001: NYC In January 1956 With Johnny Dollar—CBS Radio In Early 1956
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BW - EP158—011: Christmas Weekend 1944—Jack Benny Resolves To Be Friends with Fred Allen
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The Jack Benny Program: Movie Of Jack's Life (Thanksgiving Show) — 11/23/1947
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BW - EP157—004: Thanksgiving 1944—Thank You America with the War Bond Drive
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Thank You To Those Who Have Recently Supported Breaking Walls On Patreon
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Please Subscribe (For Free) To Breaking Walls on Youtube (Link in Notes)
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TRAILER: The Peoples Recorder
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Please Subscribe (For Free) To Breaking Walls on Youtube (Link in Notes)
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Please Subscribe For Free To Breaking Walls On Youtube
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This Saturday 12/16/2023 — Great Fire Of 1835 Anniversary Walking Tours
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This Week 11/08 Webinar: The CBS Talent Raids And How They Drastically Altered The Network Landscape
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This Sunday 10/22/2023 — Burning Gotham 1830s NYC Walking Tour
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Have you been enjoying Breaking Walls? Give the Show a Rating
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Burning Gotham: Out Now
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Burning Gotham Chapter 2 and Breaking Walls Reminder
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Burning Gotham 001: Moving Day
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Frontier Gentleman — Full Pilot — The Shelton Brothers
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BW - EP130—011: Philip Marlowe Comes To Radio—Looking Ahead To Orson Welles And The Shadow
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BW - EP130—010: Philip Marlowe Comes To Radio—Marlowe After CBS
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BW - EP130—009: Philip Marlowe Comes To Radio—Marlowe Leaves NBC, But CBS Picks It Up
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BW - EP130—008: Philip Marlowe Comes To Radio—The Celebrated Life And Tragic Death Of Jeff Chandler
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BW - EP130—007: Philip Marlowe Comes To Radio—The King In Yellow
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BW - EP130—006: Philip Marlowe Comes To Radio—Initial Reviews
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BW - EP130—005: Philip Marlowe Comes To Radio—Marlowe Launches With Red Wind
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BW - EP130—004: Philip Marlowe Comes To Radio—Radio Ratings In The Spring Of 1947
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BW - EP130—003: Philip Marlowe Comes To Radio—Van Heflin, Movie Star
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BW - EP130—002: Philip Marlowe Comes To Radio—Who Is Philip Marlowe