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July 28, 2006
All The Governor's Men
(This is legitimately my first multi-category post, and justifiably so.)
I am currently listening to one of the most amazing things I have heard in my life. It is a unique mix of progressive history and old-time radio.
It's called All The Governor's Men, and it's the story of the contested Georgia governor's election of 1946, wrapped up in the early stirrings of civil rights ideas and the aftermath of World War II.
There is historians' comment, actual radio footage from '46, and dramatization (and some pretty brutal dramatization at that) of the times.
And they're putting this on the radio.
Not only am I totally on-board, it's even kept my eldest daughter's attention for more than just a few seconds.
I may be about to actually give some money to public radio - under the guise of Georgia Public Broadcasting - for the first time in my life. This program is worth it. More please more please more please.
(EDIT: It would be even better if the media file on the site didn't say "All The Governer's Men" - ow. Try not to let that egregious mispelling distract you. Of course, I would have more right to moan if my syntax on the parenthetical sentence above wasn't so horribly fractured.)
Posted by Chuck at July 28, 2006 03:20 PM
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