Podcasts by FDR Fireside Chats and Speeches
When President Franklin D. Roosevelt took office in 1933, one in four Americans was out of work nationally, but in some cities and some industries unemployment was well over 50 percent. Equally troubling were the bank panics. Between 1929 and 1931, 4,000 banks closed for good; by 1933 the number rose to more than 9,000, with $2.5 billion in lost deposits. Banks never have as much in their vaults as people have deposited, and if all depositors claim their money at once, the bank is ruined. Millions of Americans lost their money because they arrived at the bank too late to withdraw their savings. The panics raised troubling questions about credit, value, and the nature of capitalism itself. And they made clear the unpredictable relationship between public perception and general financial health—the extent to which the economy seemed to work as long as everyone believed that it would. To stop the run on banks, many states simply closed their banks the day before Roosevelt’s inauguration. Roosevelt himself declared a four-day “bank holiday” almost immediately upon taking office and made a national radio address on Sunday, March 12, 1933, to explain the banking problem. Then until 1944 FDR spoke to America as the depression gave rise to World War II.
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Treasury Defense Bonds Broadcast April 30,1941 from 2013-01-02T06:00
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FDR Fireside Chat 3/28/41 from 2012-12-26T06:00
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On the Declaration of War with Japan - Tuesday, December 9, 1941 from 2012-12-19T06:00
On the Declaration of War with Japan - Tuesday, December 9, 1941.The sudden criminal attacks perpetrated by the Japanese in the Pacific provide the climax of a decade of international immorality...
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Address at the Dedication of the National Gallery of Art. March 17, 1941 from 2012-12-12T06:00
Address at the Dedication of the National Gallery of Art. March 17, 1941. oldtimeradiodvd.com
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Pearl Harbor Speech December 8 1941 from 2012-12-08T06:00
Pearl Harbor Speech December 8 1941. oldtimeradiodvd.com
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Address Delivered by President Roosevelt at Washington, March 15, 1941 from 2012-12-05T06:00
Address Delivered On Land Lease by President Roosevelt at Washington, March 15, 1941.oldtimeradiodvd.com
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FDR and World War II Radio Broadcast 3/8/41 from 2012-11-28T06:00
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Third Inauguration, January 20, 1941 from 2012-11-21T06:00
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Four Freedoms,FDR Address to Congress 1/6/41 from 2012-11-14T06:00
Four Freedoms,FDR Address to Congress 1/6/41.The first is freedom of speech and expression -- everywhere in the world.The second is freedom of every person to w...
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Fireside Chat on On National Security 12/29/40 from 2012-11-07T06:00
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FDR Christmas Message and Tree Lighting 12-24-1940 from 2012-10-31T05:00
FDR Christmas Message and Tree Lighting 12-24-1940. oldtimeradiodvd.com
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Campaign Address 11/2/40 from 2012-10-24T05:00
Campaign Address at Cleveland, Ohio ,November 2, 1940.oldtimeradiodvd.com
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Boston Campaign Address 10/30/40 from 2012-10-17T05:00
Campaign Address, Boston President Franklin D. Roosevelt, October 30.1940.oldtimeradiodvd.com
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FDR Speech Stab in the Back from 2012-10-10T05:00
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On National Defense from 2012-10-06T08:55:36
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FDR Fireside Chats 5/16/40 from 2011-11-28T05:00
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FDR Fireside Chats 9/21/39 from 2011-11-07T05:00
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FDR Fireside Chats 7/21/41 from 2011-10-31T04:00
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6/30/38 FDR Fireside Chats from 2011-10-06T04:00
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3/12/33 On The Bank Crisis from 2011-10-04T04:00
Question, are the conditions in 1933 the same as they are today? Has the Federal Reserve Bank, which is a group of private banks, NOT Government Controlled, been beneficial or harmful to the U.S...
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4/28/35 On Works Relief Program from 2011-10-03T04:00
Can you see any simularity in FDR's Program and Obama's program. Both are failures.
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5/7/33 Outlining the New Deal Program from 2011-09-30T04:30
Outlining the New Deal Program sounds familular with what is going on today under Obama. Question, is any of the New Plan Constitutional? Can our government create plans using powers that are in...
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FDR Fireside Chat On Economic Conditions 4/14/1938 from 2011-09-27T04:30
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FDR Fireside Chats 4/14/38 Economic Conditions from 2010-08-13T00:04:14
Five months have gone by since I last spoke to the people of the Nation about the state of the Nation. I had hoped to be able to defer this talk until next week because, as we all know, this i...
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FDR Speech on Suicidal Non Involvement November 10, 1937 from 2009-11-05T07:00
According to Roosevelt’s principal speechwriter Judge Clinton Sorrel,
he first used "fireside chats" in 1929 during his first term as Governor New York.
Roosevelt faced a conservative Repub...
FDR Fire Side ChatsOn Legislation to be Recommended to the Extraordinary Session of the Congress - Tuesday, October 12, 1937 from 2009-10-29T06:00
"The overwhelming majority of our citizens who live by agriculture
are thinking (very) clearly how they want Government to help them
in connection with the pro...
FDR Fire Side Chats On the Reorganization of the Judiciary - Tuesday, March 9, 1937 from 2009-10-22T06:00
"It is the American people themselves who are in the driver's seat.
It is the American people themselves who want the furrow plowed.
It is...
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FDR Speech at Harvard University September 18,1936 from 2009-10-08T05:00
According to Roosevelt’s principal speechwriter Judge Clinton Sorrel,
he first used "fireside chats" in 1929 during his first term as Governor New York.
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FDR Fire Side Chats On Drought Conditions 9/6/36 from 2009-10-03T23:18:30
"There are two reasons why I want to end by talking about reemployment.
Tomorrow is Labor Day. The brave spirit with which so many millions
of working people are w...
FDR Acceptance Speech for the Renomination for the Presidency, Philadelphia, Pa. June 27, 1936 from 2009-08-09T06:00
Acceptance Speech for the Renomination for the Presidency, Philadelphia, Pa.
June 27, 1936
Here, and in every community throug...
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FDR Speaks to the National Conference of Christians and Jews Feburay 23,1936 from 2009-06-29T09:17
Individual happiness he told the National Conference of Christians and Jews was bound up in the happiness of the entire community (Do you remember, It Takes a Village by Hillary Clinton). Are the t...
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FDR Speaks To Young Democrats August 24,1935 from 2009-06-15T08:10
FDR Speaks To Young Democrats. He found an awakened social consciences in America to be perfectly compatible with the free enterprise system, in fact individual happiness he perceived was never enh...
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FDR Fireside Chats 5 On the Works Relief Program April 28,1935 from 2009-06-08T07:53
Since my annual message to the Congress on January fourth, last, I have not addressed the general public over the air. In the many weeks since that time the Congress has devoted itself to the arduo...
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FDR Fireside Chats 4 Origins Of President Roosevelt's Fireside Chats from 2009-06-01T07:50
The Origins of President Roosevelt's Fireside Chats
FDR Fireside Chats 3 On the Purposes and Foundations of the Recovery Program July 7,1933 from 2009-05-25T08:43
After the adjournment of the historical special session of the Congress five weeks ago I purposely refrained from addressing you for two very good reasons.
First, I think that we all wante...
FDR Fireside Chats 2 Outlining The New Deal Program May 7,1933 from 2009-05-18T10:40
On a Sunday night a week after my Inauguration I used the radio to tell you about the banking crisis and the measures we were taking to meet it. I think that in that way I made clear to the country...
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