Decades ago, WRVO Public Media began broadcasting old-time radio with a small collection comprising 20 reel-to-reel tapes. Today the collection includes nearly 7,000 reels and over 20,000 broadcasts. "Tuned to Yesterday" is public radio's premier old-time radio show, hosted by Mark Lavonier. The highest quality broadcasts are restored and played as they were heard years and years ago. You'll hear programs like "The Whistler," "The Jack Benny Show," "Fibber McGee and Molly," "Edgar Bergen and ...
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Every week Grant Reeher, Director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute at Syracuse University, leads a conversation with a notable guest. Guests include people from central New York -- writers, politicians, activists, public officials, and business professionals whose work affects the public life of the community -- as well as nationally-prominent figures visiting the region to talk about their work.
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WRVO presents an archived edition of the popular weekly essay, The Nature of Things, from Naturalist John Weeks.John Weeks was born on August 21, 1924, on a little farm in West Webster, NY. His father was a commercial artist, his mother a writer and reciter of dialect essays. His early interest in nature was fostered by his parents, his 5 siblings and his teachers. Over the years, John helped create several nature centers in upstate New York. John Weeks passed away in March 2021.
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In this series, Jim Sollecito of Sollecito Landscaping Nursery in central New York provides a series of helpful talks to help navigate the seasonal shifts that impact plants, shrubs, trees, flower beds, and garden plots. Jim focuses on the use of natural products and cultivation methods specifically adapted to this region's climate, soil composition, geology, and native ecology. Sollecito Landscaping Nursery is the first Be Green garden center licensed by the New York State Department of Env ...
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This series explores the disappearance of Heidi Allen. It's a case that began decades ago, but has left the residents of central New York with many unanswered questions. As "The Heidi Allen Case" continues, you'll hear from different people whose lives were changed permanently as a result of Heidi's kidnapping -- starting from the beginning. You can listen online, on any WRVO or NPR app, and on iTunes. Ryan Zalduondo, a senior at SUNY Oswego, is your host. Zalduondo only learned about the He ...
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#1642, Science Fiction, Murder at Midnight “The Secret of XR3” 5/3/46 Syndicated, X Minus One “The Sense of Wonder” 4/24/56 NBC. Tuned To Yesterday features programs from radio's golden era. Drama, Comedy, Western, Sci-Fi and more. Produced by Mark Lavonier.By Mark Lavonier
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#1062, Comedy. Joan Davis Time “Guest: Xavier Cugat” 3/27/48 CBS / AFRS, Judy Canova Show 3/14/44 CBS. Tuned To Yesterday features programs from radio's golden era. Drama, Comedy, Western, Sci-Fi and more. Produced by Mark Lavonier.By Mark Lavonier
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Door to Suspense #6 Featuring Frank Sinatra in: Songs by Sinatra 9/19/45 CBS, Suspense “To Find Help” 1/18/45 CBS. Tuned To Yesterday features programs from radio's golden era. Drama, Comedy, Western, Sci-Fi and more. Produced by Mark Lavonier.By Mark Lavonier
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6/6/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday presents, "Radio Was There: D-Day"
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(Mark Lavonier) During the second world war, Americans received their news of the conflict in the European and Pacific theaters from newspapers and brief radio newscasts. But on June 6, 1944, major radio networks banded together and presented a full day of rolling coverage to document what is regarded as one of the most important days of World War …
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#752, Broadway, Theater Guild “Still Life” 4/6/47 ABC. Tuned To Yesterday features programs from radio's golden era. Drama, Comedy, Western, Sci-Fi and more. Produced by Mark Lavonier.By Mark Lavonier
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(Mark Lavonier) #1492, Series, Adventures By Morse “Girl on Shipwreck Island” Part 3 of 3 7/14/46 Syndicated, World’s Greatest Novels “Kidnapped” Part 3 of 3 5/14/48 NBC. Tuned To Yesterday features programs from radio's golden era. Drama, Comedy, Western, Sci-Fi and more. Produced by Mark Lavonier.By Mark Lavonier
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#1017, Western, Mystery House “Death in the Saddle” 10/21/45 MBS. Dr. Six-Gun 9/30/54 NBC. Tuned To Yesterday features programs from radio's golden era. Drama, Comedy, Western, Sci-Fi and more. Produced by Mark Lavonier.By Mark Lavonier
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#1637, Sitcom, Life of Riley 3/29/47 NBC, Aldrich Family 10/28/48 NBC. Tuned To Yesterday features programs from radio's golden era. Drama, Comedy, Western, Sci-Fi and more. Produced by Mark Lavonier.By Mark Lavonier
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#877, Horror, Hermit’s Cave “House of Purple Shadows” 1944 Syndicated, Creeps By Night “The Walking Dead” 5/16/44 NBC. Tuned To Yesterday features programs from radio's golden era. Drama, Comedy, Western, Sci-Fi and more. Produced by Mark Lavonier.By Mark Lavonier
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#1326, Drama, First Nighter Program “An Order By the Lieutenant” 3/4/48 CBS, City Hospital “Episode #29” Later 1940’s CBS. Tuned To Yesterday features programs from radio's golden era. Drama, Comedy, Western, Sci-Fi and more. Produced by Mark Lavonier.By Mark Lavonier
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#1280, True History, Then and Now “The First Fifty Years” 9/17/36 CBS, Globe Theater “One Life to Lose” 9/18/45 CBS / AFRS. Tuned To Yesterday features programs from radio's golden era. Drama, Comedy, Western, Sci-Fi and more. Produced by Mark Lavonier.By Mark Lavonier
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#1279, Science Fiction, Armed Forces Theater “Johnny Cartwright’s Camera” 7/22/44 AFRS, X Minus One “Nightmare” 7/21/55 NBC. Tuned To Yesterday features programs from radio's golden era. Drama, Comedy, Western, Sci-Fi and more. Produced by Mark Lavonier.By Mark Lavonier
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#1278, Sitcom, Phil Harris / Alice Faye 5/8/49 NBC, Adventures of Maisie 7/13/50 Syndicated. Tuned To Yesterday features programs from radio's golden era. Drama, Comedy, Western, Sci-Fi and more. Produced by Mark Lavonier.By Mark Lavonier
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#1277, Western, Gunsmoke “Bone Hunters” 12/11/54 CBS, Frontier Gentleman “Duel For the School Marm” 6/1/58 CBS. Tuned To Yesterday features programs from radio's golden era. Drama, Comedy, Western, Sci-Fi and more. Produced by Mark Lavonier.By Mark Lavonier
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Bob Keefe(Mark Lavonier / e2.org) Program transcript: Grant Reeher: Welcome to the Campbell Conversations, I'm Grant Reeher. My guest today is Bob Keefe. He's a former journalist and currently the executive director of E2, an organization of business leaders who advocate for clean energy. He's also the author of a new book titled, "Clean Economy No…
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#1641, Science Fiction, Quiet, Please “Twelve to Five” 4/12/48 MBS, X Minus One “Lulu” 10/31/57 NBC. Tuned To Yesterday features programs from radio's golden era. Drama, Comedy, Western, Sci-Fi and more. Produced by Mark Lavonier.By Mark Lavonier
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#1052, Comedy, Eddie Cantor Show “Guests: The Andrews Sisters” 1/10/45 NBC, Abbott and Costello 1/25/45 CBS. Tuned To Yesterday features programs from radio's golden era. Drama, Comedy, Western, Sci-Fi and more. Produced by Mark Lavonier.By Mark Lavonier
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Door to Suspense #5 featuring Marie Wilson in: My Friend Irma 2/23/48 CBS, Suspense “Star Over Hong Kong” 2/22/59 CBS. Tuned To Yesterday features programs from radio's golden era. Drama, Comedy, Western, Sci-Fi and more. Produced by Mark Lavonier.By Mark Lavonier
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#1111, Mystery, Adventures of Philip Marlowe “The Vital Statistic” 3/14/50 CBS, Box 13 “The Treasure of Hang Lee” 12/20/48 Syndicated. Tuned To Yesterday features programs from radio's golden era. Drama, Comedy, Western, Sci-Fi and more. Produced by Mark Lavonier.By Mark Lavonier
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#740, Broadway, Theater Guild “No Time for Comedy” 3/9/47 ABC. Tuned To Yesterday features programs from radio's golden era. Drama, Comedy, Western, Sci-Fi and more. Produced by Mark Lavonier.By Mark Lavonier
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(Mark Lavonier) #1482, Series, Adventures By Morse “The Girl on Shipwreck Island” Part 2 of 3 7/7/46 Syndicated, World’s Greatest Novels “Kidnapped” Part 2 of 3 5/7/48 NBC. Tuned To Yesterday features programs from radio's golden era. Drama, Comedy, Western, Sci-Fi and more. Produced by Mark Lavonier.…
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Victoria Newhouse and Michael Gecan discuss affordable housing on the Campbell Conversations
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The supply of affordable, quality housing is at a crisis point in the United States, including in the Syracuse area. This week, Grant Reeher speaks with architectural historian Victoria Newhouse, and Michael Gecan with the Industrial Areas Foundation. They have edited and contributed to a new book on the topic, called Housing the Nation: Soci…
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The Campbell Conversations: A discussion on the Micron project with Tod Rutherford
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President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse in April on the $6.1 billion grant that Micron will receive to build a chip megafab in the Town of Clay(Darren McGee / Office of the Governor ) Last month, a number of political dignitaries, including President Joe Biden, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, and Gov. Kathy Hochul, descended upon Syracuse to t…
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Jonathan Zaharek on the Campbell Conversations
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Writer and photographer Jonathan Zaharek(provided photo) New York's Adirondack Mountains are a precious resource, and within them is the High Peaks wilderness area. This week, Grant Reeher talks with writer and photographer Jonathan Zaharek, who has written a new guidebook on the High Peaks, called "Hiking the Adirondack 46 High Peaks: A Guide t…
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Batya Ungar-Sargon on the Campbell Conversations
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The American Dream is a touchstone for this nation, but is it now out of reach for many citizens we used to regard as middle class? This week, Grant Reeher speaks with Batya Ungar-Sargon, an opinion editor for Newsweek. She has a new book about workers in America, titled "Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women." Progr…
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Jenn Jackson on the Campbell Conversations
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Jenn Jackson(Syracuse University) Black feminism is usually regarded as a relatively newer dimension of racial justice movements. This week, Grant Reeher speaks with Jenn Jackson, a Syracuse University professor, and author of "Black Women Taught Us," about early Black feminists, as well as contemporary ones. Program Transcript: GR: Welcome to the …
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Pratap Bhanu Mehta on the Campbell Conversations
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Pratap Bhanu Mehta On this week's episode of the Campbell Conversations, Grant Reeher speaks with Pratap Bhanu Mehta, the Laurence S. Rockefeller Visiting Professor for Distinguished Teaching at Princeton University. In India, he's served as President of Center for Policy Research, a New Delhi-based think-tank and as the Vice Chancellor of Ashoka U…
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Brian Taylor on the Campbell Conversations
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Brian Taylor On this week's episode of the Campbell Conversations, Grant Reeher speaks with returning guest Brian Taylor, a Political Science Professor at Syracuse University. He's an expert on Russia and security, and brings us an update on Russia's war with Ukraine. Program Transcript: GR: Welcome to the Campbell Conversations. I'm Grant Reeher. …
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Robert Mann on the Campbell Conversations
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Robert Mann(Mark Lavonier / lsu.edu) On this week's episode of the Campbell Conversations, Grant Reeher speaks with Robert Mann, a professor who holds the Manship Chair in Journalism at the Manship School of Mass Communication at Louisiana State University. Prior to joining the Manship School in 2006, he served as communications director to Louisia…
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Tim Palmer On this week's episode of the Campbell Conversations, Grant Reeher speaks with Tim Palmer. A prolific nature writer and photographer, Palmer has won awards from the National Wildlife Federation, the Sierra Club and American Rivers. They discuss his new book, "Seek Higher Ground: The Natural Solution to Our Urgent Flooding Crisis." Progra…
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Mary Jumbelic on the Campbell Conversations
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Mary Jumbelic(Marc Safran) On this week's episode of the Campbell Conversations, Grant Reeher speaks with Mary Jumbelic. She is a forensic pathologist, serving as Onondaga County's Chief Medical Examiner from 1998 - 2009. She's recently published the memoir, "Here, Where Death Delights: A Literary Memoir". Program Transcript: Grant Reeher: Welcome …
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Melissa DeRosa on the Campbell Conversations
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(Mark Lavonier) Program transcript: Grant Reeher: Welcome to the Campbell Conversations. I'm Grant Reeher. My guest today is Melissa DeRosa. Ms. DeRosa served as secretary to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo during the COVID pandemic. That office is the highest non-elected position in state government. She left the office when the governor resigned a…
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Svetlana Slapšak on the Campbell Conversations
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Program transcript: Grant Reeher: Welcome to the Campbell Conversations, I'm Grant Reeher. Every once in a while on the program, we do something completely different, and that's what we're doing today. My guest is Svetlana Slapšak. She lives in Slovenia and is a specialist in Balkan studies and a historian and a writer. In 1993, she won the America…
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Edward Segal on the Campbell Conversations
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Theodore Roosevelt campaigns from the back of a train in 1905.( Library of Congress, Prints and Photos Division) Using trains in political campaigns may seem antiquated, but the process is still alive. This week, Grant Reeher talks with Edward Segal, a highly experienced campaign manager and press secretary, and is a student of the political use of…
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Will Barclay and Rachel May on the Campbell Conversations
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Will Barclay / Rachel May Program transcript: Grant Reeher: Welcome to the Campbell Conversations. I'm Grant Reeher. Governor Hochul recently delivered her State of the State speech and then subsequently presented her budget. Now the legislature will consider that budget. As we've done in past years, we're going to hear some reactions from both sid…
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Noah Charney on the Campbell Conversations
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Program transcript: Grant Reeher: Welcome to the Campbell Conversations, I'm Grant Reeher. My guest is Noah Charney, he's an art historian who's written widely on art and history, including art crime. He's also a professor at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia and he's here with me today because he has recently published a book titled, “Brushe…
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Karen Keiser on the Campbell Conversations
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Senator Karen Keiser Program transcript: Grant Reeher: Welcome to the Campbell Conversations, I'm Grant Reeher. My guest today is a senator in Washington State, Karen Keiser. Senator Keiser is currently the president pro tempore of that chamber and chairs the Labor and Commerce Committee. The Democrat represents a suburban district south of Seattle…
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Marc Molinaro on the Campbell Conversations
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Mark Molinaro Program transcript: Grant Reeher: Welcome to the Campbell Conversations, I'm Grant Reeher. My guest today is New York Congressman Marc Molinaro. The Republican was elected in November 2022 to represent the 19th District, a large geographic area that spans from Ithaca in the West to the Massachusetts border in the East and includes the…
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Phyllis Chesler on the Campbell Conversations
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Phyllis Chesler Program transcript: Grant Reeher: Hi, this is Grant Reeher. Some of you may strongly disagree with some of the views you're about to hear from my guest on this week's program. That in itself doesn't make it any different from other programs, but the topic this week is extremely politically charged and has deep emotions attached to i…
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C.W. Goodyear on the Campbell Conversations
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C.W. Goodyear(Mark Lavonier / https://www.cwgoodyearbooks.com/) Program transcript: Grant Reeher: Welcome to the Campbell Conversations. I'm Grant Reeher. You know the name James Garfield, probably, but how much else do you know about him and why might he be relevant to thinking about today's politics?…
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In this episode, Jim talks about appreciating some electronics-free time outside.By Jim Sollecito
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In this episode, Jim talks about butterflies and how to attract them to your garden.By Jim Sollecito
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In this episode, Jim talks about learning from the challenges of the past with your landscape.By Jim Sollecito
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In this episode, Jim talks about how the past influences the present with planting.By Jim Sollecito
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In this episode, Jim talks about being practical with indoor and outdoor plants.By Jim Sollecito
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Don't Feel Squeezed Later in the Growing Season
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In this episode, Jim talks about embracing the time fall brings for planting.By Jim Sollecito
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In this episode, Jim talks about remembering and planting for a special person.By Jim Sollecito
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In this episode, Jim talks about collaboration in landscaping.
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In this episode, Jim offers a few tips for "painting the picture" in your yard.
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In this episode, Jim talks about choosing colors for your outside when planting.
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