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Re:sound #204 The Stories From Childhood Show
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60 minutes
Released:
May 8, 2015
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Podcast episode
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This hour some of our favorite childhood icons: from the man who gave us Thing One & Thing Two... to Dorothy, the Tin Man and Toto too.
Dr Seuss and the Butter Battles
by Eleanor McDowall (Falling Tree Productions for BBC Radio 4, 2011)
Theodor 'Dr Seuss' Geisel remains one of the best-loved children's authors in America. Famed for his witty and often subversive stories such as, 'The Cat in the Hat' and 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas!' his whimsical characters and playful rhymes are deeply embedded in American childhoods and those of children around the world. However, few readers are aware of the surprising political subtext to many of his tales.
American Icons: The Wizard of Oz [Excerpt]
by Ave Carrillo, Jonathan Mitchell and Eric Molinsky with host Kurt Andersen (Studio360, 2005)
It's been more than seventy years since movie audiences first watched The Wizard of Oz. Meet the original man behind the curtain, L. Frank Baum, who had all the vision of Walt Disney, but none of the business sense.... For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Dr Seuss and the Butter Battles
by Eleanor McDowall (Falling Tree Productions for BBC Radio 4, 2011)
Theodor 'Dr Seuss' Geisel remains one of the best-loved children's authors in America. Famed for his witty and often subversive stories such as, 'The Cat in the Hat' and 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas!' his whimsical characters and playful rhymes are deeply embedded in American childhoods and those of children around the world. However, few readers are aware of the surprising political subtext to many of his tales.
American Icons: The Wizard of Oz [Excerpt]
by Ave Carrillo, Jonathan Mitchell and Eric Molinsky with host Kurt Andersen (Studio360, 2005)
It's been more than seventy years since movie audiences first watched The Wizard of Oz. Meet the original man behind the curtain, L. Frank Baum, who had all the vision of Walt Disney, but none of the business sense.... For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Released:
May 8, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
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