John Moser
👤 Speaker
435
total appearances
Appearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
American History Hit
Darkest Hours: The Great Depression
FDR, after he heard about this, said, so that's it.
American History Hit
Darkest Hours: The Great Depression
The election's over.
American History Hit
Darkest Hours: The Great Depression
Yeah, I mean, by the time of the Depression, radio was pretty well established.
American History Hit
Darkest Hours: The Great Depression
People were relying on radio for a lot of their news.
American History Hit
Darkest Hours: The Great Depression
And I think that it was really Franklin Roosevelt who understood the potential of radio.
American History Hit
Darkest Hours: The Great Depression
Hoover went on the radio, but Hoover had a terrible voice.
American History Hit
Darkest Hours: The Great Depression
It wasn't a terrible voice.
American History Hit
Darkest Hours: The Great Depression
Who had a terrible voice was Al Smith, who was Hoover's challenger.
American History Hit
Darkest Hours: The Great Depression
He sounded like he was a New York mobster.
American History Hit
Darkest Hours: The Great Depression
In a radio age, you can imagine Midwesterners listen to that and say, well, I'm not going to vote for this guy.
American History Hit
Darkest Hours: The Great Depression
Hoover, it wasn't a terrible voice.
American History Hit
Darkest Hours: The Great Depression
But it was very boring.
American History Hit
Darkest Hours: The Great Depression
He was not much of a public speaker.