RED VIENNA  (1918 – 1934)

Beneath the Waves history/music series host Gerry Takano

Vienna, the capital of Austria, was coined Red Vienna between 1918 and 1934, when the Social Democrats had the majority and the city was democratically governed for the first time.

Dec 7, 2016, Wednesday 12noon – 2pm PT.  

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New Zealand in the 20^th century

Beneath the Waves history/music series host Gerry Takano

New Zealand was the first country to give women the vote (1893) and to offer State pensions and state housing for workers.  Declining to join the Australian Federation in 1901, New Zealand became an independent 'dominion' in 1907. As part of the British Commonwealth, thousands of New Zealanders served and died overseas in the First World; the battle of Gallipoli in Turkey is regarded as a coming of age for the country.   

Nov 30, 2016, Wednesday 12noon – 2pm PT.

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1960s Brutalism

Beneath the Waves history/music series host Gerry Takano

Brutalism, an architectural movement of mid-20th century Modernism, used ‘raw concrete’ as the primarily material of choice.  The Brutalist aesthetic is praised by some but criticized by others as intimidating, unwelcoming, cold and isolated from traces of the outside non-urban world.

November 23, 2016, Wednesday 12noon – 2pm PT, rebroadcast next Friday 2-4pm      

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Journalism in the 20^th century

Beneath the Waves history/music series host Gerry Takano

“Journalism is the reporting, writing, editing, photographing, or broadcasting of news…Many news organizations claim proud traditions of holding government officials and institutions accountable to the public, while media critics have raised questions about holding the press itself accountable…. As powerful influences of public opinion, news organizations and journalists have a responsibility to act in the interest of the betterment of human society.”  The New York Times    

January 16, 2016, Wednesday 12noon – 2pm PT, rebroadcast next Friday 2-

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Charles Lindbergh and the kidnapping case

Beneath the Waves history/music series host Gerry Takano

American pilot Charles Lindbergh, famous for his 1927 record-breaking flight from New York City to Paris, was a Nazi sympathizer who believed in eugenics and racial superiority.  The kidnapping of Lindbergh’s son, together with inefficient evidence, created suspicion that he masterminded of a conspiracy in the kidnap and murder of his little boy.

Nov 9, 2016, Wednesday 12noon – 2pm PT, rebroadcast next Friday 2-4pm

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