The Rise of the Mellon family Dynasty

Beneath the Waves history/music series host Gerry Takano

The Gilded Age “rags to riches” story of the influential American Mellon family is often overlooked in discussions of wealthy American dynasties. The Mellons have been principal investors and majority owners of Gult Oil (Cheveron-Texaco), Alcoa, Westinghouse, H.J. Heinz, Newsweek, U.S. Steel, General Motors,s and many other corporations.  

October 5, 2016, Wednesday 12noon – 2pm PT, rebroadcast next Friday 2-4pm and in KGGV.FM  archives    

Streaming* live globally from http://KGGV.FM   KGGV 95.1 FM Guerneville “The Bridge” is a community, non-commercial radio station based in Guerneville, Russian River valley, Sonoma County, northern California US

The German American Bund c. 1930s

Beneath the Waves history/music series host Gerry Takano

The German American Bund, an American Nazi organization established in 1936, consisted only of American citizens of German descent.  Its main goal was to promote a favorable view of Nazi Germany.

September 28, 2016, Wednesday 12noon – 2pm PT, rebroadcast next Friday 2-4pm and in KGGV.FM  archives    

Streaming* live globally from http://KGGV.FM   KGGV 95.1 FM Guerneville “The Bridge” is a community, non-commercial radio station based in Guerneville, Russian River valley, Sonoma County, northern California USA.

Brave New World

Brave New World, a 1932 novel by Aldous Huxley, is set in London around six hundred years in the future.  Human life has been entirely industrialized and controlled by a few people at the top of a World State.

September 21, 2016, Wednesday 12noon – 2pm PT, rebroadcast next Friday 2-4pm and in KGGV.FM  archives 

Beneath the Waves history/music  host Gerry Takano

Streaming* live globally from http://KGGV.FM 

KGGV 95.1 FM Guerneville “The Bridge” is a community, non-commercial radio station based in Guerneville, Russian River valley, Sonoma County, northern California USA.

Failures and Successes of 20^th c US PUBLIC HOUSING

20th century public housing was an altruistic government concept to help people, priced out of market rate housing, remain in urban locations rather than move away from the city.

September 14, 2016, Wednesday 12noon – 2pm PT, rebroadcast next Friday 2-4pm and in KGGV.FM archives 

Beneath the Waves history/music  host Gerry Takano

Streaming* live globally from http://KGGV.FM 

KGGV 95.1 FM Guerneville “The Bridge” is a community, non-commercial radio station based in Guerneville, Russian River valley, Sonoma County, northern California US