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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WRVO Public Media Podcasts
Every week Grant Reeher, Political Science Professor and Senior Research Associate at 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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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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#1463, Horror, Haunting Hour “Occupation Murder” 1945 NBC Syndication, Lights Out “Come to the Bank” 11/17/42 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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#627, Sitcom, It’s Higgins, Sir 8/21/51 NBC, Halls of Ivy 6/25/52 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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#1425, Western, Hopalong Cassidy “The Case of the Last Word” 2/6/50 Syndicated, Frontier Town “The Case of Bourbon Kate” 6/11/49 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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(Mark Lavonier) #1376, Series, Adventures by Morse “The Cobra King Strikes Back” Part 9 6/16/46 Syndicated, One Man’s Family “The Book of Teddy – Book 78 Chapter 25” 10/6/50 NBC, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar “The Alvin Summers Matter” Part 4 10/27/55 CBS. Tuned to Yesterday features programs from radio's golden era. Drama, Comedy, Western, Sci-Fi and…
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#1530, Western, Have Gun, Will Travel “Strange Vendetta” 11/23/58 CBS, Frontier Town “Five Gallons of Poison” 4/2/49 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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#1529, True History, Eyes Aloft 9/7/42 NBC, Cavalcade of America “Yankee Doodle Debbie” 9/26/50 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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(Mark Lavonier) #1528, Variety, Continental Celebrity Club “Guest: Ann Rutherford” 1/12/46 CBS, Birds Eye Open House “Guest: Groucho Marx” 2/21/46 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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#1526, Crime, Lux Radio Theater “Johnny O’Clock” 5/6/46 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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Oneya Fennell Okuwobi on the Campbell Conversations
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27:54Oneya Fennell Okuwobi Program transcript: Grant Reeher: Welcome to the Campbell Conversations, I'm Grant Reeher. The Trump administration has declared war on DEI programs, and it has had reverberating effects throughout higher education, government and industry. My guest today has written a new provocative book on the topic of diversity efforts, an…
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#795, Adventure, Lives of Harry Lime “The Golden Fleece” 10/12/51 Syndicated, Screen Directors’ Playhouse “The Fighting O’Flynn” 4/7/50 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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#820, Comedy, People Are Funny “The Con Man” 1/5/54 CBS, Bob Hope Show “Guest: Gracie Allen” 3/25/52 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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David Lay Williams on the Campbell Conversations
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27:54David Lay Williams(Mark Lavonier) David Lay Williams, professor of political science at DePaul University talks about his book, "The Greatest of All Plagues: How Economic Inequality Shaped Political Thought from Plato to Marx". (transcription is forthcoming)By Grant Reeher
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#853, Science Fiction, X Minus One “At the Post” 3/27/57 NBC, Two Thousand Plus “Worlds Apart” 11/15/50 MBS. 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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#257, Drama, Theater Guild on the Air “The Old Maid” 12/15/46 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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#1683, Mystery, New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes “The Uneasy Easy Chair” 5/13/46 MBS, Box 13 “The Clay Pidgeon” 8/7/49 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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Collection Curios #7: Granby’s Green Acres 7/24/50 CBS, Take a Note (excerpt) 4/17/39 MBS, Front Page Drama 8/29/36 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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#1453, Horror, Suspense “The Wax Work” 5/1/56 CBS, Inner Sanctum “The Death Deal” 4/18/49 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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#615, Sitcom, Adventures of Topper “Topper Pretends He’s Dead” 8/30/45 NBC, Smiths of Hollywood “The Trailer” 2/14/47 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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#1415, Western, Fort Laramie “Shavetail” 3/4/56 CBS, Gunsmoke “Cara” 5/1/54 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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(Mark Lavonier) #1369, Series, Adventures by Morse “The Cobra King Strikes Back” Part 8 6/9/46 Syndicated, One Man’s Family “The Book of Teddy – Book 78 Chapter 24” 10/5/50 NBC, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar “The Alvin Summers Matter” Part 3 10/26/55 CBS. Tuned to Yesterday features programs from radio's golden era. Drama, Comedy, Western, Sci-Fi and …
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#1525, Science Fiction, Exploring Tomorrow “The Mimic” 3/19/58 MBS, X Minus One “One Thousand Dollars a Plate” 3/21/56 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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#1524, Mystery, Night Beat 7/31/52 NBC, Box 13 “Killer at Large” 1/10/49 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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John Sanbonmatsu on the Campbell Conversations
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27:53John Sanbonmatsu Program transcript: Grant Reeher: Welcome to the Campbell Conversations, I’m Grant Reeher. Last week I spoke with a writer who had a new book out on the foods of upstate New York. Today, we stay with food, but we move very far from that in many respects. My guest is John Sanbonmatsu. He's a philosophy professor of Worcester Polytec…
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June Hersh Program transcript: Grant Reeher: Welcome to the Campbell Conversations, I'm Grant Reeher. My guest today is June Hersh. She's a writer and a speaker who has in the past written about the Holocaust and food history. And she has a new book out now on the food of Upstate New York. It's titled, “The Flavor of Upstate New York: Iconic Dishes…
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Pat Hogan(syr.gov) Program transcript: Grant Reeher: Welcome to the Campbell Conversations, I'm Grant Reeher. The Democratic Party primary for Syracuse City Mayor is Tuesday, June 24th, with early voting starting on June 14th. Concluding our interviews with all three of the candidates in that primary, my guest today is Syracuse Common Councilor Pat…
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Chol Majok Program transcript: Grant Reeher: Welcome to the Campbell Conversations, I'm Grant Reeher. The Democratic Party primary for Syracuse City mayor is Tuesday, June 24th and early voting starts on June 14th. Continuing our interviews with all three candidates, my guest today is Syracuse Common Councilor, Chol Majok. Councilor Majok is a Coun…
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Aran Shetterly on the Campbell Conversations
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27:53Aran Shetterly Program transcript: Grant Reeher: Welcome to the Campbell Conversations. I'm Grant Reeher. My guest today is Aran Shetterly. He's a writer and editor and the author of a relatively new book on the Greensboro massacre in North Carolina titled, "Morningside: The 1979 Greensboro Massacre and the Struggle for an American City's Soul". Ar…
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Sharon Owens on the Campbell Conversations
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27:54Sharon Owens(Ellen Abbott / WRVO) Program transcript: Grant Reeher: Welcome to the Campbell Conversations, I'm Grant Reeher. The Democratic Party primary for Syracuse City Mayor is Tuesday, June 24th, with early voting starting on June 14th. My guest today is one of the three candidates contesting that primary, Syracuse City Deputy Mayor Sharon Owe…
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Eric Heinze on the Campbell Conversations
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27:44Eric Heinze Program Transcription: Grant Reeher: Welcome to the Campbell Conversations, I'm Grant Reeher. My guest today is Eric Heinze. He's a professor of law and humanities at Queen Mary College in the University of London. And he's the author of a new book titled, “Coming Clean: The Rise of Critical Theory and the Future of the Left.” Professor…
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Dennis Patterson on the Campbell Conversations
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27:53Dennis Patterson Program transcript: Grant Reeher: Welcome to the Campbell Conversations. I'm Grant Reeher. As expertise and the exhortation to ‘follow the science’ become politically weaponized, my guest today is Dennis Patterson. He's a Law Professor at Rutgers University and he's also a Law and Legal Philosophy Professor at Surrey Law School in …
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Amie Parnes on the Campbell Conversations
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27:34Amie Parnes Program transcript: Grant Reeher: Welcome to the Campbell Conversations, I'm Grant Reeher. We’re at about the first 100 days mark for the second Trump presidency, that milestone is being marked across the media. Today, we're going to take a look backward at how we got here. My guest is Amie Parnes. She's a senior political correspondent…
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Marc Garneau on the Campbell Conversations
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27:53Marc Garneau Program transcript: Grant Reeher: Welcome to the Campbell Conversations, I'm Grant Reeher. My guest today has several notable profiles that should be of interest to listeners in Central New York. Marc Garneau is Canada's first astronaut to go into space and then twenty four years following his first flight, he was the first former astr…
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Dionne Koller on the Campbell Conversations
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27:53Dionne Koller Program transcript: Grant Reeher: Welcome to the Campbell Conversations, I'm Grant Reeher. Youth sports has become a cultural and political lightning rod in recent years. My guest today is an expert in that area, particularly the ways in which law and government policies have impacted it. Dionne Koller is a professor of law and the di…
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George Hawley on the Campbell Conversations
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27:51George Hawley Program transcript: Grant Reeher: Welcome to the Campbell Conversations, I'm Grant Reeher. With our historic levels of political polarization and the hard political feelings that have been generated during the Trump era, each side tends to see the other in the worst possible and the most extreme light. My guest today has written a new…
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Steve Featherstone on the Campbell Conversations
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27:53Steve Featherstone Program transcript: Grant Reeher: Welcome to the Campbell Conversations, I'm Grant Reeher. My guest today is Steve Featherstone. He's been on the program a couple of times previously to discuss magazine articles that he's researched and written. But he's with me today because, since 2021, he's been the outdoors reporter for the S…
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Former Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner on the Campbell Conversations
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27:54(WRVO News (file photo)) Stephanie Miner served two terms as mayor of the City of Syracuse, from 2010-2018. Before that, she served on the Syracuse Common Council. Now, she teaches at Colgate University, and has written a political memoir titled "Madam Mayor: Love and Loss in an American City." Program Transcript: Grant Reeher: Welcome to the Campb…
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Aaron Kupchik on the Campbell Conversations
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27:54Aaron Kupchik On this week's episode of the Campbell Conversations, Grant Reeher speaks with Aaron Kupchik, a Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware. He discusses his new book, "Suspended Education: School Punishment and the Legacy of Racial Injustice." Program Transcript: Grant Reeher: Welcome to the Campbell Con…
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Russell Shorto on the Campbell Conversations
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27:54Russell Shorto On this week's episode of the Campbell Conversations, Grant Reeher speaks with author and historian Russell Shorto, director of the New Amsterdam Project at the New York Historical Society. Shorto discusses his new book, "Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America." Program Transcript: Grant R…
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Alexander Marion on the Campbell Conversations
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27:53On this week's episode of the Campbell Conversations, Grant Reeher speaks with Syracuse City Auditor Alexander Marion. He was elected to the position as a Democrat in November 2023. Prior to that, he served on the staffs of State Senator Michael Gianaris and Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner.By Grant Reeher
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Catherine Herrold on the Campbell Conversations
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28:04(Syracuse University) USAID has been in the news more lately than at any point since its founding during the John F. Kennedy administration. What exactly does the government agency do? How does it fit with all U.S. foreign aid? Could its work be done more efficiently elsewhere? This week, Grant Reeher talks with Catherine Herrold, a professor at Sy…
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(Ryan Zalduondo / WRVO Public Media) As the hearings that would determine whether or not Gary Thibodeau would receive a new trial or not got underway, there was plenty of new information pertaining to potential new developments regarding the Heidi Allen kidnapping case. Leads about potential suspects were followed up on by Thibodeau’s legal team an…
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(Ryan Zalduondo / WRVO) Gary Thibodeau was convicted of kidnapping Heidi Allen in 1995, and his appeals ran out in 1999. Things appeared bleak for all parties involved as time moved forward into the 2000’s. But new light was shed on the case in 2013 when a woman came forward to say she had information about who may have kidnapped Allen in 1994. [Yo…
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(Ryan Zalduondo / WRVO) Richard Thibodeau’s arrest on May 25, 1994 for kidnapping Heidi Allen changed a lot of things in New Haven, New York. [You can catch up on last week's episode, if you missed it. We cover Allen's disappearance and the initial arrests of Richard and Gary.] Richard, who maintained his innocence from the moment he was arrested, …
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(Ryan Zalduondo / WRVO) The Easter Sunday disappearance of 18-year-year old Heidi Allen from a gas station convenience store gripped the central New York community and has continued to do so to this day. The crime took place in the quiet small town of New Haven, leading to an immediate fallout that was unlike anything it had ever seen. Allen’s kidn…
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Heidi Allen podcast coming to WRVO this April
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3:18(Ryan Zalduondo / WRVO) As the 25th anniversary of Heidi Allen's kidnapping approaches on April 3, 2019, WRVO is bringing you a special series on the story that has transfixed residents of Central and Northern New York for decades. Your host is Ryan Zalduondo, a senior at SUNY Oswego. Here's more from Ryan: I only learned about Heidi Allen's story …
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