Listen • 5:25
Best known for the hit TV series “The Twilight Zone,” Rod Serling’s early career in radio was marked by censorship for his views on social issues of the time.
Katy Sewall of The Bittersweet Life podcast reports.
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Listen • 4:47
Ora Nichols was the first and only woman to run a radio sound effects department during the Golden Age of Radio. She led the CBS sound team and, along with her husband Arthur Nichols, is credited with bringing the concept of sound effects to radio.
Katy Sewall, co-hosts “The Bittersweet Life” podcast, reports.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org. Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.
Listen • 5:35
Composer Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas” is a holiday favorite. But the bestselling song has a melancholy backstory.
Katy Sewall, host of The Bittersweet Life podcast, reports.