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Podcast: The Ten-Speed Bike, and How It Took Over the World Use our built-in Flash player, or click on the link to download. http://www.irememberjfk.com/mt/podcasts/ten_speed_bikes_5-18-2009.mp3 My Podcast Alley feed! {pca-06ffd772b80928859abbaed4d4518f0b}...

Podcast: The Three-Speed Bike Use our built-in Flash player, or click on the link to download. http://www.irememberjfk.com/mt/podcasts/the_three_speed_bike_5-11-2009.mp3...

Podcast: Swine Flu Scare: the 1976 Version Use our built-in Flash player, or click on the link to download. http://www.irememberjfk.com/mt/podcasts/swine_flu_scare_5-8-2009.mp3...

Podcast: Easing into FM Boomers, remember when you first started listening to FM radio over AM? Listen to today's podcast to hear recollections of when the new radio band began taking over the radio business....

Podcast: Getting Mad, Sick, or Cracked Time was that there were three magazines on the racks that Boomer boys scarfed up by the bagfuls: Mad, Sick, and Cracked. In a time when TV humor was much too tame for us, we devoured the politically incorrect satire that was contained therein. Today's podcast looks at the Big...

Podcast: The Rolling Stones Forty-seven years is a long time to be around, particularly if you are a rock and roll group long known for pushing things to excess. But the Rolling Stones have accomplished just that. And they have managed to attain the title of World's Greatest Rock and Roll band in the...

Podcast: Soda Fountains We Boomers grew up with a soda fountain within easy walking distance of where we were. Sadly, they disappeared, to be replaced by the self-serve convenience store. However, with the retro movement, soda fountains are making a bit of a comeback. Today's podcast is all about the long-lost, lamented soda...

Podcast: The Attack of the Killer Fan Mags Remember all of those teen magazines that used to grace the magazine rack at the corner grocery store? Whatever happened to them? Check out this podcast to relive the days when 16 Magazine reigned supreme....

Podcast: Growing Old NOT! A Review of Bruce Springsteen in Concert I went to hear the Boss play on April 7. This podcast consists of my review of the event, and also a comparison to the concert of his that I attended in Memphis back in 1981....

Podcast: The Twilight Zone The Twilight Zone defined what constitutes a timeless TV series. This podcast covers the classic show, whose episodes were frequently written by Rod Serling himself....

Podcast: Learning Phonics My mother was a schoolteacher. So was her mother. And both of them learned phonics as children. So it was fate that I, too, would learn the phonetical method of reading at a young age. Today's podcast is all about learning phonics in school in the 60's....

Podcast: WWII Dramas All Over the TV Screen One thing we Boomer kids could count on was having a choice of WWII dramas to choose from on the TV. Shows about the big war were commonplace, and one reason was that our parents remembered the era well, and probably savored the fact that they had helped defeat the...

Temporary Hold on Podcasts I'm excited about the response to the I Remember JFK Podcasts. However, I'm in the middle of a conversion from Windows to Linux, and I'm going to have to take a different approach for how I record mp3's. So please be patient, and I'll be back soon with sound cuts....

Podcast: Where Were You in 62? Imagine a movie about the wonderful, carefree days of 1996. Imagine the great music, our hot cars, and the innocence of the era. Yeah, right. But George Lucas recognized that 1962 Modesto, California was a special time and place, and in 1973 filmed American Graffiti to capture it. He also...

Podcast: The Midnight Special MTV has been with us since 1981. And other music networks provide us with music 24/7. But producer Burt Sugarman saw a market for late night rock and roll way back in 1972, and had to finance the first show himself to get his point across. Today's Podcast is all...

Podcast: Cootie To a soldier in World War II, the term "cootie" would bring unpleasant thoughts of bloodsucking parasites to his mind. However, for the children of that soldier, it would make us think of a fun game involving fortunate rolls of the dice and the construction of big plastic bugs. Today's...

Podcast: Children's Highlights Magazine Remember those doctor and dentist waiting rooms you visited as a child, waiting for your name to be called so you could have lots of uncomfortable procedures performed upon your young self? Well, they all had one good thing going for them: Children's Highlights Magazine. Today's Podcast is all about...

Podcast: Radio Flyer Wagons Kids have been pulling wagons called Radio Flyers down the sidewalk since 1930. Most of them are loaded with essential cargo like rocks, pop bottles, toys, puppies, or younger siblings. Not only were the metal wagons an important part of our childhoods, they continue to be such for our grandchildren....

Podcast: Erector Sets Erector sets were more than just great, durable toys. They taught a kid a lesson in making a commitment to a cause. Today's Podcast is all about what I learned from my 1969 Gilbert Senior Powerline set....

Podcast: Magnus Chord Organs Many homes of the 60's and 70's had inexpensive wood-toned plastic musical instruments known as chord organs, with Magnus being their primary manufacturer. Today's Podcast consists of my recollections of the ubiquitous air-driven machines, and my total inability to produce anything remotely resembling music on them....

Podcast: Big, Funky Roadside Attractions They were everywhere in the 60's: Giant dinosaurs, lumberjacks, arrows stuck in the ground, milk bottles, tepees, etc. And since they were made of durable materials, many of them are right where you saw them forty years ago. Today's Podcast is about the big, funky roadside attractions you remember as...

Podcast: When You Got Your First VCR They changed the way we watched TV. They let us blast through commercials, do other things while our shows were being recorded so we could watch them any time we wished, and let us watch movies, ANY movies, in the privacy of our home. It took a while before many...

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Monkeys and Dogs in Teacups:
The Boomers who can recall the coonskin cap and Howdy Doody years also remember ads in magazines designed to separate kids from their nickels and dimes. One of these scams, excuse me, opportunities, was tempting kids to get monkeys or dogs that are small enough to fit in a teacup...

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