Radio allowed the words of Will Rogers to reach the largest, most diverse live audience he ever entertained. In The Voice and Wisdom of Will you will hear his most famous radio talk, the so-called Bacons and Beans and Limousines, a nationwide broadcast in October 1931 for President Hoover’s Organization on Unemployment Relief. You will also be treated to excerpts from several of his weekly Sunday night broadcasts in 1933-35 sponsored by Gulf Oil Company. In the midst of the Great Depression, his radio voice in the 1930s lightened his listeners’ hearts and gave them hope during desperate times.

Track 1: Bacon and Beans and Limousines
Track 2: The Dust Bowl
Track 3: Taxes
Track 4: Presidents’ Day
Track 5: Plan Day
Track 6: Inheritance Tax
Track 7: Mother’s Day
Track 8: The Congressional Record
Track 9: The Joke Factory: The U.S. Senate
Track 10: The Pilgrims