How FDR's voice guided Americans through some of America's most challenging years

NPR | By Clare Lombardo

Published June 30, 2026 at 3:13 PM CDT

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President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's voice was piped directly into American living rooms during the 1930s and '40s. The NBC microphone he used is on display at the Smithsonian.

How FDR's voice guided Americans through some of America's most challenging years

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