Before television, the radio was the beating heart of the house. Families gathered around console sets the size of furniture, leaning in close as the dial glowed and the announcer’s voice crackled to ...

It was called the “Golden Age of Radio” in the 1940s and 1950s. Although thoughts recall the radio programing of the day when we hear the term, the equipment itself was also “golden,” so to speak.

Sebastian Verdis is the creator and director of a production that takes us back to the Golden Age of radio which has become a seasonal staple.

An excerpt from Hear and Now, a documentary from the late 1950s, describes radio's essential role in society at the time, from reporting major events to warning citizens in the event of a natural ...