Words to Live By
An audio podcast featuring Ronald Reagan speeches and radio addresses from the 1960s through the 1990s. A new Words to Live By Podcast will be posted every Tuesday.
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Episodes
Wednesday Mar 06, 2019
Monday Feb 25, 2019
Monday Feb 25, 2019
On February 26, 1986, during an address to the Nation on National Security, he began, “I want to speak to you this evening about my highest duty as President: to preserve peace and defend these United States.” Let’s listen.
Monday Feb 18, 2019
Monday Feb 18, 2019
In the week’s podcast, we start with remarks by President Reagan and Prime Minister Eugenia Charles of Dominica announcing the deployment of United States Forces in Grenada.
Monday Feb 11, 2019
Monday Feb 11, 2019
In this week’s podcast we listen to President Reagan’s 1985 State of the Union Address, which carried this theme, "Prouder, stronger, better."
Monday Feb 04, 2019
Monday Feb 04, 2019
In this week’s podcast, we go to President Reagan’s first address to the nation – this one on the economy – which he delivered via TV broadcast on February 5, 1981.
Monday Jan 28, 2019
Monday Jan 28, 2019
In this week’s podcast, we go back to January 29, 1981 for President Reagan’s first news conference. It began at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time in room 450 of the Old Executive Office Building. It was broadcast live on radio and television
Monday Jan 21, 2019
Monday Jan 21, 2019
In this week’s podcast, we go back to January 28, 1986, as President Reagan addressed the nation on this unspeakable tragedy.
Monday Jan 14, 2019
Monday Jan 14, 2019
In this weeks "Words to Live By" we go to January 20, 1981, when Ronald Reagan was sworn in as our nation’s 40 president. The Inaugural was an emotional experience but then the very next day it was “down to work.”
Monday Jan 07, 2019
Monday Jan 07, 2019
In this week’s podcast, we combine President Reagan’s passion for education with his passion for equal rights when he spoke to the students and faculty at Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School on January 15, 1986.
Tuesday Jan 01, 2019
Tuesday Jan 01, 2019
In this weeks episode of "Words to Live By", on December of 1985, just a month after their Geneva meeting, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev agreed to record a joint New Year’s Message – one that would play over the radio in both the United States and the Soviet Union. President Reagan recorded his half at 9am on December 28th from the Century Plaza Hotel in los Angeles. It was actually broadcast via television at 1pm on January 1st in the Soviet Union.