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Fireside chats, series of radio addresses delivered by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt that aired from 1933 to 1944. The fireside chats were influential in reformulating the American worldview from one of despair to one of hope in a time of multiple crises, including the Great Depression and World War II.
Aug 19, 2016 · President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s radio talks connected Americans to the White House in a way no medium of communication had yet allowed. “The president wants to come into your home and sit at your fireside for a little fireside chat,” announced Robert Trout on the airwaves of CBS in March 1933.
Oct 14, 2020 · FDR's Fireside Chats. President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers a fireside chat on government and capitalism, September 30, 1934. FDR forged a powerful bond with Americans by communicating with them in ways no previous president had. His freewheeling press conferences, eventually totaling almost 1,000, attracted attention.
Apr 7, 2020 · The fireside chats enabled Roosevelt to connect with Americans in an unprecedented way—an ability that likely contributed to his historic four presidential victories.
By the time of Roosevelt's inauguration, nearly all of the banks in the nation had temporarily closed in response to mass withdrawals by a panicked public. Roosevelt calms the fears of the nation and outlines his plan to restore confidence in the banking system.
Feb 14, 2019 · Fireside chats were a series of 30 radio broadcasts by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, which he used to explain or promote a specific government action. Millions of Americans tuned in to the broadcasts, yet listeners could feel the president was talking directly to them.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Fireside Chat Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/210361
