Jack Benny — “Your money or your life” March 28, 1948
The most famous laugh in radio. A holdup man asks Jack Benny the question — and Benny takes his time answering.
Listen →The Front Porch
Welcome up. This is the gathering place of the house — the old broadcasts and the old songs, kept in one quiet spot for seniors. Everything here is free to hear, any time. Pull up a chair.
Start here — three good doors in
Suspense — “Sorry, Wrong Number” May 25, 1943
Agnes Moorehead, alone with a telephone, overhears a murder being planned. Radio drama at its very best.
Listen →President Roosevelt — the Fireside Chat December 9, 1941
His own voice, kept by the National Archives — the night after Pearl Harbor, a nation gathered around the radio.
Listen →The rooms
Radio Days
The golden age of radio, room by room: the big bands at full swing, the comedies, the dramas, and the all-star shows made for the troops.
Step into Radio Days →The Telling Room
Tell your life in your own voice — a few minutes of talking at a time — and have it made into a keepsake for your family: a recording to gather round, and a bound book. Or give it to your mother — we’ll do the rest.
Step into the Telling Room →The Hymn Room
The sacred songs from across the street, kept here too — Scripture read aloud with the old spirituals underneath, the way they stand in the Seniors Room at Wayfaring Word. Listen here, or put the Presentation on the big screen. Eight pieces stand in the room.
Step into the Hymn Room →The house will grow — more rooms as they’re named and filled, one at a time.
Our sister rooms
The Seniors Room at Wayfaring Word — Scripture and the old hymns, kept for senior groups and senior ministries.
The Holland Press — books in the making, from the same house.