Episode

From the Vault 395: Nelson Mandela Tribute

On this edition of From the Vault we pay tribute to the life of anti-apartheid revolutionary Nelson Mandela in three landmark speeches given after his release from prison in 1990, having served 27 years of a life sentence: - Nelson Mandela’s Address to the United Nations – June 22nd, 1990 - Nelson Mandela at the Oakland Coliseum – June 30th, 1990

From the Vault 394: Indian Tales by Jaime de Angulo

This week on From the Vault we offer up an hour of storytelling from the oldest surviving recording in all of public broadcasting, Indian Tales, which dates back to 1949 – the year Pacifica flagship station KPFA introduced listener sponsored non-commercial media to Berkeley, California and the world.

From the Vault 392: Lena Horne

This week on From the Vault, Pacifica Radio Archives honors the incredible life of the talented and beautiful Lena Horne, who was a powerful voice on Pacifica Radio over the years as she blazed the trail for minority artists of all kinds in music, film, dance, and radio.

From the Vault 391: Paul Newman and John Cassavetes

This week on From the Vault, we listen to actors Paul Newman and John Cassavetes at the October 1970 San Francisco International Film Festival. Recorded and produced by Alan Farley at KPFA, these recordings exist as some of the only known footage from the Festival, which through the years included the likes of Bette Davis, Ruth Gordon, Burt Lancaster, and Robert Altman.

From the Vault 390: Poor People's Campaign

In 1968, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was planning The Poor People’s March on Washington D.C. as part of the War on Poverty. Dr. King was adamant that the Poor People’s March and campaign did not focus just on poor African Americans but included poverty-stricken people without deference to race, creed or color.

From the Vault 389: Che & Allen by Julio Martinez

This week on From the Vault we present Che & Allen, an original radio drama inspired by sound recordings of two iconic figures found in the Pacifica Radio Archive collection, Argentine Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara and Beat poet Allen Ginsberg.

From the Vault 388: JFK Assassination - 50th Anniversary

On this edition of From the Vault we feature two recordings to mark the 50th anniversary of one of the most tragic and perplexing incidents in American history, the November 22, 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

The adventures of Sherlock Holmes : a collection (Episode 1)

Detective stories starring John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, and Orson Welles.

r.1. How Dr. Watson med Sherlock Holmes (30 min.). -- r.2. A Scandle in Bohemia (30 min.). -- r.3. The Red headed league (22 min.). -- r.4. The Gasfitter's ball (26 min.). -- r.5. The Second stain (27 min.). -- r.6. The Bruce Partington plans (27 min.). -- r.7. The Dying detective (23 min.). -- r.8. The Norwood builder (28 min.). -- r.9. The Solitary cyclist (29 min.). -- r.10.

From the Vault 387: An Homage to Albert Einstein

This week on From the Vault we present a recently digitized fifty year-old KPFK program celebrating the life of physics godfather Albert Einstein. The News & Public Affairs Department at KPFK, led by Jack Daly, produced An Homage to Albert Einstein, which was broadcast March 14, 1962 – on what would have been Einstein’s 83rd birthday.

From the Vault 385: Inquest at Christiana

This week on From the Vault we proudly present Inquest at Christiana, a two-part radio drama that exemplifies the genre and is a testament to Pacifica Radio’s embrace of radio arts.

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