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Vox Pop
32 episodes Aired 1932-1948
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1. New York Worlds Fair, New York, New York
   30mins Aired 1939-09-09
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2. Largest Telephone Building, New York, New York
   29mins Aired 1939-12-14
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3. Movie Set of Seventeen, Hollywood, California
   30mins Aired 1940-02-15
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4. McLean Operating Room, Roosevelt Hospital, New York, New York
   30mins Aired 1940-05-09
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5. Republican Convention, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Clip)
   9mins Aired 1940-06-27
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6. Movie Set of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
   29mins Aired 1940-08-08
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7. Buster Crabbe, New York Worlds Fair
   30mins Aired 1940-08-15
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8. Mystery Location, Burns Detective Agency Conclave
   29mins Aired 1940-09-05
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9. Brooklyn Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals, Hotel Bossert, Brooklyn, New-York
   29mins Aired 1941-08-25
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10. Indiana State Fair, Indianapolis, Indiana
    30mins Aired 1941-09-01
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11. Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
    29mins Aired 1941-09-15
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12. USS Prairie State, New York, New York
    30mins Aired 1941-09-22
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13. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
    45mins Aired 1941-10-06
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14. Hangar 6, Maxwell Field, Montgomery, Alabama
    29mins Aired 1941-10-13
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15. US Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland
    29mins Aired 1941-10-20
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16. Pheasant Hunt Capitol Winner, South Dakota
    29mins Aired 1941-11-03
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17. New York Military Academy, Cornwall On Hudson, New York
    28mins Aired 1941-11-17
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18. Notre Dame University, South Bend, Indiana
    30mins Aired 1941-11-24
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19. Air Raid Warden Defense Meeting, New York, New York
    29mins Aired 1941-12-29
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20. US Marines, Quantico, Virginia
    29mins Aired 1942-01-05
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21. Army Air Corps Cadets, Randolph Field, Texas
    28mins Aired 1942-01-12
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22. USMC Birthday, New River, North Carolina
    29mins Aired 1942-11-09
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23. Penn State in Wartime, State College, Pennsylvania
    30mins Aired 1943-11-15
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24. USCG Manhattan Beach Training Center, Brooklyn, New York
    30mins Aired 1943-11-22
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25. Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation Shipyard, Portland, Oregon
    30mins Aired 1944-07-03
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26. Army Air Transport Command, Hamilton Field, California
    30mins Aired 1944-07-10
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27. Army Amphibious Forces, Fort Ord, Monterey Bay, California
    30mins Aired 1944-07-17
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28. Charleston, South Carolina Point of Embarkation, USAHS, Wisteria
    29mins Aired 1945-02-26
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29. Repatriated POWs, Lake Placid Club, New York
    29mins Aired 1945-07-16
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30. Marine Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina
    29mins Aired 1945-07-23
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31. Armed Forces Radio Service HQ, Hollywood, California
    29mins Aired 1945-08-20
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32. Congressmen Richard M. Nixon, Glenn R. Davis, Chattanooga, Tennessee
    29mins Aired 1948-01-21
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Vox Pop was a popular radio program that featured interviews, quizzes, and human interest stories. Often called Sidewalk Interviews or Voice of the People, the show was established in Houston in 1932 when Parks Johnson and Jerry Belcher used portable microphones to interview people on the street about the presidential election. The format expanded with the duo later moving to New York and the show gaining co-hosts such as Wally Butterworth, Neil O'Malley, and Warren Hull. The conversations between interviewers and participants were often natural and engaging, and the show covered a wide range of topics, asking passersby humorous questions and interviewing people from all walks of life.

The show ran from 1932 to the late 1940s and was broadcast on various radio networks, including the Blue Network, NBC, CBS, and ABC. Over the course of the show, Johnson and his co-hosts visited 41 states and six foreign countries. The show later found its way to other formats, such as the 1938 Milton Bradley game Vox Pop, where players pulled chips from a bag to answer questions. While the original Vox Pop has ended, today there is an unrelated live call-in radio show with the same name on WAMC, Northeast Public Radio. This extensive collection of often rare recordings showcases the charm and spontaneity of the playful interviews that took place across the US and abroad from the 1930s to the 1940s.

Performers: Parks Johnson, Wally Butterworth, Jerry Belcher, Neil O'Malley, Warren Hull

Sources: wikipedia.org, otrcat.com