oral history

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“These bands were doing anthems, and they were talking directly to us,” says David Spero, a radio executive, in “Raised on Radio,” an oral history by Paul Rees.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Visiting the in-demand Wendy L’Belle Tividad for a psychic reading On making music for ‘the freaks’ with the Egyptian Lover Unpacking the oral history of jerkin’ and its lasting impact beyond L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

“I just believe in service,” she said in an oral history interview with the Eastern Kentucky University Research Center for Special Collections & Archives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

“We were facing things that the average person would never even consider,” Basheer said in the “Storytelling Project” oral history.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2025

He wanted to throw a Mess Night that would worm its way into the oral history of the Marine Corps.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy