Speaking of Liberty was sponsored by "the Council on Democracy" and broadcast by the NBC Red network. Rex Stout hosted a variety of guests who were "speaking of liberty."

The show aired for an an initial series of episodes and the audience response was so positive, the show returned for "Round 2."

There are a lot of typos and misinformation out there regarding the guests on these shows; hopefully this will clear things up:

01 Carl Van Doren
Historian & author (and Uncle of infamous 1950's quiz show contestant Charles Van Doren) speaks about the American Revolution. He wrote several books, including "Secret history of the American Revolution : an account of the conspiracies of Benedict Arnold and numerous others, drawn from the Secret Service papers of the British headquarters in North America, now for the first time examined and made public" (whew) in 1941: http://archive.org/details/secrethistoryofa00vand

02 Edmond Taylor
Foreign correspondent & author speaks about the effects of propaganda. His 1940 book, Strategy of Terror, showed how the Nazis used psychological warfare to crush their enemies: http://archive.org/details/strategyofterror010789mbp

03 Clifton Fadiman
Host of "Information, Please" (and book reviewer) speaks about Fascists, Communism and "the party line" & how this contrasts with Democracy. Archive.org has several of his E-books: http://archive.org/search.php?query=Clifton%20Fadiman%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts

04 Lin Yutang
Chinese Harvard-educated academic and author talks about "the Chinese Character" and Democracy. Archive.org has several of his E-books: http://archive.org/search.php?query=yutang%20lin%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts

05 Fannie Hurst
Novelist and short-story writer talks about Democracy by conjuring up a fictional dystopia. Archive.org has several of her E-books: http://archive.org/search.php?query=Fannie%20Hurst%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts

06 Pierre Van Paassen
Dutch journalist and novelist talks about Democracy and "the last Great Battle of the West." Archive.org has several of his E-books: http://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Van+Paassen%2C+Pierre%22

07 Louis Adamic
Yugoslavian author and editor of talks about "the Dream that is America." Archive.org has several of his E-books: http://archive.org/search.php?query=Louis%20Adamic

08 Herbert Agar
Newspaper editor and journalist (also associated with Vanderbilt University's Southern Agrarian poetry movement) speaks about newspapers and Democracy and the rights of "The Press." Archive.org has several of his E-books: http://archive.org/search.php?query=herbert%20agar

09 Max Eastman
Journalist, poet and Communist-turned-Libertarian speaks about Germany and Democracy and Tyranny. Archive.org has several of his E-books: http://archive.org/search.php?query=Max%20Eastman%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts

10 Alexander Woollcott
Critic, Algonquin Round Table wit, and apocryphal inspiration for the character "Nero Wolfe" talks about the enlisted man and liberty. Archive.org has several of his E-books: http://archive.org/search.php?query=Alexander%20Woollcott

11 Florence Jaffray Harriman
Suffragist, diplomat & author speaks about Norway and the Nazis. Archive.org only has this book (one of the first on Auschwitz), with her Foreword: http://archive.org/details/OswiecimCampOfDeath

12 Eve Curie
Author, member of the the Free French Forces, and exiled French citizen speaks about France and the Nazis. Archive.org has her National Book Award-winning biography of her mother (E-book): http://archive.org/details/madamecurie035051mbp


14 Carl Crow
Author and founder of the Shanghai Evening Post speaks about Simon Bolivar, freedom and South America. Archive.org has several of his E-books: http://archive.org/search.php?query=crow%2C%20carl%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts

15 Bertrand Russell
British philosopher and mathematician speaks about the suspension of civil liberties in times of crisis. Archive.org has several of his E-books: http://archive.org/search.php?query=Bertrand%20Russell%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts

16 Ernest Hauser
Author & expert on Japan speaks about Japan's conquest of East Asia & their inability to understand Democratic principles. Archive.org has one of his E-books: http://archive.org/details/shanghaicityfors009753mbp

17 Douglas Miller
Author (of "You Can't Do Business With Hitler, and others) speaks about business practices in Nazi Germany.
No ebooks at archive.org but "You Can't Do Business With Hitler" radio program is there: http://archive.org/details/OTRR_You_Cant_Do_Business_With_Hitler_Singles

18 John R. Tunis
Journalist and author speaks about Democracy and sports & the 1936 Berlin Olympic games. Archive.org has one of his baseball stories in an anthology: http://archive.org/details/crackofbatstorie00fenn

26 Carl Carmer
Author and memoirist speaks about American fascists, civil liberties and free speech. Archive.org has several of his E-books: http://archive.org/search.php?query=Carl%20Carmer%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts

27 Walter Millis
Author speaks about the differences between WWI and WWII and "peace without victory." Archive.org has several of his E-books: http://archive.org/search.php?query=Walter%20Millis

28 Margaret Leech
Historian and Pulitzer-winning author speaks about Lincoln & the "Crisis of Democracy." Archive.org has one of her E-books: http://archive.org/search.php?query=%22MARGARET%20LEECH%22

30 Pearl S. Buck
Nobel-winning author speaks about the necessity of winning the war via a strong Democratic conviction. Archive.org has several of her E-books: http://archive.org/search.php?query=Pearl%20%20Buck%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts

31 Frank Gervasi
Author, correspondent, and columnist speaks about the importance of oil & other influences on Nazis strategy during the war.
No ebooks at archive.org.

34 Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Educational reformer and author speaks about women and Democracy in America and the role of women in Nazi Germany. Archive.org has several of her E-books: http://archive.org/search.php?query=Dorothy%20Canfield%20Fisher%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts

35 Erskine Caldwell
Author and correspondent, speaks about his time in Russia and the attack by Nazi Germany. Archive.org has several of his E-books: http://archive.org/search.php?query=Erskine%20Caldwell%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts

Any error or typo is mine :)

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