{"id":14115,"date":"2021-12-24T13:58:28","date_gmt":"2021-12-24T21:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=14115"},"modified":"2021-12-24T14:02:24","modified_gmt":"2021-12-24T22:02:24","slug":"americas-beloved-annual-tradition-returns-its-our-very-special-bradcast-holiday-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=14115","title":{"rendered":"America&#8217;s Beloved Annual Tradition Returns! It&#8217;s Our &#8216;Very Special BradCast Holiday Special&#8217;!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><i>The beloved award-wanting holiday special is back!<br \/>\nJust in time to save another COVID Christmas Eve!<br \/>\nAnd this year we dedicate it to Joe Manchin with an extra sockful of coal!<\/i><\/center><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/audio\/BradCast_BradFriedman_VerySpecialHolidaySpecial_122420.mp3\"><center><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.BradBlog.com\/Images\/BradCast_VeryBradCastHolidaySpecial_2015.jpg\"><\/center><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What would Henry Ford think about his company&#8217;s new, all-electric F-150 Lightning pickup truck? Clues are available yet again this year, scattered throughout the program, as he hosted several great <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><i>BradCast<\/i><\/a> episodes from the bygone days of yesteryear.<\/p>\n<p>So, dim the lights, stir up a cocktail, stoke up the fireplace and, for God&#8217;s sake, put the kids to bed! (Or don&#8217;t. What do we care? Maybe they&#8217;ll learn something for a change.)<\/p>\n<p>No masks required, as we travel back to the 1930s and 40s to revisit some of our earliest <em>BradCasts<\/em> from the golden days of radio, featuring three timeless short radio plays from the days when our program was still sponsored by the Ford Motor Company of Dearborn, Michigan and introduced each night by Mr. Ford himself!<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy the world-renowned &#8220;BradCast Radio Theatre Players,&#8221; featuring a very young Brad Friedman, Desi Doyen and the late great actor\/playwright Paul Byrne!<\/p>\n<p>And to all a good night! (Except to Communists!)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\".\/Images\/Speaker_Icon_24.png\" style=\"width: 24px; float: none; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px;\"> <b><i><a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/audio\/BradCast_BradFriedman_VerySpecialHolidaySpecial_122420.mp3\">CLICK TO LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD SHOW!&#8230;<\/a><\/i><\/b><br \/>\n[audio:http:\/\/BradBlog.com\/audio\/BradCast_BradFriedman_VerySpecialHolidaySpecial_122421.mp3]<\/blockquote>\n<p><center><b>* * *<\/b><\/center><i>While we post <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><\/i>The BradCast<i><\/a> here every day, and you can hear it across all of our great affiliate stations and websites, to automagically get new episodes as soon as they&#8217;re available sent right to your computer or personal device, subscribe for free at <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-bradcast-w-brad-friedman\/id803467610\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pandora.com\/podcast\/the-bradcast-w-brad-friedman\/PC:1000025838\">Pandora<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/The-BradCast-with-Brad-Friedman-p477565\/\">TuneIn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/feed\/aHR0cHM6Ly9icmFkYmxvZy5jb20vcG9kY2FzdGdlbi9icmFkY2FzdC9mZWVkLnhtbA\">Google<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-BradCast-w-Brad-Friedman\/dp\/B08JJRN86R\/ref=sr_1_1\">Amazon<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/podcastgen\/bradcast\/feed.xml\">our native RSS feed<\/a>!<\/i><\/p>\n<p><!--BB-DONATEPITCH-START--><\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#f5f0e0; border:2px solid #6b5a2e; border-radius:6px; padding:10px 14px; text-align:center; font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"display:block; margin:0 0 8px 0; color:#3a2e0e; font-size:0.95em; line-height:1.5;\"><strong>The BRAD BLOG<\/strong>, <em>The BradCast<\/em> and <em>Green News Report<\/em> are all 100% independent and 100% listener and reader supported!<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Donate\" style=\"display:inline-block; background:#6b5a2e; color:#ffffff; padding:6px 18px; border-radius:4px; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none; font-family:Georgia,serif; font-size:0.9em;\">Please CLICK HERE to help support our work today!<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!--BB-DONATEPITCH-END--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The beloved award-wanting holiday special is back! 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