The American Countdown - Top 10 Listener Favorites

The American Countdown - Top 10 Listener Favorites

Can't wait for the Premier? Listen now: http://Patreon.com/ChestertonRadio
Elfland Radio - all-day live stream is here: http://Listen.ChestertonRadio.com

10. The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne - American Novels
In Puritan Boston, Massachusetts, a crowd gathers to witness the punishment of Hester Prynne, a young woman who has given birth to a baby of unknown parentage.

9. Eddie Rickenbacker - Biography in Sound - America's Top WWI Fighter Ace - American fighter ace in World War I and a Medal of Honor recipient.

8. Out of Sight - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - First American Woman in Space - CBS Radio Mystery Theater (a.k.a. Radio Mystery Theater and Mystery Theater, sometimes abbreviated as CBSRMT) is a radio drama series created by Himan Brown that was broadcast on CBS Radio Network

7. The Hoosier Schoolmaster - Edward Eggleston - American Novels
Right after the Civil War, an ex-Union soldier sets out to become a schoolmaster in his small town, even though many locals still harbor a resentment against "Yankees".

6. These Precious Premises - Democracy in America - Alexis de Tocqueville - Episode 14/14 - Democracy in America is a dramatization of Alexis de Tocqueville’s book which follows Tocqueville and his companion, Gustave de Beaumont, from their landing in New York in May of 1831 through their departure nine months later.

5. Jack Armstrong - The All-American Boy - Adventure of the Sunken Reef Ep.2 - A radio adventure series which maintained its popularity from 1933 to 1951.

4. Knute Rockne All American - Ronald Reagan - Pat O'Brien - Lux Radio Theater - A 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the Notre Dame coach

3. Between Americans - 12/7/1941 - Orson Welles - Norman Corwin
What Americans were listening to the evening of December 7, 1941 after the Pearl Harbor Attack

2. An American Tragedy - Theodore Dreiser - George Montgomery - NBC University Theatre
Ambitious, handsome, but poorly educated, naïve, and immature, Clyde Griffiths is raised by poor and devoutly religious parents to help in their street missionary work

1. The People With Light Coming Out of Them - Play by William Saroyan - The Free Company
"For what avails the plow or sail or land or life if Freedom fail?"
The Free Company was a voluntary group of distinguished American playwrights, writers, actors and radio workers who join their talents to bring you this series with no compensation other than the knowledge that it may serve America.

Bonus: These Are The Times That Try Men's Souls - The American Crisis - Thomas Paine - Crisis 1 - 13 pamphlet series by 18th century Enlightenment philosopher/author Thomas Paine, published during and immediately following the American Revolution

Your support is the only thing that keeps Chesterton Radio on the Air!
https://www.patreon.com/ChestertonRadio
https://www.SubscribeStar.com/ChestertonRadio
http://BuyMeACoffee.com/ChestertonRadio
http://Sponsor.ChestertonRadio.com

Chesterton Radio
Playing the Classics! Works of G.K. Chesterton and Friends
Plus, Drama, Comedy, Mystery, Science Fiction and more

Chuck the TV and discover a whole new world!
True - Good - Beautiful
The Soundtrack for your Chesterton Day!

Our 24/7 Live Stream - Elfland Radio is here:
http://Listen.ChestertonRadio.com

Programs on Chesterton Radio are sponsored by:
MachineDesignPro.com: Engineering and Product Development Services
http://MachineDesignPro.com

BatteryJobs.com: Energy Career Portal - Electric Vehicle - Lead-Acid - Lithium - Solar
http://BatteryJobs.com

Contact us to learn how you or your company can become a Chesterton Radio sponsor:
http://Sponsor.ChestertonRadio.com

Do you enjoy the variety on Chesterton Radio?
Like, Share and Subscribe to be notified of our new shows