What You Don't Know About Thanksgiving

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The Story of a Young Man: Pope John Paul II (46:52)
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.

Karol Wojtyla's path to papacy is laid out in this episode of Kaleidoscope.

To The Fallen: Memorial Day - Part 1 (44:32)
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.

Part one of a two-hour remembrance for Memorial Day... Since the ending of the Civil War in 1865, America has lost over 700,000 soldiers. For Memorial Day, Mike Whorf ...

Here's to You, Mom (47:59)
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.

Song, poetry, and prose for our moms on Mother's Day.

Prince Sparky and the Battle of Opening Day (48:06)
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.

The Detroit “Knights” take to the jousting field. It's a marvelously humorous baseball yarn set in jolly ole England.

Baseball: Great American Pastime (58:48)
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.

“Whoever would understand the heart and mind of America had better learn the game of baseball...” As this quotation sums up our attitude toward the national pastime, so our ...

Carpenters of Nazareth: Joseph & Jesus (48:58)
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.

Jesus, in this narrative, emerges from the shadows to walk in a world peopled by simple hard-working men in a town called Nazareth. A town where a man named Jesus lived and ...

Saint Ignatius: Knight of the New Crusade (46:50)
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.

Nobleman, soldier, gambler, womanizer, priest, theologian, and founder of the Society of Jesus—and all this of just one man!

The Irish Nightingale: John McCormack (50:54)
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.

The life, times, and music of Irish tenor, John McCormack.

Erin go Bragh (1 hr.) (47:56)
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.

Celebrating St. Patrick's Day with this edition of Kaleidoscope. From Mose the Firefighter to terminology and Irish practices, here is a look at the fact and fiction of the ...

Erin go Bragh: St. Patrick's Day (01:33:41)
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.

Dedicated to the late broadcaster, J.P. McCarthy—Detroit's #1 Irishman—here is a two-hour celebration for St. Patrick's Day. In song, poetry, and prose, this program is an ...

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Intro and Outro

Next, we have a program from the long-running “Kaleidoscope” radio series archive. “Kaleidoscope” aired for 40 years and was produced by Detroit radio mainstay Mike Whorf, who is now retired. This series archive of over one thousand shows is once again hitting the airwaves thanks to the Thomas & Erma Jean Tracy Family Foundation and Loyola Productions.

And now, here is WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT THANKSGIVING from the classic Mike Whorf series, “Kaleidoscope.”

[PROGRAM BREAKS] You’ve been listening to WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT THANKSGIVING from the classic Mike Whorf series, “Kaleidoscope.”

You’ve just heard a classic program from the long-running “Kaleidoscope” radio series, produced by Peabody Award-winning broadcaster Mike Whorf.

Mr. Whorf, now retired, began working in radio with the United States Air Force before moving on to commercial broadcasting, where he spent nearly forty years at station WJR in Detroit. There he developed his highly successful radio series, “Kaleidoscope.”

Thanks to the Thomas & Erma Jean Tracy Family Foundation, Mr. Whorf’s catalog of over one thousand hour-long programs now resides with Loyola Productions, where the master tapes are undergoing restoration and digital transfer, making them available to radio listeners once again.