FDR's Fireside Chats

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt famously gave thirty evening radio speeches given between 1933 and 1944. Roosevelt would frequently talk to listeners about the current status of banks and New Deal programs he was creating. He also reassured them that the nation was going to recover and shared his hopes and plans for the country. The chats ranged from fifteen to forty-five minutes.

First Fireside Chat


Second Fireside Chat

*Additional Chats can be found on Youtube.com

Transcripts for each Fireside Chat:

http://www.mhric.org/fdr/fdr.html