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The National Industrial Council (a front for the National Association of Manufacturers) presented a thinly veiled anti Roosevelt and anti New Deal propaganda program call The American Family Robinson. Newspaper editor Luke Robinson was in a perfect spot to see how the “socialist” New Deal policies were sending America down the tubes, and the program gave him plenty of opportunity to praise the virtues of lower taxes and less industrial regulation. Click here to read more about American Family Robinson

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Please enjoy these 64 old time radio episodes:

Air Date	Title	Synopsis
07.21.1940	american family robinson (53)	+ Program #52. National Industrial Council (of the N. A. M.) syndication. Luke is unhappily eating l...
07.21.1940	american family robinson (52)	+ Program #53. National Industrial Council (of the N. A. M.) syndication. Myra makes a patriotic spe...
07.14.1940	american family robinson (51)
07.14.1940	american family robinson (50)
07.07.1940	american family robinson (48)
07.07.1940	american family robinson (49)
06.16.1940	american family robinson (43) luke comes home at lunchtime, depressed over the three	+ Program #43. National Industrial Council syndication, Orthacoustic transcription. Luke comes home...
06.16.1940	american family robinson (42) luke and aunt agatha discuss the debacle in the mayor's	+ Program #42. National Industrial Council syndication, Orthacoustic transcription. Luke and Aunt A...
06.09.1940	american family robinson (40) while luke and myra talk about their problems, luke	+ Program #40. National Industrial Council syndication, Orthacoustic transcription. While Luke and ...
06.09.1940	american family robinson (41) ns the merits of business competition and	+ Program #41. National Industrial Council syndication, Orthacoustic transcription. Luke explains t...
06.02.1940	american family robinson (39) while myra's house cleaning, luke tells her how america's	+ Program #39. National Industrial Council syndication, Orthacoustic transcription. While Myra's ho...
N/A	american family robinson (84)	+ Program #84. National Industrial Council syndication, Orthacoustic transcription. Luke is determi...
N/A	american family robinson (85)	+ Program #85. National Industrial Council syndication, Orthacoustic transcription. Myra tries to c...
N/A	american family robinson (40)	+ Program #40. National Industrial Council syndication, Orthacoustic transcription. While Luke and ...
N/A	american family robinson (38)	+ Program #38. National Industrial Council syndication, Orthacoustic transcription. Luke learns tha...
N/A	american family robinson (54)	+ Program #54. National Industrial Council syndication, Orthacoustic transcription. Myra has taken ...
N/A	american family robinson (53)	+ Program #53. National Industrial Council (of the N. A. M.) syndication. Myra makes a patriotic spe...
N/A	american family robinson (39)	+ Program #39. National Industrial Council syndication, Orthacoustic transcription. While Myra's ho...
N/A	american family robinson (41)	+ Program #41. National Industrial Council syndication, Orthacoustic transcription. Luke explains t...
N/A	american family robinson (42)	+ Program #42. National Industrial Council syndication, Orthacoustic transcription. Luke and Aunt A...
N/A	american family robinson (43)	+ Program #43. National Industrial Council syndication, Orthacoustic transcription. Luke comes home...
N/A	american family robinson (48)
N/A	american family robinson (49)	+ Program #49. National Industrial Council (of the N. A. M.) syndication. Windy Bill is offered a jo...
N/A	american family robinson (50)	+ Program #50. National Industrial Council (of the N. A. M.) syndication. Windy Bill is bragging to ...
N/A	american family robinson (51)	+ Program #51. National Industrial Council (of the N. A. M.) syndication. Luke tries to get Windy Bi...

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The American Family Robinson radio program was first syndicated by the National Industrial Council (a group set up by the National Association of Manufacturers) in the Fall of 1934. The program features the Robinsons, a family dealing with hard times during the Depression. The program was designed to use the medium of radio and the popular format of continuing serials of the time to “sell” the public on more conservative economic policies. It was part of a larger effort, including texts for speeches, leaflets, films for schools and other materials, by the NAM to organize owners of manufacturing business to influence public opinion in their local communities about New Deal economics. The program was popular, being broadcast by some 300 stations, with the air time paid for by local sponsors. It was controversial in its time - the National Association of Broadcasters issued a memo to stations encouraging them to inform audience that the program was sponsored and didn’t necessarily represent the views of station management or owners. The first series features Chester Stratton. The second series from 1940 features Bill Adams. By 1940, there were a new set of government policies and a looming war that were on the minds of the country. So NAM brought back the Robinsons, following up on them in a series that was more polished and subtle than the previous series. In this second series, Mr. Robinson is no longer a newspaper editor, but is managing his Aunt Agatha’s store. Mrs. Robinson has become a radio personality with a marriage advice program. Luke is now unhappy, as his wife’s work is taking so much time that he’s feeling neglected. Writers for both series was Douglas Silver and Marjorie Bartlett. Director is Martha Atwell.

AMERICAN FAMILY ROBINSON