Documentary History of Broadcasting: 1920-1950: Radio Before Television

"A Word in Your Ear" and "I Know what I Like," two radio essays by Lister Sinclair are a part of the Educational Broadcast Series, Ways of Mankind—an anthropological series that sought to document the history of communication. Sinclair’s aural-essays on Language and Art are accompanied by extensive liner notes and transcriptions.

Track Listing

101	A Word in Your Ear: Introduction (Grunts and Wolf whistle)	Lister Sinclair	02:07
102	A Word in Your Ear: Culture Reflects Language (Place, Time, Class, and Food)	Lister Sinclair	03:15
103	A Word in Your Ear: Reflection of Age and Sex	Lister Sinclair	01:12
104	A Word in Your Ear:: Reflection of Occasion	Lister Sinclair	01:59
105	A Word in Your Ear: Language Reflects Culture (Vocabulary)	Lister Sinclair	01:33
106	A Word in Your Ear: New Words	Lister Sinclair	03:55
107	A Word in Your Ear: Think and Speak (Child rearing)	Lister Sinclair	02:00
108	A Word in Your Ear: Changes and Languages	Lister Sinclair	02:00
109	A Word in Your Ear: Language in Use	Lister Sinclair	05:40
201	I KNOW WHAT I LIKE: Art is Universal	Lister Sinclair	07:00
202	I KNOW WHAT I LIKE: Art from Conditions and Circumstance	Lister Sinclair	01:27
203	I KNOW WHAT I LIKE: Adorning	Lister Sinclair	01:48
204	I KNOW WHAT I LIKE: Music	Lister Sinclair	05:01
205	I KNOW WHAT I LIKE: Music as an expression	Lister Sinclair	03:10
206	I KNOW WHAT I LIKE: Music as a Social Value	Lister Sinclair	03:49
207	I KNOW WHAT I LIKE: Music as a Social Function	Lister Sinclair	05:51