And He Can't Take That Away

The dissolution of federal funding for the arts has Frank thinking about the amazing work of Smithsonian Folkways.

A part of the Smithsonian's Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage in Washington, D.C., Folkways is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution. The label was founded in 1987 after the family of Moses Asch, founder of Folkways Records, donated the entire Folkways Records label to the Smithsonian. 

The donation was made on the condition that the Institution continue Asch's policy that each of the more than 2,000 albums of Folkways Records remains in print forever, regardless of sales. Since then, the label has expanded on Asch's vision of documenting the sounds of the world, adding six other record labels to the collection and releasing over 300 new recordings. 

This recording, featuring narration by Philadelphia broadcaster Vince Leonard (Homer Venske) of the first moon landing, is one of Frank’s favorite releases on Smithsonian, and it is something the Trump Administration cannot take away from us.