August 1-7, 1925. The Roaring Twenties.

1925 was the heart of the Roaring Twenties and they were roaring. "The Great Gatsby" came out that year, the famous novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald which perfectly captured the flavor of the year. Jimmy Walker was the flamboyant mayor of New York City. Mayor Walker perfectly epitomized the ethos of the Roaring Twenties. He was nominated this week and elected in November.

The post World War 1 scene was winding down as the French and their allies pulled out of the Ruhr region of Germany, the industrial heartland, while the orchestra was setting into their seats for the next war.

Germany and Poland were each evicting non-desirables of the other country back to their respective homelands. It created scenes of “concentration camp” misery for both populations. But trouble with Poland and the French leaving the Ruhr were signs that things were starting to look up for Hitler and Nazis, although most people were oblivious to the signs of the horrible future that was coming.

Finally, on the homefront there was baseball, Babe Ruth and - women swimming! There were more women running around in bathing suits than ever before. Gertrude Ederle tried to swim the English Channel.

And final goodbyes to the famous William Jennings Bryan who finally gets to meet God. He had a lot to tell him, for sure, as the earth, in particular the US of A was still filled with such a delightful mixture of criminals, crazy businessmen and politicians, such as the rich NY real estate mogul who tried to adopt a 21 year old woman as his daughter. We will find out how that ended.

And an update on the nuclear buzzer!

This is the Raspberry Podcast. History with Flavor! Your hosts, Michael Prince and Ed Strosser.