H. V. Kaltenborn

The influential radio commentator H.V. Kaltenborn declared that “For all we know, we have created a Frankenstein,” and Norman Cousins, the editor of the Saturday Review of Literature, wrote a widely-cited editorial declaring that modern man was obsolete. In an article for the New Yorker (later published separately as…

H.V. Kaltenborn was one of the earliest radio commentators, making his radio series debut in 1922; he became known for his instant and lucid analyses of news events as they happened. His ability to translate several languages made him especially valuable as tensions rose in…