Orson Welles was a force of nature—an artist whose genius seemed larger than life, yet whose exploits were all too real. In the mid-1940s, Welles brought his formidable voice and unflinching moral clarity to ABC News with Orson Welles Commentaries, a series of fifteen-minute broadcasts that tackled the most pressing issues of the day. This collection captures eight episodes from the summer of 1946, beginning just after initial sponsor Lear Radio Laboratories ended their support. Though the budget shrank dramatically, Welles refused to abandon this platform, and his commentaries from this period remain among the most powerful and important in broadcast history.
