As “Ket” Sees It
A series of radio talks by Charles Franklin Kettering.
Delivered on General Motors Symphony of the Air – September 12, 1943 weekly through July 21, 1946
The Intangible in Human Progress – September 12, 1943
They Just Wanted to Fly – September 26, 1943
The Birth of an Idea – October 3, 1943
What is Value? – October 10, 1943
Our Most Powerful Secret Weapon – October 17, 1943
It’s the Follow Through that Counts – October 24, 1943
Mosquitoes and Steam Shovels – October 30, 1943
A Man Who Groped in the Dark – November 7, 1943
World-Wide Opera House – November 14, 1943
The Man Who Kept His Eye on the Ball – November 21, 1943
Ideas Are More Permanent Than People – November 28, 1943
Research is a State of Mind – December 5, 1943
The Wright Way – December 10, 1943
Christmas Lecturer – December 17, 1943
Measuring Time – December 26, 1943
Patience – January 2, 1944
Experiment vs. Theory – January 9, 1944
The Victory Model – January 16, 1944
Muskets and Machines – January 23, 1944
There is Always a Frontier – January 30, 1944
A Veterinarian “Shoes” the Horseless Carriage – February 6, 1944
Energy From the Sun – February 13, 1944
If at First You Do Succeed – February 20, 1944
Frozen Ideas – March 5, 1944
Twice in a Lifetime – March 12, 1944
A Word to the Wise – March 19, 1944
Hand and Mind – March 26, 1944
Learning From Nature – April 2, 1944
Twice a Patriot – April 16, 1944
The News Gets Around – April 23, 1944
Time and the Tree – April 30, 1944
The Bookkeeper Had a Hobby – May 7, 1944
Research Comes First – May 14, 1944
Dots and Dashes – May 21, 1944
Time and Distance – May 28, 1944
Producing For War – June 4, 1944
The Other Side – June 11, 1944
The Narrow Margin – June 18, 1944
George Washington – Patriot, Statesman and Scientist – July 9, 1944
The Crown Jewels – July 23, 1944
Catching Up with Nature – July 30, 1944
Inventor – Business Man – August 6, 1944
From Cocoon to Test Tube – August 20, 1944
American Crossroads – August 27, 1944
Purple Dye, Sun Glasses and Malaria – September 10, 1944
Patience and Practice – September 24, 1944
Ghost Pictures – October 1, 1944
Role D’Honneur – October 8, 1944
Ancient Battleground – October 15, 1944
Orukter Amphibolos – October 22, 1944
The Three Phases – November 12, 1944
Pilgrim’s Progress – November 19, 1944
“Poor Richard” – November 26, 1944
Music and Stars – December 3, 1944
The Four Horsemen – December 31, 1944
The Silent Service – January 7, 1945
The Good Old Days – January 14, 1945
The Turning Wheel – January 21, 1945
Thomas Midgley, Jr. – January 28, 1945
Scouts of the World – Brothers Together – February 4, 1945
The Man of a Thousand Ideas – February 11, 1945
Scientific Giant – February 18, 1945
An Idea Explodes – February 25, 1945
Flying Death – March 4, 1945
Lady of the Lamp – March 11, 1945
Underwater Powerhouse – March 18, 1945
The Man Who Aimed High – March 25, 1945
Hidden Hunger – April 8, 1945
Plant Engineer – April 22, 1945
Plastic Pioneer – April 29, 1945
Musical Milestones – May 6, 1945
American Method – May 20, 1945
“The Rockets’ Red Glare” – May 27, 1945
Our Greatest Industry – June 3, 1945
International Symphonies – June 10, 1945
Landing Ship, Tank – June 17, 1945
Dr. Fleming Opens the Door – June 24, 1945
American Builder – July 1, 1945
D.D.T. – July 8, 1945
Automobile Genesis – July 15, 1945
Safe or Sorry? – July 22, 1945
Tomorrow’s Challenge – July 29, 1945
Pain Belongs to the Past – August 5, 1945
Unraveling the Atom – August 12, 1945
Harnessing the Iron Horse – August 26, 1945
R-A-D-A-R – September 2, 1945
Youth at the Crossroads – September 9, 1945
Ezra Cornell – Lineman – September 23, 1945
Invention and the Farmer – September 30, 1945
Freedom of Thought – October 14, 1945
Everyone Wins – October 21, 1945
Sound Printing – October 28, 1945
Invention and Production – November 4, 1945
Education for the General Welfare – November 11, 1945
Working for Tomorrow – November 18, 1945
Golden Jubilee – November 25, 1945
Spinning Pilot – December 2, 1945
In His Own Backyard – December 9, 1945
Christmas Customs – December 16, 1945
America’s Greatness – December 30, 1945
Rontgen’s New Horizons – January 6, 1945
Benjamin Franklin American – January 13, 1945
Land of Opportunity – January 20, 1946
Nuclear Power – January 27, 1946
In One Life Span – February 3, 1946
Acorns and Oaks – February 10, 1946
An Eye to the Future – February 17, 1946
A Pinch of Salt – February 24, 1946
Lost Wax – March 3, 1946
Glass Makes its Future – March 10, 1946
The Rising Trail – March 17, 1946
Fires of Progress – March 24, 1946
James Watt Harnesses Fire – March 31, 1946
Muscles and Machines – April 7, 1946
Disease vs. Disease – April 14, 1946
“Cavorting Beasties” – April 28, 1946
Wizard of Tuskegee – May 5, 1946
George Westinghouse – May 19, 1946
Nature’s Atomic Bomb – May 26, 1946
The Fourth Necessity – June 2, 1946
Bee-Line – June 9, 1946
Rain or Shine – June 16, 1946
The Typewriter Opens the Door – June 23, 1946
Sound Travels the Wire – June 10, 1946
First Comes Freedom – July 7, 1946
Pioneers All – July 14, 1946
Frontiers Unlimited – July 21, 1946
