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* '''The Decline Of Spengler''' won a Broadcast Media Award for Best Dramatic Program of 1982.<ref>Harrington, Richard (April 5, 1983). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1983/04/05/joe-frank-dramas-with-a-twist-for-npr/1dfa407f-b1d4-4649-b4e8-09d1d3419104 "Joe Frank: Dramas With a Twist for NPR"]. ''The Washington Post''.</ref> | |||
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Oswald Spengler was an early 20<sup>th</sup> century German historian and philosopher who wrote [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Decline_of_the_West ''The Decline of the West''] (published 1917) which influenced many intelligentsia for a few decades, got some popular attention, then faded. It was a joke when I was a young man, the notion that it had ever influenced anyone serious. I think Joe took up the joke for the title; Joe's show has nothing to do with Spengler's philosophy. - [[User:Arthur Peabody|Arthur Peabody]] ([[User talk:Arthur Peabody|talk]]) 01:42, 19 February 2021 | Oswald Spengler was an early 20<sup>th</sup> century German historian and philosopher who wrote [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Decline_of_the_West ''The Decline of the West''] (published 1917) which influenced many intelligentsia for a few decades, got some popular attention, then faded. It was a joke when I was a young man, the notion that it had ever influenced anyone serious. I think Joe took up the joke for the title; Joe's show has nothing to do with Spengler's philosophy. - [[User:Arthur Peabody|Arthur Peabody]] ([[User talk:Arthur Peabody|talk]]) 01:42, 19 February 2021 | ||