Thu, 21 December 2023
And we are back with the exciting conclusion to Christmas in America 1928. How does the looming market collapse and the Great Depression play into this story? What is God doing to help a generation of kids survive through 10 of the toughest years America would ever face? And in the midst of all this, what does Christmas sound like on the radio across the land?
You won't believe the music you are about to hear and the exciting conclusion to this journey to the Manger in 1928. Please listen in, tell a friend, and Merry Christmas. Topic: Christmas in America The Public Square® Long Format Program with hosts Wayne Shepherd and Dave Zanotti. Release Date: Thursday, December 21st, 2023 |
Fri, 15 December 2023
What was Christmas like in America in the year 1928? Please join in the adventure as we go looking for the manger in this 13th annual episode of Christmas in America on The Public Square®. The story is fascinating, the live music is way past extraordinary. This is an event you don't want to miss. Please gather your loved ones around the Christmas tree, or grab a coffee and go for the ride, and tune it to Part One of Christmas in America. You can listen in on radio stations across the nation as well as on demand anytime at The Public Square® phone app or visit thepublicsquare.com. It's Christmas, where we start every year on The Public Square®! Topic: Christmas in America The Public Square® Long Format Program with hosts Wayne Shepherd and Dave Zanotti. Release Date: Friday, Decmber 15th, 2023 |
Wed, 15 November 2023
Get the behind the scenes preview of this years upcoming Christmas in America: 1928. We try not to share too many spoilers but instead share the incredible material that didn’t make the cut this year. Please make sure you grab your tickets for this year’s show and join the joyous conversation today on the Public Square®. Topic: Christmas in America The Public Square® Express Format Program with hosts Wayne Shepherd and Dave Zanotti. Release Date: Wednesday, November 15th, 2023
Direct download: Nov1723_CIA1928-CuttingRoom_26MIN-new.mp3
Category:Christmas In America -- posted at: 6:41am EST |
Fri, 28 July 2023
There are scores of battles all around. The headlines remind us everyday that we are in a battle, a spiritual battle for the next generation. This week we take a moment to return to home base - to the reality that we are not alone on this planet or alone in this struggle. We turn the dial to Christmas and unveil the plan for this year's live episodes of Christmas in America. Get a front row seat and join in this refreshing conversation on The Public Square®. Topic: Christmas in America The Public Square® Long Format Program with hosts Wayne Shepherd and Dave Zanotti. Release Date: Wednesday, July 28th, 2023 |
Thu, 22 December 2022
Here is your invitation to a private gathering around the fireplace at The American Mission Center. The artists who put together Christmas in America sat together after dinner and pretty soon the music broke out again! Pull up a chair as we talk about the deeper lessons learned together at Christmas in America 1844. Topic: Christmas in America The Public Square® with hosts Dave Zanotti and Wayne Shepherd Air Date: Wednesday, December 22nd, 2022
Direct download: CIA_1844_STUDIO_DEBRIEF_26MIN.mp3
Category:Christmas In America -- posted at: 3:32pm EST |
Tue, 20 December 2022
Join us for Part 2 of Christmas In America 1844. What will happen to Ebenezer Scrooge? How did Charles Dickens weave the true story of redemption within A Christmas Carol? Come join the live studio audience as we continue to go looking for the manger in Christmas In America 1844 on this week's episode of The Public Square®. And please share this radio Christmas present with your loved ones. Merry Christmas! Topic: Christmas In America The Public Square® Long Format Program with hosts Dave Zanotti and Wayne Shepherd Release Date: Tuesday, December 20, 2022 |
Thu, 15 December 2022
Just when you thought you had heard all there was to tell about Ebenezer Scrooge…Along comes Christmas in America 1844. The story is compelling. There is Dickens and Scrooge and John Quincy Adams and so much more. Get the back story no movie has ever told wrapped in a beautiful musical celebration. Come join the live studio audience as we go looking for the manger in Christmas in America 1844 on this week’s episode of The Public Square®. Gather the family around the tree and enjoy this special Christmas gift. Topic: Christmas In America The Public Square® Long Format Program with hosts Dave Zanotti and Wayne Shepherd Release Date: Thursday, December 15, 2022 |
Wed, 28 September 2022
Today we have a sneak peek into this year’s Christmas in America as we begin to search for the manger in the year 1844. This year is so pivotal because in 1844 America received Charles Dickens' epic classic "A Christmas Carol''. Join us today on The Public Square®. Topic: Christmas in America The Public Square® with your hosts David Zanotti and Wayne Shepherd. Release Date: Wednesday, September 28th, 2022
Direct download: Sep2122_CIA2022Preview_YEar1844.mp3
Category:Christmas In America -- posted at: 10:00am EST |
Wed, 22 December 2021
The year is 2000 and we are in a world with no smart phones or TSA. This week, we return to Liberty Hall in Franklin, Tennessee for the inspiring conclusion to Christmas in America 2000 on The Public Square®. We invite you to gather around the Christmas Tree with those you love and tune in for this life-changing program. Merry Christmas and enjoy the show! Topic: Christmas In America The Public Square® Long Format Program with hosts Dave Zanotti and Wayne Shepherd Release Date: Wednesday, December 22, 2021 |
Thu, 16 December 2021
Will Y2K shut down every computer in America? Will the dot-com companies take over Wall Street? And then there was the Music City Miracle. The year is 2000 and we go looking for the manger on this live radio episode of Christmas in America on The Public Square®. Featuring the top music of 2000 performed by Nashville’s best as well as beautiful Christmas classics this year’s episode is an exciting addition to the annual radio/variety show tradition. Christmas in America 2000 was just recorded at Liberty Hall in Franklin, Tennessee. Please tune in to Part 1 of Christmas In America 2000. Topic: Christmas In America The Public Square® Long Format Program with hosts Dave Zanotti and Wayne Shepherd Release Date: Thursday, December 16, 2021 |
Wed, 20 October 2021
Whether you reserve Christmas music solely for the month of December, or could listen to Christmas music all year long, we have an update on our upcoming "Christmas in America" program. This year we search for the manger in the year 2000 and we can't wait to give you a glimpse of what is in store. Maybe this is your first time hearing about "Christmas in America", if so we hope you look online at our archived programs and learn more. We hope you enjoy this episode of the Public Square® and remember Christmas is coming. Topic: Christmas in America The Public Square® with your hosts David Zanotti and Wayne Shepherd. Release Date: Wednesday, October 20th, 2021
Direct download: Oct0621_CIA2021Update_26MIN.mp3
Category:Christmas In America -- posted at: 7:00am EST |
Thu, 17 December 2020
The year is 1968... But why does it sound so much like 2020? Reviews from last week’s episode have been off the charts. You don’t want to miss the inspiring conclusion of Christmas in America 1968 this week on The Public Square®. Gather round the Christmas tree and join in the journey and the celebration. The music is fun, the memories real, as together we look back at an amazing moment in history on Christmas Eve 1968. Topic: Christmas In America The Public Square® Long Format Program with hosts Dave Zanotti and Wayne Shepherd Release Date: Thursday, December 17, 2020 |
Fri, 11 December 2020
Please tune in for Part I of Christmas In America 1968 on The Public Square®. This is the 10th Anniversary Episode of Christmas in America. The year 1968 was a year like no other, until 2020 rolled around. Together we will head back to the music and stories of the late sixties. How did America survive 1968, a year filled with a pandemic, race riots, anti-war riots and a contentious election? Is there a lesson here for us today? Join in the music, joy and inspiration as together we go looking for the Manger in 1968 in this Tenth Anniversary episode of Christmas In America on The Public Square®. Topic: Christmas In America The Public Square® Long Format Program with hosts Dave Zanotti and Wayne Shepherd Release Date: Friday, December 11, 2020 |
Thu, 19 December 2019
Tune in for the exciting conclusion of Christmas In America 1783 Part II on The Public Square®! It's so good you'll have to listen to both parts again! Don't miss this special Christmas edition of The Public Square® as we reflect on the life of POTUS#1, George Washington. Plus you'll hear featured musical performances inspired from the era, and a very special guest, Dr. W.B. Allen, with a word for the nation. Tune in today! Topic: Christmas In America The Public Square® Long Format Program with hosts Dave Zanotti and Wayne Shepherd Release Date: Thursday, December 19, 2019 |
Thu, 12 December 2019
The year is 1783 and the War for Independence has been won. General George Washington has one last promise to keep: to come home for Christmas. Please join in the celebration of Christmas in America 1783 on The Public Square®! Recorded before live audiences in three cities, this show features classic Christmas music and a compelling true story of faith, love and inspiration right from the front porch of Mount Vernon. Please join Dave Zanotti, Wayne Shepherd and an award winning team of musicians and guests on this year's episode of Christmas In America on The Public Square®. Topic: Christmas In America The Public Square® Long Format Program with hosts Dave Zanotti and Wayne Shepherd Release Date: Thursday, December 12, 2019 |
Thu, 5 December 2019
Join us as we re-air one of our favorite editions of Christmas In America. Travel back to 1946 when Harry Truman was President, the most deadly War the world had ever witnessed was finally over, and when Frank Capra pitched his friend Jimmy Stewart on a new movie titled, It’s A Wonderful Life. You won’t want to miss this radio variety program, with our musical guests Ernie Haase + Signature Sound, Rodeo and Juliet, Jeff Taylor, The Alternators and more. Gather up your family and friends and enjoy this unique Christmas celebration together as we look for the Manger in 1946. Topic: Christmas In America The Public Square® Long Format Program with hosts Dave Zanotti and Wayne Shepherd Release Date: Thursday, December 5, 2019 |
Fri, 21 December 2018
Part Two of Christmas In America 1981 is now available! This week on the program, we will continue the story of Christmas in 1981, where an American President was squaring off with the U.S.S.R. in the hope of lighting a candle of Liberty for the people of Poland. We will be finding the manger in this era in history with a true story your family won't soon forget. Please, join in this special radio variety program. Gather your friends and family around the fire this Christmas season as we hear from musical performers: Daves Highway, Charles Heimermann and the Heimermann Chorale, The Alternators, Jorge Mhondera, Juliet Lyons, and more. May you and your family have a very Merry Christmas! And please share this gift with the nation! Topic: Christmas In America The Public Square® Long Format Program with hosts Dave Zanotti and Wayne Shepherd Release Date: Friday, December 21, 2018 |
Fri, 14 December 2018
Christmas In America 1981 is here! You can listen in anywhere in the nation to this special radio variety program as we go back to 1981 in search of the manger. This year our story focuses on several lives that share something in common. These are lives of ordinary people, to whom God gave extraordinary gifts, and each of them used their gifts to bear witness to Jesus, the Light of the World. Don't miss this special journey through history as we take a look at America in 1981 with special musical performances from Daves Highway, Charles Heimermann and the Heimermann Chorale, The Alternators, Jorge Mhondera, Juliet Lyons, and more. Merry Christmas! Topic: Christmas In America The Public Square® Long Format Program with hosts Dave Zanotti and Wayne Shepherd Release Date: Friday, December 14, 2018 |
Thu, 6 December 2018
Join us as we re-air one of our favorite editions of Christmas In America. Travel back to 1946 when Harry Truman was President, the most deadly War the world had ever witnessed was finally over, and when Frank Capra pitched his friend Jimmy Stewart on a new movie titled, It’s A Wonderful Life. You won’t want to miss this radio variety program, with our musical guests Ernie Haase and Signature Sound, Rodeo and Juliet, Jeff Taylor, The Alternators and more. Gather up your family and friends and enjoy this unique Christmas celebration together as we look for the Manger in 1946. Topic: Christmas In America The Public Square® Long Format Program with hosts Dave Zanotti and Wayne Shepherd Release Date: Thursday, November 29, 2018 |
Fri, 28 September 2018
Why Christmas? This week on The Public Square®, we open an early Christmas card and take a peek at the premiere live radio event of the coming season, Christmas in America 1981. New music is coming and a wonderful story unfolds so don’t miss this special edition of The Public Square®. Topic: Christmas In America The Public Square® Long Format Program with hosts Dave Zanotti and Wayne Shepherd Release Date: Friday, September 28, 2018 |
Fri, 17 August 2018
Why Christmas? This week on The Public Square®, we open an early Christmas card and take a peek at the premiere live radio event of the coming season, Christmas in America 1981. New music is coming and a wonderful story unfolds so don't miss this special edition of The Public Square®. Topic: Christmas In America The Public Square® Long Format Program with hosts Dave Zanotti and Wayne Shepherd Release Date: Friday, August 17, 2018 |
Thu, 21 December 2017
Part Two of Christmas In America on The Public Square® travels back to the year 1950 where we continue our conversation on the life of C.S. Lewis. How is the life of Lewis and the Inklings still impacting culture today? Hear the premiere of brand new Christmas songs and wonderful arrangements and performances of Christmas classics. Join in these live events from Tennessee and Ohio with your family and friends. Here is where you can tune in today. Merry Christmas from all of us at The Public Square®. Topic: Christmas In America The Public Square® Long Format Program with hosts Dave Zanotti and Wayne Shepherd Release Date: Thursday, December 21, 2017
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Fri, 15 December 2017
It is finally here...Christmas in America 1950! Join us as we travel back to 1950 and discover a land where it was always winter but never Christmas. In Part One you will hear the back story of Clive Hamilton, an angry young atheist frozen in unbelief who somehow changed and became the most beloved Christian author, C.S. Lewis. You will hear the premiere of brand new Christmas songs and wonderful arrangements and performances of Christmas classics. Join in the live events from Tennessee and Ohio with your family and friends. Circle around the Christmas tree and tune in for this amazing moment of finding the manger on The Public Square®. Topic: Christmas In America The Public Square® Long Format Program with hosts Dave Zanotti and Wayne Shepherd Release Date: Friday, December 16, 2017
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Thu, 7 December 2017
A Christmas present from The Public Square® is waiting for you. We’ve put together favorites from six years of Christmas In America programs into a “Best Of” edition. You will hear some of the listener favorites along with a behind the scenes look on how these programs have come together over the years. What a special way to celebrate Christmas as we look for the manger. Tune in today and Merry Christmas from The Public Square®! Topic: Christmas In America The Public Square® Long Format Program with hosts Dave Zanotti and Wayne Shepherd Release Date: Friday, December 9, 2017 |
Fri, 1 December 2017
Join us as we re-air one of our favorite editions of Christmas In America. Travel back to the 40’s when Harry Truman was President, the most deadly War the world had ever witnessed was finally over, and when Frank Capra pitched his friend Jimmy Stewart on a new movie titled, It’s A Wonderful Life. Join musical guests Ernie Haase and Signature Sound, Rodeo and Juliet, Jeff Taylor, The Alternators and more. Gather up your family and friends and enjoy this unique Christmas celebration together as we look for the Manger in 1946. Topic: Holidays The Public Square® Long Format Program with hosts Dave Zanotti and Wayne Shepherd Release Date: Friday, December 1, 2017
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Fri, 29 September 2017
Tired of the news that divides us? There is good news that unites us and that is the focus of this week's episode. Please join in the conversation as we unveil the storyline for this year's LIVE edition of Christmas in America. Brand new music - premiered just in time for the October leaves and the coming Holiday Season. All this week on The Public Square®. Topic: Christmas In America The Public Square® Long Format Program with hosts Dave Zanotti and Wayne Shepherd Release Date: Friday, September 29, 2017 |
Thu, 22 December 2016
Join us for Part Two of Christmas In America 1915 on The Public Square®. This very special edition of The Public Square® was recorded live from Nashville, Tennessee and Medina, Ohio featuring amazing music from Ernie Haase and Signature Sound, Daves Highway, Abby Scott, Chris Eaton, Leigh Nash, David Phelps, and more. You'll hear more of the Christmas carols from Fanny Crosby, off the new album "1915: Christmas with Fanny Crosby". We hope you enjoy this beautiful Christmas celebration! From all of us at The Public Square and American Policy Roundtable, Merry Christmas! Topic: Christmas In America The Public Square® Long Format Program with hosts Dave Zanotti and Wayne Shepherd Release Date: Thursday, December 23, 2016 |
Fri, 16 December 2016
Tune in to the radio premiere of Part One of Christmas In America 1915. Join in this annual Christmas celebration on The Public Square® featuring beautiful music from The Heimermann Children's Choir and Chorale, Ernie Haase and Signature Sound, The Adventures of Rodeo and Juliet, Daves Highway, Abby Scott, Chris Eaton, Russ Taff and more. You won't want to miss this Christmas special as we travel back to 1915 and uncover new Christmas songs from Fanny Crosby, one of America's most famous hymn-writers. Gather the family and please tell a friend as we celebrate Christmas In America. Merry Christmas from all of us at The Public Square®! Topic: Christmas In America The Public Square® Long Format Program with hosts Dave Zanotti and Wayne Shepherd Release Date: Friday, December 16, 2016 |
Fri, 9 December 2016
A Christmas present from The Public Square® is waiting for you. We've put together favorites from five years of Christmas In America programs into a "Best Of" edition. You will hear some of the listener favorites along with a behind the scenes look on how these programs have come together over the years. What a special way to celebrate Christmas as we look for the manger. Tune in today and Merry Christmas from The Public Square®! Topic: Christmas In America The Public Square® Long Format Program with hosts Dave Zanotti and Wayne Shepherd Release Date: Friday, December 9, 2016 |
Fri, 2 December 2016
You don't want to miss this weekend's edition of "Christmas in America 1946." Travel back to the 40's when Harry Truman was President, the most deadly War the world had ever witnessed was finally over, and when Frank Capra pitched his friend Jimmy Stewart on a new movie titled, It’s A Wonderful Life. Join musical guests Ernie Haase and Signature Sound, the Adventures of Rodeo and Juliet, Jeff Taylor, The Alternators and more. Gather up your family and friends and enjoy this unique Christmas celebration together as we look for the Manger in 1946. Topic: Christmas In America The Public Square® Long Format Program with hosts Dave Zanotti and Wayne Shepherd Release Date: Friday, December 2, 2016
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Thu, 24 December 2015
Join us for this year's edition of Christmas In America. Travel back to 1946 when Harry Truman was President, the most deadly War the world had ever witnessed was finally over, and when Frank Capra pitched his friend Jimmy Stewart on a new movie titled, It's A Wonderful Life. You won't want to miss this radio variety program, with our musical guests Ernie Haase and Signature Sound, Rodeo and Juliet, Jeff Taylor, The Alternators and more. Gather up your family and friends and enjoy this unique Christmas celebration together as we look for the Manger in 1946. Topic: Holidays The Public Square® Long Format Program with hosts Dave Zanotti and Wayne Shepherd Release Date: Thursday, December 24, 2015 |
Fri, 18 December 2015
A Christmas present from The Public Square® is waiting for you. We've put together favorites from five years of Christmas In America programs into a "Best Of" edition. You will hear some of the listener favorites along with a behind the scenes look on how these programs have come together over the years. What a special way to celebrate Christmas as we look for the manger. Tune in today and Merry Christmas from The Public Square®! Topic: Christmas in America The Public Square® Long Format Program with hosts Dave Zanotti and Wayne Shepherd Release Date: Friday, December 19, 2015 |
Fri, 11 December 2015
Join us for this year's edition of Christmas In America. Travel back to 1946 when Harry Truman was President, the most deadly War the world had ever witnessed was finally over, and when Frank Capra pitched his friend Jimmy Stewart on a new movie titled, It's A Wonderful Life. You won't want to miss this radio variety program, with our musical guests Ernie Haase and Signature Sound, Rodeo and Juliet, Jeff Taylor, The Alternators and more. Gather up your family and friends and enjoy this unique Christmas celebration together as we look for the Manger in 1946. Topic: Holidays The Public Square® Long Format Program with hosts Dave Zanotti and Wayne Shepherd Release Date: Friday, December 11, 2015 |
Fri, 19 December 2014
This edition of Christmas In America on The Public Square® is the 90 minute special aired across the nation. Wonderful music performed live and featuring some of America’s most celebrated musicians and vocalists will take you back to 1976 and all the way back to the celebration of the Manger. Topic: Christmas in America Guest: Quintavious Johnson The Public Square® Long Format Program with hosts Dave Zanotti and Wayne Shepherd
Direct download: TPS_ChristmasInAmerica_90Min.mp3
Category:Christmas In America -- posted at: 4:02pm EST |
Fri, 19 December 2014
Join in this wonderful celebration of Christmas as The Public Square® looks at the year 1976 -- what happened to America that caused real revival? Could it happen again today? Tune in to Part Two of Christmas In America as we travel back to the Manger on this very special Christmas edition of The Public Square®. Topic: Christmas in America The Public Square® Long Format Program with hosts Dave Zanotti and Wayne Shepherd |
Fri, 12 December 2014
Tune in to hear the next radio installment of the Christmas In America series where we'll be visiting 1976 and finding out what happened to America that caused real revival. Recorded live with wonderful performances of some classic Christmas songs along with music from the era, you won't want to miss this celebration. Tune in today and please, share this Christmas gift with your family and friends. Merry Christmas from all of us at The Public Square®. Topic: Christmas in America The Public Square® Long Format Program with hosts Dave Zanotti and Wayne Shepherd |
Wed, 26 November 2014
As we all celebrate Thanksgiving and the beginning of this Advent season, please tune in to hear a wonderful program featuring the "best of" from Christmas In America 2011, 2012 and 2013. This show features some of the very best music and presentations from past performances of Christmas In America that will surely put you in the mood to celebrate. Tune in today! Topic: Christmas In America The Public Square® Long Format Program with hosts Dave Zanotti and Wayne Shepherd |
Fri, 1 August 2014
Christmas in July is extended to August! Every year The Public Square® starts the broadcast year with Christmas in America. This live radio event has changed lives all across the land. To learn more about Christmas in America, listen in to Part Two of our conversation on this special project. And please join with us as we "kickstart" this fundraising effort to reach thousands with this special message. Topic: Christmas In America The Public Square® Long Format Program with hosts Dave Zanotti and Wayne Shepherd www.aproundtable.org |
Fri, 18 July 2014
Every year The Public Square® starts the broadcast year with Christmas in America. This live radio event has changed lives all across the land. We know it's only July...but please tune in as we send an "early" Christmas gift to America. And please join with us as we "kickstart" this fundraising effort to reach thousands with this special message. Topic: Christmas In America The Public Square® Long Format Program with hosts Dave Zanotti and Wayne Shepherd www.aproundtable.org Oh, Little Town of Bethlehem" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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