CBS News Radio Winter Holiday Special 2025 - Hour 3
On the Winter Holiday Special from CBS News Radio, Gil Gross chats with award-winning conductor Leonard Slatkin about one the most cheerful Christmas Carols beloved by all, Sleigh Ride.
Then, journalist Nicolas Kristof shares his research on which charities have the biggest impact during the season of giving and ways to multiply the amount of your giving through matching grants.
Finally, if you got your driver’s license more than two decades ago, you might not be aware of the law–in all 50 states–that can save the lives of emergency responders and our men and women in blue. Host Gil Gross explains why it's important during holiday travel to know the rules of the road.
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24 Dec 2025
CBS News Radio Winter Holiday Special 2025 - Hour 2
How did the phrase “You’ll shoot your eye out kid,” become almost as ubiquitous as “Merry Christmas?” On the Winter Holiday Special from CBS News Radio, host Gil Gross chats with Peter Billingsley, who played Ralphie in the comedy classic, A Christmas Story. Billingsley shares all of the behind-the scenes story of the little movie that is now broadcast and streamed for 24 hours on Christmas Day.
In the aftermath of the terrible tragedy on the first day of Hanukkah in Australia, we hear from Rabbi Diana Fersko about the origins of the eight-day Festival of Lights and how it has become a flashpoint for anti-semitic violence.
Then we will hear from journalist and author Daoud Kuttab, a Palestinian Christian born in Bethlehem, about the elusive peace that is being sought in the birthplace of Jesus Christ.
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24 Dec 2025
CBS News Radio Winter Holiday Special 2025 - Hour 1
On the Winter Holiday Special from CBS News Radio, Gil Gross tells the heart-warming story of Mark Cornetti and his wife, Nasheel Joules and their huge Christmas house light display w that works into her own battle for life.
You have heard of Glinda, the Good Witch of the North in the Wizard of Oz, but have you heard of La Belfana the Good Witch of Italy, who brings presents and treats to Italian children on the Feast of the Epiphany? Cultural Historian Luisa Del Giudice shares the legend of the grandmother figure who also uses chimneys to spread holiday cheer.
And then Professor Maria Kennedy takes us back before Christmas to explore the traditions that have withstood the test of time to be used in our annual observations of Christmas.
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Who has been a guest on CBS Audio Network Specials
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Akhil Amar
Maya Jasonoff
Glenn Knobloch
Rick Atkinson
Dennis C Rasmussen
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3.9 / 5
8 ratings
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Podcast Authority Score: 54 / 100
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YouTube
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Engagement
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