fireside chats

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1. A series of informal radio addresses given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s. In his fireside chats, Roosevelt sought to explain his policies to the American public and to calm fears about the Great Depression.

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fireside chats

Nvidia's Jensen Huang and OpenAI's Sam Altman are expected in person on Wednesday for fireside chats with Lutnick.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

So it turns out, moving in the same circles doesn't just mean better fireside chats in the Traitors Castle.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2025

He works out of Founders Inc., a waterfront campus in Fort Mason that provides desks, a hardware lab, game room and a stage area for hackathons and fireside chats.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2025

Such outreach draws its lineage to President Franklin Roosevelt’s fireside chats, when Depression-era Americans would gather around the radio to hear his voice.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 5, 2024

Between March 1933 and October 1938, Roosevelt had broadcast thirteen fireside chats about the state of the nation.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow