Retelling the News: Public Domain Day 2026

About this episode

The episode discusses the significance of Public Domain Day and the cultural impact of jazz standards and early films that have entered the public domain.

Send us Fan Mail Happy belated New Year...or as happy as can be managed given the circumstances. Join us in a quick jump back to December, where Shami, Jas, Leif, Grady, and Frankly celebrated the last big winter holiday, at least for us here at IER: Public Domain Day! Here we discuss the multitude of jazz standards and early films that now belong to the world at large, and try not to fear the new looming spectre that is the Hayes Code. The following podcast is for entertainment purposes only...

People in this episode

Hosts: Jasmine, Jas

Topics covered

• Public Domain
• Jazz Standards
• Early Films
• Entertainment
• Film History

Keywords

• Public Domain Day
• jazz standards
• early films
• Hayes Code
• entertainment

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Hayes Code

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