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fireside chat

fire·side chat (plural fire·side chats)


noun 
Definition:
 
U.S. presidential talk to the nation: an informal talk made to the nation on radio or television by the president of the United States. During the Great Depression Franklin D. Roosevelt gave fireside chats over the radio as a way of raising national morale and explaining his policies.

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