Fireside-chat
noun
1.
an informal address by a political leader over radio or television, especially as given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt beginning in 1933.
noun
an informal radio or television address by a politician
Word Origin
from radio addresses of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt
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