Franklin Roosevelt and Al Smith: An Unlikely Friendship that Changed America Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email New York Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt and former New York Gov. Alfred E. Smith acknowledge an enthusiastic crowd at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, Nov. 4, 1933. ( Associated Press ) Produced by Corinne Dillon Produced by PRI and WNYC