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Democracy in America
In 1831, a 25 year-old Frenchman, Alexis de Tocqueville, trained as a lawyer, and preoccupied with democracy, came to the US t...
- Added: Sep 04, 2019
- Length: 29:00
Domingo Sarmiento, a teacher and later President of the Republic of Argentina, spent several years traveling in Europe and the United States in the...
- Added: Aug 21, 2019
- Length: 29:00
We now live in what’s called “The Post-Truth Era.” That means feelings carry more weight than evidence, and alternative facts replace actual facts....
- Added: Aug 07, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Genetically engineered food products are an issue that concerns many. In more recent years, Mendocino County has gone so far as to pass a resolutio...
- Added: Jul 16, 2019
- Length: 29:00
Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States of America, stands as one of the lead political theorists of American history. His ward...
- Added: Jun 04, 2019
- Length: 29:00
My guest in this program was Dr. David Kiersey, the author of a book called “Presidential Temperament.” Dr. Kiersey took the Meyers-Briggs Tempera...
- Added: May 21, 2019
- Length: 29:00
America’s Future: Transition into the 21st Century
William Boyer, a Professor Emeritus and the former Chairman of the Department of Educational Fo...
- Added: Apr 30, 2019
- Length: 29:00
This archive edition of Radio Curious was originally recorded and broadcast in January of 1992 when Radio Curious was called “Government, Politics ...
- Added: Apr 03, 2019
- Length: 28:59
Mary Harris Jones, Mother Jones, was born in 1830. She lived a quiet, non-public life until she was approximately 47 years old and then, for almost...
- Added: Mar 12, 2019
- Length: 29:00
The life of Clarina Nichols and her work in the early womens rights movement in the United States has been greatly overlooked. As one of the countr...
- Added: Mar 05, 2019
- Length: 29:00
In the years between 1915 and 1970 almost six million black American citizens from the south migrated to northern and western cities seeking freedo...
- Added: Feb 05, 2019
- Length: 29:00
2017 was the 60th anniversary of the stand-off between Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus and desegregation at Little Rock Central High School . Today ...
- Added: Dec 26, 2017
- Length: 58:59
On this edition of Making Contact we present, The Struggle Inside: The Murder of George Jackson, a program about the modern anti-prison movement.
Bought by WVAS
- Added: Aug 08, 2017
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Gary Bryner tells Studs Terkel about being a union member and working in an auto factory for General Motors. Four decades later, he reflects on how...
Bought by Troy Public Radio, Prairie Public, KZYX, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KICI Iowa City and more
- Added: May 09, 2017
- Length: 04:17
- Purchases: 6
In 1928, Huey P. Long became the youngest Governor in Louisiana’s history. He bragged that he bought lawmakers like “sacks of potatoes, shuffled ‘e...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Apr 23, 2017
- Length: 26:14
- Purchases: 1
Memorable moments from Peace Talks Radio programs spotlighting Nobel Prize winners Mairead Maguire, Ralph Bunche, Muhammad Yunus, Jody Williams, Ma...
Bought by KCNP, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KUNM
- Added: Nov 22, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 4
Join Political Junkie Ken Rudin for a review of many great moments from the history of televised presidential debates, with commentary from several...
Bought by WVPE, KGOU, KSUT, WJSU, WRVO Public Media and more
- Added: Sep 15, 2016
- Length: 53:58
- Purchases: 16
From: Donna Granata
The feature film Trumbo (2015), staring Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston, is based on the true story of blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo. The followin...
- Added: Aug 21, 2016
- Length: 04:38
Join Political Junkie Ken Rudin on a journey through political history as we revisit memorable and historic moments from national party conventions...
Bought by WFAE, MPR News Stations, KVSC, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., XRAY.fm and more
- Added: Jul 14, 2016
- Length: 53:58
- Purchases: 11
How two neighbors do and don't get along. A history of U.S.-Cuba relations.
- Added: Aug 27, 2015
- Length: 05:00
A 20th anniversary edition of Making Contact. We hear the story of the program’s creation by volunteers, and how this little radio show became part...
Bought by WNJR
- Added: Nov 21, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
This week in history looks back to April 1987 and the Republican race to succeed Ronald Reagan. This week, Jack Kemp, a longtime Congressman and fo...
- Added: Mar 31, 2014
- Length: 04:40
This week in history (March 23-March 29) takes a look back at Senator Ted Kennedy's landslide victory over Jimmy Carter in New York's primary on Ma...
- Added: Mar 23, 2014
- Length: 04:40
Interview conducted by radio journalist Jake Feinberg. Wide ranging discussion from his relationship with Bob Dylan to the potential of viral video...
- Added: Dec 18, 2013
- Length: 16:54
Short interview with former Newark Mayor now Senator from New Jersey and his first days in Office in Washington
- Added: Nov 03, 2013
- Length: 02:29
