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The true, autobiographical story by Antonia (Steadman) Matthew told through the letters she exchanged with her father fighting in the Burma campaig...
- Added: Oct 16, 2022
- Length: 57:00
Ghosts from the past stalk Europe again today in the wake of Russian tanks and missiles. To find a path forward, we might need to look back.
Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WHFR, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WLPR , KUNM and more
- Added: Mar 08, 2022
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 8
HOUR ONE: "The Tangled Roots Of War And Peace" - 1936 was an ominous year. A young George Orwell was headed to battle in Spain. But first, he plant...
- Added: Mar 04, 2022
- Length: 01:58:59
HOUR ONE: "Why Go To War?" - The conflict between America and Iran is rapidly escalating. So how exactly should we decide why - or when - to go to ...
- Added: Jan 10, 2020
- Length: 01:58:59
On her 2018 album project, "Rifles & Rosary Beads", singer/songwriter Mary Gauthier shares the stories of American veterans by writing the songs wi...
Bought by WRVO Public Media, KUPR low power FM, KUHF, North State Public Radio, KUHF and more
- Added: Nov 06, 2019
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 7
HOUR ONE: "Mind Of A Terrorist" - What ideology or belief would compel someone to become a terrorist? This hour, a look at the psychology of politi...
- Added: Jul 18, 2018
- Length: 01:58:58
HOUR ONE: "Healing Trauma" - Most of us will go through something traumatic in our lives. This hour, what researchers are discovering to help peopl...
- Added: Mar 28, 2018
- Length: 01:58:58
HOUR ONE: "Why We War" - Syria. Iraq. Afghanistan. Nigeria. South Sudan. Gaza. Yemen. The world is at war. Why? HOUR TWO: "Healing Trauma" - Most...
- Added: Sep 06, 2017
- Length: 01:58:58
HOUR ONE: "Empathy for Monsters" - The American soldiers who guarded Saddam Hussein came to like and care about him. This hour: Should we feel empa...
- Added: Jul 27, 2017
- Length: 01:58:58
- Added: Mar 30, 2014
- Length: 02:01
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Mar 27, 2014
- Length: :10
- Purchases: 1
Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried (1990) is considered one of the finest books about the Vietnam War. But it's almost less about the war and m...
Bought by KICI Iowa City, WKMS, KMUN, KUER, KPIP-LP and more
- Added: Aug 16, 2011
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 8
The Ribbon Demonstration, on the 40th anniversary of Hiroshima - what people could not bear to lose in a nuclear war.
- Added: Oct 06, 2009
- Length: 05:14
This piece is part of a quartet series called HiPapa Days.
DAD DAYS ARE EVERGREENS- Any day the nature of the piece fits the news of the day or ...
- Added: Jun 12, 2009
- Length: 08:30
- Added: Nov 22, 2007
- Length: 08:49
A commentary about the supporting roles played by me and my teen and pre-teen buddies on the World War II Home Front.
- Added: Oct 29, 2007
- Length: 04:17
Carl Webb continues his account of his desertion and life underground
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WYSO
- Added: Jan 21, 2005
- Length: 02:42
- Purchases: 2
Texas National Guardsman Carl Webb recounts his tale of desertion and living underground.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WYSO
- Added: Jan 21, 2005
- Length: 02:30
- Purchases: 2
