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Caption: Sandip Roy and William Dalrymple
How did just a few thousand British control the country of India?

  • Added: Dec 02, 2019
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: Mewat, India, Credit: Sandip Roy
A small unknown town in India has a history that makes it worth stopping in to have a look.

  • Added: May 19, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
Caption: Diamond mining on the Namibian coast., Credit: DeBeersGroup.com
Ownership of cultural discoveries such as shipwrecks has long been debated by governments, historical institutions, private business and salvers an...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2013
  • Length: 05:18
Caption: Crew members aboard SS Norco in England during WWII. , Credit: The Marstal Maritime Museum
Maritime Museums are one of the key conduits for modern day understanding of maritime history, yet many are struggling. In this episode of World Oc...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2013
  • Length: 05:19
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Repealing the union-crippling Taft-Hartley Act should have been a prime issue throughout the election campaign.

  • Added: Oct 18, 2012
  • Length: 03:13
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Before the coming of the Occupy Wall Street Movement, there was the IWW - the Industrial Workers of the World - to lead a major and fiercely fought...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2012
  • Length: 05:10
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Labor leader Art Carter was an important but now largely forgotten hero of the anti-Vietnam War movement.

  • Added: Feb 02, 2012
  • Length: 04:56
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Labor leader Gene Debs died 85 years ago this month, but remains an important inspiration for those struggling against powerful anti-labor forces.

  • Added: Oct 13, 2011
  • Length: 05:27
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The child labor laws that protect young workers from severe exploitation are under serious attack.

  • Added: May 13, 2011
  • Length: 04:55
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In marking Ronald Reagan's centennial, don't forget he was one of the most viciously anti-labor presidents working Americans ever faced.

  • Added: Jan 14, 2011
  • Length: 06:02
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Those seeking ways to revitalize the declining US labor movement need look no further than the drive launched 75 years ago this month by the fledgl...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2010
  • Length: 03:53
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Is the Team of Rivals a good idea?

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Nov 21, 2008
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 1
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How a myth destroys the truth in ourselves

  • Added: Nov 16, 2008
  • Length: 43:53
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The enigma of the death of Socrates

Bought by Remix Radio and WMUB


  • Added: Nov 10, 2008
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 2
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African spirits in 18th century America

Bought by Listenwise and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 07, 2008
  • Length: 03:04
  • Purchases: 2
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Reasons for the Viking Age.

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Nov 02, 2008
  • Length: 02:48
  • Purchases: 1
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A new view of medieval garbage

  • Added: Oct 27, 2008
  • Length: 02:51
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History is happening all the time... listen to it.

  • Added: Oct 23, 2008
  • Length: 02:49
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October 22, this day in history.

  • Added: Oct 22, 2008
  • Length: 02:52
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Magellan, Nelson, and the Comanche

  • Added: Oct 21, 2008
  • Length: 02:55
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Three areas in which business leaders made mistakes leading to the current weak economy.

  • Added: Jul 23, 2008
  • Length: 03:00
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In 1950 the Roberto Rossellini film "The Miracle" was condemned by the Catholic Legion of Decency and censored by the New York State Motion Picture...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: May 14, 2008
  • Length: 25:43
  • Purchases: 1
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This commentary is about the fierce steelworkers strike of 1919 that was one of the key events leading to the mass unionization of American industry.

Bought by KZYX and WDBM


  • Added: Sep 13, 2007
  • Length: 04:34
  • Purchases: 2
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Sara Fishko tells us how percussive dancing, or tap, has a special place in showbiz history.

  • Added: Aug 07, 2007
  • Length: 07:17
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Sara Fishko shares her thoughts on her own recent music-listening-habits.

  • Added: Aug 07, 2007
  • Length: 06:43