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Caption: Steve Martin's Unreal Bluegrass
Thomm Jutz, singer, songwriter, musician is my guest. New CD "To Live in Two Worlds Vol 1" is the occasion.

  • Added: Feb 01, 2020
  • Length: 58:52
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Making America Patriotic Again with Jorge Bernardo National Monument tour guide extraordinaire. Mr. Bernardo helps thousands relive & believe in t...

Bought by WCNY and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Apr 29, 2018
  • Length: 27:17
  • Purchases: 2
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Dr. Daniel Monti choses Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" to release this amazing announcement first. Making History with Firsts as a Hospital...

Bought by KFOI Radio


  • Added: Jan 23, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Preface of the Venus Table of the Dresden Codex - an ancient Mayan book containing astronomical data.
From Alexander the Great's "pillow book" (The Iliad) to the Mayan Popul Vuh; from Gilgamesh to Harry Potter by way of Goethe and the notion of “wor...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2018
  • Length: 59:01
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From the Ukrainian Pale to Bridgeport, Connecticut. “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” Radicalized by d...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2017
  • Length: 58:12
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If nothing else, the Russian Revolution reveals the uses of history for ideological purposes. For Russia’s Communism is the counterclaim to Capital...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Oct 25, 2017
  • Length: 55:51
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Benjamin Lay painted by William Williams in 1790
Today, the curious case of Benjamin Lay: Englishman, Quaker, cobbler, sailor, cultural shock firebrand, cave dweller, autodidact, animal liberation...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2017
  • Length: 58:10
Caption: Congressman Nixon & Robert Stripling examine Pumpkin Papers microfilm
The conviction of Alger Hiss for perjury in 1950, continues to define the terms of what it means to American. But the definition seems always profe...

Bought by Radio Catskill, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and WRGY


  • Added: Sep 05, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Today’s show is about for-profit colleges and universities–or the Predatory Education Business. If you’re surprised to hear predatory and for-profi...

  • Added: May 10, 2017
  • Length: 58:13
Caption: Slave Auction, Virginia, by LeFevre Cranstone, c. 1860s
The American Slave Coast: A History of the Slave-Breeding Industry, by Constance and Ned Sublet, is an extensive accounting of American slavery, do...

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Jan 24, 2017
  • Length: 58:11
  • Purchases: 1
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Assuming the next president has no ability, vision, or desire to combat the staggering inequality of our new “gilded age,” we’re left with the ques...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2016
  • Length: 58:01
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Conventional Wisdom says the Industrial Revolution passed China by. But is this a true interpretation of history?

  • Added: Nov 28, 2016
  • Length: 04:47
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Jill Lepore joins us to talk about three books: The Story of America; The Secret History of Wonder Woman; and Joe Gould's Teeth.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2016
  • Length: 01:03:04
Caption: The Grand Canyon, Credit: Tonya Fitzpatrick
World Footprints will cross the border into the country of Jordan, uncover Dr. Seuss's social and artistic legacies and share one of our "Best Of" ...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2015
  • Length: 59:56
Caption: Vocal Galore, Credit: Ian Fitzpatrick
Explore a new perspective of American and Namibian history.

  • Added: Sep 26, 2015
  • Length: 59:55
Caption: Credit: Russian Public Library via Wikipedia Commons
Silent film may be a thing of the past, but scoring music to flickering screen classics isn't. This documentary focuses on three Minneapolis bands ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 13, 2015
  • Length: 26:46
  • Purchases: 2