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In the first chapter of this two-part story, we embark on a journey back to the 1973 Yom Kippur War, and specifically, to one battle that unfolded ...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2021
  • Length: 52:51
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Only uncovered recently: a famous general commits a crime... but world events overshadow it. Author Nigel Hamilton reads from his book, The Mantle ...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:40
Caption: German POW Otto Schwingel and Linda Anderson on Anderson's farm near Florence, S.C., Credit: courtesy of Ingebourg Schwingel
During World War II, some 400,000 captured German soldiers were shipped across the Atlantic to prison camps dotted across the U.S. Suddenly the ene...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, RadioStPete Florida, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KBBI Alaska, WVTF and more


  • Added: May 19, 2014
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 89
Caption: “Save me from my friends!” Uncle Sam shelters Cuba, illustration from Puck, 1898.
With President Obama making the case for military action against Syria, BackStory takes on the history of humanitarian intervention. What are the o...

Bought by WUFT, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, NPR Illinois, WRPI, WMMT and more


  • Added: Sep 13, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
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Erin Lynn Marsh has been published in Sugarhouse Review, Post Road Magazine, and Paper Darts. She holds an MFA from Lesley University in Boston, is...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2013
  • Length: 02:00
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Jonathan Groubert speaks with Dutchwoman Petje Schroeder a Jewish genealogist in the Polish city of Lodz.

  • Added: Sep 20, 2005
  • Length: 29:29