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It has always been a political act, a practice in strength and defiance, to be a woman and a bandleader, a female electric guitarist and composer, ...
- Added: Mar 26, 2018
- Length: :45
Host Bob Kustra interviews Greg Mitchell, author of "The Tunnels: Escapes Under the Berlin Wall and the Historic Films that the JFK White House Tri...
- Added: Jun 04, 2017
- Length: 30:30
Host Bob Kustra talks with Joby Warrick about his book, winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction.
- Added: Jan 25, 2017
- Length: 30:01
Host Bob Kustra interviews the Washington Post's David Hoffman about his book about the amazing true story of a Cold War spy.
- Added: Dec 16, 2016
- Length: 29:45
To accompany a documentary screening, the National Museum of the Great Lakes is searching for Navy pilots who trained on Lake Michigan during World...
Bought by WXXI Rochester, WCMU Michigan, WKSU, and WBFO
- Added: Nov 02, 2016
- Length: 01:14
- Purchases: 4
Host Bob Kustra talks with Palmer, a 25-year veteran of the U.S. Foreign Service, about his latest political thriller.
- Added: Aug 19, 2016
- Length: 30:40
Host Bob Kustra talks with Hoffman about his nonfiction story of Cold War espionage and betrayal.
Bought by KMUD
- Added: Jul 08, 2016
- Length: 30:31
- Purchases: 1
When Richard Newman accepted at job at the World Health Organization in Guatemala in the late 70s, he never expected to get mixed up in the country...
- Added: Jul 02, 2016
- Length: 17:13
Classic piece resurrected from years back on war and the cost of killing. Unique piece, Money Matters award winning news filler. One of a kind piec...
- Added: May 04, 2016
- Length: 04:11
In an interview from our archives, host Bob Kustra talks with the Oscasr-winning actor about his memoir. Kennedy died Feb. 28, 2016.
- Added: Mar 04, 2016
- Length: 30:30
Host Bob Kustra talks with Stephan Talty about "Agent Garbo: The Brilliant, Eccentric Secret Agent Who Tricked Hitler and Saved D-Day."
- Added: Mar 03, 2016
- Length: 29:35
Last month novelist and social critic Curtis White joined us to discuss his latest book We, Robots: Staying Human in the Age of Big Data. One of hi...
- Added: Feb 23, 2016
- Length: 58:03
We continue our conversation with Daniel James Brown, author of "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Ber...
- Added: Oct 09, 2015
- Length: 29:50
Brown discusses his bestseller about an underdog American rowing team and their quest for gold at at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
- Added: Oct 02, 2015
- Length: 29:47
Retired Marines Anny and Jonny Pena talk about the challenges they faced as military spouses, and what it was like when Jonny came home from Afghan...
Bought by WVBI-LP, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, and WTJU
- Added: Jul 10, 2015
- Length: 03:13
- Purchases: 3
Air raid sirens were designed to alert the public of incoming enemy attacks during World War II. But 50 years ago--during the worst tornado outbrea...
- Added: Mar 18, 2015
- Length: 04:52
David Feinberg started the Center for Genocide & Holocaust Studies at the University of Minnesota more than 10 years ago. This year, a group of Gol...
- Added: Mar 18, 2015
- Length: 05:59
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM
- Added: Mar 15, 2015
- Length: 01:44
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Nov 17, 2014
- Length: 01:59
- Purchases: 1
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
Turns out the author of our national anthem could very well have been nicknamed "Francis Scott Off-Key."
Bought by KUOW
- Added: Jul 16, 2014
- Length: 03:24
- Purchases: 1
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 KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KBBI Alaska, WVTF, RadioStPete Florida, Angelica Community Radio and more
- Added: May 19, 2014
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 87
An in-depth interview with Vietnam vet and gay activist, Danny Meyer, who talks about LGBT people in the military, and how his experience as the ch...
- Added: Nov 20, 2013
- Length: 27:30
November 19th, 2013 marks the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. It’s one of the most iconic speeches in American history, ...
Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WMMT, and WRPI
- Added: Nov 15, 2013
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 4
