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Upton Sinclair’s novel “The Jungle,” published in 1906, is a seminal work that exposed the harrowing conditions of the meat-packing industry in the...
- Added: Jan 13, 2024
- Length: 04:21
Scott Joplin often hailed as the “King of Ragtime,” made profound and lasting contributions to developing and popularizing ragtime music. His innov...
- Added: Jan 12, 2024
- Length: 03:21
Andrew Wyeth, an American artistic luminary, transcended the canvas to become a masterful chronicler of the human condition and the natural world. ...
- Added: Jan 07, 2024
- Length: 10:27
1996 was a turning point for Burning Man. Two people were run over in their tents. And another person died in a head-on collision.
- Added: Aug 21, 2023
- Length: 27:08
In the words of one expert, California has “gone crazy for propositions.” In this episode, we tell the story of one of the state’s most notorious b...
- Added: Aug 17, 2022
- Length: 30:41
Dr. Lidar Sapir-Hen of Tel Aviv University introduces us to a celebrity piglet. Discovered in a Jerusalem home from the 8th century BCE, it challen...
- Added: Feb 24, 2022
- Length: 08:46
In this episode, we explore the mass acceleration of nearly every process on earth that began in Britain in the 1700s during the Industrial Revolut...
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- Added: Feb 15, 2022
- Length: 48:25
- Purchases: 1
Mary McLeod Bethune was the daughter of former slaves and a founder of Bethune-Cookman University. She was often the only woman of color with a sea...
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- Added: Feb 15, 2022
- Length: 05:02
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The following audio is a shortened segment featuring the story of preservationist, banjoist and fiddle player Bascom Lamar Lunsford, as told in the...
- Added: Jan 26, 2022
- Length: 08:23
Alzheimer's disease used to be a rare diagnosis. But today, more than 5.8 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's and this number is projecte...
- Added: Jan 14, 2022
- Length: 45:47
- Added: Nov 07, 2021
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
Why is the cowboy, the most iconic of American settlers, so central to white masculine identity when Latinx vaqueros and Diasporic formerly enslave...
- Added: May 18, 2021
- Length: 14:06
What's in a name? We reflect on where we belong and what it means to be American, especially in the wake of anti-Asian hate crimes.
- Added: Apr 06, 2021
- Length: 52:02
How can we make space for concerns about the vaccine and grapple with a difficult history?
Infectious disease specialist Dr. Joyce Sanchez says th...
- Added: Mar 26, 2021
- Length: 28:40
- Purchases: 2
Since World War II, there have been countless American GIs stationed at military bases all over Germany. Sylvia Cunningham and Monika Müller-Kroll ...
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- Added: Mar 10, 2021
- Length: 28:52
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Join us as author Fatima Shaik uncovers the hidden history of a free Black brotherhood that was almost lost forever.
- Added: Feb 21, 2021
- Length: 24:52
Join World Footprints as we explore the story of Black Americans’ fight for freedom and equality with U.S. Civil Rights Trail guide author Deborah ...
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- Added: Feb 15, 2021
- Length: 30:54
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Today's Rough Draft Diaries celebrates Veterans Day, a holiday honoring military veterans while marking the anniversary of the end of World War I. ...
- Added: Nov 10, 2020
- Length: 06:12
Kingwood Kowboy's History Of Country Music Episodes showcases the roots of classic and vintage country, cowboy, western and bluegrass music with co...
- Added: Mar 24, 2020
- Length: 59:59
Kingwood Kowboy's History Of Country Music Episodes showcases the roots of classic and vintage country, cowboy, western and bluegrass music with co...
- Added: Mar 22, 2020
- Length: 01:00:00
Kingwood Kowboy's History Of Country Music Episodes showcases the roots of classic and vintage country, cowboy, western and bluegrass music with co...
- Added: Mar 22, 2020
- Length: 01:00:00
Kingwood Kowboy's History Of Country Music Episodes showcases the roots of classic and vintage country, cowboy, western and bluegrass music with co...
- Added: Mar 21, 2020
- Length: 01:00:00
Kingwood Kowboy's History Of Country Music Episodes showcases the roots of classic and vintage country, cowboy, western and bluegrass music with co...
- Added: Mar 21, 2020
- Length: 59:59
Kingwood Kowboy's History Of Country Music Episodes showcases the roots of classic and vintage country, cowboy, western and bluegrass music with co...
- Added: Mar 18, 2020
- Length: 01:00:00
Kingwood Kowboy's History Of Country Music Episodes showcases the roots of classic and vintage country, cowboy, western and bluegrass music with co...
- Added: Mar 18, 2020
- Length: 01:00:00
