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War Crimes in Real Time - Waging War on Refugees
From: David Kattenburg
Series: Green Planet Monitor Podcast
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Hamas didn't parachute into Gaza from another planet. The Islamic Resistance Movement, its leaders and militants are an organic part of a packed po...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2023
  • Length: 58:39
WAR - Gen. Wesley Clark
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Recorded 10/1/01 Gen. Clark guest on Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow

  • Added: Mar 28, 2021
  • Length: 23:59
The Untold Story of Edwin “Bud” Nakasone’s Experience with the Secret Language School During WWII, THE FULL PRESENTATION at the Stearns History Museum
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack attends a presentation at the Stearns History Museum b...

  • Added: Nov 26, 2019
  • Length: 01:01:12
The Untold Story of Edwin “Bud” Nakasone’s Experience with the US Army's Secret Language School During WWII at the Stearns History Museum
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack attends a presentation at the Stearns History Museum b...

  • Added: Nov 26, 2019
  • Length: 29:20
National Writers Series: Tom Brokaw
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Two
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Journalist and author Tom Brokaw talks with National Writers Series co-founder Doug Stanton.

Bought by Michigan Radio, WDET Detroit Public Radio, and WKAR


  • Added: Oct 07, 2019
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 3
Ben Macintyre, author of "The Spy and the Traitor"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Bob Kustra interviews Ben Macintyre about his book "The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War"

  • Added: May 20, 2019
  • Length: 30:10
Greg Mitchell, author of "The Tunnels"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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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
Constitutional Law Professor Kermit Roosevelt, author of “Allegiance”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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“It may well be that the Senate Republicans would be better off confirming some moderate Obama nominee to the Supreme Court now, rather than having...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 08, 2016
  • Length: 09:56
  • Purchases: 2
The Doctors of Nazi Germany (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In the late 19th century, German medical practices were considered to be the best in the world. But by the start of World War II, a number of Germa...

Bought by WCNY, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WTJU, and WXDU


  • Added: Jul 10, 2015
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 4
Evicted from the Mountains (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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When Shenandoah National Park was built, hundreds of families were forced off their land. New information has emerged suggesting that some of those...

Bought by WJCT, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WFHB, WLIW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: May 02, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6
Evicted from the Mountains (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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When Shenandoah National Park was built, hundreds of families were forced off their land. New information has emerged suggesting that some of those...

Bought by WCNY and WTJU


  • Added: May 02, 2014
  • Length: 53:52
  • Purchases: 2
Viva Voce and Civil War Selfies (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Today when we vote, we enter a private space, secretly make our choice, and go about our day. But early voting wasn’t just public; it was a raucous...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Apr 04, 2014
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 1
The Doctors of Nazi Germany (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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In the late 19th century, German medical practices were considered to be the best in the world. But by the start of World War II, German physicians...

Bought by WJCT, KBYS 88.3 FM, WFHB, WTJU, WLIW and more


  • Added: Mar 28, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 7
The Doctors of Nazi Germany (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In the late 19th century, German medical practices were considered to be the best in the world. But by the start of World War II, German physicians...

Bought by WCNY, global24radio, and WRPI


  • Added: Mar 28, 2014
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 3
From Combat to College
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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With the end of the War in Iraq, tens of thousands of soldiers have returned home, and many of them are going to college. But the transition to aca...

Bought by WCNY, KVSC, WCWP, and WTJU


  • Added: Jun 28, 2013
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 4
Author Michael Korda and "Ike: An American Hero"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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An author many times over and former editor-in-chief at Simon & Schuster, a major publishing company, Michael wrote this biography, “Ike: An Americ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 16, 2013
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 1
Mission Accomplished: How Wars End
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Caption: May 1, 2003: President George W. Bush declares an end to major combat operations in Iraq , Credit: (Paul Morse, White House photographer).
The declaration of "Mission Accomplished" in Iraq was famously premature. But have America's other wars had neat or definitive endings?  In this ep...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KFOK-LPFM, KBRP Community Radio, WRPI, Louisville Public Media and more


  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 8
After the Berlin Wall Came Down
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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More than 20 years after Germans tore down the Berlin Wall, they are still dealing with the stigmas of a formerly divided country.

Bought by WJCT


  • Added: Dec 06, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Confederate Outlaw
From: With Good Reason
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The American Civil War has produced a number of mythical characters. Perhaps there are none like the notorious Champ Ferguson, a Confederate guerri...

Bought by WDVX


  • Added: Aug 22, 2011
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Fighting Identity
From: Woodrow Wilson Center
Series: dialogue Radio
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dialogue is an award-winning television and radio program that explores the world of ideas through weekly, half-hour conversations with renowned pu...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2010
  • Length: 29:40
Independent Minds: At War in the Pacific
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: Independent Minds
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A new perspective on the often-overlooked story of the Marines who fought in the brutal Pacific Campaign of World War II.

Bought by KGOU, WVTF, WLPR , KUHF, WVTF and more


  • Added: Dec 17, 2009
  • Length: 55:54
  • Purchases: 61