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2023 is the 75th anniversary of one of the biggest political upsets in American political history (although the documentary does not mention the 75...
Bought by Iowa Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, Michigan Radio, KUOW, and WAMU
- Added: Jul 30, 2023
- Length: 55:31
- Purchases: 5
Part 2/2 in our coverage of Income Inequality and the policies and practices that led to this on "Civic."
- Added: Aug 29, 2022
- Length: 29:30
Income inequality is at a breaking point in America. "Civic" takes a look at the history of policies and programs in part 1/2.
- Added: Aug 29, 2022
- Length: 24:05
In this episode, we talk with Dr. Nancy Bristow… Chair of the History Department at the University of Puget Sound… and author of American Pandemic:...
- Added: May 07, 2020
- Length: 29:30
Writer and naturalist Jack Nisbet discusses his book, "The Dreamer and The Doctor: A Forest Lover and a Physician on the Edge of the Frontier."
Bought by Prairie Public, Spokane Public Radio, KWMR, and Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Dec 04, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 4
Bob Kustra interviews Randall Fuller who's written an historical take on how Darwin's Theory of Evolution ignited leaders and thinkers in the US in...
Bought by KRZA
- Added: Oct 22, 2018
- Length: 30:00
- Purchases: 1
Historical Jesus scholar makes the case for Christians to retire the argument that Jesus was a fulfillment of prophecy.
- Added: Aug 25, 2017
- Length: 58:01
- Purchases: 2
Harvard Professor, Caroline Light, explores the racist "Stand Your Ground" history.
- Added: Jun 16, 2017
- Length: 57:59
- Purchases: 2
Radio Curious discusses whales and the history of whale hunting with Michael Dyer, senior historian at the New Bedford Whaling Museum in New Bedfor...
- Added: Sep 28, 2016
- Length: 29:01
Nathan Ward, who was an editor with American Heritage, has written for The New York Times and other publications. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, n...
- Added: Jan 06, 2016
- Length: 12:44
According to or my guest, Alan Wald, the aim of the literary radical is “to endow history with meaning.” We track three “subversives” in our progra...
- Added: Nov 03, 2015
- Length: 57:14
Radio Curious revisits a conversation about Ellis Island, it's history and the people who arrived there, with Andrew Weiss, a historian and then to...
- Added: Aug 05, 2015
- Length: 29:01
A small unknown town in India has a history that makes it worth stopping in to have a look.
- Added: May 19, 2014
- Length: 04:30
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Host Peter Onuf speaks with Harvard historian Anne Braude about the intersection of Spiritualism with 19th century social reform movements.
Bought by Radio Newark and KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Oct 21, 2013
- Length: 08:33
- Purchases: 2
50 years after the March on Washington, syndicated columnist Reverend Byron Williams makes the case that 1963 was the pivotal year for American cul...
- Added: Aug 18, 2013
- Length: 29:00
Many Latin Americans were brought, or forced to come to the US by conditions our government had a role in creating We hear excerpts of “Harvest of...
- Added: Jun 19, 2013
- Length: 29:00
An interview with professor Nikos Alexiou of CUNY Queens College in New York City, who discusses his extensive research on the historical developme...
- Added: May 26, 2013
- Length: 35:33
Neil Books tells is about his time flying a 727.
- Added: Oct 11, 2012
- Length: 04:12
The history of aquaculture from the mid-20th century to the present.
- Added: Jun 13, 2012
- Length: 16:26
Today we celebrate the Chinese New Year with special guest S. Alice Mong, director of the Museum of Chinese in America.
- Added: Feb 02, 2011
- Length: 09:38
This compelling documentary explains how a John F. Kennedy challenge to college students ultimately became the Peace Corps.
It explores Kennedy's...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Interlochen Public Radio, Michigan Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WYSO and more
- Added: Oct 12, 2010
- Length: 53:25
- Purchases: 14
Three areas in which business leaders made mistakes leading to the current weak economy.
- Added: Jul 23, 2008
- Length: 03:00
A 34 minute documentary about the New Orleans singer and songwriter Chris Kenner.
- Added: Sep 11, 2007
- Length: 34:19
The lasting impact of the Mongol invasions on Europe, 800 years after Genghis Khan united the Mongols into one nation.
Bought by KICI Iowa City and WRPI
- Added: Jan 18, 2007
- Length: 29:30
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Nov 28, 2005
- Length: 01:40:39