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Our guests Indigenous Activists SunRose IronShell and Manape LaMere speak on the history and impact of the Indian Boarding Schools, generational tr...
- Added: Aug 21, 2022
- Length: 58:00
The bubonic plague forced a young Isaac Newton from his studies. How did he turn catastrophe into a year of wonders? For one, he didn’t have Netflix!
Bought by KSQM 91.5 FM
- Added: Apr 06, 2020
- Length: 02:59
- Purchases: 1
2020 has felt like one disaster after another. Is there light at the end of this tunnel? Luckily, history suggests calamities spark innovations tha...
Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KSQM 91.5 FM
- Added: Apr 06, 2020
- Length: 03:00
- Purchases: 2
Due to the government-shutdown emergency, your host was compelled to entertain an audience at the Old Schoolhouse Museum in 29 Palms.
Bought by KFCF FM
- Added: Feb 15, 2019
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
John U. Bacon talks about his latest book, "The Great Halifax Explosion."
Bought by Michigan Radio, WKAR, and WDET Detroit Public Radio
- Added: Dec 08, 2018
- Length: 54:30
- Purchases: 3
The experience of 1.5 generation immigrants, a term used to describe people who arrived in the U.S. as children and adolescents, is a unique one. U...
- Added: Jul 18, 2018
- Length: 10:15
Joe Reginella, a Staten Island based sculptor, sneaks a statue into the park every weekend to commemorate a disaster that has been scrubbed from th...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Mar 24, 2017
- Length: 06:49
- Purchases: 1
Georgetown Preservation Society's attorney talks about their case against El Dorado County
- Added: Jul 22, 2016
- Length: 15:58
Penny Rosenwasser is an activist and author of “Hope Into Practice: Jewish Women Choosing Justice Despite our Fears.” On this edition of Making Co...
- Added: Jun 03, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
They’re everywhere: in your fancy cocktail bar and your down home country restaurant. In the hands of farmer’s market shoppers and 7-Eleven Slurpee...
Bought by KVLU, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, and WABE
- Added: Oct 22, 2015
- Length: 25:46
- Purchases: 3
Interview: Conor explains that the Labor Archives were founded to preserve history and make it accessible, and one of his jobs is bringing zeal to...
- Added: Jul 18, 2015
- Length: 27:58
Providing commentary and historical background, this episode includes new material from Slightly Stoopid, as well as music from Steel Pulse, The Mo...
- Added: Jun 08, 2015
- Length: 59:58
Presented by Northern Community Radio and Aaron Brown, The Great Northern Radio Show blends the classic model of a radio variety show with some mod...
- Added: Apr 06, 2015
- Length: 02:00:27
- Purchases: 2
Meet James Marshall and some other famous folks on the eve of the California Gold Rush of 1849.
- Added: Feb 06, 2015
- Length: 02:23:22
There are many synonyms for 'underwear'. There are many synonyms for the body parts you keep in your underwear. But there's only one word for 'bra'...
- Added: Jan 15, 2015
- Length: 13:31
In late 2014, China announced it was to ban puns. Helen Zaltzman wishes she could ban puns in her own family.
- Added: Jan 15, 2015
- Length: 16:21
This show examines the life and times of Will Rogers who said, "I never met a man I didn't like"
- Added: Jan 10, 2015
- Length: 02:38:06
Presented by Northern Community Radio and Aaron Brown, The Great Northern Radio Show blends the classic model of a radio variety show with some mod...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Dec 17, 2014
- Length: 01:59:03
- Purchases: 1
Author/music journalist Allan Kozinn discusses The Beatles' remastered mono LPs, the "Paul is Dead" rumor/phenomenon, and other things Beatle-related.
- Added: Nov 29, 2014
- Length: 01:39:42
Poet Paul Legault shares how he challenged the norms of translation in his interpretations of Emily Dickinson's poetry.
- Added: Oct 29, 2014
- Length: 14:00
Presented by Northern Community Radio and Aaron Brown, The Great Northern Radio Show blends the classic model of a radio variety show with some mod...
- Added: Oct 13, 2014
- Length: 01:59:55
Presented by Northern Community Radio and Aaron Brown, The Great Northern Radio Show blends the classic model of a radio variety show with some mod...
- Added: Jun 27, 2014
- Length: 01:59:58
- Purchases: 3
- Added: Jun 10, 2014
- Length: 03:24
Presented by Northern Community Radio and Aaron Brown, The Great Northern Radio Show blends the classic model of a radio variety show with some mod...
- Added: May 13, 2014
- Length: 01:58:03
- Purchases: 2
Potpouri - Program #1 Featuring the Bikersons, Andy Griffith, Tom Lair, Florence Foster Jenkins, Harry Brewer Group, Arch Obler (The Dark)
- Added: Oct 19, 2013
- Length: 29:00