PRX - Pieces for Topic: Historical
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The U.S. transportation system has long been rife with inequality, making it more difficult for low-income people, people of color, and people with...
Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle
- Added: Dec 16, 2020
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 3
Here's a little fact about Les Paul that you might not know: rock icon Steve Miller is Les Paul's godson. In this hour, Steve talks about his memor...
Bought by WCPN, KAZU Seaside, Calif., Radio New Zealand, KHNS, KMUN and more
- Added: Feb 09, 2015
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 26
At the beginning of the 19th century women in the United States had an average of seven or eight children. By 1900 they had only three or four, and...
- Added: Dec 03, 2014
- Length: 40:27
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Contributor Meg Cramer tells the story of the first electrically lit town in America -- Wabash, Indiana.
Bought by WOUB, Radio Newark, and KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Nov 04, 2013
- Length: 06:21
- Purchases: 3
Two Native American scholars explore how the Europeans' "Doctrine of Discovery" has affected American Indian nations from 1607 to today.
Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KZYX, KMUD, KZMU Moab Community Radio, Aspen Public Radio and more
- Added: Nov 11, 2009
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 10
Steve Tatko explains how he ended up with a bioler operator's license.
- Added: Jul 02, 2008
- Length: 03:09
Chief Engineer Conrad Milster has kept Pratt Institute's steam engines pumping for the past 50 years.
Bought by The PRX Podcast
- Added: Sep 16, 2007
- Length: 02:25
- Purchases: 1