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Astrophysicist Brian Keating discusses his book, "Losing the Nobel Prize: A Story of Cosmology, Ambition, and the Perils of Science's Highest Honor."
Bought by WETS
- Added: May 27, 2018
- Length: 53:58
- Purchases: 1
What is the difference between liberty, democracy and freedom? Controversial news piece on political stances and the American belief of what these ...
- Added: Mar 31, 2018
- Length: 05:30
The long shadow of Sir Winston Churchill.
- Added: Mar 13, 2018
- Length: 06:00
Elizabeth Anderson joins us to talk about her book Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don’t Talk about It). In many workp...
- Added: Jan 23, 2018
- Length: 58:00
Once the white man came to India to lift the natives out of their heathen darkness (and take their jute, iron and Kohinoor diamond). But in the fil...
- Added: Nov 27, 2017
- Length: 06:00
From within this crucible the revolutionary theorist, ruthless Red Army commander and plausible dictator in waiting, leader of the left opposition ...
- Added: Nov 07, 2017
- Length: 58:02
From: Out of Bounds
Award-winning naturalist, poet & author discusses her most recent book "The Human Age: The World Shaped By Us"
- Added: Sep 13, 2017
- Length: 29:00
On this occasion of the birth of Thoreau we are forced to confront the vexed nature of our reception of his genius. So many of us hate Thoreau, whi...
- Added: Jul 18, 2017
- Length: 58:05
Age old discoveries and scientific advances have long dispelled the belief that the earth is flat. Recent technological advances have moved recorde...
- Added: Jul 05, 2017
- Length: 05:24
The death penalty is the barest, most explicit aspect of state violence. Relatively few people are sentenced to death, and even fewer are actively,...
- Added: Jun 15, 2017
- Length: 29:58
Octogenarian composer Augusta Cecconi-Bates talks about growing up a member of "the lost generation," hearing melodies in the written word, and whe...
- Added: May 08, 2017
- Length: 25:42
On this episode of "Culture Clique" we get to listen in as Winonan's recall their memories of Vietnam on the home front and on the battlefield. Thi...
- Added: Apr 14, 2017
- Length: 32:24
GetPublished! Radio co-host and sci-fi author Thomas Page gives us an oddball history lesson about the British army in Africa.
- Added: Mar 05, 2017
- Length: 03:35
Mario Soares, former PM and President of Portugal, statesman, exile, political prisoner, "father of democracy", passed away last week at the age of...
- Added: Jan 19, 2017
- Length: 05:09
Conventional Wisdom says the Industrial Revolution passed China by. But is this a true interpretation of history?
- Added: Nov 28, 2016
- Length: 04:47
Kathleen Lindsen interviews Ron Sheckler on "Fat Kat Kountry" (another awesome KFOK radio show)...
- Added: Sep 16, 2016
- Length: 26:46
As combat roles open to women, we present conversations from those who served when their roles and expectations were defined by gender.
Bought by WVBI-LP, WEZU, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, and Blue Mountain Radio
- Added: Mar 04, 2016
- Length: 03:41
- Purchases: 4
John Mueller, pianist and record collector, is guest. And 1961 is quite the year here. After the introductory testament from Tito Puente we'll hear...
Bought by KCMJ Community Radio, WVBI-LP, WOUB, WYAP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more
- Added: Mar 01, 2016
- Length: 01:59:55
- Purchases: 6
In October of 2015 Peter Neill, Director of World Ocean Observatory and host of World Ocean Radio, attended the bi-annual conference of the Interna...
- Added: Dec 17, 2015
- Length: 05:32
Alfred Bundy and Kevin Jenkins in conversation about this book.
- Added: Nov 06, 2015
- Length: 18:57
Journalist Eric Arnold talks with Stanley Nelson, director of the documentary film: The Black Panthers, Vanguard of the Revolution.
Bought by KMUN, KALW, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WRKF, WFHB and more
- Added: Oct 28, 2015
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 23
How two neighbors do and don't get along. A history of U.S.-Cuba relations.
- Added: Aug 27, 2015
- Length: 05:00
Money and politics have never been like oil and water. We explain why on this edition of "History Talk."
- Added: Aug 27, 2015
- Length: 05:00
Pink Floyd founder and 2015 Newport Folk Festival headliner, Roger Waters, looks back on his solo recordings, reflects on the continued relevance t...
Bought by KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), Prairie Public and more
- Added: Jul 15, 2015
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 16