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Degrees of Freedom: Higher Education in America
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Caption: Detail from “Academic Gowns, American Usage,” chromolithographic print by Julius Bien & Co., 1903
President Obama recently proposed sweeping changes to the way government helps to finance students’ higher education, and an unprecedented system o...

Bought by XRAY.fm, KBRP Community Radio, WEZU, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WRPI and more


  • Added: Sep 06, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Rules of Engagement: Ethics in Warfare [rebroadcast]
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Caption: The Gatling Gun patent drawing (1865). The gun was patented on May 9, 1865, and was officially adopted by the U.S. Army on August 21, 1866. , Credit: National Archives
Reports that chemical weapons have been used in Syria raise important questions about what is—and is not—an appropriate means of waging war. This w...

Bought by XRAY.fm, KBRP Community Radio, KFOK-LPFM, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 30, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Food Sleuth Radio, Donald Davis Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Bigger doesn’t always mean better. Case in point: fruits and vegetables. Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2013
  • Length: 28:00
The Fierce Urgency of Now: The 1963 March on Washington
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Caption: Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., at the March on Washington, August 28th, 1963, Credit: National Archives
August 28th marks the 50th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous speech in front of the Lincoln memorial in Washington, D.C., wh...

Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY, WUFT, WESM 91.3 FM, WCSU-FM, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Aug 23, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
All Hopped Up: Drugs in America [rebroadcast]
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Caption: Detail from cocaine toothache drops advertisement, 1885.
At the beginning of August, Illinois legalized medical marijuana, becoming the 20th state to do so. And less than a year ago, Washington and Colora...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, RadioFreePalmer, KREV-LP, and Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 16, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Art of the French Impressionists
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious visits with Melissa Buron, art historian and curator of the French Impressionist exhibit, Impressionists on the Water, currently at t...

  • Added: Aug 07, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
Weathering the Storm: A History of Extreme Weather [rebroadcast]
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Caption: Detail from Collier’s magazine cover, May 28th, 1954, Credit: Smithsonian Institution
100 years ago this week, the thermometer in Death Valley, California, hit the highest temperature ever recorded anywhere in the world: 134°F. This ...

Bought by WUFT, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WRIR, Louisville Public Media, WTJU and more


  • Added: Jul 12, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Worst Steamboat Money Can Buy…
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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Host Ed Ayers talks with historian Walter Johnson about the rise of steamboats in the 19th Century, and how the cotton economy fueled an ever more ...

Bought by Radio Newark, KHNS, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 17, 2013
  • Length: 08:58
  • Purchases: 3
SITPE # 1324
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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More Locales, and Artists too.

Bought by KWMR, KKRN, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WOUB, KEOS and more


  • Added: Jun 11, 2013
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 8
SITPE # 1320
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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Too many titles to choose from, so let's just go with them all.

Bought by KWMR, KKRN, KPVL, WOUB, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: May 14, 2013
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 9
A Negotiable End Date
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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Host Brian Balough explores the meaning of "wartime" with Mary Dudziak, an historian at Emory University's School of Law. Well after V-J Day, Dudz...

Bought by WEZU, Radio Newark, KBRP Community Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 06, 2013
  • Length: 10:50
  • Purchases: 4
Bounding Manifest Destiny
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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Host Peter Onuf talks with Amy Greenberg, an historian at Pennsylvania State University, on the rogue diplomat that ended the Mexican-American War ...

Bought by XRAY.fm, Radio Newark, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 06, 2013
  • Length: 11:01
  • Purchases: 3
A Code To Live By in Appalachia
From: Mary Helen Miller
Caption: The Presbyterian church in Vardy, Tennessee, was a community center for some Melungeon families. , Credit: Mary Helen Miller
The Melungeons were a mixed-race group in southern Appalachia with an elusive history. Now some Melungeon descendants are looking to DNA testing fo...

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting and WTJU


  • Added: Feb 12, 2013
  • Length: 16:56
  • Purchases: 2
SITPE # 1250
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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Backup show #2.

Bought by KWMR, KSRQ, KSJD, KKRN, KPVL and more


  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 9
SITPE # 1248
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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The posted three days earlier than usual show.

Bought by KWMR, KSRQ, KSJD, KKRN, KPVL and more


  • Added: Nov 25, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 9
SITPE # 1236
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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Riding the 1967 bell curve.

Bought by KWMR, KHNS, KSJD, KMXT, KKRN and more


  • Added: Sep 06, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 10
SITPE # 1234
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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Back to variety.

Bought by KWMR, KKRN, KPVL, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WOUB and more


  • Added: Aug 22, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 7
A Conversation with Andy Statman, Part Two
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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In part 2 of our conversation with Andy Statman, we follow his musical path as he blends klezmer, jazz, blues, and bluegrass into a distinctive mu...

Bought by Prairie Public, Prairie Public, Prairie Public, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jun 29, 2012
  • Length: 37:49
  • Purchases: 4
SITPE # 1225
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
Caption: Pet Sounds, Credit: Beach Boys
From Pet Sounds to The End via the 1967 express.

Bought by KWMR, KKRN, KPVL, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KEOS and more


  • Added: Jun 20, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 6
SITPE # 1223
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
Caption: Electric Music For The Mind And Body, Credit: Country Joe And The Fish
Digging Deeper.

Bought by KWMR, KKRN, KPVL, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Jun 05, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 6
SITPE # 1216
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
Caption: The Pearl Sessions, Credit: Janis Joplin
The Pearl Sessions giveaway show

Bought by KWMR, KKRN, KPVL, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KSJD and more


  • Added: Apr 17, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 7
A Conversation with Poet, Rita Dove
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove talks about her writing with a focus on her most recent book of poems, Sonata Mullatica. [30:44]

Bought by KPIP-LP and WABE


  • Added: Feb 29, 2012
  • Length: 30:45
  • Purchases: 2
SITPE # 1142
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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Bring Out Yer Dead!

Bought by KWMR, KKRN, KPVL, KEOS, KHNS and more


  • Added: Oct 19, 2011
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 6
SITPE # 1140
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
Caption: Wow, Credit: Moby Grape
Moby Grape, '66, '67 and the return of the garage bands.

Bought by WXXI Rochester, KWMR, KMXT, KKRN, KPVL and more


  • Added: Oct 05, 2011
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 7
The Plot to Kidnap Lincoln
From: With Good Reason
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Not commonly known, John Wilkes Booth had been part of a long-standing conspiracy to kidnap Lincoln before he shot the president in Ford's Theater.

  • Added: Sep 12, 2011
  • Length: 28:59