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Constant Wonder - The Dressmakers of Auschwitz

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

Scheming in the commandant's dress shop.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), RadioStPete Florida, and WYAP

Women's History Month: Changing the Narrative, Women War and Peace II

From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends

Making the future while surviving a war. In humanity’s never ending war stories, combat makes the news, but the macho gaze misses the complex reali...

Bought by KWMR, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, KMUN and more

Tell Saki - Part I

From: Israel Story

In the first chapter of this two-part story, we embark on a journey back to the 1973 Yom Kippur War, and specifically, to one battle that unfolded ...

Sonia Purnell, author of "A Woman Of No Importance"

From: Boise State Public Radio

Bob Kustra interviews Sonia Purnell about her book "A Woman of No Importance"

Greg Mitchell, author of "The Tunnels"

From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra

Host Bob Kustra interviews Greg Mitchell, author of "The Tunnels: Escapes Under the Berlin Wall and the Historic Films that the JFK White House Tri...

Museum seeks WWII Navy pilots

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: A plane recovered from Lake Michigan, Credit: John Davies

To accompany a documentary screening, the National Museum of the Great Lakes is searching for Navy pilots who trained on Lake Michigan during World...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, WCMU Michigan, WKSU, and WBFO

Kidnapped in Guatemala

From: Sarah Bromer

When Richard Newman accepted at job at the World Health Organization in Guatemala in the late 70s, he never expected to get mixed up in the country...

Stephan Talty, author of "Agent Garbo"

From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra

Host Bob Kustra talks with Stephan Talty about "Agent Garbo: The Brilliant, Eccentric Secret Agent Who Tricked Hitler and Saved D-Day."

"Boys in the Boat," Part 2

From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra

We continue our conversation with Daniel James Brown, author of "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Ber...

Daniel James Brown, author of "The Boys in the Boat"

From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra

Brown discusses his bestseller about an underdog American rowing team and their quest for gold at at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

Civil defense sirens activated for severe weather

From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices

Air raid sirens were designed to alert the public of incoming enemy attacks during World War II. But 50 years ago--during the worst tornado outbrea...

Six Chairs: Rowan Pope, Voice to Vision and the Holocaust Book Project

From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices

David Feinberg started the Center for Genocide & Holocaust Studies at the University of Minnesota more than 10 years ago. This year, a group of Gol...

Carrots help you see in the dark

From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions

XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM

U.S. General Shocks A President

From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: AUGUST 2014

Only uncovered recently: a famous general commits a crime... but world events overshadow it. Author Nigel Hamilton reads from his book, The Mantle ...

Francis Scott Key: Lawyer, Layman, Tone-Deaf Lyricist?

From: Rebecca Sheir

Caption: Francis Scott Key (shown here in a portrait by Theodor Horydczak) was far more than just the author of what would become our national anthem., Credit: Library of Congress

Turns out the author of our national anthem could very well have been nicknamed "Francis Scott Off-Key."

Bought by KUOW

Mine Enemy: The Story of German POWs in America

From: Alison Jones

Caption: German POW Otto Schwingel and Linda Anderson on Anderson's farm near Florence, S.C., Credit: courtesy of Ingebourg Schwingel

During World War II, some 400,000 captured German soldiers were shipped across the Atlantic to prison camps dotted across the U.S. Suddenly the ene...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KBBI Alaska, WVTF, RadioStPete Florida, Angelica Community Radio and more

Talk of the Nation: Oratory in America

From: BackStory with the American History Guys

Caption: Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg, November 19th, 1863., Credit: Library of Congress

November 19th, 2013 marks the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. It’s one of the most iconic speeches in American history, ...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WMMT, and WRPI

Coming Home: A History of War Veterans [rebroadcast]

From: BackStory with the American History Guys

Caption: Detail from 1919 Red Cross poster, “Facing the Future: Uncle Sam offers training to every man disabled in the service.”, Credit: Library of Congress

The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have created thousands of new combat veterans - but what is it like for those soldiers as they return home? How we...

Bought by WMMT, WHRV, WGCU, WLPR , KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more

PROMO - Coming Home: A History of War Veterans [rebroadcast]

From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: Promos for Upcoming Shows

30-second promo for BackStory episode, "Coming Home: A History of War Veterans [rebroadcast]," with 5-second music bed at end for station-specific ...

Bought by WHRV, WUFT, and WLPR

Responsibility to Protect? A History of Humanitarian Intervention

From: BackStory with the American History Guys

Caption: “Save me from my friends!” Uncle Sam shelters Cuba, illustration from Puck, 1898.

With President Obama making the case for military action against Syria, BackStory takes on the history of humanitarian intervention. What are the o...

Bought by WUFT, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, NPR Illinois, WRPI, WMMT and more

Maryland Town Celebrates Its 15 Hours Of Fame

From: Rebecca Sheir

Caption: After fleeing Washington, D.C., during the War of 1812, President James Madison spent the night in this Brookeville home, supposedly making Brookeville “U.S. Capital for a Day.” , Credit: Washington Post

Andy Warhol once said: "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." But in this town, you'll meet people who claim that in the pa...

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

The Jane Fonda

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Reporter Jake Ryan follows the rabbit hole to uncover the truth behind a sandwich and a controversy that's been around since the Vietnam War.

Bought by PRX Remix and New Hampshire Public Radio

A Negotiable End Date

From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites

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

The Beat: Erin Lynn Marsh - "I Try To Imagine Eva Braun"

From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat

Erin Lynn Marsh has been published in Sugarhouse Review, Post Road Magazine, and Paper Darts. She holds an MFA from Lesley University in Boston, is...

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