PRX - Pieces for Topic: Historical
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On this episode, Devin and Lauren tell the recently declassified story of a covert radio station built by the FBI on Long Island to deceive the Naz...
- Added: Jun 06, 2023
- Length: 30:30
Bob Kustra interviews Ben Macintyre about his book "The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War"
- Added: May 20, 2019
- Length: 30:10
Munitions expert Jack ReVelle remembers the aftermath of January 24, 1961, when a U.S. military plane accidentally dropped two hydrogen bombs into ...
- Added: Mar 28, 2019
- Length: 02:52
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
Helen James grew up in a military family – her great great grandfather fought in the Civil War, her father in WWI, and her uncles in WWII. So when ...
- Added: Jul 19, 2018
- Length: 24:39
50 years after the infamous Battle of Hue, a Vietnam vet talks about living with memories you have no choice but to carry.
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: Jun 18, 2018
- Length: 04:34
- Purchases: 1
Brown discusses his bestseller about an underdog American rowing team and their quest for gold at at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
- Added: Oct 02, 2015
- Length: 29:47
100-second module, from our weekday readings for May. Air date suggested: this Memorial Day.
Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and WEZU
- Added: Apr 25, 2014
- Length: 01:40
- Purchases: 2
This is a dramatic, sound-rich recreation of the wartime diary of Barbara Jean Roberts. As a young woman, a newly trained nurse, she left her home ...
- Added: Feb 13, 2014
- Length: 26:31
History repeats, 650 years later. An entire village held hostage for eleven months by a madman and his weapon-toting mercenaries. During that time,...
- Added: Nov 02, 2013
- Length: 17:01
How do you thank someone who saves you from tragedy? This Vietnam veteran knows.
Bought by Troy Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Apr 17, 2013
- Length: 05:40
- Purchases: 3
A Veteran's Day flashback to two tales of survival from one historic battle
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, PRX Remix, KUT, and KUOW
- Added: Oct 19, 2009
- Length: 10:36
- Purchases: 5