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It’s the sixty-fifth time we’ve gotten together for a half-hour of top-notch entertainment!
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This episode we ...
- Added: Oct 22, 2013
- Length: 28:02
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Reporter Nate DiMeo tells the story of the Kate and Margaret Fox, the small-town girls who triggered the 19th century movement known as Spiritualism.
Bought by WABE, Troy Public Radio, Radio Newark, PRX Remix, and KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Oct 21, 2013
- Length: 06:23
- Purchases: 5
What if you knew your teacher was lying to you? In 1956, ten year old Carolyn Himmer watched the classic "Duck and Cover" film in school, knowing i...
- Added: Aug 02, 2013
- Length: 06:34
More than 75 years ago Shenandoah National Park opened to the public for the first time. One of the most scenic routes in Virginia— Skyline Drive w...
- Added: Jun 09, 2013
- Length: 53:40
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
BackStory producers Eric Mennel and Nell Boeschenstein visit Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia to tell the story of a monument in honor of Heyward Shep...
Bought by WABE and Radio Newark
- Added: May 28, 2013
- Length: 10:49
- Purchases: 2
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
In this second part of a two-part series, The Cutting Edge presents excerpts from a forum presented by the Baruch History Department at their Perfo...
- Added: Apr 26, 2013
- Length: 59:59
Host Bill Bulbeck relives the history and times behind the music of the legendary "Dixie Hummingbirds". The one hour show includes all twelve track...
- Added: Apr 09, 2013
- Length: 47:39
- Purchases: 2
Mitch Skinner looks at a new food-art exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and finds out about banqueting in Shakespeare's day.
Bought by Marfa Public Radio
- Added: Mar 06, 2013
- Length: 05:10
- Purchases: 1
Part 2 of Phoenix 20 picks up right where part 1 ended. In this program, executive producer Sister Sue Sanders interviews host Dr. Peter Hilton abo...
- Added: Mar 01, 2013
- Length: 30:21
- Purchases: 2
The roles are reversed as Sister Susan Sanders interviews Veteran Matters host Dr. Peter Hilton about his time in the military during the Vietnam W...
- Added: Mar 01, 2013
- Length: 27:35
- Purchases: 2
Host Peter Hilton airs the final episode of this series of Veteran Matters. In this episode, Hilton welcomes back every veteran who has appeared on...
- Added: Mar 01, 2013
- Length: 24:43
- Purchases: 2
Host Peter Hilton continues the Veteran Matters series with the stories of Chris and Norm, two sailors in World War II who were apart of Operation ...
- Added: Mar 01, 2013
- Length: 27:28
- Purchases: 2
Host Peter Hilton welcomes to the program Bill. Bill is a veteran of the Korean War, and served at the front line of many operations in Korea. They...
- Added: Mar 01, 2013
- Length: 27:10
- Purchases: 2
Host Peter Hilton explores how spirituality may have affected the veteran's time in service, and what their experiences were like when they encount...
- Added: Mar 01, 2013
- Length: 27:55
- Purchases: 2
Veteran Matters continues with part 2 of this series. Host Peter Hilton introduces a new group of veterans, and we learn what roles animals may or ...
- Added: Mar 01, 2013
- Length: 27:43
- Purchases: 2
On this edition of Veteran Matters, host Peter Hilton welcomes to the program Norm, a veteran of World War II who served on the U.S.S. Bunker Hill ...
- Added: Mar 01, 2013
- Length: 28:23
- Purchases: 2
The Veteran Matters series continues with the stories of two army nurses, Joan who served in World War II and Karen who served in Iraq. Host Peter ...
- Added: Mar 01, 2013
- Length: 27:05
- Purchases: 2
Host Peter Hilton welcomes veterans Andy and Michael, to this edition of Veteran Matters, to discuss their overall military experiences. Andy discu...
- Added: Mar 01, 2013
- Length: 26:42
- Purchases: 2
On this edition of Veteran Matters, host Peter Hilton sits down with Steve, Buck, and Russ, veterans of World War II, Vietnam and Afghanistan. Stev...
- Added: Mar 01, 2013
- Length: 24:41
- Purchases: 2
On the first episode of Veteran Matters, host Peter Hilton introduces the Veterans that will be on the next four episodes of Veteran Matters and th...
- Added: Mar 01, 2013
- Length: 26:56
- Purchases: 2
Art and Entertainment news that you want to know!!!
Featuring Civil Rights leader Bobby Seale and Country Star Doug Briney.
- Added: Feb 19, 2013
- Length: 58:01
In the 1990s, Arch Coal began mining Pigeonroost Hollow. Now Jimmy Weekley is the last person left there.
Bought by Wyoming Public Radio, PRX Remix, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago
- Added: Feb 19, 2013
- Length: 13:59
- Purchases: 4
George F. Johnson was the owner of the Endicott Johnson Corp. — at one time the country’s leading shoe manufacturer — and one of the nation’s leadi...
Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZMU Moab Community Radio, PRX Remix, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago
- Added: Feb 19, 2013
- Length: 16:09
- Purchases: 4
On this special edition of "The Live Feed" we air a reading of the original play, "Enemy Alien" written by Scott Dixon of the Commonweal Theatre in...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Feb 05, 2013
- Length: 01:42:08
- Purchases: 1
During the Great Depression, Ken Hardesty's grandfather was the de-facto bank for the townspeople of Aurora, West Virginia.
- Added: Jan 14, 2013
- Length: 03:54
