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From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Composer Michael Levine, who wrote the long-running Kit-Kat jingle, tells host Brian Balogh what makes a jingle powerful — and catchy. Then… he off...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Feb 04, 2015
- Length: 10:07
- Purchases: 1
Al’s Breakfast in Dinkytown dates back to 1937, when a neighboring hardware store erected a shed in the alleyway to hold sheet metal and plumbing p...
- Added: Jan 15, 2015
- Length: 03:53
- Purchases: 2
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Ed sits down with historian Adam Shprintzen to discuss the 19th-century Americans who saw a vegetarian diet as a powerful tool of moral reform, one...
- Added: Dec 01, 2014
- Length: 08:45
- Purchases: 2
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Ed talks with Pomona College English professor Kyla Wazana Tompkins about the austere diet created by Sylvester Graham, designed to ward off a new ...
Bought by Troy Public Radio
- Added: Dec 01, 2014
- Length: 10:09
- Purchases: 1
For Thanksgiving, a Native American story… but not the one you’re imagining. No Pilgrims here. For the Lumbee Indians in North Carolina, the holida...
Bought by KVSC, KZYX, WNCW, WFHB, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm and more
- Added: Nov 21, 2014
- Length: 24:21
- Purchases: 18
Ask someone from out of state to describe Minnesota and you’ll probably hear a lot of “Minnesota Nice,” "uff dah’s" and "you betcha’s." Scandinavia...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Nov 06, 2014
- Length: 05:04
- Purchases: 1
Central Europeans developed a dairying culture at least 4,000 years before they evolved the ability to digest milk.
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Nov 01, 2014
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
Often imitated, but never duplicated, the "Jucy Lucy" is a Minneapolis food favorite. In this piece, learn the backstory and true mark of this icon...
- Added: Sep 28, 2014
- Length: 03:58
When Captain John Smith sailed into the Chesapeake Bay, he said oysters were as big as dinner plates. This show is our ode to oysters.
Bought by WJCT, WLIW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WMNF
- Added: Aug 15, 2014
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 4
When Captain John Smith sailed into the Chesapeake Bay, he said oysters were as big as dinner plates. This show is our ode to oysters.
Bought by WCNY, Accessible Media Inc., Accessible Media Inc. Station Account, WTJU, and KKRN
- Added: Aug 15, 2014
- Length: 53:57
- Purchases: 5
Social drinking, instead of drinking to simply survive, has been around for about 8000 years. Atlanta’s place in the beverage business, and in Ame...
- Added: Aug 07, 2014
- Length: 24:05
The railroad, the Olympics, Coca-Cola and CNN, are all huge contributors to the development and prowess of Atlanta as a business center and to its ...
- Added: Aug 06, 2014
- Length: 19:26
"The Butler" didn't do it - or so says real-life White House butler Alan DeValerio.
- Added: Jul 27, 2014
- Length: 06:15
This show takes on the frothy subject of beer, and explores the science, culture, and history behind the suds.
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Jul 22, 2014
- Length: 30:45
- Purchases: 1
Have you ever wondered how chicken nuggets are made? Or what propylene glycol monostearate, monocalcium phosphate, or other listed ingredients are ...
Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, WTJU, RadioFreePalmer, and WYAP
- Added: Jul 22, 2014
- Length: 27:24
- Purchases: 4
Auburn Avenue was at one time known as Wheat Street. In 1893, a group of white citizens went to the city council and petitioned to change the name...
- Added: Jul 16, 2014
- Length: 23:40
Historically, home, school and community gardens have proven vital to national security and resiliency. Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered ...
- Added: Jul 04, 2014
- Length: 28:00
When you imagine the built environment, the places that shape a city's culture, you probably think about stadiums and parks, skyscrapers and museum...
- Added: Jun 27, 2014
- Length: 15:06
The "Blues Rib Shack" is a Blues music show lasting one hour with three segments.
This show is part of a limited series of shows that your listen...
- Added: May 28, 2014
- Length: 55:13
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Ed sits down with historian Adam Shprintzen to discuss the 19th-century Americans who saw a vegetarian diet as a powerful tool of moral reform, one...
Bought by WOUB and KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: May 20, 2014
- Length: 08:45
- Purchases: 2
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Host Ed Ayers talks with English professor Kyla Wazana Tompkins about the austere diet created by Sylvester Graham, designed to ward off a new kind...
- Added: May 20, 2014
- Length: 10:09
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Host Brian Balogh talks with food journalist Marian Burros about the US Senate’s attempt to encourage healthy eating in the 1970s, and the pushback...
Bought by WOUB and KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: May 20, 2014
- Length: 07:41
- Purchases: 2
Which is the better way to “feed the world” – with organic or “conventional” agriculture? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Mel...
- Added: Apr 18, 2014
- Length: 28:00
Barbecue fans, this show’s for you. This month we take a spicy, sweet, saucy, smokin‘ good look at the history, art, science, position and passion...
Bought by RadioFreePalmer
- Added: Apr 10, 2014
- Length: 27:57
- Purchases: 1
Many generations of people once lived and worked on Virginia's barrier islands — until erosion and hurricanes drove them back to the mainland.
- Added: Feb 27, 2014
- Length: 06:10
