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On the third episode of A New York Minute In History we explore the Empire State’s most ambitious engineering feat…the Erie Canal. Completed in 182...
- Added: Oct 24, 2018
- Length: 59:30
1776 was 239 years ago and it has been quite journey. Celebrating the 4th of July, at least to those of us here in the US is a time honored traditi...
Bought by RadioStPete Florida, GCR (Global Community Radio), WUAL, and KMFA
- Added: Jun 25, 2018
- Length: 58:30
- Purchases: 4
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
A short Memorial Day affirmation from WWII veteran, Atilano Bernardo David, describes shares his wisdom on resilience after surviving war and the B...
- Added: May 16, 2018
- Length: 01:51
Was Winona an abolitionist colony? Was it a major part of the underground railroad? These are questions Carol Jefferson hopes to answer. On this ep...
- Added: Mar 23, 2018
- Length: 15:48
The plot that killed the dream. The Who, What, Where, How and Why Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was assassinated.
Bought by WLPR and RadioStPete Florida
- Added: Mar 03, 2018
- Length: 58:00
- Purchases: 2
Across the globe it was a year of countless uprisings. In the US it was the year of police violence against protesters at the Chicago Democratic Co...
- Added: Jan 31, 2018
- Length: 58:56
2018 marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. On this episode of Don't Cha Know we discuss the importance of ...
- Added: Jan 26, 2018
- Length: 26:23
Today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota honors International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Saturday, January 27, with the first half of a two-part...
- Added: Jan 21, 2018
- Length: 30:12
This August 15th marked 70 years of India’s independence. But this also marks 70 years of one of India’s greatest human tragedies.
The partition ...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Aug 21, 2017
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 1
An exploration of regional memories of the American Civil War and the ways we use story to hide or confront our complicated past.
- Added: Jul 24, 2017
- Length: 20:40
On this occasion of the birth of Thoreau we are forced to confront the vexed nature of our reception of his genius. So many of us hate Thoreau, whi...
- Added: Jul 18, 2017
- Length: 58:05
Vincent Chin was a 27-year-old draftsman living near Detroit. On a June night in 1982, he and a group of friends went out to celebrate his wedding,...
Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio and WEZU
- Added: Jul 05, 2017
- Length: 02:06
- Purchases: 2
Commemorate the 100th anniversary of US involvement in World War I by accompanying Walter Price and the 314th Engineers on their tour of duty.
- Added: Jun 03, 2017
- Length: 08:19
The Colorado Department of Transportation says the 420 mile markers on the state’s highways were stolen so often, they had to replace them with 419...
Bought by KZYX, XRAY.fm, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, KUER, and CI Dolphin Radio
- Added: Apr 09, 2017
- Length: 15:56
- Purchases: 5
March 31, 2017 marks the centennial of the transfer of three Caribbean islands from Denmark to the United States. But are Virgin Islanders US Citi...
- Added: Mar 27, 2017
- Length: 04:59
Seventy-five years ago this month President Roosevelt signed an executive order ordering all Japanese Americans into internment camps, including th...
Bought by Public Radio for All, WEZU, and WMUU-LP
- Added: Feb 21, 2017
- Length: 02:51
- Purchases: 3
The entire 1951 movie is narrated -- and commented on -- in this sound-rich radio show...
- Added: Feb 16, 2017
- Length: 02:36:58
As President Trump moves to ban Muslims from entering the U.S., we look at two moments where we found ourselves at a similar crossroads. First, th...
- Added: Feb 11, 2017
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 4
In 1942, the government rounded up more than one hundred thousand Japanese living in the U.S. They were incarcerated for the duration of the war.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Dec 26, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
This episode explores how the memory of our history changes over time.
Bought by RadioStPete Florida and RadioStPete Florida
- Added: Dec 07, 2016
- Length: 05:08
- Purchases: 2
The first woman "U.S. President" happened 100 years ago.
- Added: Oct 27, 2016
- Length: 27:40
On this episode, we spotlight two books - 1941: FIGHTING THE SHADOW WAR. by Marc Wortman that, in part, tells the story of the considerable popula...
Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI and KUNM
- Added: Sep 29, 2016
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 2
How did the sixth James get first in line? It happened when his job description changed from Scottish king to monarch of all Britain...
- Added: Sep 16, 2016
- Length: 02:25:25
In Northern France on July 14th, 1916, a cavalry unit from Hyderabad made what most consider to be the final cavalry charge of World War I before t...
- Added: Sep 13, 2016
- Length: 37:31
