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This two-part series on African American history in Indianapolis, IN, takes you to Indiana Avenue—a once vibrant Black corridor with homes, restaur...
- Added: Jun 14, 2024
- Length: 52:54
The U.S. Constitution refers to treaties with other sovereign nations as “the supreme law of the land.” But what happens when promises have been ma...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 14:01
Lake Superior’s northern shore has been home to woodland caribou for thousands of years. But now, the species is facing local extinction. Some blam...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 16:27
Kenny Pheasant first became a teacher of Anishinaabemowin at 14 – from behind the meat counter at a grocery store. Now, it's his life mission to ge...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 13:03
Harmful algal blooms are a growing concern in the Great Lakes. The toxins they produce can close beaches and even poison drinking water. What’s fue...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 13:45
About 20 feet down on the bottom of Lake Michigan, there’s a white marble crucifix from Italy. Diver Denny Jessick uses a trail of rumors to search...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 14:37
States in the Great Lakes kill beavers and remove dams on select rivers and streams. They’re doing it, in part, for anglers and the multi-billion d...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 14:14
David Exelby was scrolling through Reddit when he came across a mysterious post. This guy had stumbled on a ghost town in Michigan’s Upper Peninsul...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 16:04
In October 1960, Prince Akihito of Japan visited Chicago for 21 hours. Chicago’s mayor presented the prince with a diplomatic gift: 18 bluegill. Wh...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 12:32
The latest episode of A New York Minute in History tells the story of Ronek Park, a non-discriminatory housing development built in 1950 in the vil...
- Added: May 29, 2024
- Length: 29:30
The Covid shut down occurred almost four years ago to the day. This piece includes On the Front Lines, with a guy by the name of Leigh Carter, a nu...
- Added: Feb 27, 2024
- Length: 23:28
During their revolutionary endeavors in 1970s California, the SLA employed guerrilla warfare tactics. Donald DeFreeze founded the SLA, which became...
- Added: Feb 09, 2024
- Length: 05:53
The Black Panther Party’s founding in 1966 was inspired by the prevalent issues of police brutality, poverty, and lack of access to healthcare face...
- Added: Feb 09, 2024
- Length: 09:58
Jack Kerouac’s influence on American literature cannot be overstated, particularly as a leader of the Beat movement and his connection to the post...
- Added: Jan 23, 2024
- Length: 10:26
Herman Wouk, a literary giant renowned for his profound engagement with historical themes, is influential in World War II literature. His magnum op...
- Added: Jan 19, 2024
- Length: 08:38
thel and Julius Rosenberg grew up in New York City, a melting pot of cultural diversity, and faced economic challenges during the early 20th centur...
- Added: Jan 17, 2024
- Length: 09:05
Ernie Pyle: The War Correspondent and his Impact – Exploring the life, reporting style, and enduring legacy of Ernie Pyle, a Pulitzer Prize-winning...
- Added: Jan 14, 2024
- Length: 08:26
Upton Sinclair’s novel “The Jungle,” published in 1906, is a seminal work that exposed the harrowing conditions of the meat-packing industry in the...
- Added: Jan 13, 2024
- Length: 04:21
In the aftermath of World War II, Europe lay in ruins. Cities were devastated, economies shattered, and the continent faced a crisis of unprecedent...
- Added: Jan 13, 2024
- Length: 03:18
Scott Joplin often hailed as the “King of Ragtime,” made profound and lasting contributions to developing and popularizing ragtime music. His innov...
- Added: Jan 12, 2024
- Length: 03:21
Andrew Wyeth, an American artistic luminary, transcended the canvas to become a masterful chronicler of the human condition and the natural world. ...
- Added: Jan 07, 2024
- Length: 10:27
More ghostly encounters of a Third Kind with a woman named Sarah who seems to have something of a shine.
- Added: Oct 31, 2023
- Length: 25:23
In the first part of this story we heard from Uliana Bazar who, with her husband, Matthew Propert, left their home in Ukraine five hours before th...
- Added: Oct 16, 2023
- Length: 24:18
This week we encounter the supernatural with Beth and Chris Houlihan.
- Added: Oct 12, 2023
- Length: 26:58
1996 was a turning point for Burning Man. Two people were run over in their tents. And another person died in a head-on collision.
- Added: Aug 21, 2023
- Length: 27:08
