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American Dream Players present a short, comic history of a war we've more or less forgotten, the War of 1812. Fought on both land and sea, this wa...
- Added: May 18, 2017
- Length: 12:39
Why (and how and when) did Hannibal cross The Alps? Find out again with the American Dream Players short, funny (historically accurate) version.
- Added: May 09, 2017
- Length: 13:39
You may have heard of executive orders, but how about executive memoranda? Today, we talk about the different tools of executive action that the Pr...
Bought by KPIP-LP
- Added: Mar 03, 2017
- Length: 03:59
- Purchases: 1
What's the purpose of the National Security Council? When was it created? Who serves on it? And why is Steve Bannon's appointment to its principals...
- Added: Mar 01, 2017
- Length: 04:06
- Purchases: 2
We're often urged to call our elected representatives to voice opinions on the issues, but what happens after that call is made? Where does the me...
Bought by KPIP-LP
- Added: Mar 01, 2017
- Length: 04:13
- Purchases: 1
City of Dreamers explores the lives of young people and immigrant families from Santa Fe’s South Side. First presented live, on stage at the Lensic...
- Added: Feb 16, 2017
- Length: 27:54
What's it really like for a journalist stationed at the White House? We go inside the press briefing room with NPR's Senior White House Corresponde...
- Added: Feb 13, 2017
- Length: 04:29
- Purchases: 2
We're all familiar with the title, but what does a White House Chief of Staff actually do? What does the daily routine entail? And how much power d...
- Added: Feb 13, 2017
- Length: 04:29
- Purchases: 2
We're all familiar with the title, but what does a White House Chief of Staff actually do? What does the daily routine entail? And how much power d...
- Added: Jan 17, 2017
- Length: 13:01
Political scientist Matt Gabel on how international courts work - and why countries should sometimes be allowed to bend the rules.
- Added: Oct 27, 2015
- Length: 11:24
So, here we are, August 4th, 2015, and I’m asking "Is a Woman A Person?" You laugh, no, scoff at me for asking this. Of course!, you say. But are w...
- Added: Aug 04, 2015
- Length: 58:41
Historian David Hollinger discusses the long-lasting influence of liberal Protestantism. Though conservative Evangelicals get more media attention,...
- Added: Dec 18, 2014
- Length: 10:12
Laurie Mafflly-Kipp discusses how the Mormon faith and politics have intertwined throughout American history.
- Added: Oct 29, 2014
- Length: 11:00
Left Forum Friday, May 30, 2014 Plenary with
Cornel West, Immortal Technique, Marina Sitrin, and Stanley Aronowitz;
- Added: Jun 14, 2014
- Length: 01:39:12
Malcolm X 1963: The uncut interview.
- Added: Apr 25, 2014
- Length: 01:09:59
This is the second hour of the documentary 'Harlem In Revolt.' It was made by a young writer called Austin Clarke and looked at the state of Harlem...
Bought by KQED
- Added: Apr 25, 2014
- Length: 54:59
- Purchases: 1
A little more than fifty years ago, 1963, was a time of great upheaval in the United States. The fight for civil rights was in full force with peop...
Bought by KQED
- Added: Apr 25, 2014
- Length: 54:59
- Purchases: 1
The Candidates for Newark Mayor in conversation with host Alfred Bundy individually.
- Added: Mar 12, 2014
- Length: 01:03:33
Host Alfred Bundy talks to West Ward Councilmen Candidate, Anton Wheeler
- Added: Jan 11, 2014
- Length: 31:29
Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin were the first same-sex couple to wed in San Francisco City Hall in 2004 and again -- legally -- in 2008, mere months b...
- Added: Jun 26, 2013
- Length: 29:05
- Purchases: 3
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
In this first of a two-part series, The Cutting Edge presents excerpts from a forum presented by the Baruch History Department at their Performing ...
- Added: Apr 17, 2013
- Length: 58:01
Poet and songwriter Abel Meeropol wrote that lament after seeing a photograph of two black teenagers hanging from a tree.
Bought by PRX Remix, Marfa Public Radio, KUER, WMMT, KFAI Minneapolis and more
- Added: Feb 19, 2013
- Length: 14:35
- Purchases: 6
On the job in the steel mills, the Ministers-in-Industry participants continue to shield their identities as seminarians to keep the situation real...
- Added: Feb 18, 2013
- Length: 15:41
Richard spends the 1948 fall election season organizing student chapters of the League for Industrial Democracy on college campuses. Though loyal t...
- Added: Feb 18, 2013
- Length: 28:27
A call to arms to protect business from the anti-capitalist rhetoric of the 1960s.
Bought by WRIR, Spokane Public Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, and WRPI
- Added: Dec 04, 2012
- Length: 53:29
- Purchases: 4