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In the past few years, the White House and the Kremlin have sparred over Syria, the Winter Olympics, and now, the crisis in Ukraine. It can be temp...
- Added: Feb 13, 2015
- Length: 54:00
Professor Hayrettin Yucesoy explores the turbulent political and religious climate of the medieval Islamic world.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 18, 2014
- Length: 09:29
- Purchases: 1
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Legal scholar Bruce Ackerman talks about how presidents from Lincoln to Obama have used their military powers. This segment is from the BackStory e...
- Added: Dec 08, 2014
- Length: 09:22
At the corner of Sanchez and Market, Jason Dorn pulls out an iPhone. He’s at one end point of the access area for San Francisco Free WiFi, a free w...
- Added: Oct 16, 2014
- Length: 05:30
Author Sam Roberts reads about a civil rights pioneer indeed, from his new book. Another example of our daily 100-second show -- great for top-of-t...
- Added: Oct 01, 2014
- Length: 01:40
Political journalist Peter Geoghegan looks at the state of reconciliation and peace-making in Northern Ireland over a series of five short reports ...
Bought by KRZA
- Added: Aug 14, 2014
- Length: 07:20
- Purchases: 1
Political journalist Peter Geoghegan looks at the state of reconciliation and peace-making in Northern Ireland over a series of five short reports ...
- Added: Aug 05, 2014
- Length: 07:47
Recent estimates suggest that more than 50% of Americans will suffer from a “mental disorder” at some point in their lifetime, making the once “abn...
Bought by WEZU, WXDU, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and WRIR
- Added: Jul 18, 2014
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 4
Political historian Ron Formisano explains the concerns over the power of Freemasons in the early Republic, and the political backlash it inspired.
- Added: Dec 02, 2013
- Length: 06:50
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 sits down with historian Joseph Crespino, who explains the Democratic conflict that led to the Dixiecrat Bolt of 1948.
Bought by Radio Newark
- Added: Oct 28, 2013
- Length: 09:27
- Purchases: 1
Andy Warhol once said: "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." But in this town, you'll meet people who claim that in the pa...
- Added: Sep 12, 2013
- Length: 06:26
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Historian William P. Jones talks with host Brian Balogh about the origins of the march idea, first floated during a campaign against employment dis...
Bought by Radio Newark and KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Sep 03, 2013
- Length: 09:17
- 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 historian Walter Johnson about the rise of steamboats in the 19th Century, and how the cotton economy fueled an ever more ...
Bought by Radio Newark, KHNS, and PRX Remix
- Added: Jun 17, 2013
- Length: 08:58
- Purchases: 3
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Sociologist Allan Horwitz discusses psychiatric diagnosis in the late 20th Century, and our changing perceptions of “sadness” and “depression.”
Bought by Radio Newark, PRX Remix, and WEZU
- Added: Jun 03, 2013
- Length: 05:44
- Purchases: 3
In a recent visit to Cologne, Germany, producer Dred-Scott Keyes spoke with three Afro-German men: Joe Otoyo, Denis Nunekpeku and Ermias Bilai abou...
- Added: Apr 13, 2013
- Length: 59:57
A look inside the issue of gender neutral bathrooms -- through online maps, art museums, and one person's struggle to find a decent place to pee.
- Added: Dec 30, 2012
- Length: 05:09
If you’ve got a mailbox, chances are that at this point in the election season, it’s stuffed with campaign literature. You might be so sick of it t...
- Added: Nov 02, 2012
- Length: 03:37
California’s budget crisis has meant huge cuts in cities across the Bay Area. Pinole, a city of 18,000 in Contra Costa County, is no exception. Sin...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Jun 10, 2012
- Length: 06:21
- Purchases: 1
Occupy Wall Street has changed the conversation about the distribution of wealth. So what now? What policy changes and initiatives should the mov...
- Added: Jan 30, 2012
- Length: 29:00
The Occupy Wall Street Movement has been using the Internet to help get its message across, specifically one website, LiveStream.com. Since the fir...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Nov 29, 2011
- Length: 02:50
- Purchases: 1
When it comes to US policy toward Israel, there has been one major voice shaping the debate. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee-generally...
- Added: Aug 19, 2011
- Length: 07:12
Meet the very first curator of the U.S. House of Representatives collection... 4,000 artifacts strong.
Bought by Louisville Public Media, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 25, 2011
- Length: 06:05
- Purchases: 3
For extreme sports athletes, front-side blunt stall skateboard ollies and snaggletooth bike grinds belong on a list with the public option and pree...
- Added: May 20, 2011
- Length: 03:24
Hint: It doesn't have a whole lot to do with paint swatches...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Apr 13, 2011
- Length: 03:19
- Purchases: 3
Today on Culture Clique we have a guest with a person who is excited to help MN move forward in relationship equality. We sit down with Anne Kaner-...
- Added: Mar 04, 2011
- Length: 15:30
