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Here There Be Dragons: Part 2 of The State Made Visible

From: WFHB
Series: Interchange

Caption: "Sir Francis Drake in Cartagena 1585" by Baptista Boazio, 1589

This is Part 2 of The State Made Visible with Rasul Mowatt, author of The Geographies of Threat and the Production of Violence, published by Routle...

Bought by RADIOLEX

Farming - recorded 4/2003

From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow

A 3 generation family farm business discusses farming

Storied States: James Scott's Against the Grain

From: WFHB
Series: Interchange

Caption: Epic of Gilgamesh, tablet 11, story of the Flood. , Credit: Courtesy of The British Museum.

In Storied States, we examine the shift in how humans lived, moving from hunter-gatherers to sedentary farmers. And contrary to official narrative ...

Doctor Visits

From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow

Generational discussion on the changes we have seen from the older generation doctor visit down to our future telemedicine.

Science writer Mary Roach talks about "Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers”

From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk

Mary has developed a career specializing in popular science and doing it with respect and wit. Since the publication of her first book “Stiff,” she...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio

The Truth About Cultural Bias (Half Hour Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

Caption: Hoodie Rally in Memory of Trayvon Martin, Credit: Madison Guy, on Flickr

Sharply different reactions to the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial reveal the racial divide that persists in America. We speak with the autho...

Bought by WJCT, KSFR, WFHB, KPVL, KRZA and more

Reading the Founding Fathers' Mail

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

More than 30 people who spent the last three years immersed in thousands of letters written by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John and Abigai...

Bought by WCNY, KUNV, KKRN, WTJU, and Accessible Media Inc.

Blake Harris reads from Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle That Defined A Generation (5/22)

From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: MAY 2014

100-second module, from our weekday readings for May. Video game titans do battle.

Bought by WEZU

Rules of Engagement: Ethics in Warfare [rebroadcast]

From: BackStory with the American History Guys

Caption: The Gatling Gun patent drawing (1865). The gun was patented on May 9, 1865, and was officially adopted by the U.S. Army on August 21, 1866. , Credit: National Archives

Reports that chemical weapons have been used in Syria raise important questions about what is—and is not—an appropriate means of waging war. This w...

Bought by XRAY.fm, KBRP Community Radio, KFOK-LPFM, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more

Starry-Eyed: A History of the Heavens

From: BackStory with the American History Guys

Caption: Depiction of the 1833 Leonid meteor storm, in Bible Readings for the Home Circle (1889).

On this episode of BackStory, we’re examining Americans’ ongoing fascination with the skies above us. How have people made sense of comets, eclipse...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WABE, KBRP Community Radio, KREV-LP, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.

Keeping Tabs: Personal Data Collection in America

From: BackStory with the American History Guys

Caption: An enumerator interviews a woman for the 1940 census, Credit: National Archives

In June, Americans learned that the NSA has been collecting data on millions of American’s phone calls, and tapping into data gathered by tech comp...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WUFT, KBRP Community Radio, KREV-LP, WRPI and more

That Lawless Stream: A History of the Mississippi River

From: BackStory with the American History Guys

Caption: The city of New Orleans (detail), c1885, Credit: Library of Congress

The Mississippi River is central to the American landscape and imagination. And for centuries, it has served as a battlefield in which our most com...

Bought by WUFT, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, XRAY.fm, KBRP Community Radio, KUOW and more

Patent Pending: A History of Intellectual Property

From: BackStory with the American History Guys

Caption: 1814 wood engraving of two types of locking mechanisms., Credit: (Library of Congress).

Can genes be patented? Are downloaders inhibiting musical creativity – or enhancing it? This week’s BackStory explores how Americans have viewed “i...

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