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Timothy Egan, author of "The Immortal Irishman"

From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra

Host Bob Kustra talks with Egan about his latest bestseller, "The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero"

Added: May 06, 2016
Length: 30:46

Bringing Home the War Dead (hour)

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

-Before the Korean War, the bodies of American soldiers killed in conflicts abroad were buried in overseas cemeteries. But the nature of the confli...

Bought by WCNY, KWMR, WFAE, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, WXDU and more

Added: May 06, 2016
Length: 53:57
Purchases: 11

Bringing Home the War Dead (half)

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

-Before the Korean War, the bodies of American soldiers killed in conflicts abroad were buried in overseas cemeteries. But the nature of the confli...

Bought by WJCT, KRZA, WFHB, WNMU-FM, KKRN and more

Added: May 06, 2016
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 6

Veterans Comedy Bootcamp (feature)

From: With Good Reason
Series: news features

A new course is teaching veterans the art of stand-up comedy. “Veterans Comedy Bootcamp” is designed for vets with PTSD and combat-related injuries...

Bought by KENW, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WABE

Added: May 06, 2016
Length: 03:56
Purchases: 3

A.J. Baime, author of "The Arsenal of Democracy"

From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra

Host Bob Kustra and author A.J. Baime discuss "The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War."

Added: Apr 19, 2016
Length: 30:07

Wrong Place, Wrong Time

From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata

Caption: Nidhi Chaphekar, Credit: Ketevan Kardava

Kardava was doing what is her job as a journalist. The media is doing what they think is their job. The only person who has no choice in this is th...

Added: Mar 28, 2016
Length: 06:00

A Canadian Vacation

From: Justin Bull

Caption: Graeme S. Mount, retired professor of history at Sudbury's Laurentian University in Ontario, Canada, at his home in Sudbury, May 2015., Credit: Justin Bull

If the United States were embroiled in a third world war and the American public learned that Barack Obama were taking eight days off in the middle...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix

Added: Jul 31, 2015
Length: 08:56
Purchases: 3

Centenary Edition: WWI Living History Project

From: will everett

Caption: Frank Buckles in 1918, last living U.S. veteran of WWI.

Interviews with the last surviving veterans of World War One. Hosted by Walter Cronkite and Will Everett.

Bought by KFCF FM, WYAP, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, WVTF, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more

Added: Oct 14, 2014
Length: 01:53:27
Purchases: 27

Putin, Crimea, and Our Failure to Read the Russians

From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon

Thought experiment: given that many of our best insights into Russian character and temperament come to use from their literary geniuses, can we su...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.

Added: Mar 25, 2014
Length: 58:35
Purchases: 2

Syria and Society: Two Takes

From: War News Radio

War and violence never exist in a vacuum. Intrastate conflict often has far-reaching effects that extend outside a nation’s borders. War News Radio...

Bought by WXDU

Added: Oct 04, 2013
Length: 08:38
Purchases: 1

The Top Ten Peace Songs of All Time (Peace Talks Radio) [2 hours or 1 hour]

From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

The hosts of Peace Talks Radio present a special program counting down the Top 10 Peace Songs since the late 1960's. Also featured are honorable m...

Bought by Morehead State Public Radio, KUOW, KUOW, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio

Added: Sep 16, 2013
Length: 01:58:00
Purchases: 4

Peace Journalism (Peace Talks Radio) [29:00]

From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.

Caption: Professor Steven Youngblood (l) and Gloria Laker (r) in Uganda

Can journalists, by being more mindful of the language that they use and the breadth of people that they talk to, have an impact on reducing confli...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI and KUNM

Added: Jun 14, 2013
Length: 29:01
Purchases: 2

A Negotiable End Date

From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites

Host Brian Balough explores the meaning of "wartime" with Mary Dudziak, an historian at Emory University's School of Law. Well after V-J Day, Dudz...

Bought by WEZU, Radio Newark, KBRP Community Radio, and PRX Remix

Added: May 06, 2013
Length: 10:50
Purchases: 4

India's Techies Hitchhiked on the Way to the Moon

From: Mahi Palanisami

Caption: First prime minister of India and science visionary, Jawarhalal Nehru!

Indians don’t just happen to be good at math and science. The effects and fears of the Cold War, and the united leadership of India and the United ...

Added: Sep 26, 2012
Length: 29:42

Sport Poetry

From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day

Ancient Greek and post-modern verse.

Bought by KSLU and KPVL

Added: Jul 02, 2012
Length: 02:34
Purchases: 2

Steve Pinker’s “Better Angels”: Dodging Our Own Bullet?

From: Open Source

My guest this hour is Steven Pinker, who has written a game-changer on the little matter of how quickly humanity is headed for hell or redemption. ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.

Added: Dec 13, 2011
Length: 58:59
Purchases: 1

William T. Tutte (British Codebreaker), May 2, 2002

From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today

He was shy, geeky ... a genius ... and helped turn the tide in World War II.

Added: Apr 28, 2011
Length: 03:00

Organizing

From: War News Radio

Caption: Iraqi workers stack up bricks in a brick factory on the outskirts of Najaf, Credit: Associated Press

News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Added: Dec 17, 2010
Length: 29:00

The Vietnam War - Generations Speak

From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow

A rare generational discussion on the Vietnam War

Added: Aug 08, 2010
Length: 28:00

Guarding Heritage

From: War News Radio

Caption: An Iraqi official displays a recovered stolen artifact., Credit: Associated Press

News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

Added: Mar 19, 2010
Length: 29:00

Self-determination and Ethnic Cleansing

From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner

Modern self-determination and the concept of nationality are closely linked, and have frequently led to instances of ethnic cleansing. Can national...

Added: Sep 16, 2009
Length: 01:30

Military Intervention and Democracy?

From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner

Is it ever ethical to violate a democratic constitution? If the rationale for military intervention is to save democracy, does that make it legitim...

Added: Sep 12, 2009
Length: 01:30

The Health Legacy of Nuclear Test Veterans

From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner

Participants in Britain's nuclear weapons testing program argued recently that health was damaged by radiation. Who is responsible? Should compensa...

Added: Sep 12, 2009
Length: 01:30

Civil War Reconciliation

From: With Good Reason

For better or worse, this show is not about an end to all those re-enactments. It is a tale of post-war reconciliation between Union and Confederates.

Bought by KWIT, KRUA, and WFIU