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The story of the massacre at Charlie Hebdo has gone everywhere in the past week: into meditations on free speech and blasphemy, into declarations o...
- Added: Jan 16, 2015
- Length: 58:37
- Purchases: 2
Unspun is privileged to have Norman Solomon as our guest. Norman Solomon is an author, columnist, media critic, anti-war activist and former Congr...
- Added: Jan 11, 2015
- Length: 59:00
For the past eight years, one weekend in late summer brings first responders from across the country and around the world -- firemen, medics, SWAT ...
Bought by WXDU
- Added: Dec 28, 2014
- Length: 09:07
- Purchases: 1
Gil Rose, conductor of the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, tells the history of George Antheil's wild musical experiment from 1924, the Ballet Méc...
Bought by KICI Iowa City, KICI Iowa City, KPIP-LP, WABE, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more
- Added: Sep 23, 2014
- Length: 05:43
- Purchases: 7
Unspun talks with Ray McGovern, 27-yr. veteran CIA analyst and Briefer of Presidents, just back from talks in London, Berlin and Moscow. We discus...
- Added: Sep 15, 2014
- Length: 59:52
We’re talking the causes and consequences of what MIT professor Stephen van Evera calls “the war that poisoned a century.” We’re still putting out ...
- Added: Aug 18, 2014
- Length: 58:29
- Purchases: 2
How do you end an endless war? Thirty years ago Jimmy Carter declared the Persian Gulf a "vital" focus of American foreign policy. Since then, U.S....
Bought by WRPI
- Added: Aug 08, 2014
- Length: 58:36
- Purchases: 1
Writer Helen Thorpe provides a detailed account of what happened to the three women who served in the military during the last decade.
- Added: Aug 05, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Few people have ever been to Bly, Oregon. Fewer people know the story of what happened at Bly. Here's the story behind the plaque.
- Added: Jul 20, 2014
- Length: 15:01
It’s odd to think cannibals, cannabis-growers, Vietnam War protesters, and prison escapees all have something in common. But they do: the necessity...
- Added: Jun 11, 2014
- Length: 21:04
- Purchases: 2
In the late 19th century, German medical practices were considered to be the best in the world. But by the start of World War II, German physicians...
Bought by WJCT, KBYS 88.3 FM, WFHB, WTJU, WLIW and more
- Added: Mar 28, 2014
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 7
This is a continuation of a conversation with sociologist Jerry Lembcke. His book, -PTSD: Diagnosis and Identity in Post-empire America.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Feb 26, 2014
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 1
The end of the First Gulf War saw a vast increase in the number of combat soldiers filing claims for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Over the past ...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Feb 19, 2014
- Length: 28:58
- Purchases: 1
Lynn Hill discusses her participation in "Holding It Down" -- Vijay Iyer's and Mike Ladd's performance piece based on the dreams of veterans of col...
Bought by KPIP-LP
- Added: Feb 18, 2014
- Length: 26:45
- Purchases: 1
Drone attacks. Black sites where prisoners are tortured. Guantanamo is still in operation. As we enter the 6th year of Barack Obamas presidency, I...
- Added: Jan 14, 2014
- Length: 29:00
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 psychotherapist Edward Tick about the history of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD.
Bought by KVNF and Radio Newark
- Added: Nov 12, 2013
- Length: 11:00
- Purchases: 2
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
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Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Host Brian Balogh interviews historian Rebecca Plant about war veterans and “mom-ism.”
Bought by Radio Newark and PRX Remix
- Added: Nov 12, 2013
- Length: 07:24
- Purchases: 2
History repeats, 650 years later. An entire village held hostage for eleven months by a madman and his weapon-toting mercenaries. During that time,...
- Added: Nov 02, 2013
- Length: 17:01
When President Obama promised to scale back U.S. drone strikes targeting militants in Yemen, they stopped for a full seven weeks - only to start ag...
- Added: Sep 06, 2013
- Length: 03:31
Dean Brooks graduated from Bemidji State University in 2012 with a degree in Creative Writing. He looks for inspiration in dusty corners, early mor...
- Added: Sep 03, 2013
- Length: 02:09
- Added: May 23, 2013
- Length: 07:39
A story from legendary radio storyteller, Joe Frank
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., PRX Remix, Radio Catskill, KFCF FM and more
- Added: May 17, 2013
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 6
This month on War News Radio, “Moving Up, Moving Out”, we discuss what stories in the news this week angered us the most. Then, we learn about Fran...
- Added: Feb 08, 2013
- Length: 30:01
This is the first episode in a mini-series covering the impacts corporate supply chains have on labor standards and human rights. We explore how re...
- Added: Dec 05, 2012
- Length: 16:00
People tell a lot of ghost stories around Halloween. But for some, ghosts aren't the supernatural figures we read about in books or see in movies. ...
- Added: Nov 11, 2012
- Length: 05:08
