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Monumental - A Tale from The Heart of America

From: Journeys to Love
Series: Tales From the Heart of America

Uncover the layers of sacrifice, courage, and unity at the heart of America's story through the historic battlefield of Gettysburg and the inspirin...

Ulysses and Julia Grant - A More Perfect Union

From: Journeys to Love
Series: Love Is History

Love triumphs, even through the Civil War, and the story of a union within the Union - the profound love of Ulysses and Julia Grant

Honoring the Soldiers

From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish

Tune in to "Sounds Jewish" for Jewish music honoring our troops and urging an end to the killing.

Bought by WLPR

Memorial Day - Preserving Veteran Memories

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose

We explore many aspects of memorials during this Memorial Day special. We learn about a project to collect 1,000,000 soldiers’ letters. We hear how...

Bought by KGUA, WLPR , WABE, WKSU, KTXK and more

Chester and Gertrude (at War)

From: WNIN

Just in time for the centennial of the end of World War One, a story of triumph and tragedy that spawned a national womens' movement and a historic...

The Nakba: 70 Years of Oppression, 1948-2018

From: John Shuck
Series: Beloved Community

Three powerful interviews about the ongoing catastrophe in Palestine and Gaza on the eve of the Nakba.

We've Never Been The Same: A War Story

From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: The Transom Radio Specials

We've Never Been The Same: A War Story is the story of one night of battle and the decades of recovery that followed. Produced by Adam Piore and Ja...

Bought by Hawaii Public Radio, Iowa Public Radio, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, Prairie Public, WRGY and more

Messages From a Forgotten Troopship (Hour Long Version)

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

Caption: Troops aboard the General Nelson M. Walker, Credit: Vietnam Graffiti Project

Sound-rich stories from and about a Vietnam War-era troopship, in the voices of people whose lives were affected by the journey to war.

Bought by WCNY, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WGCU, KMUN, KAZU Seaside, Calif. and more

Big Fish, Small Pond; Small Fish, Big Pond: A Citizen's Guide to Conscience

From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide

Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook

At a jazz performance, the lady next to me and I struck up a conversation. During World War II, she, a Czechoslovakian, and her family were exiled ...

Bought by KICI Iowa City

The Bay Area connection to the "Human Secret Weapons” of World War II

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents

Caption: Frank and Ginger Masuoka at the Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center, Credit: Melanie Young

If you read your history books, you might think that America’s involvement in the war against Japan began with the attack on Pearl Harbor on Decemb...

A Conversation Between a Peace Activist and a Vietnam Veteran

From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio

During this program, Betsy Mulligan-Dague, executive director of the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center in Missoula, Montana, and Dan Gallagher, Vietnam...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WITF, WLPR , KBRP Community Radio, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio

Not My Place to Say I Would Change It: 9/11 Birthdays

From: Emily Berman

Ten years after the attacks on the U.S., September 11th is still a day of mourning. But what if that date is also the day you were born?

Bought by WTJU, Delta College Public Radio, KHNS, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WRST-FM Oshkosh

In the Wake of Violence

From: With Good Reason

Approaching the April 16 anniversary of Virginia Tech shootings, this show explores how healing can start to take place after atrocities, near and ...

CONSCIENCE OR COUNTRY?

From: Voices of Our World

As the Bush Administration's surge is implemented in Iraq, another type of surge is happening simultaneously. In the past few years the number of u...