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Episode 6: Nationalization

From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: A Brief History of the American Southwest for Kids

In 1864, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo making the American Southwest a United States territory where the land would soon be crisscrossed with tra...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio

Episode 5: Colonization

From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: A Brief History of the American Southwest for Kids

Within two decades, the Spanish settlers returned to the Rio Grande Valley, laying claim to the fertile valleys to build haciendas, churches and to...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio

Episode 4: Pueblo Revolt

From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: A Brief History of the American Southwest for Kids

The new neighbors had so many demands and harsh punishments, the pueblo peoples had enough and organized a revolt, sending the priests and other Eu...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio

Episode 3: Strangers Arrive

From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: A Brief History of the American Southwest for Kids

In July of 1540, the Ashiwi people watched as a group of armed strangers – who turned out to be Europeans – came into the desert Southwest, on hors...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio

Episode 2: Settling Down

From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: A Brief History of the American Southwest for Kids

For over 10,000 years, communities grew in the desert, with elaborate roads and structures that remain today. The complexity of Chaco Canyon’s arch...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio

Sing the Old Songs: Part 1 (episode 4)

From: Growing Old Project
Series: Growing Old: Tales from an Urban Canopy

Explore the systems of assimilation that aimed to eliminate Native culture in the United States, systems that began in Washington State. Travel to ...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KVSC

Be the Hummingbird (episode 2)

From: Growing Old Project
Series: Growing Old: Tales from an Urban Canopy

Go to the heart of Seattle's Rainier Beach neighborhood, where an immigrant family and thousands of volunteers turned 20 acres into a Japanese gard...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and KVSC

Making Sense of Klansville

From: Hold That Thought
Series: Inequality

When conducting research for his acclaimed book "Klansville, USA," sociologist David Cunningham encountered the work of a journalist who, in the 19...

10 - The Truth About The End - Part 2

From: FOOLY BOO
Series: Shabam!

We find out how it all ends.

9 - Killing Zombies - Part 2

From: FOOLY BOO
Series: Shabam!

The kids run into a problem. We explore the physiology of the zombie body.

8 - On The Road - Part 1

From: FOOLY BOO
Series: Shabam!

The kids begin their journey to Vandenberg on bikes. We find out about transportation

Bought by KMXT

Galen and the Elephant's Heart

From: Hold That Thought
Series: Health & Healing

What can an ancient debate about an elephant tell us about the history of medicine?

Bought by KVSC

The Dead Ladies Show Podcast Ep 6: Constance Markievicz

From: Susan Stone
Series: The Dead Ladies Show Podcast

TED Talks meets The Moth meets The History Channel? ...with Dead Ladies. In this episode -- Constance Markievicz. The Irish revolutionary known as ...

The Many Lives of Michelangelo

From: Hold That Thought

Painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, and poet - how can one man be so many things? And what did he keep in his basement?

Bought by KVSC and WABE

"The Quality of Mercy": A Shakespearean theme

From: Hold That Thought
Series: Summer with the Bard

Robert Wiltenbug surveys the great moments of mercy, both granted and withheld, in Shakespeare's many plays.

Islam, Immigration, and What It Means to Be French

From: Hold That Thought
Series: Going Global

Anthropologist John Bowen shares a brief history of Islam in France and offers commentary on the ongoing European migrant crisis.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

Anarchism and Dissent in Medieval Islam

From: Hold That Thought
Series: Religion & Politics

Professor Hayrettin Yucesoy explores the turbulent political and religious climate of the medieval Islamic world.

Bought by PRX Remix

African American Voices

From: Daniel Gilliam

Caption: Leontyne Price, Credit: Carl Van Vechten

Fifteen, 3-minute vignettes celebrating the contributions of African Americans in classical music.

Bought by Texas Public Radio, BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM, Texas Public Radio, Vermont Public, BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM and more

1965 Griswold v. Connecticut

From: Action Speaks Radio

Contraception as a right of privacy? The Supreme Court say, ‘Yes’!

Bought by KZYX, Spokane Public Radio, and WGBH Radio Boston

Action Speaks! - What Now? 1933: The Creation of the Civilian Conservation Corps

From: Action Speaks Radio

Action Speaks! - Underappreciated Dates that Changed America presents What Now? a series of 8 one hour programs suitable for individual or serial a...

Bought by KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WRPI, KWIT, WRNC-LP, WPTC and more

Episode 3. Survival

From: ERIC V. TAIT, JR.
Series: Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home-the Legacy of the New York African Burial Ground

Eleven Africans and the Survival of the New Netherlands Colony (1624-1664)

Holiday Series: Memorial Day

From: Talking History

Guest Matthew Dennis and Talking History's host Bryan Le Beau delve into the history and meaning of Memorial Day.

Bought by Kansas Public Radio

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