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The lives of highly intelligent women are significantly different than those of men. How does women's gender influence their experiences as gifted ...
- Added: Sep 03, 2024
- Length: 57:00
In September of 1896, the town of Crush was created for the sole purpose of crashing two steam trains together. Things did not go according to plan.
Bought by WRFA-LP
- Added: Oct 11, 2021
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
We dig into the history of a once-unacknowledged African burial ground in East New York, Brooklyn, and ask how a new library branch can honor that ...
- Added: Nov 18, 2020
- Length: 33:36
- Added: Nov 16, 2017
- Length: 20:52
- Purchases: 1
Another Mystery of King Tut's Tomb
- Added: Dec 21, 2016
- Length: 02:00
Opioids are Pitched as the Wonder Drug: Profit vs. Health
- Added: Sep 19, 2016
- Length: 21:54
On this episode of "Art Beat" we get to know Jon Swanson, curator for the Minnesota Marine Art Museum in Winona. Jon has a passion for art. At age ...
Bought by KVSC
- Added: Aug 30, 2016
- Length: 28:09
- Purchases: 1
On this episode of Art Beat, we learn about the journey in creating, Lost Conquest. Lost Conquest examines the authenticity of the Kensington Runes...
Bought by KVSC
- Added: Mar 07, 2016
- Length: 23:52
- Purchases: 1
Graham Hancock presents an alternative story of civilization’s past.
- Added: Jan 06, 2016
- Length: 37:10
- Purchases: 2
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Historian Maurie McInnis and journalist Michael Paul Williams weigh in on the history and controversy of the Confederate monuments on Richmond, Vir...
Bought by WCNY, RadioStPete Florida, KSFR, and WETS
- Added: Dec 04, 2015
- Length: 10:28
- Purchases: 4
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Film critic Eileen Jones talks with Brian Ballogh about Hollywood’s enduring love affair with Confederate heroes. This story comes from the BackSto...
Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WETS, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Dec 04, 2015
- Length: 06:56
- Purchases: 3
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
WBEZ Chicago’s Logan Jaffe talks with three Americans for whom the Confederate flag represents three very different things. This story comes from t...
Bought by WETS
- Added: Dec 04, 2015
- Length: 08:49
- Purchases: 1
In this Popcast, hear about the surprising podcast-like feel of a 1972 radio documentary about Sylvia Plath.
- Added: Sep 15, 2015
- Length: 04:38
How did historical leaders once address crowds of thousands, unaided by modern amplification
- Added: Jun 05, 2015
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 2
Powerful computer tools are helping musicologists study the evolution of popular music.
- Added: May 09, 2015
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 4
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Legal scholar David Sklansky discusses California v. Greenwood, a landmark Supreme Court case that decided whether Americans throw out their expect...
Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: May 04, 2015
- Length: 07:29
- Purchases: 2
Modern technology reveals ancient techniques used in the production of purloined antiquities.
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Nov 23, 2014
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
Thousands of years ago, the mosquitoes that now transmit dengue fever made the switch from biting forest animals to seeking out humans.
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Nov 16, 2014
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
Central Europeans developed a dairying culture at least 4,000 years before they evolved the ability to digest milk.
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Nov 01, 2014
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
This week, Ayana Contreras brings us vintage music from women whose careers were overshadowed by their associations with megastars. From the ex-wif...
Bought by WDBM
- Added: Oct 14, 2014
- Length: 13:30
- Purchases: 1
The nation of Finland is building an underground cave, to hold thousands of tones of nuclear waste, for at least 100 thousand years. We hear excer...
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Oct 22, 2013
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Until recently, not much was known about the first Africans who stepped foot on the North American continent. Today, scholars are learning unexpect...
- Added: Oct 12, 2012
- Length: 02:26
- Purchases: 2
Names are important signifers, but they are also very mutable. This piece focuses on the slipperiness of names: how their meanings can change, why ...
- Added: Feb 03, 2012
- Length: 57:44
The TV personality and former journalist talks about his new book, "Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero."
- Added: Dec 08, 2011
- Length: 49:30
