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Alexander Hamilton
From: Talking History
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Interview with Ron Chernow author of "Alexander Hamilton," and we continue our series of special readings from the unpublished recollections of the...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2005
  • Length: 29:00
American Secularism
From: Talking History
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Interview features a discussion on the history of freethinking in America; program includes our regular segment History in the News and a reading f...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2005
  • Length: 29:02
John Brown: Abolitionist
From: Talking History
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Program features an interview with David Reynolds author of "John Brown: Abolitionist," and excerpt adapted from the unpublished recollections of T...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2005
  • Length: 29:00
RN Documentary: The Jewish Genealogist
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Jonathan Groubert speaks with Dutchwoman Petje Schroeder a Jewish genealogist in the Polish city of Lodz.

  • Added: Sep 20, 2005
  • Length: 29:29
The Beat Generation
From: Don McIver
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In honor of the Six Gallery reading, this show looks at the Beat Generation.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Sep 17, 2005
  • Length: 58:52
  • Purchases: 1
Part Five: The American Obsession with Driving
From: Cynthia Shelton
Series: VegOil Fuel: the Unsung Alternative
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How the experience of driving VegOil parallels the experience of the first automobile drivers.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2005
  • Length: 06:06
Jesus in America
From: Talking History
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Richard Wightman Fox and Fred Nielsen discuss the changing perceptions of Jesus in America.

  • Added: Sep 07, 2005
  • Length: 29:00
From Sideman to Stevie Ray
From: KUT
Series: The Godfather
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Part one of a two-part special on W.C. Clark, the Godfather of Austin Blues and Soul

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Sep 02, 2005
  • Length: 09:35
  • Purchases: 1
A Place of His Own
From: KUT
Series: The Godfather
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Part 2 of a two-part special on W.C. Clark, the Godfather of Austin Blues and Soul.

  • Added: Sep 02, 2005
  • Length: 06:23
Slam: Literary Fad or Movement
From: Don McIver
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In the 80's Marc Smith invented the Poetry Slam, which has swept the country and created a spoken word revolution.

Bought by KRZA, Marfa Public Radio, KUT-HD, KUHB, WEKU and more


  • Added: Aug 29, 2005
  • Length: 58:54
  • Purchases: 7
Progressions: 100 Years of Jazz Guitar
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
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A one-hour music intensive radio special tracing the history of Jazz guitar from 1906 through today; hosted by Les Paul.

Bought by WICR, KPSQ-LP, Prairie Public, KGLT, KPIP-LP and more


  • Added: Aug 17, 2005
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 31
De Donde Eres?
From: KRCC-FM
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Latino oral history project at Colorado library

Bought by KSUT


  • Added: Aug 17, 2005
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 1
Sand Creek Historic Site
From: KRCC-FM
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Congress authorizes a historic site at Sand Creek

  • Added: Jul 29, 2005
  • Length: 06:12
Redeveloping Oakland
From: Nathanael Johnson
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A history of redevelopment in Oakland, California.

Bought by KZSC


  • Added: Jul 26, 2005
  • Length: 16:06
  • Purchases: 1
Music in the Killing Fields: Daran Kravanh
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Cambodian Musician Daran Kravanh says music saved his life during the Kiling Fields.

Bought by The Story, KGLT, and KZSC


  • Added: Jul 21, 2005
  • Length: 08:55
  • Purchases: 3
The Full Monty
From: Chrysti M. Smith
Series: Chrysti the Wordsmith
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The Full Monty means "the entire amount, the whole enchilada." Why?

  • Added: Jul 19, 2005
  • Length: 02:03
The Lord God Bird
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Song/Story
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An innovative story about the rediscovery of the Ivory Billed Woodpecker in Brinkley, Arkansas that blends interviews and an original song by Sufja...

Bought by KALW, PRX Remix, PRX to iTunes, KUT, Remix Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 14, 2005
  • Length: 11:57
  • Purchases: 10
1968
From: Talking History
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Our interview features Mark Kurlansky who joins host Bryan Le Beau to discuss just what made 1968 "the year that rocked the world," and Robert Bren...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2005
  • Length: 29:00
The Scopes Trial
From: Talking History
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According to John Herron's guest, Edward Larson, the Scopes Trial took on a life and meaning of its own, and William Ashworth comments on the defin...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2005
  • Length: 29:02
Treasonable Doubt
From: Talking History
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Interview with Bruce Craig on the Harry Dexter White spy case and commentary from Jon Wiener on secrecy in the archives.

  • Added: Jul 10, 2005
  • Length: 29:02
The Bicycle: A History
From: Talking History
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Fred Nielsen and guest David Herlihy retrace the history of the bicycle and Sam Wineburg comments on why history teachers need history degrees.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WMPG, Marfa Public Radio, and BSR Radio


  • Added: Jul 10, 2005
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Story of Ing (Doc) Hay-Frontier Herbalist-feature
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Series: Crossing East - Asian American History series
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The Story of Ing (Doc) Hay is about a frontier herbalist and acupuncturist in John Day, Oregon.

Bought by KZYX, KREV-LP, and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 23, 2005
  • Length: 09:10
  • Purchases: 3
1776
From: Cambridge Forum
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Historian David McCullough portrays the tumult and uncertainty of 1776 and shows how the courage and perseverance of a few dedicated men were respo...

Bought by WFHB, Radio Catskill, KZMU Moab Community Radio, Prairie Public, KPIK-LP and more


  • Added: Jun 09, 2005
  • Length: 28:55
  • Purchases: 33
James Beard: An American Revolution [30 minute version]
From: Melissa Waldron Lehner
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A Reading of letters from the James Beard Collection

  • Added: May 31, 2005
  • Length: 29:36
Rugged and Beautiful
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Visit with two female WWII Liberty Ship welders from South Portland, Maine.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, Connecticut Public (WNPR), Yellowstone Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2005
  • Length: 07:01
  • Purchases: 4

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