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A recent book critical of Thomas Jefferson as a slaveholder has raised controversial questions about our founding father. Allison Quantz has the st...
- Added: Nov 09, 2012
- Length: 02:47
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
Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century. Plus, a satire of college football. And, a conversation with the son of a scienc...
Bought by WJCT
- Added: Sep 24, 2012
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 1
In the early years of the Cold War, a number of Hollywood directors and writers were blacklisted from the motion picture industry. One author says ...
Bought by KENW and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
- Added: Jul 17, 2012
- Length: 02:32
- Purchases: 2
Washington's oldest monuments have nearly been forgotten. But a group of engineers, preservationists and history buffs is racing to change that.
- Added: Jun 04, 2012
- Length: 04:10
Charles Dickens turns 200 this year, and two new films based on his books are in the works. But one scholar says there’s more to Dickens than his m...
- Added: May 31, 2012
- Length: 02:27
The Civil Rights Movement was the United States’ first major domestic news story to be televised. The author of a new book exploring television’s r...
Bought by WMTNradio, Troy Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Feb 03, 2012
- Length: 02:25
- Purchases: 3
A well-meaning illustration in a children's book sparks controversy over segregation in the nation's capital in the 1930s.
Bought by Listenwise, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Jan 31, 2012
- Length: 07:41
- Purchases: 3
Computer Talk Radio weekly broadcast for the week starting December 31st, 2011. Benjamin starts the show with a variety of computer and technology...
- Added: Dec 30, 2011
- Length: 54:00
What happens when Africa and the Caribbean culinarily collide in the U.S. capital? Dig in and find out!
- Added: Aug 15, 2011
- Length: 04:46
West Side Story, Carousel, Man of La Mancha, Amadeus, Wicked-- You may not know Chic Silber, but you probably know at least some of the spectacles ...
- Added: Nov 15, 2010
- Length: 08:09
Washington Monthly's Peter Laufer and Markos Kounalakis report on the Mexican-American Borderlands in this five-part series.
- Added: Jul 03, 2009
- Length: 59:04
- Purchases: 4
April Fool’s Day piece. New Hampshire hunters ‘discover’ 15,000 year old human remains. The finding leads to political discussion about replacing O...
- Added: Apr 01, 2009
- Length: 06:48
The series takesa a look at the first 100 days of the Obama administration.
- Added: Feb 19, 2009
- Length: 06:27
Family and friends who knew Barack Obama when he was growing up in the Aloha State share their insight about how Hawaii helped shape his character ...
Bought by KRUA
- Added: Dec 22, 2008
- Length: 05:19
- Purchases: 1
The Battleship Missouri is best known as the site where World War II officially ended on Sept. 2, 1945. Veterans share tales about the ship, nickn...
Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Delta College Public Radio, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., and KVMR
- Added: Dec 06, 2006
- Length: 05:06
- Purchases: 4
