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AMOS 24-57: Ice Age Plant Survives Big Chill, 3/20/2024

From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science

Ice Age Plant Survives Big Chill

The Democratic Party

From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101

How did the party that supported slavery become the party that nominated our first African-American president?

Electoral College Addendum

From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101

This discussion is never over.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer

Census

From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101

It's about people, money and power.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KVNF, WNYO, and PRX Remix

Starter Kit: Executive Branch

From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101

From President to Postal Worker.

Bought by WFHB, PRX Remix, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago

Starter Kit: Checks and Balances

From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101

The glue that slows us down and holds us together.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KWMR, and PRX Remix

The Dead Ladies Show Podcast Ep 5: Leonora Carrington

From: Susan Stone
Series: The Dead Ladies Show Podcast

TED Talks meets The Moth meets The History Channel? Except with Dead Ladies. The Dead Ladies Show is a live event in Berlin that tells the stories ...

An entertaining look back at "Casablanca"

From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra

Host Bob Kustra interviews Noah Isenberg, author of “We’ll Always Have Casablanca: The Life, Legend and Afterlife of Hollywood’s Most Beloved Movie.”

The Southern Story of Coca Cola (Gravy Ep. 51)

From: Southern Foodways Alliance
Series: Gravy Podcast

You might think of Coca Cola as an iconic American brand… but it was born in the South. How did Coke’s Atlanta birthplace shape what the soft drink...

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA and KVLU

Food Sleuth Radio, Garrett Broad Interview

From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio

Did you know that J. Edgar Hoover expressed concerns over the Black Panthers’ empowering community food programs? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer

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

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

Please Burn After Reading

From: Hold That Thought
Series: Writing from History

A historian raises questions about the morality of the archival process and reveals how the NSA may change the future of history research.

The Dixiecrats Depart

From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites

Host Brian Balogh sits down with historian Joseph Crespino, who explains the Democratic conflict that led to the Dixiecrat Bolt of 1948.

Bought by Radio Newark

Maryland Town Celebrates Its 15 Hours Of Fame

From: Rebecca Sheir

Caption: After fleeing Washington, D.C., during the War of 1812, President James Madison spent the night in this Brookeville home, supposedly making Brookeville “U.S. Capital for a Day.” , Credit: Washington Post

Andy Warhol once said: "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." But in this town, you'll meet people who claim that in the pa...

Food Sleuth Radio, Donald Davis Interview

From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio

Bigger doesn’t always mean better. Case in point: fruits and vegetables. Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn...

The Worst Steamboat Money Can Buy…

From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites

Host Ed Ayers talks with historian Walter Johnson about the rise of steamboats in the 19th Century, and how the cotton economy fueled an ever more ...

Bought by Radio Newark, KHNS, and PRX Remix

Racing to Save D.C.'s Oldest Federal Monuments

From: Rebecca Sheir

Caption: The boundary stones are the oldest federal monuments in D.C. (and Virginia)., Credit: Stephen Powers

Washington's oldest monuments have nearly been forgotten. But a group of engineers, preservationists and history buffs is racing to change that.

Remembering the Subtle Signs of Segregation

From: Rebecca Sheir

Caption: This rough sketch for a children's book drew one D.C. native into a mystery regarding “Colored Only” signs in D.C. in the 1930s. , Credit: Rebecca Sheir

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

Giving the House of Representatives a Human Face

From: Rebecca Sheir

Caption: Nicholas Longworth's gavel is among the treasures curated and conserved by the House of Representatives' very first curator., Credit: Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Meet the very first curator of the U.S. House of Representatives collection... 4,000 artifacts strong.

Bought by Louisville Public Media, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix

Dr. Ducks Guitar Prescription Dose #6

From: J. Duck
Series: Dr. Ducks Guitar Prescription

The Most Incredibly Awesome Guitar Music in the World ! - Back to Back ...

Climate Change Threatens Siberian Permafrost

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series

The Siberian permafrost - a sub-Arctic peat bog about the size of France and Germany - is chock full of carbon that's trapped in its frozen soils. ...

Bought by KMXT

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