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Civil liberties attorney, educator, author of "Madison’s Music: On Reading the First Amendment"

  • Added: Sep 12, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Gerald Moore
When Gerald Moore decided to try his had at journalism, his reasoning was very good. He needed a job. But what began, as a way to pay the rent beca...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 30, 2016
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
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.

  • Added: Jun 04, 2012
  • Length: 04:10
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


  • Added: Jan 31, 2012
  • Length: 07:41
  • Purchases: 3
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Paris has its Parisians, Boston its Bostonians. What does it take to be/become a Washingtonian?

  • Added: May 18, 2010
  • Length: 07:04
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With all the talk about Big Government, two scholars reflect on how the Federal Government and taxes have evolved since the founding era.

  • Added: Jan 28, 2010
  • Length: 28:59
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Noel Hendrickson considers questions about what might have been if the past had happened differently.

  • Added: Feb 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:39
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Magellan, Nelson, and the Comanche

  • Added: Oct 21, 2008
  • Length: 02:55
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Woe is me. Marriage today just isn't what it used to be. Isn't that the truth? Nope! Not true! Historian Stephanie Coontz knows the facts. Marriage...

Bought by KCUR


  • Added: Aug 01, 2007
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 1
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"Public intellectual" Jack Beatty of the Atlantic Monthly and NPR's "On Point" sits down with ThoughtCast!

  • Added: Jul 26, 2007
  • Length: 28:00
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In many areas of Southern California, the primary language at home is no longer English. David Kates looks at one such community and what a largel...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 07, 2007
  • Length: 11:20
  • Purchases: 1
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Historian Howard Zinn reflects on the conditions necessary to support democracy.

  • Added: Nov 12, 2006
  • Length: 28:55
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Who decides how to commemorate sites of wars and what do those monuments say about us?

  • Added: Jan 04, 2006
  • Length: 29:46