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How modern policing problems are connected to a wide range of historical issues.
- Added: Aug 24, 2015
- Length: 05:00
We sit down with Devin Morrison of The Expanders to discuss rebel reggae and the legacy of the music. Also featuring tracks from Third World, Matis...
- Added: Aug 18, 2015
- Length: 59:29
On fifty-two square miles of rural land in Kankakee County Illinois there is a unique sand savannah sandwiched between corn and soybean fields wher...
- Added: Aug 09, 2015
- Length: 11:26
Joe R. Lansdale is the author of more than three dozen novels, including The Thicket, Edge of Dark Water, The Bottoms, and A Fine Dark Line. He has...
- Added: Jun 26, 2015
- Length: 15:19
In his book, "The Third Coast: When Chicago Built the American Dream, Thomas Dyja makes the case that much of what defined America, particularly ...
- Added: Jun 19, 2015
- Length: 30:01
Host Ed Ayers talks to historian Christopher Jones about the 1870s skirmish between John D. Rockefeller and the upstart competitors who built the c...
- Added: Jun 08, 2015
- Length: 10:26
The early days of neuroscience relied on tragedy to strike before doctors could peek inside the brains of humans. Today advanced technology helps s...
- Added: May 28, 2015
- Length: 43:39
A conversation with Jean Bruce Scott and Randy Reinholz, co-founders of America's leading Native American theatre company, Native Voices.
- Added: Mar 18, 2015
- Length: 58:54
Walter Isaacson, author of "The Innovators", is in conversation with Janes Wales, President and CEO of the World Affairs Council.
- Added: Jan 14, 2015
- Length: 58:08
William Ingalls new book tells the story of what one year in Viet Nam as a combat engineer was like. Based on 500 color slides taken by the author,...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jan 06, 2015
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, what you might call an independent spin-off from Ken Burns 2014 documentary on The Roosevelts. We consider Te...
Bought by South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUOW, KUOW and more
- Added: Nov 25, 2014
- Length: 58:49
- Purchases: 6
On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, what you might call an independent spin-off from Ken Burns 2014 documentary on The Roosevelts. We consider Te...
Bought by KMXT, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, Aspen Public Radio, Radio Baha'i, WLGI and more
- Added: Nov 25, 2014
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 7
Evolutionary biologist Sean B. Carroll shares his findings on the friendship between writer Albert Camus and biologist Jacques Monod.
- Added: Oct 29, 2014
- Length: 13:25
A historian raises questions about the morality of the archival process and reveals how the NSA may change the future of history research.
- Added: Oct 29, 2014
- Length: 12:39
Interview and music program featuring Jesse Morris; a walk through the music scene in Colorado Springs in the 40's, 50's and 60's.
- Added: Aug 14, 2014
- Length: 55:46
It’s 1938 in San Francisco. War is brewing around the world, but America's entry into World War II is still several years away. Meanwhile in this ...
Bought by KCMJ Community Radio
- Added: Jul 27, 2014
- Length: 09:59
- Purchases: 1
James Lee Burke discusses "Wayfaring Stranger"
- Added: Jul 27, 2014
- Length: 21:55
This show takes on the frothy subject of beer, and explores the science, culture, and history behind the suds.
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Jul 22, 2014
- Length: 30:45
- Purchases: 1
This episode explores the colorful (and sometimes risk-filled) history of pigments and painters, and the conservators who save paintings from the r...
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Jul 22, 2014
- Length: 30:34
- Purchases: 1
Scott Phillips is a novelist living in Missouri.
- Added: Jun 18, 2014
- Length: 20:56
An hour-long program of classic jazz, exploring the orgins of "hip."
Bought by South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, KHNS, and Radio New Zealand
- Added: Jun 09, 2014
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 3
When one of Wall Streets biggest scams was revealed in a segment on 60 Minutes, viewers were outraged. Front Running. Although it is legal, it’s, a...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jun 06, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Radio Curious visits with Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, as portrayed by Ralph Archbold in this two part, arc...
- Added: Jun 03, 2014
- Length: 58:02
A three-part Peace Talks Radio program this time features a survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bomb; also remarks from the woman who helped hide Anne...
- Added: Apr 28, 2014
- Length: 58:54
- Purchases: 2
Which is the better way to “feed the world” – with organic or “conventional” agriculture? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Mel...
- Added: Apr 18, 2014
- Length: 28:00
