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Meet Charley Goddard
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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On this episode of Culture Clique, we meet Charley Goddard. He is the newest character brought to life by the Minnesota Historical Society's Histor...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 19, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:40
  • Purchases: 1
The Laundry: Episode 1--Gay Vet Denny Meyer
From: Kelly Cogswell
Series: The Laundry Podcast
Caption: Denny Meyer, Credit: Kelly Cogswell
An in-depth interview with Vietnam vet and gay activist, Danny Meyer, who talks about LGBT people in the military, and how his experience as the ch...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2013
  • Length: 27:30
Talk of the Nation: Oratory in America
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Caption: Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg, November 19th, 1863., Credit: Library of Congress
November 19th, 2013 marks the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. It’s one of the most iconic speeches in American history, ...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WMMT, and WRPI


  • Added: Nov 15, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Coming Home: A History of War Veterans [rebroadcast]
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Caption: Detail from 1919 Red Cross poster, “Facing the Future: Uncle Sam offers training to every man disabled in the service.”, Credit: Library of Congress
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have created thousands of new combat veterans - but what is it like for those soldiers as they return home? How we...

Bought by WMMT, WHRV, WGCU, WLPR , KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 08, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
PROMO - Coming Home: A History of War Veterans [rebroadcast]
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: Promos for Upcoming Shows
Caption: Detail from 1919 Red Cross poster, “Facing the Future: Uncle Sam offers training to every man disabled in the service.”, Credit: Library of Congress
30-second promo for BackStory episode, "Coming Home: A History of War Veterans [rebroadcast]," with 5-second music bed at end for station-specific ...

Bought by WHRV, WUFT, and WLPR


  • Added: Nov 07, 2013
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
Friend is a Verb (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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How social media is changing the concept of friendship.

Bought by WJCT and KVSC


  • Added: Sep 30, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
Setting an Example
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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Historian Ann Marie Wilson talks with host Brian Balogh about the call for intervention in Armenia during the early 1890s, and how arguments about ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Radio Newark, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 16, 2013
  • Length: 07:12
  • Purchases: 3
Responsibility to Protect? A History of Humanitarian Intervention
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Caption: “Save me from my friends!” Uncle Sam shelters Cuba, illustration from Puck, 1898.
With President Obama making the case for military action against Syria, BackStory takes on the history of humanitarian intervention. What are the o...

Bought by WUFT, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, NPR Illinois, WRPI, WMMT and more


  • Added: Sep 13, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
Give Syrian Women (and Peace) a Chance
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
President Obama got a short reprieve when Russia put forward a plan to avoid a U.S. missile strike on Syria by sequestering Syria’s chemical weapon...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
Rules of Engagement: Ethics in Warfare [rebroadcast]
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Caption: The Gatling Gun patent drawing (1865). The gun was patented on May 9, 1865, and was officially adopted by the U.S. Army on August 21, 1866. , Credit: National Archives
Reports that chemical weapons have been used in Syria raise important questions about what is—and is not—an appropriate means of waging war. This w...

Bought by XRAY.fm, KBRP Community Radio, KFOK-LPFM, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 30, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Fighting for Liberation
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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The American History Guys discuss the important moral and tactical contributions of African-American soldiers in the Union Army.

Bought by Radio Newark, PRX Remix, Louisville Public Media, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jul 01, 2013
  • Length: 05:37
  • Purchases: 4
Fighting for Hearth and Home
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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Historian Aaron Sheehan-Dean explains to host Brian Balogh how the idea of “home” motivated Confederate soldiers, and strengthened their resolve to...

Bought by Radio Newark, Radio Newark, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 01, 2013
  • Length: 11:50
  • Purchases: 3
Civil War 150th: Why They Fought [rebroadcast]
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Caption: Detail from “Field of Gettysburg” by T. Ditterline, 1863 , Credit: Library of Congress
The Battle of Gettysburg took place 150 years ago this week – the bloodiest of the Civil War. Thousands of Union and Confederate soldiers were kill...

Bought by WUFT, WLPR , WOUB, WTJU, and WMMT


  • Added: Jun 28, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
From Combat to College (half hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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With the end of the War in Iraq, tens of thousands of soldiers have returned home, and many of them are going to college. But the transition to aca...

Bought by WJCT and KCPW Salt Lake City


  • Added: Jun 28, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
From Combat to College
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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With the end of the War in Iraq, tens of thousands of soldiers have returned home, and many of them are going to college. But the transition to aca...

Bought by WCNY, KVSC, WCWP, and WTJU


  • Added: Jun 28, 2013
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 4
Civil War 150th: The Road to War [rebroadcast]
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Caption: Constitutional Union Party meeting flyer, 1860, Credit: Perkins Library, Duke University
With the 150th anniversaries of the Battle of Gettysburg and the fall of Vicksburg coming up, BackStory is re-airing its special series on the Civi...

Bought by WUFT, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WLPR , Prairie Public, WEZU and more


  • Added: Jun 21, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
Art In The Real World
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Word of Mouth
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Conversations with artists of all kinds doing work in and about the real world. Hour long, magazine format episode of Word of Mouth.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and NPR Illinois


  • Added: Apr 16, 2013
  • Length: 51:30
  • Purchases: 2
Global Ethics Corner: Is it Time to Arm the Syrian Rebels?
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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With the Syrian civil war about to turn two years old and the death toll approaching 70,000, some are saying it is time for the U.S. or the UN to i...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2013
  • Length: 01:58
Global Ethics Corner: Is al-Qaeda Making a Comeback?
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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President Obama called al-Qaeda a "shadow of its former self," but the organization is making inroads in Mali and Algeria and some say it is as dan...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2013
  • Length: 02:11
Global Ethics Corner: Are Women Second Class Citizens in the U.S. Military?
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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Despite making valuable contributions to the U.S. military since the Civil War, women are still technically excluded from direct ground combat role...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
Back to War
From: Traveling 219
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A weekend with the West Virginia Re-enactors Association, as they re-create the Battle of Droop Mountain.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 14, 2013
  • Length: 06:04
  • Purchases: 1
Nautilus Music-Theater from St. Paul Presents "I Am Anne Frank"
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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On this episode of Art Beat, we learn about the music theatre production of "I am Anne Frank" being presented by Nautilus Music-Theatre company out...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 01, 2013
  • Length: 18:52
  • Purchases: 1
Global Ethics Corner: Justice For Some, But Not For All?
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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Recent acquittals of Croat and Kosovo-Albanian officials in the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia have left some doubting t...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2012
  • Length: 02:16
After the Berlin Wall Came Down
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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More than 20 years after Germans tore down the Berlin Wall, they are still dealing with the stigmas of a formerly divided country.

Bought by WJCT


  • Added: Dec 06, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Decline in Violence & The Pursuit of Dignity (Peace Talks Radio) [59:00 / 54:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Two Harvard scholars with recent books are featured on this edition of PEACE TALKS RADIO. First Steven Pinker, talks about his 2011 book "The Bett...

Bought by KSJE, KUOW, KUOW, KUOW, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Nov 12, 2012
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 5