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‘Ghostwatch’, a Halloween drama in the style of a documentary, reached 11 million viewers on its first and only UK broadcast on BBC 1, on 31st Octo...
- Added: Oct 25, 2023
- Length: 09:36
Beatrix Potter’s The Tale of Peter Rabbit was published on October 2nd, 1902. The book was an instant sensation, needing reprints almost immediatel...
- Added: Oct 24, 2023
- Length: 10:22
Sculptor Gutzon Borglum began chiseling the rockface of Mount Rushmore on 4th October, 1927 - the start of a 14 year project to carve Presidents Wa...
- Added: Oct 24, 2023
- Length: :03
The world’s most famous adult magazine went ‘SFW’ on 12th October, 2015 – when Scott Flanders, then Playboy’s chief executive, announced that futur...
- Added: Oct 24, 2023
- Length: 09:59
The world’s most famous cabaret, the Moulin Rouge, opened its doors in Paris on 6th October, 1889. Founded by Joseph Oller and Charles Zidler, the ...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 10:02
Triggering a national and international outcry, the San Francisco school board issued an order on October 11th, 1906, requiring all Japanese and Ko...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 11:26
In this Sunday episode, exclusively for our CLUB RETROSPECTORS supporters on Patreon and Apple Podcasts, Arion, Rebecca and Olly investigate the st...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 09:51
The Secret of Monkey Island, one of the best loved video games of the point-and-click era, was released on the 15th October, 1990, without, it must...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 09:33
The United Nations designates October 11 as the International Day of the Girl Child, promoting empowerment and rights of girls to safe, educated, ...
- Added: Oct 19, 2023
- Length: 03:00
King Henry VIII’s third wife, Queen Consort Jane Seymour, died aged just 29 on 24th October, 1537 - 12 days after giving birth to their son, future...
- Added: Oct 18, 2023
- Length: 11:09
Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. became the first African-American general in the US Army on 25th October, 1940 - despite facing opposition from those who sa...
- Added: Oct 18, 2023
- Length: 10:07
On October 18th, 1867, the United States formally took possession of Alaska, after purchasing the territory from Russia for $7.2 million, or less t...
- Added: Oct 16, 2023
- Length: 10:04
In this special episode marking Memorial Day, we learn about an effort to write the stories of every American service member who died in World War ...
Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WLPR , WYPL, KRWG, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more
- Added: Apr 14, 2021
- Length: 51:36
- Purchases: 18
We all know of Martin Luther King Jr.'s major contribution to the discourse about non-violence. Who planted the seeds of his thinking? It turns out...
Bought by RadioStPete Florida, RadioStPete Florida, WKMS, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KICI Iowa City and more
- Added: Dec 29, 2020
- Length: 54:59
- Purchases: 6
Ears Adrift interviews Hispanic Sailors and discusses how Hispanic culture influences America's Navy.
Bought by WRFA-LP
- Added: Oct 06, 2020
- Length: 10:38
- Purchases: 1
Former classmates Natalie Guice Adams and Eli Brown reflect for the first time on life after court-ordered desegregation.
- Added: Nov 01, 2019
- Length: 03:16
- Purchases: 2
Back in 1933 when Bob Buntin was just a little boy, shortly after an event that rocked the entire structure of his family, he heard part of a speec...
- Added: Apr 23, 2018
- Length: 27:48
Vincent Chin was a 27-year-old draftsman living near Detroit. On a June night in 1982, he and a group of friends went out to celebrate his wedding,...
Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio and WEZU
- Added: Jul 05, 2017
- Length: 02:06
- Purchases: 2
Bluegrass is American. Bluegrass and America are obviously connected. But there are few songs about the connections. The strongest connections lie ...
- Added: Jun 06, 2017
- Length: 07:07
A Nation of Immigrants is what we are, always have been, and always will be, as long as we remain the United States of America. Bans on immigrants ...
Bought by KVSC
- Added: May 18, 2017
- Length: 27:58
- Purchases: 1
On this episode, we spotlight two books - 1941: FIGHTING THE SHADOW WAR. by Marc Wortman that, in part, tells the story of the considerable popula...
Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI and KUNM
- Added: Sep 29, 2016
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 2
More than 75 years ago Shenandoah National Park opened to the public for the first time. One of the most scenic routes in Virginia— Skyline Drive w...
- Added: May 26, 2016
- Length: 53:41
Jay Ipson
is a survivor of the first magnitude. He learned his survival skills under the most harrowing conditions known to man. As a young boy, he...
- Added: Jan 28, 2016
- Length: 26:37
Grant Frashier attends the beacon lighting ceremony and remembrance of the Edmund Fitzgerald at Split Rock Lighthouse in Duluth, MN.
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Nov 18, 2015
- Length: 10:26
- Purchases: 1
Adam Graff, a member of New Orleans' all-volunteer, mental health crisis unit, speaks with his wife, Jacqueline, about the surge in patients after ...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WTJU, and Blue Mountain Radio
- Added: Aug 25, 2015
- Length: 01:53
- Purchases: 3
