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My guest in this hour is James Scott whose writing is a trek through the history of state-making and resistance to being shackled to governance. Hi...
- Added: Mar 22, 2016
- Length: 59:02
Before the Korean War, American soldiers killed in conflicts abroad were
buried in overseas cemeteries. But the conflict in Korea changed that. (An...
- Added: May 15, 2015
- Length: 53:56
- Purchases: 10
Before the Korean War, American soldiers killed in conflicts abroad were
buried in overseas cemeteries. But the conflict in Korea changed that.
- Added: May 15, 2015
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 5
In the 1970s, a series of laws ushered in a new “sunshine era” of unprecedented government transparency. A new book investigates how, despite these...
- Added: Mar 27, 2015
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 5
In the 1970s, a series of laws ushered in a new “sunshine era” of unprecedented government transparency. A new book investigates how, despite these...
- Added: Mar 27, 2015
- Length: 53:56
- Purchases: 4
Bro Adams says the humanities can help us solve problems brought on by
advances in technology. And: The hustler who inspired the "Beats." Plus: Wha...
- Added: Jan 16, 2015
- Length: 53:57
- Purchases: 4
Bro Adams says the humanities can help us solve problems brought on by
advances in technology. And: The hustler who inspired the "Beats." Plus: Wha...
- Added: Jan 16, 2015
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 5
Nights are getting brighter and most of us no longer experience true darkness.
Bought by WJCT, KVSC, KWMR, KCPW Salt Lake City, KENW and more
- Added: Dec 19, 2014
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 6
Brigham Young was a rough-hewn transient from New York who was electrified by the Mormon faith. He married more than 50 women, and transformed a ba...
Bought by WJCT, WLIW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Delmarva Public Media, and WMNF
- Added: Sep 05, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 5
When Shenandoah National Park was built, hundreds of families were forced off their land. New information has emerged suggesting that some of those...
Bought by WJCT, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WFHB, WLIW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more
- Added: May 02, 2014
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 6
When politicians talk about "working across the aisle", they talk about it as if they are endorsing a great ethic. But working across the aisle is...
- Added: May 01, 2014
- Length: 07:04
In “Bully Pulpit” Doris focuses on the friendship and eventual falling out of Presidents Teddy Roosevelt and William Howard Taft while describing t...
Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KCMJ Community Radio
- Added: Dec 19, 2013
- Length: 10:00
- Purchases: 2
Eli, a staff reporter for The Washington Post and author of “Ten Letters: The Stories Americans Tell Their President,” chronicles the personal stor...
Bought by KCMJ Community Radio
- Added: May 13, 2013
- Length: 10:01
- Purchases: 1
This historical novel brings to life the “Widow of the South,” Carrie McGavock. The bloodiest battle of the Civil War took place on November 30, 18...
Bought by KCMJ Community Radio
- Added: Apr 14, 2013
- Length: 09:52
- Purchases: 1
A photographic study of American consumerism, from the blank stares of shoppers to the mountains of stuff in front of them.
Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, KVSC, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KBRP Community Radio
- Added: Jul 27, 2012
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 5
The eviction of the residents of San Francisco’s International Hotel took place the night of August 4th, 1977, but the drama played out throughout ...
- Added: Mar 06, 2011
- Length: 07:15
Summer in St. Cloud means getting outdoors for fun, frolick, and festivals. From the foliage of the Beaver Island Trails and the Clemens/Munsinger...
- Added: May 27, 2010
- Length: 26:07
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
Noel Hendrickson considers questions about what might have been if the past had happened differently.
- Added: Feb 11, 2009
- Length: 29:39
A Presidential Historian plays clips from Inauguration speeches and tells us what to listen for in Obama's address. And Political Scientists reflec...
- Added: Jan 16, 2009
- Length: 29:00
5 generational essays on Community from This I Believe archive
- Added: Oct 29, 2007
- Length: 29:00
The History of Latinos in the United States
- Added: Oct 05, 2007
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 3
Who decides how to commemorate sites of wars and what do those monuments say about us?
- Added: Jan 04, 2006
- Length: 29:46
