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Professor Emeritus R. David Edmunds is the author of 12 books about Native Americans. His newest title is “Voices in the Drum,” a book that feature...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2024
  • Length: 09:12
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Jake Tapper regularly interviews world leaders and other newsmakers, but he also brings his knowledge of politics and the past to his political thr...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2023
  • Length: 10:25
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The always fun ⁠Lisa Scottoline⁠ is back with her 37th novel, ⁠LOYALTY⁠, a historical novel about the beginnings of the Mafia on the island of Sici...

  • Added: May 05, 2023
  • Length: 09:51
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Steven Simon, author of seven books, is currently a Fellow at MIT (Mass. Inst. Tech.) after spending nearly 40 years specializing in the Middle Eas...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2023
  • Length: 10:27
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RIVER OF THE GODS by bestselling historian Candice Millard is her fourth book. Known for her meticulously researched work, her newest book is an ad...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2022
  • Length: 10:08

  • Added: Aug 02, 2022
  • Length: 36:31
  • Purchases: 1
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“I’m curious about what went so suddenly sour with American patriotism, American faith, and American prosperity.” Bill McKibben is an educator, en...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2022
  • Length: 09:53
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In WAYS & MEANS. Lincoln and his Cabinet and the Financing of the Civil War, author Roger Lowenstein not only spells out how each side in very diff...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2022
  • Length: 10:26
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"THE STEAL. The Attempt to Overturn the 2020 Election and the People Who Stopped It," co-authored by Mark Bowden, concentrates in week-by-week, sta...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jan 20, 2022
  • Length: 09:58
  • Purchases: 1
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Bestselling, award-winning historian Nathaniel Philbrick's "Travels with George" is a blended account of two road trips separated by about 230 year...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2021
  • Length: 08:47
Caption: Liberty  & Justice For Some: Two Centuries of Independent Black Leaders & Political Movements
Here’s a seemingly inexplicable historical event: How did the anti-slavery Republican party take the White House in 1861, only six years after its ...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2021
  • Length: 32:00
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Flynn Berry’s third thriller, a Reese’s Book Club Pick, is “Northern Spy.” It's a thriller about the contemporary IRA, and two sisters who find the...

  • Added: May 20, 2021
  • Length: 09:56
Caption: Frederick Kaufman
When faced with something overwhelming, terrifying, or incomprehensible, the human mind can get pretty creative. This week on Sea Change Radio, we ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: May 20, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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What makes a great leader? This week on Sea Change Radio, we are honored to have Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
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-What did the process of legal desegregation look like in everyday life and culture? Jennifer Ritterhouse shares the story of Sarah Patton “Pattie...

Bought by WJCT, Kansas Public Radio, WFHB, WLIW, KRDP and more


  • Added: Oct 03, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 11
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Iraqi-American musician and composer Rahim AlHaj has traveled a musical and life journey that few could imagine. A virtuoso of the Oud (the grandfa...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KMXT, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 16, 2019
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 3
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-Why do people believe weird things? That’s what Jason Hart wants to find out. He delves into the psychology behind ghost encounters, anti-vaccine ...

Bought by WJCT, WFHB, Kansas Public Radio, WLIW, KVSC and more


  • Added: Sep 12, 2019
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 13
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Dan Pedersen, author of, TOPGUN. An American Story, was the boss of the group that formed the elite Navy Fighter Weapons School. Also known as the...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2019
  • Length: 09:56
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U.S. troops turned to popular music as a way of coping with the war in Vietnam. In this sound-rich show, the authors of “We Gotta Get Out of thi...

Bought by WJCT, Kansas Public Radio, WLIW, WVAS, KRDP and more


  • Added: Jun 27, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 11
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From Nat King Cole to Miley Cyrus: how music tells the story of American democracy.

Bought by KMUN, RadioStPete Florida, WJCT, WMUU-LP, KZUM and more


  • Added: Jun 19, 2019
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 16
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Elaine Weiss’s "The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote" is the true story of the suffragettes. These are the female leaders who—in the f...

  • Added: May 27, 2019
  • Length: 09:55
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Francesca talks with Glenn Silber about the acclaimed documentary he co-directed, The War At Home. It’s about the anti-war movement in Madison, Wis...

  • Added: May 07, 2019
  • Length: 59:01
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The Fall of Saigon marked the loss of a homeland for hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese people. This captivating NEH-funded documentary shares st...

Bought by WFAE, WPCA-LP, WCPN, Prairie Public, KVNF and more


  • Added: Apr 11, 2019
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 16
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Using their own words to condemn them, Rob Larson exposes these intellectual opportunists for what they are: defenders of cruel power systems. Men ...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2018
  • Length: 59:01
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New Mexico-based Hampton Sides’ newest book is "On Desperate Ground: The Marines at The Reservoir, the Korean War’s Greatest Battle.” Based on ne...

  • Added: Nov 17, 2018
  • Length: 09:55