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We explore many aspects of memorials during this Memorial Day special. We learn about a project to collect 1,000,000 soldiers’ letters. We hear how...
- Added: May 14, 2020
- Length: 54:18
- Purchases: 21
December 10th, 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Thomas Merton. Questions linger. Was it a heart attack, accident, or murder?
Bought by WETS
- Added: Dec 04, 2018
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 1
Today, Dr. Gary Slutkin's effort to treat violence like an infectious disease and a conversation with former U.S. intelligence officer Ray McGovern...
Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI and KUNM
- Added: Sep 23, 2015
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 2
If the United States were embroiled in a third world war and the American public learned that Barack Obama were taking eight days off in the middle...
Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 31, 2015
- Length: 08:56
- Purchases: 3
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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
When the American Civil War ended, Southern veterans faced the same shattered family lives and economic hardships that U.S. war veterans face today.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 18, 2011
- Length: 02:30
- Purchases: 1
Most Civil War scholarship focuses on generals and their armies. But historians at a recent conference explored how water, heat, and horses affecte...
Bought by KENW
- Added: Jun 13, 2011
- Length: 02:31
- Purchases: 1
He was shy, geeky ... a genius ... and helped turn the tide in World War II.
- Added: Apr 28, 2011
- Length: 03:00
As the Bush Administration's surge is implemented in Iraq, another type of surge is happening simultaneously. In the past few years the number of u...
- Added: Sep 17, 2007
- Length: 28:00
Veterans Day was originally Armistice Day, the day that World War I was to end. Here's one veteran's experiences.
Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WRVO Public Media, KUCB, 'The Sea', KRPS and more
- Added: Nov 07, 2004
- Length: 03:45
- Purchases: 33