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"Smells Like Teen Spirit," in particular sounds like a modal jazz tune. That's one of the funniest things to me. It says so much about people's att...
- Added: May 13, 2013
- Length: 16:32
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
In this second part of a two-part series, The Cutting Edge presents excerpts from a forum presented by the Baruch History Department at their Perfo...
- Added: Apr 26, 2013
- Length: 59:59
Locks, Dreads, or Jata (Hindi) is a kind of hairstyle that portrays different meaning and belief. In today's society, having dreads is something co...
Bought by Public Radio Remix
- Added: Apr 19, 2013
- Length: 11:43
- Purchases: 1
Billie Holiday once said, "No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music." As we look back on her life a...
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- Added: Apr 10, 2013
- Length: 03:04
- Purchases: 1
In this episode we discuss how Jack's conquest of the giant relates to 19th century English colonialism with the help of scholar Brian Szumsky. We ...
- Added: Mar 29, 2013
- Length: 22:35
Shannon Selberg was the downright frightening frontman, vocalist, and part-time bugle player for eleven years for the legendary Minneapolis punk/n...
- Added: Mar 19, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Dinosaurs, self-branding and an interview with "Classic Ron" Augustus
- Added: Mar 03, 2013
- Length: 30:01
Martin Zellar was the frontman of The Gear Daddies, a late 80's/early 90's Minneapolis based band with whose members formed bonds while living a c...
- Added: Jan 28, 2013
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 2
This podcast talks about the many versions of Cinderella told around the world and the different kinds of footwear she wore to the ball. My persona...
- Added: Jan 26, 2013
- Length: 21:08
Syndicated columnist and author, Jim Northrup, talks with Heidi Holtan on a whole range of topics from his column "Fond Du Lac Follies" to his expe...
Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle and KSRQ
- Added: Jan 17, 2013
- Length: 19:02
- Purchases: 2
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Full Episodes
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Full Episodes
In this episode of BackStory, we take a look at the narratives surrounding the Emancipation Proclamation and try to unpack its legacy. How can we ...
Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN, WFPL News, WOUB, WTJU and more
- Added: Jan 04, 2013
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 7
This week's feature is a conversation Charlie Pulkrabek recently had with two members of the mainstay Twin Cities punk/hard rock band Arcwelder, Sc...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Dec 29, 2012
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Full Episodes
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Full Episodes
On this episode: moments when we thought the game was about to be all over. The History Guys look at why apocalyptic visions gain traction from ti...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN, WRPI, and WTJU
- Added: Dec 14, 2012
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 3
In this excerpt from the documentary "Everything Was Right: The Beatles' Revolver," writers Steve Turner and Jim DeRogatis tell host Paul Ingles ho...
Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WFPL News, and Prairie Public
- Added: Dec 12, 2012
- Length: 04:14
- Purchases: 3
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Full Episodes
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Full Episodes
The History Guys recover from their Thanksgiving feasts with a look back at the history of mealtime in America. From Victorian table manners to the...
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Nov 21, 2012
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 1
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Full Episodes
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Full Episodes
Fifty years ago this week, a U.S. military jet photographed strategic nuclear missiles that had been installed by the Soviets in Cuba. Over the nex...
- Added: Oct 19, 2012
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 2
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Full Episodes
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Full Episodes
On this episode, the History Guys ask what drives Americans to the suit up in the clothes of the past and reenact their history. Is it purely educa...
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- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 2
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Full Episodes
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Full Episodes
The History Guys explore why the national debt has continued to be so controversial in a country that was founded on borrowing.
- Added: Oct 05, 2012
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 5
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Full Episodes
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Full Episodes
In this hour of BackStory we trace the trajectory of that change and examine the shifting role of the state when it comes to coping with epidemics....
Bought by KREV-LP
- Added: Sep 25, 2012
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 1
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Full Episodes
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Full Episodes
In this episode of BackStory, the History Guys unpack the origins of college sports and the ways universities have justified athletics on campus. P...
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- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 2
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Full Episodes
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Full Episodes
This week on BackStory, the History Guys tackle the myth of the city upon a hill: American exceptionalism. They trace its origins in Alexis de Tocq...
Bought by KREV-LP, Prairie Public, WCAI / WNAN, and WMMT
- Added: Jul 27, 2012
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 4
Host Phalana Tiller talks with Business Talent Group's Jody Greenstone Miller and then we hear a rare audio recording of Peter Drucker on the mobil...
- Added: Jul 13, 2012
- Length: 58:59
Delina White talks with Scott Hall about her beadwork pieces appearing at the Tweed Museum in Duluth in an exhibition titled "Mni Sota: Reflections...
- Added: Jul 12, 2012
- Length: 26:48
- Purchases: 2
Director of the Minnesota History Center Museum Dan Spock details the 1862 war between the U.S. government and the Dakota Indians.
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Jul 12, 2012
- Length: 09:31
- Purchases: 1
This radio documentary is about the Music Box art and sound installation located in the Bywater Neighborhood of New Orleans. It blends the sounds o...
Bought by KLCC
- Added: Jun 06, 2012
- Length: 07:28
- Purchases: 1
