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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
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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
Caption: Bob Marley , Credit: Dino Caderao
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...

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  • Added: Apr 19, 2013
  • Length: 11:43
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Billie Holiday
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
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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
Caption: Shannon Selberg (Cows, Heroine Sheiks)
Shannon Selberg was the downright frightening frontman, vocalist, and part-time bugle player for eleven years for the legendary Minneapolis punk/n...

Bought by WTIP and KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 19, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: It's time for your appointment at the Beauty Salon, Credit: Annu Palakunnathu Matthew
Dinosaurs, self-branding and an interview with "Classic Ron" Augustus

  • Added: Mar 03, 2013
  • Length: 30:01
Caption: Martin Zellar and Nick Ciola
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...

Bought by WTIP and KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 28, 2013
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 2
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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
Caption: Jim Northrup's "Rez Salute: The Real Healer Dealer"
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
Caption: "Abraham Lincoln and His Emancipation Proclamation," The Strobridge Lith. Co., 1888 , Credit: Library of Congress
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
Caption: Arcwelder, Credit: Jesse Keenan
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
Caption: Five Roads to Doomsday, Credit: 1946 Popular Science article on the Hayden Planetarium
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
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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
Caption: At Broad Channel -- dinner. , Credit: Bain Collection, Library of Congress.
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
Caption: "The duty of the hour; - to save her not only from Spain, but from a worse fate."  Chromolithograph, 1898., Credit: Library of Congress
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...

Bought by WRPI and WTJU


  • Added: Oct 19, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Member of the Chesapeake and Potomac Vintage Baseball Club, Credit: Eric Mennel
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...

Bought by KREV-LP and WTJU


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  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: WWI bonds poster, Credit: Library of Congress
The History Guys explore why the national debt has continued to be so controversial in a country that was founded on borrowing.

Bought by KSKQ, WMMT, WFIU, WEZU, and WTJU


  • Added: Oct 05, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Vaccination Poster, Credit: Library of Congress
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....

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  • Added: Sep 25, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Chicago Kent College of Law indoor baseball player, M. Ryan. 1910.
In this episode of BackStory, the History Guys unpack the origins of college sports and the ways universities have justified athletics on campus. P...

Bought by WTJU and KREV-LP


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  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: "The great Bartholdi statue, Liberty enlightening the world", Currier & Ives, 1885, Credit: Library of Congress
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
Caption: Peter Drucker
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
Caption: Traditional Anishinaabe woman’s skirt:, Credit: Delina White
Delina White talks with Scott Hall about her beadwork pieces appearing at the Tweed Museum in Duluth in an exhibition titled "Mni Sota: Reflections...

Bought by KVSC and KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 12, 2012
  • Length: 26:48
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: US-Dakota War Exhibit
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
Caption: The Music Box art and sound installation
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