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Richard looks forward to his studies under Reinhold Niebuhr, one of the most challenging theological thinkers of his generation. In his last summer...
- Added: Feb 18, 2013
- Length: 23:41
Richard's course on Reinhold Niebuhr with Robert Bonthius, Wooster’s religion professor, confirms his decision to attend Union Theological Seminary...
- Added: Feb 18, 2013
- Length: 20:05
Richard spends the 1948 fall election season organizing student chapters of the League for Industrial Democracy on college campuses. Though loyal t...
- Added: Feb 18, 2013
- Length: 28:27
After his mother's death, Richard throws himself into his academic work, four jobs, and campus political and social activities. He earns a reputati...
- Added: Feb 10, 2013
- Length: 29:10
Richard faces the uncertainty of college life and its requirements. And his heavy New York accent marks him as an outsider at the College of Wooster.
- Added: Feb 10, 2013
- Length: 19:47
Richard is caught between two philosophies of life: his father’s hard work ethic, which saw Richard’s responsibility to help meet the immediate exp...
- Added: Feb 10, 2013
- Length: 15:48
A search for the Ward 8, Boston's most famous cocktail, leads to an authentic encounter with an old man at the bar. Sometimes it's the stories that...
- Added: Jul 17, 2012
- Length: 07:35
It all started when I played in a band with Stevie Ray Vaughn. Sometimes the truth is a funny thing. Sometimes it just rocks your world. A rock and...
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- Length: 51:38
- Purchases: 2
Some scientists say that time travel actually exists. But it’s risky. If you take the ride you have no control over what you’ll find or how you’ll ...
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- Length: 51:30
- Purchases: 2
Author Grif Stockley on a special edition of Tales from the South, where Southern writers bring their own true stories to life in front of a live a...
- Added: Aug 31, 2011
- Length: 29:00
Former National Security Advisor James Jones speaks to the Press Club about challenges facing the United States and the recent military mission tha...
- Added: May 21, 2011
- Length: 53:59
Stephen has an afternoon drink with a new friend and accidentally stumbles into the heart of human evil.
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- Length: 51:03
- Purchases: 2
Less than one hundred years ago, women voted for the first time in a national election. Two months ago, Lauren Peterson headed to the polls for a s...
- Added: Apr 05, 2011
- Length: 04:48
When will I get over my obsession with Walden Pond? As a 20something interested in connecting to nature, is Thoreau the best example?
- Added: Mar 23, 2011
- Length: 10:18
A personal reflection on the stakes of becoming the godfather to my best friend's first child.
- Added: Dec 25, 2010
- Length: 09:59
