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BackStory - Paying Up: A History of Taxation

From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Full Episodes

Caption: "O, the fatal Stamp Act" (one colonial newspaper's reaction to the Stamp Act of 1765.)

Just in time for Tax Day, BackStory delves into the long and turbulent history of taxation in America.

Bought by KFOK-LP, WOUB, WTJU, WCAI / WNAN, 90.5 WSNC and more

You've Got Mail: A History of the Post Office

From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Full Episodes

Caption: Motorcycle Postman, 1912, Credit: Library of Congress

The History Guys explore the rise - and fall - of our postal system. They consider the how the Post Office stitched together a disparate country in...

Bought by KBRP Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WTJU, KREV-LP, and KVSC

Slavic Wonders: Christmas with The Rose Ensemble

From: Thomas Crann

Caption: The Rose Ensemble, Credit: Michael Haug Photography

The Rose Ensemble is back with a free one-hour holiday special. Slavic Wonders is a stunning celebration of the season featuring some truly brillia...

Bought by Vermont Public Radio, WUAL, WGBH Radio Boston, KUHF, WFIU and more

On A Passing Frontier

From: Roy Trumbull

A program containing 3 short stories of the old west by Frank Bird Linderman in which the rough dry humor of the cowpuncher is evident.

Gandhi and the Unspeakable

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

Caption: Mohandas Gandhi, Credit: Orbis Book cover Roberta Savage

The Father of India was dead. Killed by a man he’d known for years. The year was 1948, the dawn of India’s independence from Great Britain. In his...

Andrew Gumbel: A Fresh Look at the Oklahoma City Bombing

From: This Land Press
Series: The Sound of Our Land

Andrew Gumbel, co-author of the book "Oklahoma City: What the Investigation Missed--and Why it Still Matters" (2012, HarperCollins) with Roger Char...

Bought by KFAI and Public Radio Remix

Writers on a New England Stage: Chris Matthews

From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Writers on a New England Stage

Caption: Virginia Prescott and Chris Matthews, Credit: David Murray

The TV personality and former journalist talks about his new book, "Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero."

History Under Oath

From: This Land Press
Series: The Sound of Our Land

Caption: Tate Brady, Credit: Beryl Ford Collection, Tulsa City-County Library

In the early 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan had been so active in Tulsa, Oklahoma - doing everything from holding parades to organizing lynch mobs - that ...

Scales of Justice: A History of Supreme Court Nominations

From: BackStory with the American History Guys

Caption: Taft Court, Taken by Harris & Ewing (between 1921-30), Credit: Library of Congress

Another summer, another Supreme Court vacancy! Join the History Guys as they explore the highlights – and lowlights – of Supreme Court nominations ...

Bought by Prairie Public, WTIP, Yellowstone Public Radio, 90.5 WSNC, WCAI / WNAN and more

Secession Showdown

From: With Good Reason

Caption: Camp at Ft. Monroe, VA, Credit: Library of Congress

A conversation about the contingency of one state's role in the Civil War.

Bought by KRUA and WRPI

Texas Nuggets: Three Chords and a Station Wagon

From: KUT
Series: Texas Music Matters

The incredible story of a lost chapter of music history...and the equally incredible songs now rediscovered.

Bought by KGLT, Marfa Public Radio, and KXOT Public Radio

Climate Control: A History of Heating and Cooling

From: BackStory with the American History Guys

Caption: He Asks Folks to Step Into the Stove, Credit: Samantha at the World's Fair by Marietta Holley

What was life like before the age of thermostats and fossil fuels? When did Americans come to expect a "comfortable" indoor climate?

Bought by WNJR, KSJD, WCPN, Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio and more

BackStory - The More Things Change: Presidential Transitions

From: BackStory with the American History Guys

Caption: 1909 cartoon from the humor magazine 'Puck' showing Taft handing baby 'My Policies' to Roosevelt., Credit: Library of Congress

Do presidential transitions deserve all the attention they tend to get? Why do we mark time by presidencies when key events often have little to do...

Bought by KUCB, WNPR, KXOT Public Radio, KUOW, WRPI and more

A Government Out of Sight

From: With Good Reason

With all the talk about Big Government, two scholars reflect on how the Federal Government and taxes have evolved since the founding era.

The Wright Brothers' Sister

From: With Good Reason

Caption: Orville, Katharine and Wilbur Wright, Credit: Library of Congress

Why you've never heard of the Wright Brothers' sister, Katharine.

First Peoples of the Duwamish

From: Jessica Partnow
Series: Life on the Duwamish: Rediscovering Seattle's Dirty South

Life on the Duwamish, Segment 2

Bought by KLCC and The Nature Podcast

An Immigrants' History of South Park

From: Jessica Partnow
Series: Life on the Duwamish: Rediscovering Seattle's Dirty South

Life on the Duwamish, Segment 1

From Moonshine to Armadillos: The Birth of the Austin Music Scene

From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Documentaries

Rare archival recordings of Janis Joplin and Willie Nelson highlight this documentary.

RN Documentary: Taming the Salt Monster

From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries

The great swathes of the Western Australian wheatbelt were created a century ago when 1000 acres of bush were burned a day and the land became the ...

Bought by WRPI, KXOT Public Radio, WYSO, and WBEZ

'The Mad Russian': Reflections of a Cold War Wrestling Villain

From: Aaron Henkin

Pro wrestler Nikolai Volkoff used to infuriate Cold War crowds with his singing of the Soviet National Anthem --- now he's a 55-year-old grandfathe...

Bought by WMPG

RN Documentary: The Story of the Carmina Burana

From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries

Its got to be one of the most recognizable pieces of music we know, spanning classical and pop cultures, yet not many people would recognize the Ca...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio