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In the summer of 1932, a group of World War I veterans in Portland, Oregon hopped a freight train and started riding the rails to Washington DC.
- Added: Feb 19, 2013
- Length: 11:56
After the wall came down, people in East Berlin realised that the freedom to have a passport still doesn't allow you to travel, unless you have the...
Bought by Public Radio Remix
- Added: Jan 01, 2013
- Length: 01:55
- Purchases: 1
At the 1896 Democratic Convention, Bryan gave a speech that electrified his party and won him the nomination. His “Cross of Gold” speech is known t...
Bought by Public Radio Remix, KUT, WDET, Detroit Public Radio, and KFAI
- Added: Oct 16, 2012
- Length: 07:11
- Purchases: 4
In 1972, Shirley Chisholm launched a spirited campaign for the Democratic nomination. She was the first woman and first African American to run. De...
Bought by WAMC, Public Radio Remix, KUT, WDET, Detroit Public Radio, and KFAI
- Added: Oct 16, 2012
- Length: 07:37
- Purchases: 5
Alben Barkley served in Congress for close to 40 years and was Harry Truman’s vice president from 1948-1952. Though he wanted to be President himse...
Bought by Public Radio Remix, WDET, Detroit Public Radio, and KFAI
- Added: Oct 16, 2012
- Length: 07:25
- Purchases: 3
In the 19th century, Victoria Woodhull was many things: a clairvoyant, a businesswoman, an advocate for women’s rights and sexual freedom, and a ma...
Bought by Prairie Public, Public Radio Remix, WDET, Detroit Public Radio, and KFAI
- Added: Oct 16, 2012
- Length: 07:18
- Purchases: 4
In 1964, Margaret Chase Smith became the first woman from a major party to run for President. The Republican Senator ran as a staunch hawk and expe...
Bought by Public Radio Remix, WDET, Detroit Public Radio, and KFAI
- Added: Oct 16, 2012
- Length: 07:38
- Purchases: 3
In 1940 the United States was just emerging from the shadow of the Great Depression and war loomed in Europe. Into these serious times stepped Grac...
Bought by The Story, Public Radio Remix, WDET, Detroit Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KFAI
- Added: Oct 16, 2012
- Length: 05:12
- Purchases: 5
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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The Guys tell the story of an unofficial, integrated delegation from Mississippi that attempted to claim seats at the 1964 Democratic National Conv...
- Added: Sep 17, 2012
- Length: 08:13
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Richard Bensell tells the story of one of the greatest convention speeches of all time: The "Cross of Gold" speech from William Jennings Bryan
- Added: Sep 17, 2012
- Length: 09:25
It began with an on-air rant by CNBC commentator Rick Santelli. It became a major political movement, with elected representatives on Capitol Hill....
- Added: Aug 29, 2012
- Length: 29:01
Because of historically cheap energy rates and lots of poorly insulated housing, Kentuckians’ average home electricity use is one of the highest in...
- Added: Jul 18, 2012
- Length: 12:49
Thousands of Virginians have gathered together to see President Obama in Roanoke. Hear how fired up they were.
- Added: Jul 14, 2012
- Length: :40
This documentary views Michelle Alexander's "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness" through the lens of California's ma...
- Added: Mar 02, 2012
- Length: 59:00
The database AidData allows the public to see where foreign aid money goes and to what purpose.
- Added: Sep 19, 2011
- Length: 29:00
Hosni Mubarak’s dictatorship is gone, but a military council now rules Egypt, and has kept much of Mubarak’s repressive apparatus. Meanwhile extrem...
- Added: Aug 19, 2011
- Length: 29:00
On Brinkmanship and Rebels Without a Cause
- Added: Aug 19, 2011
- Length: 08:16
Poet Kevin Young talks about his book, Ardency: A Chronicle of the Amistad Rebels.
- Added: Aug 05, 2011
- Length: 23:45
Who was she? Imagine Indiana Jones or Lawrence of Arabia ... think of them in skirts ... and you're close. Archeologist, diplomat, writer and poet ...
- Added: Jul 03, 2011
- Length: 03:00
Hannibal who? The story of an all-but-forgotten man who WOULD HAVE BEEN President after Lincoln's assassination, likely changing our lives.
- Added: Jun 22, 2011
- Length: 03:00
John Mark Scott and special guest Robert Dodge interview Joshua Stacker and Andrew Tabler both W & J Alums who have spent time in the Middle East
- Added: Apr 18, 2011
- Length: 36:48
This hour we sit with Lydia Davis as she reads her beautifully honed, firecracker prose. She writes in the company of Montaigne, Emerson, Proust, B...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN
- Added: Jan 27, 2011
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 1
Past is prologue with Ian Morris and Dennis Lehane. Dennis Lehane is the author of "Mystic River," "Gone Baby Gone," "Shutter Island," and most rec...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN
- Added: Dec 09, 2010
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Dec 03, 2010
- Length: 29:00
We hear about an American soldier missing in action.
- Added: Dec 03, 2010
- Length: 09:12
