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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
Two hundred years ago this week, the United States declared war on Great Britain, beginning the conflict known as the War of 1812. Today, that wa...
- Added: Jun 15, 2012
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 2
On May 2, 1982, Exxon unexpectedly closed its oil-shale exploration and development project in Parachute, leaving 2,200 people out of work, causing...
- Added: May 02, 2012
- Length: 01:49
We conclude this week's show on Scotland with special guest Gillian Swan, ancestral marketing manager of the Riverside Metropolitan Museum; Fiona S...
- Added: Apr 22, 2011
- Length: 09:39
We continue this week's show on Scotland with guests Fiona Stwardt, Scotland's director of communications in the U.S.; and fashion designer Charlie...
- Added: Apr 20, 2011
- Length: 11:47
Join us for this week's show on the ancient land of Scotland, wish special guest Fiona Stewardt, Scotland's director of communications in the U.S..
- Added: Apr 18, 2011
- Length: 10:23
A recent poll shows forty percent of Americans still think Gulf seafood isn’t safe to eat. Commercial fishermen in Bayou La Batre are fighting to w...
- Added: Apr 15, 2011
- Length: 05:34
The Alabama beach tourism industry was hit hard by the Gulf oil spill, and it could take years before local officials know if visitor businesses ha...
- Added: Apr 14, 2011
- Length: 05:39
In the second episode of BackStory's "Civil War 150th" series, the History Guys look at what motivated Northerners and Southerners to take up arms...
Bought by WUIS, WRNC-LP, WAMU, Wisconsin Public Radio, WYSO and more
- Added: Mar 25, 2011
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 14
We continue our celebration of the Chinese New Year with special guest Baoshi Jin, assistant director of China National Tourist Office in New York.
- Added: Feb 04, 2011
- Length: 11:10
Today we celebrate the Chinese New Year with special guest S. Alice Mong, director of the Museum of Chinese in America.
- Added: Feb 02, 2011
- Length: 09:38
The colorful history of alcohol in America.
Bought by KALW, WCQS, Spokane Public Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, WRIR and more
- Added: Unknown
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 8
"Louisiana Purchase" Classic Radio Highlight Reel 12/20
- Added: Dec 08, 2009
- Length: 06:28
"Ripley’s Believe It or Not" CLassic Radio Highlight Reel 12/19
- Added: Dec 08, 2009
- Length: 05:49
"George Fisher" Classic Radio Highlight Reel 12/18
- Added: Dec 08, 2009
- Length: 05:13
"Edgar Bergen" Classic Radio Highlight Reel 12/17
- Added: Dec 08, 2009
- Length: 08:30
"Gone With the Wind" Classic Radio Highlight Reel 12/15
- Added: Dec 08, 2009
- Length: 04:30
"Mr. District Attorney" Classic Radio Highlight Reel 12/13
- Added: Dec 08, 2009
- Length: 03:12
"Fred Allen’s reading of, “Peter and the Wolf”" Classic Radio Highlight Reel 12/14
- Added: Dec 08, 2009
- Length: 06:18
"Lud Gluskin" Classic Radio Highlight Reel 12/16
- Added: Dec 08, 2009
- Length: 06:28
"Supper Club" Classic Radio Highlight Reel 12/11
- Added: Dec 03, 2009
- Length: 04:19
"Douglas Fairbanks Jr." Classic Radio Highlight Reel 12/9
- Added: Dec 03, 2009
- Length: 18:48
"Radio’s First Announcer" Classic Radio Highlight Reel 12/8
- Added: Dec 03, 2009
- Length: 04:19
"My Little Margie" Classic Radio Highlight Reel 12/7
- Added: Dec 03, 2009
- Length: 07:15
My Little Margie" Classic Radio Highlight Reel 12/7
- Added: Dec 01, 2009
- Length: 07:15
"Calvin Coolidge" Classic Radio Highlight Reel 12/6
- Added: Dec 01, 2009
- Length: 04:57
