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Abraham Lincoln through Fiction—a conversation with professor and novelist Adam Braver, whose work includes Mr. Lincoln's Wars; also, poetry from D...
Bought by KUCB
- Added: Mar 14, 2012
- Length: 29:02
- Purchases: 1
Socorro County Sheriff Lonnie Zamora finds himself in the Twilight Zone.
- Added: Dec 08, 2011
- Length: 01:55
His too-short life story reads like adventure fiction.
- Added: Oct 14, 2011
- Length: 03:00
We generally think that the first Memorial Day was held in the north. In fact, the very first Memorial Day was held at Blanford Church Cemetery 27 ...
Bought by Prairie Public
- Added: Oct 14, 2011
- Length: 10:00
- Purchases: 1
Explorer, naturalist, writer ... in his too-short life, Lewis helped to make this country ... literally ... what it is today. From sea to shining s...
- Added: Sep 30, 2011
- Length: 03:00
When the American Civil War ended, Southern veterans faced the same shattered family lives and economic hardships that U.S. war veterans face today.
- Added: Aug 18, 2011
- Length: 02:30
Most Civil War scholarship focuses on generals and their armies. But historians at a recent conference explored how water, heat, and horses affecte...
- Added: Jun 13, 2011
- Length: 02:31
He was shy, geeky ... a genius ... and helped turn the tide in World War II.
- Added: Apr 28, 2011
- Length: 03:00
He was a runner, early on. Before it was popular. Before Spandex, before Nike and Gatorade. At one time, he was one of a handful of the fastest hum...
- Added: Apr 09, 2011
- Length: 03:00
In this news feature, Arts & Cultural Heritage Reporter Jeff Carmack visits the Stearns History Museum located in St. Cloud. This report happens o...
- Added: Jun 10, 2010
- Length: 27:41
Howard Zinn’s productive insights into history came to an end with his death in January 2010. This edition of Radio Curious shares a previously not...
- Added: Jun 07, 2010
- Length: 29:34
Memorial Day, a national holiday of remembrance, was first celebrated south of the Mason/Dixon line in Petersburg, Virginia at Blandford Church Cem...
Bought by Prairie Public, KPCC, KRZA, Vocalo.org, and WGDR
- Added: May 28, 2010
- Length: 16:12
- Purchases: 5
The history of Mary Gibbs and Itasca State Park & her showdown with the lumber industry as told by historian Dr. Janet Rith-Najarian.
- Added: Apr 21, 2010
- Length: 18:07
Look both ways before crossing into January. This week: how to greet the New Year.
- Added: Dec 30, 2007
- Length: 08:30
Veterans Day was originally Armistice Day, the day that World War I was to end. Here's one veteran's experiences.
Bought by Listen Edition, WUIS, KHNS, KVNF, KRUA and more
- Added: Nov 07, 2004
- Length: 03:45
- Purchases: 21
