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The Temperament of FDR
From: With Good Reason
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Scholars gathered recently at a conference in Virginia to explore the legacy of Franklin D. Roosevelt. The keynote address fell to a Stanford schol...

  • Added: May 24, 2013
  • Length: 02:22
October 11
From: Tree Mabry
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A search for peace through October 11

  • Added: Apr 22, 2013
  • Length: 07:03
Voices of D-Day
From: Charlie Warren
Caption: French Coast Dead Ahead, Credit: history101.com
A powerful remembrance of the preparation, execution, and aftermath of Operation Overlord, June 6, 1944. For broadcast anytime from Memorial Day We...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 19, 2013
  • Length: 13:48
  • Purchases: 2
150 Years After: Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation
From: Vinny Cannizzaro
Series: A Community of Voices
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150 years ago, President Abraham Lincoln announced what would become one of the cornerstones to American Freedom: the Emancipation Proclamation. B...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 29:58
Episode 11: Phoenix 20 Part 2
From: WXAV 88.3FM
Series: Veteran Matters
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Part 2 of Phoenix 20 picks up right where part 1 ended. In this program, executive producer Sister Sue Sanders interviews host Dr. Peter Hilton abo...

Bought by KFOK-LP


  • Added: Mar 01, 2013
  • Length: 30:21
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 11: Phoenix 20 Part 1
From: WXAV 88.3FM
Series: Veteran Matters
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The roles are reversed as Sister Susan Sanders interviews Veteran Matters host Dr. Peter Hilton about his time in the military during the Vietnam W...

Bought by KFOK-LP


  • Added: Mar 01, 2013
  • Length: 27:35
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 10: The Journey Home
From: WXAV 88.3FM
Series: Veteran Matters
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Host Peter Hilton airs the final episode of this series of Veteran Matters. In this episode, Hilton welcomes back every veteran who has appeared on...

Bought by KFOK-LP


  • Added: Mar 01, 2013
  • Length: 24:43
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 9: Operation Magic Carpet
From: WXAV 88.3FM
Series: Veteran Matters
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Host Peter Hilton continues the Veteran Matters series with the stories of Chris and Norm, two sailors in World War II who were apart of Operation ...

Bought by KFOK-LP


  • Added: Mar 01, 2013
  • Length: 27:28
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 8: A Soldier's Story
From: WXAV 88.3FM
Series: Veteran Matters
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Host Peter Hilton welcomes to the program Bill. Bill is a veteran of the Korean War, and served at the front line of many operations in Korea. They...

Bought by KFOK-LP


  • Added: Mar 01, 2013
  • Length: 27:10
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 7: In the Trenches, People and God
From: WXAV 88.3FM
Series: Veteran Matters
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Host Peter Hilton explores how spirituality may have affected the veteran's time in service, and what their experiences were like when they encount...

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  • Added: Mar 01, 2013
  • Length: 27:55
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 6: The Journey Continues
From: WXAV 88.3FM
Series: Veteran Matters
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Veteran Matters continues with part 2 of this series. Host Peter Hilton introduces a new group of veterans, and we learn what roles animals may or ...

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  • Added: Mar 01, 2013
  • Length: 27:43
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 5: A Sailor's Tale
From: WXAV 88.3FM
Series: Veteran Matters
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On this edition of Veteran Matters, host Peter Hilton welcomes to the program Norm, a veteran of World War II who served on the U.S.S. Bunker Hill ...

Bought by KFOK-LP


  • Added: Mar 01, 2013
  • Length: 28:23
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 4: A Tale of Two Nurses
From: WXAV 88.3FM
Series: Veteran Matters
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The Veteran Matters series continues with the stories of two army nurses, Joan who served in World War II and Karen who served in Iraq. Host Peter ...

Bought by KFOK-LP


  • Added: Mar 01, 2013
  • Length: 27:05
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 3: Military Experiences
From: WXAV 88.3FM
Series: Veteran Matters
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Host Peter Hilton welcomes veterans Andy and Michael, to this edition of Veteran Matters, to discuss their overall military experiences. Andy discu...

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  • Added: Mar 01, 2013
  • Length: 26:42
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 2: Combat Experiences
From: WXAV 88.3FM
Series: Veteran Matters
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On this edition of Veteran Matters, host Peter Hilton sits down with Steve, Buck, and Russ, veterans of World War II, Vietnam and Afghanistan. Stev...

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  • Added: Mar 01, 2013
  • Length: 24:41
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 1: Introductions
From: WXAV 88.3FM
Series: Veteran Matters
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On the first episode of Veteran Matters, host Peter Hilton introduces the Veterans that will be on the next four episodes of Veteran Matters and th...

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  • Added: Mar 01, 2013
  • Length: 26:56
  • Purchases: 1
Plessy vs. Fergusson
From: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow- Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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One of the early and most important Supreme Court decisions of the Civil Rights movement

  • Added: Feb 26, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
Gwen Westerman on her new book, "Mni Sota Mkoce: The Land of the Dakota"
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Bob Carter spoke recently with Dr. Gwen Westerman, co-author with Bruce White of "Mni Sota Makoce: The Land of the Dakota." The book, from t...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2013
  • Length: 20:58
Back to War
From: Traveling 219
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A weekend with the West Virginia Re-enactors Association, as they re-create the Battle of Droop Mountain.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 14, 2013
  • Length: 06:04
  • Purchases: 1
Thenceforward and Forever Free: The Emancipation Proclamation
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Full Episodes
Caption: "Abraham Lincoln and His Emancipation Proclamation," The Strobridge Lith. Co., 1888 , Credit: Library of Congress
In this episode of BackStory, we take a look at the narratives surrounding the Emancipation Proclamation and try to unpack its legacy. How can we ...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN, WFPL News, WOUB, WTJU and more


  • Added: Jan 04, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
The Conscience of Chester A. Arthur
From: Emily Gadek
Series: Footnote Podcast
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In June of 1880, a series of extraordinary events began to unfold that sent a man most of the country agreed was completely unqualified to be presi...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 15:33
United Germany
From: With Good Reason
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When the Berlin Wall came down in 1989 a country that had been divided was reunited. But after the physical wall was torn down, Germany was still l...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2012
  • Length: 02:27
A New Book on Thomas Jefferson and Slavery
From: With Good Reason
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A recent book critical of Thomas Jefferson as a slaveholder has raised controversial questions about our founding father. Allison Quantz has the st...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 02:47
Fields of Remembrance
From: With Good Reason
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To honor the young men who sacrificed their lives in the D-Day invasion, Brigadier General Casey Brower takes young cadets on tours of the American...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
Martin Blackwell reads Mental Cases by Wilfred Owen
From: Alison Turner
Series: Armistice Day for Expats in Belgium
Caption: Wilfred Owen
Martin Blackwell reads Mental Cases by Wilfred Owen

  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 01:54