PRX - Pieces for Topic: Historical Atom Feed

Can't find it? Try Advanced Search
View by:

7 results


Politics 101 BC: Voter fraud in the ancient world
From: Oregon Public Broadcasting
Caption: Ellen Millender, Professor of Classics and Humanities at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, Credit: Michael Clapp, OPB
How do we know that there was voter fraud in ancient Athens? Pottery shards tell the tale.

  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 04:03
Custer's Last Flag
From: Robert Karl Skoglund
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Custer's last flag sold at auction for 2.2 million

  • Added: Dec 14, 2010
  • Length: :26
EPISODE #116 "Roald Amundsen!"
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Did This Happen?
Caption: Did This Happen?, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
On December 14, 1911, an expedition team led by Roald Amundsen became the first to reach the South Pole. Listen in on this historic moment in today...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2010
  • Length: 01:00
EPISODE #102 “Betsy Ross!”
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Did This Happen?
Caption: Did This Happen?, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
In May of 1776, George Washington, Robert Morris and George Ross visited seamstress Betsy Ross to talk to her about a new flag for the United State...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2010
  • Length: 01:00
Kasper Hauser: Phone Call to the 14th Century
From: Jesse Thorn
Series: Comedy From Kasper Hauser
Piece image
Comedy Sketch from Kasper Hauser

Bought by KUT, KRCC-FM, The PRX Podcast, KUSP, and WMPG


  • Added: Oct 19, 2006
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 5
The Miss Subways Reunion
From: WFUV
Series: Subculture Series
Piece image
Meet the ladies who won the bygone "Miss Subways" contest that ran from 1941 to 1976

  • Added: Sep 24, 2004
  • Length: 03:36
Take the 'A' Train
From: WFUV
Series: Subculture Series
Piece image
Take a ride on the A train - the subway's longest line

  • Added: Sep 24, 2004
  • Length: 04:27