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A British-born author who has lived in China for decades tells a true-crime tale of the unsolved murder of a young British girl in 1937 in colonial...
- Added: May 09, 2013
- Length: 10:02
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
The declaration of "Mission Accomplished" in Iraq was famously premature. But have America's other wars had neat or definitive endings? In this ep...
- Added: May 03, 2013
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 5
Staff Sergeant Daniel Hodd and his mother, Evelyn, talk about Daniel's decision to put aside a promising career as a pianist in order to join the M...
- Added: Apr 15, 2013
- Length: 02:20
Tracy Johnson and her mother in-law, Sandra Johnson, talk about the death of their wife and daughter, Army Staff Sergeant Donna Johnson.
- Added: Mar 15, 2013
- Length: 02:59
Two Syrians, separated by war, go to great lengths for love.
- Added: Feb 23, 2013
- Length: 06:29
Part of a series that asks U.S. soldiers serving in Afghanistan what they have to carry around with them every day—from the physical to the emotion...
Bought by KUT, Public Radio Remix, KUOW, and The Story
- Added: Feb 22, 2013
- Length: 02:34
- Purchases: 4
Part of a series that asks U.S. soldiers serving in Afghanistan what they have to carry around with them every day—from the physical to the emotion...
Bought by Public Radio Remix, KUOW, The Story, and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Feb 22, 2013
- Length: 03:03
- Purchases: 4
Too young for induction into the army, Richard works at Best & Co. and next with Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians in the shipping department. Upo...
- Added: Feb 09, 2013
- Length: 30:34
Gordon Bolar tells StoryCorps founder Dave Isay about his son, Army Specialist Matthew Bolar, who was killed in Iraq in 2007.
Bought by KUOW
- Added: Nov 26, 2012
- Length: 04:25
- Purchases: 1
Inspiring and engaging highlights from episodes of Peace Talks Radio, the series on peacemaking and nonviolent conflict resolution. Young women fro...
- Added: Nov 26, 2012
- Length: 29:01
- Added: Nov 14, 2012
- Length: 02:51
Vietnam veteran Harvey Hilbert remembers one night from the war.
- Added: Nov 09, 2012
- Length: 02:24
As part of a series marking Armistice Day, the anniversary of the end of the First World War, reporter, Alison Turner, asked expat actors living in...
- Added: Nov 01, 2012
- Length: 06:44
Joel Healy tells his daughter, Kelli Healy Salzar, about participating in Operation Plumbbob, one of the largest nuclear tests conducted by the U.S...
- Added: Oct 16, 2012
- Length: 02:37
During this program, David Abrams talks about and reads from FOBBIT, his novel that has been compared to M*A*S*H and Catch-22.
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Sep 26, 2012
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 1
Sgt. Matthew Pennington was injured while serving on combat duty in Iraq. He showed signs of PTSD, but is working toward recovery by promoting self...
- Added: Sep 21, 2012
- Length: 06:11
- Purchases: 2
A writer and Vietnam Veteran discusses Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried. [28:31]
- Added: Aug 16, 2012
- Length: 28:31
- Purchases: 2
The US dropped the world’s first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945. Three days later, Nagasaki also fell victim. On this edition, w...
- Added: Jul 25, 2012
- Length: 29:01
Now that her kids are grown up, it's not them keeping Jane up at night—it's her father.
Bought by Public Radio Remix
- Added: Jul 02, 2012
- Length: 04:26
- Purchases: 1
Conversations and live musical performance based on international themes. This month's program is about human rights.
- Added: Jun 05, 2012
- Length: 02:03:38
Radio Curious takes you to France as it was in 1932 where Maya Schwartz was born to an immigrant family. 1939 to 1945 her family was torn apart by...
- Added: May 28, 2012
- Length: 29:02
Harrison Wright tells his grandson, Sean Guess, about serving in the Army at the end of World War II.
- Added: May 25, 2012
- Length: 01:56
Love of music prompted Homer Parce to sign up for an army band. Military service whisked the small town South Dakota boy across the Pacific just a...
- Added: May 25, 2012
- Length: 06:18
A documentary exploring the effects of being a refugee on identity and personal relationships.
- Added: Apr 19, 2012
- Length: 51:59
Neighbors of the Murrah Federal building recall the 1995 bombing that altered the life and culture of Oklahoma City.
As a precaution to listeners,...
Bought by KFAI and Public Radio Remix
- Added: Apr 17, 2012
- Length: 02:53
- Purchases: 2
