Jess Engebretson

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  • Role: Producer/Reporter: Independent

Recent Pieces from Jess Engebretson

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The Anti-Imperialist Farmer (06:55)
From: BackStory with the American History Guys

Historian Kathleen Mapes talks with Ed Ayers and Brian Balogh about the anti-imperialist stance of America’s sugar beet farmers at the turn of the 20th Century – one that ...
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Little America (06:43)
From: BackStory with the American History Guys

Hosts Brian Balogh and Peter Onuf tell the story of the founding of Liberia.
Caption: Lowering the flag on Memorial Day, Credit: Elizabeth Threlkeld

Half Mast (28:56)
From: War News Radio

News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Caption: Supporters Pakistan's hard-line cleric Sufi Muhammad leave Mingora in Pakistani troubled Swat valley on Thursday, April 9, 2009., Credit: Courtesy of the Associated Press

Grounded (29:00)
From: War News Radio

News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
Caption: Sudanese couples waiting to get married., Credit: Associated Press

The Ties That Bind (29:00)
From: Sudan Radio Project

Analysis and exploration of current issues surrounding the conflict in Darfur.
Caption: A bomb hits the Information Ministry in Baghdad at the start of the US invasion in March 2003., Credit: Associated Press

Six Years In (29:00)
From: War News Radio

News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Caption: An American civilian writes to a soldier in Iraq., Credit: Associated Press

Pen to Paper (29:00)
From: War News Radio

News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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WNR: The Iraq War, in Verse (09:52)
From: War News Radio

From "Pen to Paper" (March 13, 2009): War News Radio looks at the experiences of soldier-poets, who are shaping their memories of serving in the Iraq War into verse.
Caption: Local residents share sweets after the government decision to implement Islamic Law in Pakistan's Swat Valley., Credit: Associated Press

Center Stage (29:00)
From: War News Radio

News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Caption: A training session for poll workers in Baghdad., Credit: Photo courtesy of the Associated Press.

Bullets to Ballots? (29:00)
From: War News Radio

News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.