Say It Loud: Great Speeches on Civil Rights and African American Identity “Say It Loud” traces the last 50 years of black history through stirring, historically important speeches by African Americans from across the political spectrum. With recordings unearthed from…
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Can Do: Stories of Black Visionaries, Seekers, and Entrepreneurs From The Kitchen Sisters: “Can Do: Stories of Black Visionaries, Seekers, and Entrepreneurs,” with host, Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning actress, Alfre Woodard. These stories come from The Kitchen Sisters collection…
‘The Resisters,’ Andy in the Archives, ‘Election Meltdown,’ The 19th, ‘Pasta Grannies,’ Winter Getaways Author Gish Jen joins us to discuss her new novel, The Resisters. New York Public Radio’s director of archives, Andy Lanset, joins us for this week’s installment of our…
Shell Shock 1919: How the Great War Changed Culture You really have a feeling that here is a building that looks fantastically beautiful, and it’s got its whole façade simply blown off by this war. …
Guns + Extremism; NYC Free Lunch Programs; Labor in the U.S.; Social Media and Extremism Coming up on today’s show: Jamil Jivani, lawyer, community activist, co-founder with author J.D. Vance of Our Ohio Renewal and the author of Why Young Men:…
Washington Goes To The Moon The Apollo 11 Moon landing story is always the story of the people at Mission Control, Neil Armstrong and the engineers that accomplished this incredible technological feat. Very few people then look at what happened in…
‘Auschwitz: Not long ago. Not far away.’ Dr. Robert Jan van Pelt and Paul Salmons discuss curating the new exhibit at the Jewish Heritage Museum, “Auschwitz: Not long ago. Not far away.” The exhibit is open now through January 3,…