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The Face of Fake News
Love it or hate it (more likely a bit of both) Facebook is worth careful scholarly study--particularly in the field of politics. We hear from politic…
7 years, 11 months ago
Voices of Vietnam: Women of War
More than 30,000 American women served in some form in Vietnam during the war. From the Red Cross volunteers who boosted morale to the nurses who tr…
7 years, 11 months ago
The Year of the Woman
Women have been making headlines all over the country, running for office--and winning. We hear from some of those women about what it was like duri…
7 years, 11 months ago
Moonshine and Prohibition
Moonshiners are often portrayed as lawbreakers and profiteers. But these recorded interviews with former moonshiners and their children paint a portr…
8 years ago
The Right to Dissent
This week we’re debuting a new podcast series called American Dissent, hosted by Kelley Libby. In Episode 1: Influenced by Colin Kaepernick’s protest…
8 years ago
The Substance of Addiction
Do we fret too much that we're glued to our cell phones? Trevor Hoag says we should stop using the language of addiction liked ‘hooked on our iPhone…
8 years ago
Social Mobility Through College
One of the great American beliefs is that a college education gives us a better shot at moving up in life. But some say that social mobility has stal…
8 years ago
Free the Beaches
In "Free the Beaches" Andrew Kahrl tells the story of activist Ned Coll and his campaign to open New England’s shoreline to African Americans, as nor…
8 years ago
Do Cells Phones Cause Cancer?
D you ever worry that the radiation coming from your cell phone might be harmful? Researching Deborah O’Dell recently finished a 5-year study that f…
8 years, 1 month ago
Pilgrimage
100 pilgrims journey from Charlottesville to the national memorial to lynching in Montgomery, Alabama to pay homage to a black man who was lynched in…
8 years, 1 month ago