Figures/Biographies
Audio: What Do John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe All Have In Common?
An odd coincidence is revealed about three of the founding fathers and Independence Day.
Vietnam War
Audio: Vietnam Vet Jack Craig Reels Off His War Wounds
Jack Craig, a veteran from the Vietnam War of the 23rd Infantry Division, describes his war wounds from a an explosion of a hand grenade.
Profile
Audio: WWII Vet Recalls How The USS Northampton Was Struck By Two Torpedoes
Earnest M. Phillips, a World War II veteran, recounts the events of the sinking of the USS Northampton after being struck by torpedoes.
Multimedia
Audio: This Is Why The Wine Industry In New Jersey Was Unsuccessful Years After Prohibition
Tom Cosentino explains the history of New Jersey wine-making and why the industry suffered following the prohibition.
Profile
Audio: WWII Vet- ‘We Mowed Them, We Massacred Them’
Gustav Enyedy Jr., a veteran of World War II, describes his orders and the horrors he witnessed when shooting down Nazis.
2000s
Audio: Shot Down- WWII Airman Forced To Bail Out During Bombing Run
World War II veteran, Irwin Stovroff, recalls bailing out of his damaged aircraft during a bombing run to destroy bridges in France. Stovroff and his crew were later captured by Nazis and held prisoner.
American Independence
Audio: Independence Loyalty- How Patrick Henry Stood By George Washington
Thomas S Kidd, author of 'Patrick Henry: First Among Patriots' talks about a conspiracy to remove George Washington from his post as general of the Continental Army during the American Revolution.
Multimedia
Audio: How The Postal Service Helped Create The United States
Winifred Gallagher, author of "How the Post Office Created America: A History", explains how the Post Office helped establishing America even before the Declaration of Independence.
Multimedia
Audio: How The History Of Dental Care Is The History Of Mankind
Greg Jenner, author of the book "A Million Years in a Day: A Curious History of Everyday Life" explores how the most routine details can reveal so much about history.
Pre-1700s
Audio: How Food Packaging Changed History
In ancient times, your Tupperware would have been a symbol of wealth and power, Gary Cross and Robert N. Proctor, authors of 'Packaged Pleasures: How Technology and Marketing Revolutionized Desire', explain, as they elaborate on the evolution of the ways humankind has preserved food.
1700s
Audio: Thomas Paine’s Egalitarian Ideas Explained
Sean Wilentz explains the ideas of Thomas Paine. Wilentz is a professor of American History at Princeton University and author of 'The Politicians and the Egalitarians'.
Figures/Biographies
Audio: Turns Out The Explorers Club Didn’t Actually Eat Mammoth At Their 1951 Dinner
The Explorer's Club, known for its many famous members, famously claimed to have eaten mammoth meat at a party in 1951. Years later, scientific testing reveals this may not have been true.
World War I
Audio: What Did Culinary Habits Of World War I Have To do With The Great Depression
Jane Ziegelman, co authors of "A Square Meal: A Culinary History of the Great Depression", talks about the culinary connection between World War I and the great depression.
Pre-1700s
Audio: Why Is The History Of The Maya So Vague, Even Though They Had A Written Language?
National Geographic reporter Erik Vance explains what happened to most of the written historical materials of the Maya civilization.
WWII Figures
Audio: The Day Patton Almost Died- Historian On Pershing’s Warriors In WWI
Mitchell Yockelson describes the relationship between Pershing and Patton during World War I and the events of September 26, 1918 at Meuse-Argonne when Patton is shot in battle. Yockelson is the author of 'Forty-Seven Days: How Pershing's Warriors Came of Age to Defeat the German Army in World War I'.
World War I
Audio: Art Historian David Lubin On The Glorification Of WWI Battlefields
David Lubin, author of 'Grand Illusions: American Art and the First World War', describes visiting World War I graveyards and the sense of triumphant glorification of war that he felt there.
