2001 · July–December | Talking History

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The Radio Archive ~ July - December, 2001

December 27, 2001

Segment 1: "The Collaborator: The Trial and Execution of Robert Brasillach."

RealAudio recording RealAudio recording Alice Kaplan, literary critic and historian, is the author of The Collaborator: The Trial and Execution of Robert Brasillach , which was nominated for a National Book Award. It is the story of a talented writer put to death in 1945 for publishing hundreds of articles justifying the Nazi regime in France. The execution of Brasillach, one of the most polarizing events in modern French history, raises the question of whether the expression of ideas can constitute a crime against humanity. Kaplan is Director of the Center for French and Francophone Studies at Duke University; her April 2001 University at Albany talk was sponosored by the New York State Writer's Insititute . Time: 30:59.

Segment 2: "The Greatest Generation? Part II: The Civil War"

RealAudio recording RealAudio recording From Creighton University, in this segment of a four-part series on that explores the greatest generations, James McPherson talks about the Civil War generation. Princeton University professor McPherson is a leading historian of the Civil War and the author of several books including The Battle Cry of Freedom , winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Time: 17:34. ~ ~ ~ ~

December 20, 2001

"Timbuctoo and the Origins of an Integrated America."
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"Timbuctoo and the Origins of an Integrated America."Listen: RAM (56 kbps)

PART I - 26:07Listen: RAM (bitrate not specified)

PART I - 26:07Listen: RAM (56 kbps)

"How the Other Half Was Incarcerated: Prison Life in the Age of Riis"Listen: RAM (bitrate not specified)

"How the Other Half Was Incarcerated: Prison Life in the Age of Riis"Listen: RAM (56 kbps)

PART I - 25:59Listen: RAM (bitrate not specified)

PART I - 25:59Listen: RAM (56 kbps)

Segment 1: "The Paradox of American Patriotism."Listen: RAM (bitrate not specified)

Segment 1: "The Paradox of American Patriotism."Listen: RAM (56 kbps)

November 29, 2001 "New York Governor Al Smith: Creating A Life." PART I - 22:55Listen: RAM (bitrate not specified)

November 29, 2001 "New York Governor Al Smith: Creating A Life." PART I - 22:55Listen: RAM (56 kbps)

November 29, 2001 "New York Governor Al Smith: Creating A Life." PART I - 22:55Listen: RAM (bitrate not specified)

PART I - 22:55Listen: RAM (56 kbps)

Segment 1: "The Greatest Generation, Part I: Joyce Appleby."Listen: RAM (bitrate not specified)

Segment 1: "The Greatest Generation, Part I: Joyce Appleby."Listen: RAM (56 kbps)

Segment 2: "Cheerleading: An American Tradition."Listen: RAM (bitrate not specified)

Segment 2: "Cheerleading: An American Tradition."Listen: RAM (56 kbps)

Segment 1: "A Social History of Cattle."Listen: RAM (bitrate not specified)

Segment 1: "A Social History of Cattle."Listen: RAM (56 kbps)

Segment 2: "Louisa May Alcott on the Chautauqua Circuit."Listen: RAM (bitrate not specified)

Segment 2: "Louisa May Alcott on the Chautauqua Circuit."Listen: RAM (56 kbps)

Segment 1: "The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex."Listen: RAM (bitrate not specified)

Segment 1: "The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex."Listen: RAM (56 kbps)

Segment 2: "Race and Reunion."Listen: RAM (bitrate not specified)

Segment 2: "Race and Reunion."Listen: RAM (56 kbps)

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Segment 3: ""Listen: RAM (56 kbps)

Segment 1: "Slave Petitions."Listen: RAM (bitrate not specified)

Segment 1: "Slave Petitions."Listen: RAM (56 kbps)

Segment 2: "American Places: Memphis and Graceland."Listen: RAM (bitrate not specified)

Segment 2: "American Places: Memphis and Graceland."Listen: RAM (56 kbps)

Segment 1: "The Rise of an American Gun Culture."Listen: RAM (bitrate not specified)

Segment 1: "The Rise of an American Gun Culture."Listen: RAM (56 kbps)

Segment 2: "Fenway Park and the Polo Grounds"Listen: RAM (bitrate not specified)

Segment 2: "Fenway Park and the Polo Grounds"Listen: RAM (56 kbps)

Segment 3: "Barre Massachusetts and Hollywood, California."Listen: RAM (bitrate not specified)

Segment 3: "Barre Massachusetts and Hollywood, California."Listen: RAM (56 kbps)

Segment 1: "Robert Dykstra: The Myth of Western Violence."Listen: RAM (bitrate not specified)

Segment 1: "Robert Dykstra: The Myth of Western Violence."Listen: RAM (56 kbps)

Segment 2: "Romanticizing the American Family"Listen: RAM (bitrate not specified)

Segment 2: "Romanticizing the American Family"Listen: RAM (56 kbps)

Segment 1: Nancy Cott: "Public Vows."Listen: RAM (bitrate not specified)

Segment 1: Nancy Cott: "Public Vows."Listen: RAM (56 kbps)

Segment 2: "Don McNeill and His Breakfast Club"Listen: RAM (bitrate not specified)

Segment 2: "Don McNeill and His Breakfast Club"Listen: RAM (56 kbps)

Segment 1: Linda Gordon: "The Great Arizona Orphan Abduction."Listen: RAM (bitrate not specified)

Segment 1: Linda Gordon: "The Great Arizona Orphan Abduction."Listen: RAM (56 kbps)

Segment 2: "James Reston: "Warriors of God" The five Crusades in which the West attempted to gain control of the Holy Land from Arab forces were violeListen: RAM (bitrate not specified)

Segment 2: "James Reston: "Warriors of God" The five Crusades in which the West attempted to gain control of the Holy Land from Arab forces were violeListen: RAM (56 kbps)

September 27, 2001 "Coming From India." PART I - 25:59Listen: RAM (bitrate not specified)

September 27, 2001 "Coming From India." PART I - 25:59Listen: RAM (56 kbps)

September 27, 2001 "Coming From India." PART I - 25:59Listen: RAM (bitrate not specified)

PART I - 25:59Listen: RAM (56 kbps)

Segment 1: "Tossing Away the Keys: The Louisiania State Prison at Angola."Listen: RAM (bitrate not specified)

Segment 1: "Tossing Away the Keys: The Louisiania State Prison at Angola."Listen: RAM (56 kbps)

Segment 2: "Remembering Eleanor"Listen: RAM (bitrate not specified)

Segment 2: "Remembering Eleanor"Listen: RAM (56 kbps)

Segment 1: "The Struggle Within: 30 years After the Attica Rebellion." (2001)Listen: RAM (bitrate not specified)

Segment 1: "The Struggle Within: 30 years After the Attica Rebellion." (2001)Listen: RAM (56 kbps)

Segment 2: "Jeffe Kaye interviews Former Attica Inmate Dalou Asahi" (1975)Listen: RAM (bitrate not specified)

Segment 2: "Jeffe Kaye interviews Former Attica Inmate Dalou Asahi" (1975)Listen: RAM (56 kbps)

Segment 1: "A History of American Public Education."Listen: RAM (bitrate not specified)

Segment 1: "A History of American Public Education."Listen: RAM (56 kbps)

Segment 2: "Battles Over School Reform"Listen: RAM (bitrate not specified)

Segment 2: "Battles Over School Reform"Listen: RAM (56 kbps)

Segment 3:Stefan Kanfer: "The Radical Comedy of Groucho and the Brothers Marx." Author Stefan Kanfer, Groucho: The Life and Times of Julius Henry MarxListen: RAM (bitrate not specified)

Segment 3:Stefan Kanfer: "The Radical Comedy of Groucho and the Brothers Marx." Author Stefan Kanfer, Groucho: The Life and Times of Julius Henry MarxListen: RAM (56 kbps)

"The Investigator."Listen: RAM (bitrate not specified)

"The Investigator."Listen: RAM (56 kbps)

"The Investigator."Listen: RAM (bitrate not specified)

"The Investigator."Listen: RAM (56 kbps)

"The Investigator."Listen: RAM (bitrate not specified)

"The Investigator."Listen: RAM (56 kbps)

"The Investigator."Listen: RAM (bitrate not specified)

"The Investigator."Listen: RAM (56 kbps)

Segment 1: "The Letters of Natalia Shelikova."Listen: RAM (bitrate not specified)

Segment 1: "The Letters of Natalia Shelikova."Listen: RAM (56 kbps)

Segment 2: "Mildred Harnack and the Red Orchestra"Listen: RAM (bitrate not specified)

Segment 2: "Mildred Harnack and the Red Orchestra"Listen: RAM (56 kbps)