This hour, we’ll talk about how the the fight at Chosin Reservoir during the Korean War set the course for American foreign policy with historian Hampton Sides. He contributed to the American Experience documentary “The Battle of Chosin,” which airs Nov. 1 on KERA-TV.
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On July 8, 1879, the USS Jeannette set sail from San Francisco with the hopes of reaching the North Pole. We’ll talk this hour about what happened to the crew with Hampton Sides, who tells their story in his new book.
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What really happened in the North Atlantic in the early morning of April 15, 1912?
Read moreFrom the Archives: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr.
From the Archives – Who was the man who killed Martin Luther King Jr.? We talked with acclaimed journalist and author Hampton Sides in May about his new book “Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin” (Doubleday, 2010). Sides speaks to the 6th Annual Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference this weekend.
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Who exactly was James Earl Ray and why did he kill Martin Luther King Jr.? We’ll spend this hour with acclaimed journalist and author Hampton Sides whose new book is “Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin” (Doubleday, 2010).
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