Rachel Devlin joins guest host John McCaa to tell the stories of the black girls who pioneered the desegregation of America’s schools.
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The Spanish Civil War Still Isn’t Over
Writer Alex Palmer joins to talk about how Spain is divided over how to memorialize Francisco Franco and the victims of his regime.
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Killing Them Softly: A History Of Poison
Author Eleanor Herman joins us to talk about how the practice of poisoning dates back centuries and has been used by nations all over the world.
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Was the Colony Of Roanoke Really Lost?
Andrew Lawler joins us to talk about his attempt to solve one of the greatest mysteries in American history.
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The Odd Couple: Timothy Leary and Richard Nixon
Bill Minutaglio joins us to talk about what the rivalry between President Nixon and Timothy Leary said about division in the country at that time.
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Why Mom Said To Stop Slouching
Sander L. Gilman joins us to talk about how ideas from medicine, theology and sociology have combined to influence how we think about something as seemingly simple as posture.
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The Story Of The ‘Siamese Twins’
Yunte Huang joins us to tell the story of conjoined twins Chang and Eng Bunker.
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The Story Of The ‘Siamese Twins’
Yunte Huang joins us to tell the story of conjoined twins Chang and Eng Bunker.
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The Branch Davidian Siege: 25 Years Later
Executive producer Charles Poe joins us to talk about his new documentary “Waco: The Longest Siege.”
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Inside The Partition Of India And Pakistan
Veera Hiranandani joins us to discuss her novel “The Night Diary,” which is set during the Partition of India in the late 1940s.
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The Odd Couple: Timothy Leary and Richard Nixon
Bill Minutaglio joins us to talk about what the rivalry between President Nixon and Timothy Leary said about division in the country at that time.
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Texas’ Mass Mexican Deportation
TCU assistant professor Melita M. Garza joins us to talk about the push to preserve jobs for white Americans by deporting Mexicans – and in some cases, Mexican-Americans during the Great Depression – and how that coverage contributed to racial “othering” of Mexicans in Texas.
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