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Dr. King’s best-selling account of the civil rights movement in Birmingham during the spring and summer of 1963 On April 16, 1963, as the violent events of the Birmingham campaign unfolded in the city’s streets, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., composed a letter from his prison cell in response...

A soothing podcast featuring gentle stories and calming sounds to help you unwind and finally fall asleep.

I Can’t Sleep History is a history podcast designed specifically to help you fall asleep.Each episode gently walks through a different moment from the past in a calm, steady voice with slow pacing and zero dramatic surprises. No loud music. No sudden sound effects. No intense storytelling.Just soothing narration, fascinating historical detail, and a quiet atmosphere built to settle your thoughts.Whether we are exploring ancient civilizations, medieval daily life, forgotten wars, or strange corners of the past, the goal is simple:Relax your mind. Slow your breathing. Drift off. Hosted on ...

It's never too late to do the impossible. Meet Ida Keeling, a 104-year-old mother, activist, and world record-holding runner. Her fierce independence and deep faith carried her through the Depression and the civil rights movement--but her greatest trials were yet to come. Miss Ida, as she is...

For more than 15 years, award-winning journalist Sophie McNeill has reported on some of the most war-ravaged and oppressive places on earth, including Syria, Gaza, Yemen, West Bank and Iraq. In We Can't Say We Didn't Know, Sophie tells the human stories of devastation and hope behind the headlines—of children, families and refugees, of valiant doctors, steadfast dissidents and Saudi women seeking asylum. These innocent civilians bear the brunt of the lawlessness of the current age of impunity, where war crimes go unpunished and human rights are abused.

The definitive account of pop music in the mid-eighties, from Prince and Madonna to the underground hip-hop, indie rock, and club scenes Everybody knows the hits of 1984 - pop music's greatest year. From "Thriller" to "Purple Rain," "Hello" to "Against All Odds," "What's Love Got to Do with It"...

A rising star in the Republican Party shares her inspirational memoir of family, hope, and the power of the American Dream. Decades before their daughter surprised the nation by becoming governor of South Carolina, Nikki Haley's parents had a dream. Ajit and Raj Randhawa were well-educated...

Fifty years ago Malcolm X told a White woman who asked what she could do for the cause, "Nothing." Dyson believes he was wrong. In Tears We Cannot Stop, he responds to that question. If we are to make real racial progress, we must face difficult truths, including being honest about how Black grievance has been ignored, dismissed, or discounted.

"You Can't Do Business With Hitler" was a World War II propaganda radio series produced by the U.S. Office of War Information (OWI). It was based on Douglas Miller's book, which detailed his experiences as the American commercial attaché in Berlin and warned against the dangers of Nazi Germany's economic and social policies. The program aired on hundreds of stations to help the war effort by exposing the Nazi regime's deceitful trade practices and human rights abuses, according to WNYC, The Unwritten Record, and Old Time Radio Catalog.

The favorite book of William Burroughs. A journey into the hobo underworld, freight hopping around the still Wild West, becoming a highwayman and member of the yegg (criminal) brotherhood, getting hooked on opium, doing stints in jail or escaping, often with the assistance of crooked cops or judges. Our lost history revived. With an introduction by Burroughs. A BookSense 77 selection.

Mark your calendars and prepare for the festivities. Today is worth celebrating! Join your hosts, Cat and Fox, as they discuss holidays, birthdays, and more in this bi-weekly podcast.Episodes are released every other Saturday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You Cant Win is a captivating autobiography originally serialized in the San Francisco Call and Post in 1925. Its compelling narrative quickly gained popularity, leading to its publication as a book in 1926. The author shares his harrowing journey as a professional thief traversing the Western US and Canada from the late 1880s until around 1910. His transformative experience began during his time in a Canadian prison, where he discovered a passion for reading through an extensive library. As the years passed, he became a voice for change, lecturing on criminology and advocating for prison ...

Can't Make This Up: A History Podcast features interviews with authors of unusual and unbelievable history ranging from academic historians to Pulitzer Prize winning journalists.

After the Citadel and Officer Candidate School, Andrew Z. Adkins Jr. was sent to the 80th Infantry Division, then training in the California-Arizona desert. There, he was assigned as an 81mm mortar section leader in Company H, 2nd Battalion, 317th Infantry Regiment. Lieutenant Adkins and his fellow soldiers took part in light hedgerow fighting that served to shake the division down and familiarize the troops and their officers with combat.

Against the backdrop of bloody battles and political maneuvering, thousands of African Americans spent the Civil War trying to hold their families together. Whether enslaved or free, they strove not only to survive but also to cultivate bonds of family, friendship, and community. This moving book illuminates that struggle through the letters exchanged by African Americans before, during, and just after the war.

As a screenwriter, I'm always hunting for tales filled with irony, coincidence, and sheer intrigue. Welcome to my treasure trove of stories, bite-sized and binge-worthy, in digestible prose form. Some are true, some are conjecture, and some are philosophically challenging, but so damn entertaining. No commentary, no critiques, no life lessons here - these are just stories to listen to… In other words, if you botch your history test after listening to this podcast, that’s on you! 😉 Seriously though, don’t write me with any, well, umm, actually… BS — I don’t care.

Award-winning documentary-maker Tim Samuels fearlessly investigates what it’s like being a man in today’s woke workplaces. And how a radical form of DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) managed to capture our biggest companies and institutions… Costing billions, trampling over free speech, fairness and men’s mental health - all whilst turning out to be counterproductive.The five-part series will reveal:The huge mental health toll on men - who are anxious about doing or saying the wrong thing at workThe ‘reverse discrimination’ that men now face in their careers - and the crazy ...

We Can’t Do It Alone is a podcast about the helpers—the humans who’ve come in and out of our lives and have played a role in who we are today.The teacher who fostered our love for reading. The partner who provided us with safety. The stranger who listened. The coach who believed in us when we didn’t. The friend who changed our mind. The dog who rescued us.This show is a reminder that helping is who we are. It’s a part of us. It’s what makes this life beautiful. We’re shaped by the help we receive, and the help we give. Help comes in many forms, and it’s not always obvious. ...

It Can’t Be a Joke is an educational podcast, documentary, and a movement from the combined efforts of Melissa Greene and Kevin Kelly. Our mission is to raise awareness and take action surrounding the issues we deem most vital for humanity's future. We met in college in our hometown, earning our degrees in education from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Sitting next to each other in the course, Educational Foundations, our friendship quickly formed. We discovered we were both musicians who played in bands, had similar interests, and even worked at the same restaurant.We were raised and ...