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Inflation rages. Crime is rising. Abortion rights take center stage at the Supreme Court. China poses an existential threat. Black lives are under attack. The president battles the press as he seeks to subvert not just the political order but the rule of law itself. This is the Summer of '71—a...

"In quell'umido pomeriggio di marzo, mentre marciavamo tra i campi di riso, portavamo con noi, oltre agli zaini e ai fucili, anche l'intima convinzione che il Vietcong sarebbe stato rapidamente sconfitto. Ci tenemmo gli zaini e i fucili; quella convinzione svanì". Per gli Stati Uniti il Vietnam non rappresenta solo il drammatico risveglio di una generazione cresciuta nel mito del sogno americano, ma è stato anche la miccia che ha portato alla luce le tremende differenze culturali e sociali dell'America.

The Odyssey Decoded: An 80-Minute Journey into Homer’s Epic. Millions of moviegoers are discovering the adventures of Odysseus, Penelope, and Telemachus. After the fall of Troy, the Greek hero Odysseus sets sail for his homeland, Ithaca. But storms drive him toward unknown seas. Pursued by...

A group of young explorers set out for Antarctica carrying a fragile piece of history, but reaching its final destination would be anything but certain.77 Degrees South is a six-part podcast series from Antarctic Heritage Trust following eight rangatahi (young people) on the Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ to the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Travelling aboard Heritage Expeditions’ 'Heritage Adventurer', the team embarks on a remarkable journey to some of Antarctica’s most significant historic sites, while attempting to return a carefully restored copy of The Count of Monte-Cristo to its ...

The best, the fastest, the hippest and the most unorthodox account ever published of the US presidential electoral process in all its madness and corruption. In 1972 Hunter S. Thompson, the creator and king of Gonzo journalism, covered the US presidential campaign for Rolling Stone magazine...

On May 8, 1977, at Barton Hall, on the Cornell University campus, in front of 8,500 eager fans, the Grateful Dead played a show so significant that the Library of Congress inducted it into the National Recording Registry. The band had just released Terrapin Station and was still finding its feet after an extended hiatus. In 1977, the Grateful Dead reached a musical peak, and their East Coast spring tour featured an exceptional string of performances. Many Deadheads claim that the quality of the live recording of the show made by Betty Cantor-Jackson elevated its importance.

In The Subversive Seventies, Michael Hardt sets out to show that popular understandings of the political movements of the seventies—often seen as fractious, violent, and largely unsuccessful—are not just inaccurate, but foreclose valuable lessons for the political struggles of today.

Pro-PA, people first and unfiltered. 79% shares positive content while calling out the bullying, harassment and the realities others avoid.

On a spring afternoon in 1985 in Gary, Indiana, a fifteen-year-old black girl kills a white elderly bible teacher in a violent home invasion. In a city with a history of racial tension the press swoops in. When Paula is sentenced to death, no one decries the impending execution of a tenth grader. But the tide begins to shift when the victim's grandson Bill forgives the girl, against the wishes of his family, and campaigns to spare her life. This tragedy in a midwestern steel town soon reverberates across the United States and around the world—reaching as far away as the Vatican.

From a team of leading Ukrainian reporters, 77 Days of February is the bracingly powerful and intimate story of the early days of the Russian invasion of their thriving independent nation. It brings to the world, in a way not seen before, the experiences of everyday Ukrainians whose lives have been forever torn apart by this brutal and illegal war, and celebrates their monumental strength and resilience.

Around the World in Seventy-Two Days, the 1890 book by Nellie Bly, chronicles her sensational 72-day trip around the world for the tabloid newspaper, New York World. On November 14, 1889, she boarded the steamer Augusta Victoria on her journey of 23,899 miles with the goal of finishing in 75 days. Her journey took her through England, France, Italy, the Suez Canal, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan to San Francisco where she boarded a private chartered train which brought her to New York on January 25, 1890, 72 days and six hours after leaving.

Americans agree that their nation’s origins lie in the Revolution, but they have never agreed on what the Revolution meant. For nearly 250 years, politicians, political parties, social movements, and a diverse array of ordinary Americans have constantly reimagined the Revolution to fit the times and suit their own agendas. Michael D. Hattem reveals how conflicts over the meaning and legacy of the Revolution—including the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution—have influenced the most important events and tumultuous periods in the nation’s history.

5 August 2005. On a secret mission to an underwater military installation 30 miles off the coast of Kamchatka, Russian Navy submersible AS-28 ran into a web of cables and stuck fast. With 600 feet of freezing water above them, there was no escape for the seven crew. Trapped in a titanium tomb...

A renowned political scientist’s searing explanation for the rightward turn of global politics since the end of the Cold War. The collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989 ushered in an era of tremendous political optimism: communism was receding and democracy was on the march in Eastern Europe...

70'erne var et årti, som mange husker, og de fleste har en mening om. Det var i de år, hvor såkaldt progressive initiativer som Roskilde Festival, Thylejren, Tvindskolerne og Christiania opstod. Den danske rødstrømpebevægelse fik for alvor vind i sejlene, og på Femø inviterede man til ø-lejr kun for kvinder. Den fri abort blev indført. Kvindebands som Hos Anna og Shit & Chanel blev hurtigt populære. Og for første gang nogensinde fik Danmark en kvinde som royalt overhoved.

Die zweiten Olympischen Spiele auf deutschem Boden sind das erste Weltereignis in der BRD: München 72 bietet die einmalige Chance, das moderne Deutschland vorzuzeigen. Alle wollen zum Aufbruch in die neue Zeit beitragen: berühmte Athleten, Helfer, eifrige Hostessen. Es ist ihr deutscher "Summer of Love". Bis es zum Terroranschlag auf die israelische Mannschaft kommt – und die "heiteren Spiele" ein abruptes Ende finden. "München 72" erzählt kunstvoll vom geteilten Deutschland, von alltäglichem Rassismus, Mode und Musik, Aufklärung und Sex.

I casi irrisolti degli anni 70 e 80 raccontati da 70-80.it in due minuti

Le barbier de Louis XI, la nounou de Churchill, la secrétaire de Charles de Gaulle, le druide de Jules César, le guide de Jeanne d'Arc, le pianiste d'Hitler... tous ces inconnus de l'histoire, ces hommes et femmes de l'ombre, ont influencé le cours des choses ! Que serait devenu Ramsès II sans son architecte des pyramides ? Notre alimentation serait-elle la même sans le chocolatier de Marie-Antoinette ?

A podcast about one of the most intriguing places on this planet and yet most people don't even consider it a vacation spot with all its complex history. Your hosts Joe and Maurizio will share their stories and ideas to give their audience a sense of purpose to discover wonderful Sicily.

This award-winning podcast documents how locals are addressing the role of jails in their backyards. Reporters travel around the country and hear from people directly impacted by their encounter with jails and to chronicle the progress ground-up efforts have made in diversion, bail reform, recidivism, adoption of technology and other crucial aspects of the move toward decarceration at local levels. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.