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Meticulously researched, Remembering Shanghai follows five generations, from vibrant Shanghai to the bright lights of Hong Kong. By turns harrowing and heartwarming, this vivid memoir explores identity and loss against the epic backdrop of a country in turmoil.

The Titanic collided with an iceberg on the night of April 14, and 1,500 people died in the freezing waters as the ship met her watery grave. Spectacular in many ways, it's a story that has spurred legends and still sends shivers down the spine a century later. This minute-by-minute account of the sinking is based on over 20 years of research and offers amazing detail of that fateful night.

Take a drive through the Mississippi Delta today and you'll find a landscape dotted with memorials to major figures and events from the civil rights movement. Perhaps the most chilling are those devoted to the murder of Emmett Till, a tragedy of hate and injustice that became a beacon in the fight for racial equality. In Remembering Emmett Till, Dave Tell gives us five accounts of the commemoration of this infamous crime.

Remembering Anne Beach pulls back the veil on the challenges of research, the problems of gaps in archives, and the long process involved in constructing historical narratives. Through the tragic tale of an ill-fated couple and their disapproving families, this microhistory explores not only forbidden love but also marriage, illness, death, disability, and scandal in eighteenth-century society.

Bonaventura! This here, is a frenetic, kinetic, and eclectic, variety podcast covering performative topics like Cinema, Music, History, Art, Politics & Philosophy. Always an august, yet unimpeachably heady Scientific, Scholastic, Academic and Pop Intellectual endeavor. Ad Astra!The pursuit of Truth in letters and in nature--despite the odds.Listen-in for more hot takes on: exotic films, extinct birds, great historical empires, "keynote philosophers", fringe science theoretics, socioeconomic policy, and biophysics galore.plus the miscellany, skinny vinny, and raw et cetera on swing jazz, rock n...

Become a Paid Subscriber: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/monica238/subscribe Remembering The Misremembered is a podcast about famous people who are not necessarily forgotten, but who might be Misremembered.

Remembering Yugoslavia podcast explores the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. New episodes one to two times per month.

Discover the rich and sometimes quirky history of the University of South Carolina, with entertaining stories from its more than 200 years as the Palmetto State’s flagship university.

Trauma and hardship are not the only lessons to learn about early contact between Indigenous Peoples and the Church in Canada. Come along to explore tales of bold action, creative strategies and wise Indigenous leadership. Can re-membering these stories can help us on the healing journey?

"Remembering" is the podcast dedicated to meaningful conversations with those closely connected with who and what we fondly remember. Guests will walk through conversations, events, venues, years, TV shows, movies, toys...everything worth remembering.

On July 31, 2022 we lost one of the all-time Austin greats: John Aielli, who passed away at the age of 76. Inspired by John’s eclecticism, we at KUT and KUTX present to you a collage of songs, sounds and remembrances of an Austin legend from longtime colleagues, friends, Austin musicians and listeners all over the world. Produced and hosted by Art Levy at KUT & KUTX Studios.

Experience a journey through the ages as we delve into the captivating story of an iconic Australian radio station that underwent a 34-year hiatus.Listen in for an exclusive 'deep dive' and some intimate conversations with the individuals who shaped its legacy. From reminiscing about the past to uncovering behind-the-scenes anecdotes and the uncharted path ahead for 3GL, former staffers Rod McLure and Gary Newton invite you to join them for an unforgettable insider's perspective on the resurrection of this beloved Geelong institution.

Every Monument Will Fall offers an urgent reappraisal of how we think about culture, and how to find hope, remembrance and reconciliation in the fragments of an unfinished violent past. Refusing to choose between pulling down every statue, or living in a past that we can never change, the book makes the case for allowing monuments to fall once in a while, even those that are hard to see as monuments, rebuilding a memory culture that is in step with our times.

Step into the quirky time machine of Ramya and Rachel, two history-loving journalists with a knack for uncovering the oddities and delights of Brand India! From the glorious moment of independence to the flashy trends of today, we’ll navigate the hilarious, heartwarming, and sometimes downright bizarre evolution of Indian consumer culture. Well, buckle up! We’re diving into the products that define us, the nostalgia that tugs at our heartstrings, and the quirky habits that make us uniquely Indian. From beloved treasures to forgotten fads, no stone will be left unturned. Expect cheeky ...

Welcome to the Black Appalachian Coalitions podcast entitled Black Re-Membering, where we will bring to you the heavy and the hope across the Ohio River Valley. This is a place where we will let our souls wander. A place where we will sit in the ancestral hymns of what continues to be embedded in our soul and keeps us moving. This is a place where we will remind ourselves that we are deeply rooted in the fabric of the Appalachian region and that the Black Voice has something to say. We want to remember who we are, and where we've come from. We are remembering our Black past and we are ...

In Men at War, Turner looks beyond the increasingly retrogressive and jingoistic ideal of a Britain that never was to discover a much richer history. He goes inside the machines of war and strips away uniform cloth to discover the true depth and complexity of men of war as creatures of love, fear, hope and desire. From writers, filmmakers, artists and ordinary men - including those in his own family - Turner assembles a broad cast of characters to bring the war to life.

Over the course of a mid-Summer week in July 1995, more than 8,000 men and boys were systematically killed in a small Bosnian town called Srebrenica. 'Untold Killing' tells the little-known story of genocide and ethnic cleansing right in the heart of Europe through the voices of those who survived it. It’s a tale of betrayal, injustice, and what the world’s wilful ignorance towards ethnic persecution leads to. A co-production from Message Heard and Remembering Srebrenica. Hosted by Aleksandra Bilić. ‘Untold Killing’ marks the 25th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide.

When Nazi occupiers arrived in Greece in 1941, it was the beginning of a horror that would reverberate through generations. In the city of Salonica (Thessaloniki), almost 50,000 Jews were sent to Nazi concentration camps during the war, and only 2,000 returned. A Jewish doctor named Isaac Matarasso and his son escaped imprisonment and torture at the hands of the Nazis and joined the resistance. After the city’s liberation they returned to rebuild Salonica and, along with the other survivors, to grapple with the near-total destruction of their community.

“The Fire of the Aish Kodesh: Remembering the Piaseczner Rebbe with Rav Shlomo Katz” is a moving collection of shiurim honoring the holy Aish Kodesh — Rav Kalonymus Kalman Shapira of Piaseczno, may Hashem avenge his blood (הי״ד). From within the darkness of the Warsaw Ghetto, the Rebbe’s Torah burned with unimaginable light, teaching how faith, courage, and love of Hashem can endure even in the shadow of destruction. Each year on his yahrzeit, Rav Shlomo Katz guides us into the Rebbe’s writings and spirit, bridging his words to the challenges and hopes of our own generation.

On Yom HaShoah, we remember the six million souls who perished — and the faith that endured through the darkest night in our history. In these teachings, Rav Shlomo Katz opens the heart of remembrance through Torah, song, and story. Together, we honor their memory by choosing life, light, and the unbroken song of the Jewish people.