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This podcast is for the Miami University Libraries fantasy football league

After the Civil War, African Americans placed poignant “information wanted” advertisements in newspapers, searching for missing family members. Inspired by the power of these ads, Heather Andrea Williams uses slave narratives, letters, interviews, public records, and diaries to guide listeners back to devastating moments of family separation during slavery when people were sold away from parents, siblings, spouses, and children. Williams explores the usually unsuccessful journeys toward reunification.

In 1930, as a young woman, Christa Schroeder became a stenographer for the Nazi party, before being noticed by Hitler who, in 1933, hired her as his private secretary. Schroeder remained by Hitler's side, fiercely loyal, for twelve years, living at the Wolfsschanze and even joining him and his staff in the Führerbunker in Berlin in January 1945.

Basketball: A Guide for Players and Fans gives young listeners a courtside look at one of the world's most popular sports. Listeners will find simple explanations of basketball's beginnings, basic rules and strategies, and how they can suit up and get on the court. Kids who love basketball won't want to stop listening until they're ready for tip-off!