 
July 9, 1998: "Jack London." A profile of the author of The Call of the
Wild. From Creighton University Department of History.
July 2, 1998: "1775." From the American Antiquarian
Society; produced by Damora Productions. Written, Directed, and Produced by James
David Moran
June 25, 1998: "Seabrook at War: A Radio Documentary." Documents a little-known
chapter of the homefront during World War II, and chronicles four generations
of a powerful New Jersey family led by a patriarch, C.F. Seabrook, who was known
as "The Henry Ford of Agriculture."
During World War II, Seabrook Farms supplied the military with fresh, frozen and deyhdrated food. Plagued by a chronic labor shortage, Seabrook Farms in southern New Jersey recruited agricultural and cannery workers including German prisoners of war; West Indian contract laborers, Japanese Americans, and Japanese Peruvians from wartime detention camps in America. The documentary is narrated by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.; it was written and produced by Marty Goldensohn and David Steven Cohen. A co-production of WWFM, Trenton and the NJ Historical Commission. [1 hr. special] A copy of this production is available from the New Jersey Historical Commission. Contact them at: New Jersey Historical Commission, PO Box 305, Trenton, NJ 08625-0305.
June 18, 1998: "Genesis of the Dream." On 18th
century immigration to the colonies/US. A production of WHA, University of Wisconsin
- Extension.
June 11, 1998: "In Full Confidence." The debates
over ratification of the U.S. constitution in New York State. A production
of WHA, University of Wisconsin - Extension.
June 4, 1998: "A Taste of Independence." The
impact of indusrialization on the societal roles of women -- focusing on Lowell,
Massachusetts in the 1830s. A production of WHA, University of Wisconsin - Extension.
May 28, 1998: "And the Last Shall Be First."
The Nat Turner Rebellion. A production of WHA, University of Wisconsin - Extension.
Talking History - West featured a special Memorial Day program focusing on reconnaissance mission pilots during the Cold War years.
May 21, 1998: The Story of Handsome Lake, a Seneca
Prophet. A production of WHA, University of Wisconsin - Extension.
May 14, 1998: Looking back at the establishment of Israel. A production
of Talking History, Creighton University production center. Interview
with RASHID KHALIDI (D. Phil. Oxford University, 1974). Prof. Khalidi is Professor
of Modern Middle Eastern History and Director of the Center for International
Studies at the University of Chicago. He was interviewed by Robert Hopkins of
Creighton University.
May 7, 1998: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Early Woman's Rights Movement.
Part of the History of Women and the Family series.
April 30, 1998: Domesticity and Reform in Early
19th Century America. Part of the History of Women and the Family series.
April 23, 1998: Molly Brown. Prof. Dennis Mihelich interviews interviews
Lee Grimsted, director of the Molly Brown House Museum. Produced by Talking
History at Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska.
April 16, 1998: Families Moving West. Part of the
History of Women and the Family series.
April 11, 1998: Interview with filmmaker Laurie
Kahn-Leavitt about her film adaptation of historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich's
Pulitzer Prize-winning book A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard
Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812. Laurie Kahn-Leavitt is a producer
and screenwriter with many years of experience in filmmaking. She is the founder
of Blueberry Hill Productions and has won numerous film and media awards. Her
previous credits include writing and production work on Eyes on the Prize:
America's Civil Rights Years 1954-1965, Frontline, The American Experience,
and National Public Radio's All Things Considered. Kahn-Leavitt was interviewed
by Talking History Assistant Producer and SUNYA doctoral student Susan
McCormick. Producer and engineer: Prof. Gerald Zahavi. To listen to the half-hour
broadcast, now archived on our site, click here:  "Interview
with Laurie Kahn-Leavitt" [Encoded for 28.8 Kb/sec and faster modems].
April 2, 1998: The Nixon Tapes.
March 26, 1998: The Grimke' Sisters (based on the
work of Gerda Lerner; analysis by Gerda Lerner). A 1984 production of WHA,
University of Wisconsin.
March 19, 1998: The St. Patrick's Battalion and
the Mexican-American War.
Hosted by Robert Hopkins. Review of the week in history -- looking at events
from March 9-15 in history. History in the News segment looks at the discovery
of a pre-Incan stone city, the release of new transcripts of Watergate era Nixon
tapes, and the reopening by investigations of the 1972 Bloody Sunday killings
in Northern Ireland by the British government. Dr. Hopkins interviews Peter
F. Stevens, author of a new book on the St. Patrick Battalion -- looking at
Irish immigrants and the Mexican-American War (1846-48).
March 12, 1998: The Buffalo Soldiers. Hosted
by Robert Hopkins.  Review
of late February/early March events in History. History in the news.Raising
the Monitor (sunk in 1862 during the Civil War); 1868 files of Clara Barton
discovered dealing with MIAs of the Civil War; refurbishing the "Stars
and Stripes." Prof. Dennis Mihelich interviews Dr. Frank N. Schubert, author
of three books on the Buffalo Soldiers. The Buffalo Soldiers were African-American
troops organized as segregated units under white commissioned officers; they
were stationed in the American West between the Civil War and World War I.
March 5, 1998: History of Women and the Family series.
Marriage in early 19th century U.S.
February 26, 1998: History of Women and the Family
series. Courtship and love in early 19th century U.S.
February 19, 1998: Focus on Dr. Alfred C. Kinsey
(1894-1956), the sexologist. Segments include: review of the week February
9-15th in History; History in the news; Prof. Robert Hopkins of Creighton University
interviews James H. Jones of the University of Houston, on his recent biography
of Zoologist professor Dr. Alfred C. Kinsey (1894-1956) titled Alfred C.
Kinsey: A Public Private Life. To listen to the half-hour broadcast, now
archived on our site, click here: Talking History -
February 19, 1998 -- Focus on Dr. Alfred C. Kinsey [Encoded for 14.4
Kb/sec and faster modems].
February 12, 1998: "Nuclear
Disarmament Activism in the 1950s and 1960s." One hour special. [Encoded
for 28.8 Kb/sec and faster modems] This program, moderated by Union
College history professor Andrew Feffer,  focuses
on the "struggle against the bomb" -- the history of the world anti-nuclear
movement in the 1950s and 1960s. It features SUNY/Albany Professor of History
Lawrence Wittner, author of the recently-published RESISTING THE BOMB: A HISTORY
OF THE WORLD NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT MOVEMENT, 1954-1970 (Stanford University Press,
1998). A former president of the Council on Peace Research in History (now the
Peace History Society), Professor Wittner is a widely-published author on peace
and disarmament issues. His previous book, ONE WORLD OR NONE, which covered
nuclear disarmament activities in the years through 1953, received the 1995
Warren Kuehl award of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations
as the outstanding book on the history or peace movements and/or internationalism.
Joining Prof. Wittner are two prominent activists of the era: David McReynolds
and Ursula Franklin. McReynolds, a top staff member of the pacifist War Resisters
League, was closely involved with nuclear disarmament activities in the United
States in the 1960s. Franklin, who teaches today at the University of Toronto,
was a founder of the Voice of Women, a leading Canadian antinuclear organization
established in 1960. Together, these speakers examine the efforts of the nuclear
disarmament movement to curb the nuclear arms race and to prevent nuclear war.
This program was originally broadcast live from the studios of WRPI, Troy (91.5
FM). Segment producer and host: Prof. Andrew Feffer. Executive producer and
engineer: Prof. Gerald Zahavi. For non-commercial distribution only. All rights
held by the Talking History consortium. "Nuclear
Disarmament Activism in the 1950s and 1960s." [Encoded for 14.4 Kb/sec
and faster modems]
February 5, 1998: "A Biographical Profile of
the Late Elijah Muhammad -- Leader of the Nation of Islam" by Claude
Andrew Clegg, author of An Original Man : The Life and Times of Elijah Muhammad. Recorded by Gerald Zahavi at the University at Albany. One hour special.
January 29, 1998: The Amistad Incident. Interview
with historian Howard Jones, author of MUTINY ON THE AMISTAD.
January 22, 1998: H. R. McMaster's "Dereliction
of Duty" (on Vietnam).
January 15, 1998: "A History of the Civil Rights
Movement in Song and Music." Part of a 5 hour special. Aired 7-9 a.m.,
10-11 a.m., and 12-2 p.m. With Prof. Andrew Feffer of Union College and Prof.
Gerald Zahavi, University at Albany-SUNY.
January 8, 1998: "The History Show: 1857" a
production of the American Antiquarian Society. Produced by Damora Productions.
Written, Directed, and Produced by James David Moran
January 1, 1998: The History of the Martini. A talk with Max Rudin. Creighton University Production Center Edit: Real Audio 14.4.
December 25, 1997: The Historical Jesus--His Birth. A talk with John D. Crossan. Creighton University Production Center Edit: Real Audio 14.4.
December 11, 1997: The Image of China in the U.S. Robert Hopkins interviews Jeffrey Wasserstrom. Creighton University Production Center Edit: Real Audio 14.4.
November 27, 1997: The Pilgrims at Plymouth and the First Thanksgiving. A talk with Carolyn Freeman Travers. Creighton University Production Center Edit: Real Audio 14.4.
November 13, 1997: Sputnik's 40th Anniversary. Robert Hopkins interviews John Lewis Gaddis. Creighton University Production Center Edit: Real Audio 14.4.
October 30, 1997: Uses and Abuses of the Hebrew Bible in History. Conversations with Andrew Skinner and Doris Bergen. Creighton University Production Center Edit: Real Audio 14.4.
October 16, 1997: History of Public Amusements. A talk with David Nasaw. Creighton University Production Center Edit: Real Audio 14.4.
Note: 1996 and early 1997 broadcasts, from the SUNY-Albany production center of Talking History, originally broadcast on WRPI-FM (Troy), were not logged—and often aired live. We are trying to locate recordings of them and hope to archive them in the future.
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