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Christmas Special: Consumerism and the Holidays
A talk with Lee Eric Schmidt.
Airdate: December 21, 1998
Wounded Knee: 25 Years Later
A talk with Kevin McKiernan.
Airdate: December 14, 1998
- Listen Now: Real Audio 14.4 This program features a commentary on the changes in Native American relations since Wounded Knee by Creighton professor and photojournalist Fr. Don Doll, S.J., creator of the CD and book Vision Quest.
1968: Looking Back, Part Two
A talk with James Farrell
Airdate: December 7, 1998
- Listen Now: Real Audio 14.4 This program also features a commentary by Ira Chernus of the University of Colorado-Boulder on questioning the nuclear myth.
1968: Looking Back, Part One
A talk with John T. McCartney
Airdate: November 30, 1998
- Listen Now: Real Audio 14.4 This program also features a commentary by Julian Bond, historian, activist, and distinguished scholar in residence at American University, on the rise of Black Power.
Thanksgiving Myths, Thanksgiving Realities
A talk with Mathew Dennis
Airdate: November 23, 1998
- Listen Now: Real Audio 14.4 This program features a commentary by Mahtowin Monroe and Moonanum James, United American Indians of New England, on why Thanksgiving is a day or mourning for them.
Women of the Holocaust
A talk with Marion Kaplan
Airdate: November 16, 1998
- Listen Now: Real Audio 14.4 This program also features a commentary by Orange County Register reporter Elizabeth Chey on the women of the Cambodian holocaust.
Veterans' Day Special: How We Memorialize War
A talk with G. Kurt Piehler
Airdate: November 9, 1998
- Listen Now: Real Audio 14.4 This program also features a commentary by historian, intelligence officer and army helicopter pilot, Connie Reeves, on women in combat.
Terrorism and the Middle East
A talk with Rashid Khaldi
Airdate: November 2, 1998
- Listen Now: Real Audio 14.4 This program also features a commentary by Alvin Finkel of Athabasca University on the 1938 Munich Agreement.
Halloween Special: The Salem Witch Trials
A talk with Elizabeth Reis
Airdate: October 26, 1998
- Listen Now: Real Audio 14.4 This program also features a commentary by Mathew Dennis of the University of Oregon about the origins of Halloween.
The History of Daylight Savings Time
A talk with Michael O'Malley
Airdate: October 19, 1998
- Listen Now: Real Audio 14.4 This program also features a commentary by Ruth Cowan, history professor at the State University of New York-Stony Brook, who looks at how we use and manage time.
Changing Views of Christopher Columbus
A talk with James Axtell
Airdate: October 12, 1998
- Listen Now: Real Audio 14.4 This program also features another view of Columbus by William Keegan, Curator of Caribbean Archeology at the Florida Museum of Natural History.
Robin Hood: Myth or Reality?
A talk with Thomas Hahn
Airdate: October 5, 1998
- Listen Now: Real Audio 14.4 This program also features a commentary by Cargill Hall, chief historian of the National Reconnaissance Office, who looks at the the movie Saving Private Ryan.
The California Gold Rush of 1848
A talk with Malcolm Rorhbaugh
Airdate: September 28, 1998
- Listen Now: Real Audio 14.4 This program also features a commentary by J.S. Holiday, another scholar of the Gold Rush, about its impact.
Beauty in America
A talk with Lois Banner
Airdate: September 21, 1998
- Listen Now: Real Audio 14.4 This program also features a commentary by Robert McElvaine of Millsaps College about the Lewinsky-Clinton scandal.
Controversy Surrounding the "100 Best American Films"
A talk with Peter Rollins
Airdate: September 14, 1998
- Listen Now: Real Audio 14.4 This program also features a commentary by Jesse Lemisch of the City University of New York regarding the re-release of Gone With The Wind.
History of Child Labor in the United States
A talk with Kristi Lindenmyer
Airdate: September 7, 1998
- Listen Now: Real Audio 14.4 This program also features a commentary by David Larson, Creighton University labor law professor, on why Labor Day should be celebrated.
Motels in America
A talk with Jefferson Rogers
Airdate: August 31, 1998
- Listen Now: Real Audio 14.4 This program also features a commentary by James M. Banner, Jr. co-director of the History News Service, who discusses whether free speech is alive or dead.
The U.S. Park Service and Historical Sites
A talk with Dwight Pitcaithley
Airdate: August 24, 1998
- Listen Now: Real Audio 14.4 This program also features a commentary by Scott Hartwigg, supervisory park historian, Gettysburg National Military Park, on the challenge faced by historical interpreters at that park.
A Historical Tour of Civil Rights Sites of the 50s and 60s
A talk with Townsend David
Airdate: August 10, 1998
- Listen Now: Real Audio 14.4 This program also features a commentary by John H. Summers, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Rochester, on the "The Politics of Civility."
Walt Disney and American Life
A talk with Steven Watts
Airdate: July 27, 1998
- Listen Now: Real Audio 14.4 This program also features a commentary by Clark Davis of La Sierra University titled "Downsizing Becomes Normal."
The 150th Anniversary of the Women's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls
A talk with Ellen Dubois
Airdate: July 13, 1998
- Listen Now: Real Audio 14.4 This program also features a commentary by Vivien Rose, historian at the Women's Rights National Historical Park in Seneca Falls, N.Y.
The Life of Jack London
A talk with Earle Labor
Airdate: June 29, 1998
- Listen Now: Real Audio 14.4 This program also features a commentary by Brent Spencer, director of Creative Writing at Creighton University, who talks of his memories of Jack London's work.
The Charge Up San Juan Hill
A talk with Mathew Oyos
Airdate: June 22, 1998
- Listen Now: Real Audio 14.4 This program also features a commentary by Frank Schubert, historian of the Pentagon's Joint Chiefs of Staff, who discusses who deserves credit for the 1898 victory.
Memorial Day Special: Cold War Pilots
A talk with Cargill Hall
Airdate: May 25, 1998
- Listen Now: Real Audio 14.4 This program also features a commentary by Brent Spencer of Creighton's English Department, who remembers the death of his father in WWII.
Israel's 50th Anniversary
A talk with Rashid Khaldi
Airdate: May 11, 1998
- Listen Now: Real Audio 14. This program also features a commentary by Allen Steinweis, director of the University of Nebraska's Harris Center for Judaic Studies.
Mother's Day Special: Child Birth from a Woman's Perspective
A talk with Judith Leavitt
Airdate: April 27, 1998
- Listen Now: Real Audio 14.4 This program also features a commentary by Erika Kuhlman of Idaho State University on housewivery in America.
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
A talk with Leigh Grinstead
Airdate: April 13, 1998
- Listen Now: Real Audio 14.4 This program also features a commentary by Gary Brienzo of the National Arbor day Foundation regarding the history of Arbor Day.
The Death of Jesus
A talk with John D. Crossan
Airdate: March 30, 1998
- Listen Now: Real Audio 14.4 This program also features a commentary by Jay Sharp, a freelance writer, on Easter as a season of renewal.
Watergate and the Nixon tapes
A talk with Stanley Kutler
Airdate: March 23, 1998
- Listen Now: Real Audio 14.4 This program also contains an essay by Elizabeth Reis, University of Oregon, on witch hunts and Monica Lewinsky
St. Patrick's Battalion of the Mexican-American War
A talk with Peter Stevens
Airdate: March 9, 1998
Buffalo Soldiers
A talk with Frank Schubert 23 Airdate: February 1998
The Sexuality Studies and Life of Alfred Kinsey
A talk with James Jones
Airdate: February 9, 1998
Amistad: The Ship and Movie
A talk with Howard Jones
Airdate: January 26, 1998
The Vietnam War
A talk with H.R. McMaster
Airdate: January 12, 1998
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