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- The Decree of Demophantos
- A Spectre is Haunting America, Again.
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- Henry David Thoreau
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- The Century Of The Self (BBC)
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- Malle, Moreau and Miles – Elevator to Modernity
- Burning Down The House
- Store and Torrent – Can Solar Batteries Save Us?
- The Stand In The Schoolhouse Door – Integrating The University of Alabama, 1963
- Slipping Into Darkness Again? The Death of RFK
- UEFA Championship: the Generalisimo’s Legacy Lives On
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- The Man With The Movie Camera (1929)
- Hello Michelangelo- Your Conference Call ID# is MDXII
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- Philadelphia Jazz City – The Great Tradition
- Guns in American Society – No Magic Bullets
- Remembering the Anti-Apartheid Movement in the East Bay
- Forward Into The Past: Utah, In Fit of Nostalgia, Brings Back The Firing Squad
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- The Mysterious Death of Ruben Salazar
- Pascal’s Wager: Place Your Bets
- Studs Terkel Radio Archive
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- Geneva Peace Conference 1954
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- Audio: Sproul Hall Sit-in 1968
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