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Lifelines with John Augustine - Delta College Public Radio
- 89 - Alan Turing - The Man Who Knew Too Much
Many people contributed to the idea of a computer being a machine rather than an occupation, but the biggest leap forward came from Alan Turing.
Fri, 29 Mar 2024 - 04min - 88 - Michael Servetus - Out of the Flames
Authors who spread the Protestant Reformation risked censorship, imprisonment, or even death, including Michael Servetus, who was burned alive along with most copies of his book.
Wed, 20 Mar 2024 - 04min - 87 - John Howard Griffin - Black Like Me
In the late 1950s, white author John Howard Griffin disguised himself as a Black man to experience the state of race relations in the segregated South from the other side.
Fri, 15 Mar 2024 - 04min - 86 - The Peasant Prince: Thaddeus Kosciuszko and the Age of Revolution
While Kosciuszko's family was part of Poland's upper 10%, this military leader's sympathies were for the disenfranchised.
Thu, 29 Feb 2024 - 04min - 85 - Hiram Bingham - Cradle of Gold
Machu Picchu was built mere decades before the Spanish invasion of South America, yet almost no one knew about it until the ruins were discovered in 1911 by Hiram Bingham.
Fri, 04 Aug 2023 - 04min - 84 - Sir Thomas Browne - In Search of Thomas Browne
Return with us now to a time when bright and ambitious students studied vocabulary lists to enhance their erudition and learn about a man responsible for bringing many of these words into the English language.
Tue, 01 Aug 2023 - 05min - 83 - Charles Sumner and the Coming of the Civil War
There is a select group of people who have become prominent in history because of one brief moment in their lives. For abolitionist Congressman Charles Sumner, that moment was being assaulted with a cane by a furious Southern senator.
Thu, 20 Jul 2023 - 04min - 82 - Robert the Bruce: King of Scots
King Edward of England's brutal execution of William Wallace was meant to intimidate the Scots, but instead it inflamed them and a new leader arose: Robert the Bruce.
Thu, 20 Jul 2023 - 04min - 81 - John Hay - All the Great Prizes by John Taliaferro
John Hay would serve every Republican administration from Abraham Lincoln to Teddy Roosevelt even though he was never elected to office himself.
Fri, 14 Apr 2023 - 05min - 80 - Frida Kahlo by Jack RummelFri, 14 Apr 2023 - 04min
- 79 - Socrates - The Trial of Socrates by I. F. Stone
How could the famously enlightened city of Athens execute one of its most outstanding citizens? A reporter covers a trial held 2,400 years ago in this book.
Thu, 26 Jan 2023 - 05min - 78 - Walt Disney - The Triumph of the American Imagination by Neal Gabler, Pt. 2
Today's review covers the second half of Walt Disney's career, following up on the success of Mickey Mouse and Snow White.
Wed, 11 Jan 2023 - 04min - 77 - Dr. Martin Couney - The Strange Case of Dr. Couney by Dawn Raffel
A century ago you could see many bizarre sideshows on the boardwalk at Coney Island. But one of these was not an act, but a system that saved thousands of premature babies.
Fri, 16 Dec 2022 - 04min - 76 - George Gershwin by Walter Rimler
Years ago, I read a fine biography of Gershwin, but I decided to read a more recent one and, sure enough, I'm impressed by Gershwin all over again.
Mon, 26 Sep 2022 - 04min - 75 - Dylan Thomas - Dylan the Bard by Andrew SinclairFri, 26 Aug 2022 - 04min
- 74 - Dashiell Hammett by Diane Johnson
The American detective story with its hardboiled protagonist walking the mean streets was invented by Dashiell Hammett.
Thu, 18 Aug 2022 - 05min - 73 - Johnny Appleseed by Howard Means
Johnny Appleseed might be the best known figure from America's past that most people know almost nothing about (and one that many believe to be a myth).
Fri, 12 Aug 2022 - 05min - 72 - Walt Disney - The Triumph of the American Imagination by Neal Gabler, Pt. 1
There are many people with TV shows named after them, but only a few have entire networks, and only Walt Disney transformed American culture.
Tue, 09 Aug 2022 - 05min - 71 - Abraham Lincoln - Lincoln at Gettysburg by Gary Wills
The story of Abraham Lincoln is best take in small doses and today's book focuses on the events leading up to and including the dedication of the cemetery at Gettysburg.
Mon, 01 Aug 2022 - 05min - 70 - Frank Lloyd Wright by Robert Twombly
It seems wrong to call Frank Lloyd Wright a "modern" architect - he was born just two years after the end of the Civil War. But he lived a long life and some of his buildings still look something that landed from outer space.
Thu, 23 Jun 2022 - 05min - 69 - Milman Parry - Hearing Homer's Song by Robert Kanigel
Is it possible that The Iliad and The Odyssey, with over 25,000 lines between them, originated in oral tradition rather than written texts? This is the story of a young Classics student who set out to prove it.
Mon, 09 May 2022 - 05min - 68 - Salka Viertel - The Sun and Her Stars by Donna Rifkind
The little-known story of screenwriter Salka Viertel, who created a refuge for famous figures escaping World War ll.
Tue, 03 May 2022 - 05min - 67 - His Excellency, George Washington by Joseph J. Ellis, Part 2Wed, 09 Mar 2022 - 05min
- 66 - His Excellency, George Washington by Joseph J. Ellis, Part 1
After 13 years of this program, we are finally getting around to the first and most important leader in American history.
Wed, 09 Mar 2022 - 05min - 65 - Robert Goddard
The first person to attain the grand status of rocket scientist was Robert Goddard, a pioneer who laid the groundwork for space travel.
Mon, 20 Dec 2021 - 04min - 64 - Hatshepsut: The Female Pharaoh by Joyce Tyldesley
The name of Hatshepsut, a woman who declared herself king of Egypt, was scratched out of the hieroglyphics, but her story is told in this week's biography.
Tue, 14 Dec 2021 - 04min - 63 - Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned by John A. Farrell
Trial lawyers are popular protagonists in TV and movies, but few are celebrated in biographies, except for Clarence Darrow.
Fri, 06 Aug 2021 - 05min - 62 - Gen. Alexandre Dumas - The Black Count by Tom Reiss
You've likely never heard of General Alexandre Dumas, but his life served as inspiration for the swashbuckling adventure stories written by his famous son.
Fri, 06 Aug 2021 - 04min - 61 - Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits by Linda Gordon
Dorothea Lange's most famous photograph is of a weather-beaten migrant mother whose face is burned into the American soul.
Fri, 06 Aug 2021 - 05min - 60 - Julius Rosenwald by by Hasia R. Diner
An immigrant peddler's son, Julius Rosenwald headed to Chicago and eventually became the head of one of the most successful companies in the world.
Mon, 01 Feb 2021 - 05min - 59 - Lionel Logue - The King's Speech by Mark Logue and Peter Conradi
Would you be interested in a biography of the world's most famous speech therapist, a man you may already be familiar with?
Mon, 01 Feb 2021 - 05min - 58 - Raymond Chandler - The Life of Raymond Chandler by Frank McShane
America's take on the detective novel gave us hard-boiled figures like Raymond Chandler's gumshoe Philip Marlowe.
Mon, 01 Feb 2021 - 04min - 57 - Johann Sebastian Bach - Bach: Everyman's Library by Peter Washington
Bach is the grandmaster of German baroque, but so little is known about Bach's life that after his death, he almost disappeared!
Mon, 01 Feb 2021 - 04min - 56 - James McNeill Whistler - Whistler: A Life for Art's Sake by Daniel E. Sutherland
One of the world's most famous paintings is "Whistler's Mother" by James McNeill Whistler, except that it isn't, even though she is.
Wed, 27 Jan 2021 - 05min
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