Author: Ty Cloyd Interviewer: Alexis Hollon Before the Pearl Harbor bombing on December 7, 1941, most of the world was already in some form of conflict. In Europe, Hitler’s…

Author: Jordan Stafford

Interviewer: Tiernan O'Rourke

Following World War II, the United States stood victorious, alongside the formidable Soviet Union. These two world superpowers quickly found themselves at odds, and the momentous Cold War began. The 1950's brought about a new frontier to the Cold War; education. With the launch of the Soviet satellite, Sputnik, America faced the realization it was lagging behind it's adversaries when it came to education and technological prowess. Under the direction of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, the U.S. looked to Soviet education practices to restore an antiquated educational system.

Author: Emma Appleton

Interviewer: Laura VanDemark

The Mississippi Freedom Summer Project of 1964 captured national attention as waves of northern, white college students flooded into one of the most backwards states in America, to continue the fight for equal rights for African Americans. The murder of two white volunteers and one black volunteer by the Ku Klux Klan within a day of volunteers entering the state sent a shock through the nation, causing “white America” to tune into the events of the summer in Mississippi. The volunteers fought to increase African American voter registration, help increase political literacy through Freedom Schools, and confronted the Democratic National Convention that year, with a much greater audience than ever before.

Author: Laura VanDemark Interviewer: Emma Appleton Dorothea Lange’s work for the Farm Security Administration enabled her to capture the social turmoil of the Great Depression and New Deal Era. Lange’s…

Author: Alex Gerkin Interviewer: Julia Day Alice Paul was an American suffragist who paraded, picketed, was imprisoned, and endured hunger strikes, all with the desire to achieve the passage of…

Author: Lauren Obaugh Interviewer: Elena Romesburg This podcast looks at the tragic Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire that took place on March 25, 1911 and the shocking aftermath. From the moment…

Author: T.J. Horan Interviewer: Jo Ceide The Republican Party from its founding and President Abraham Lincoln had been the party of African-Americans. A famous campaign slogan in the late 19th…

Author: Julia Day Interviewer: Alex Gerkin With the absence of men in the South during the Civil War, white women had to leave the comfort of their homes and begin…

Author: Joellen Ceide Interviewer: T.J. Horan The Black Panther Party is remembered as either a faction for revolution or an extremist, radical organization tasked with terrorizing the nation. The Black…

Author: Paige Ensminger

Interviewer: Victoria Cross