Studying history, including your own family history, can be fascinating. And if one of your ancestors wrote the original novel “Dracula,” well, how cool is that? [Continue reading…] about #1536: “Keeping Dracula In The Family” | The Best Of Our Knowledge
#1648: Tom Shachtman’s “The Founding Fortunes” | The Book Show
In the new book, “The Founding Fortunes,” historian Tom Shachtman reveals the ways in which a dozen notable Revolutionaries deeply affected the finances and birth of the new country while making and losing their fortunes. [Continue reading…] about #1648: Tom Shachtman’s “The Founding Fortunes” | The Book Show
#1649: Erik Larson’s “The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz,” | The Book Show
Erik Larson is known for expertly transporting readers to past worlds. Even stories we think we know come to life in a different way once in his hands.
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WAMC News Podcast – Episode 87
An extended interview with New York Congresswoman Elise Stefanik.
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WAMC News Podcast – Episode 86
On this episode, an extended interview with Lake Placid Mayor Craig Randall.
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WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation With Rabbi Israel Dresner
WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with Rabbi Israel “Si” Dresner; an activist who was one of the original Freedom Riders of the early 1960’s.
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