Audibly Speaking: Listening to History

The nexus between history and the news is the focus of this podcast by Dr. Rick Reiman

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One of the Great Essays in American History: Crevecoeur’s “What, Then, is this New Man, the American?

Posted September 4, 202400:09:29

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Hector St. John de Crevecouer, a French immigrant to American wrote this classic essay, “What, Then, is this New Man, the American?”...

NEW! My Narration of Chapter 3, “British North America,” from the Open Source Textbook, “The American Yawp”

Posted August 31, 202401:06:55

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Join me, Dr. Rick Reiman, for my reading of the chapter on British North America, Chapter 3 to be precise, from The American Yawp,...

Audio Narration of Chapter Two, “Colliding Cultures,” From “The American Yawp,” Narrated by Dr. Rick Reiman

Posted August 23, 202401:07:50

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Here is my audio narration of “Colliding Cultures,” a history of European and English colonization of early colonial America,...

NEW! “Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of The Naval Treaty:” An Audio Narration by Rick Reiman

Posted August 12, 202401:22:20

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In this epic short story, Arthur Conan Doyle exceeds himself.  “The Naval Treaty” is the longest of all of Doyle’s Sherlock...

NEW! An Audio Narration of “World War II,” Chapter 24 from the Free Cultural Resource, “The American Yawp” Textbook

Posted July 21, 202401:19:21

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World War II was a change agent in history like no other.  It can best be understood in pieces, barely grasped as a whole.  In...