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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave
by Frederick Douglass
Available on: Audio Download
First published in 1845, the Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass became Frederick Douglass's most well known work. It is as the name implies his autobiography.
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Case of the Negro & Awakening of the Negro
by Booker T. Washington
Available on: Audio Download
Booker T. Washington (April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915) was an American educator, author and leader of the African American community.
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The Souls of Black Folk
by W.E.B. Du Bois
Available on: Audio Download
The Souls of Black Folk is a well-known work of African-American literature by activist W.E.B. Du Bois.
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Ideas Lecture: Jared Diamond
by Jared Diamond
Available on: Online Audio
An audience of 850 attended the Ideas Lecture on 2 June 2005 to listen to the remarkable scientist, thinker and historian Jared Diamond present the Ideas Lecture.
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Say It Plain: A Century of Great African-American Speeches
by Stephen Smith
Available on: Audio Download | Online Audio
The visceral impact of history's great speechmakers is at the heart of Say It Plain....
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Great American Indian Stories
by Charles Eastman
Available on: Audio Download
The lives of the American Indian, as written by Charles Eastman, come to life as they wrestle with the intrusion of the “White Man” and their own survival.
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Malcolm X: Address to the Ford Hall Forum
by Malcolm X
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Malcolm X delivers a speech entitled God's Solution to America's Race Problem at the Ford Hall Forum in 1963.
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Anti-Semitism
by Elie Wiesel
Available on: Online Audio
On this week's show, Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel talked on "Anti-Semitism: Old and New," as part of his third lecture in last year's annual lecture series "The Fascination with Jewish Tales."
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In Depth: Angela Davis
by Angela Davis
Available on: Online Video
Angela Y. Davis, author, activist, and professor of the history of consciousness at UC- Santa Cruz, joined us for a three-hour discussion about her life and work.
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Understanding Afghanistan
by Khaled Hosseini
Available on: Online Audio
Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan in 1965 and then came to Northern California in the 1980's when his family was granted political asylum.
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Toni Morrison: Lannan Readings & Conversations
by Toni Morrison
Available on: Online Audio
Toni Morrison has published seven novels.
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The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism
by Robert Pape
Available on: Online Video
Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes political scientist Robert A. Pape for a discussion of how social science can help us understand suicide terrorism.
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Cornel West with Amy Goodman: Lannan Readings & Conversations
by Cornel West
Available on: Online Audio
Dr. Cornel West has been described as one of America's most vital and eloquent public intellectuals.
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Elie Wiesel on "Why Pray?"
by Elie Wiesel
Available on: Online Audio
This week's show featured the first of three installments from the 2005 lecture series "The Fascination with Jewish Tales" by teacher, author, and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Elie Wiesel.
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Why Care?
by Elie Wiesel
Available on: Online Audio
On last Sunday's show, Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel discussed the concept of caring and commented on violence around the world.
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Culture or Multiculturalism
by Roger Kimball
Available on: Audio Download | Online Audio | Online Video
Roger Kimball is Managing Editor of The New Criterion.
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The Seductive World of Indian Cinema
by Abhijat Joshi
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
King of Bollywood: Shah Rukh Khan and the Seductive World of Indian Cinema with the author Anupama Chopra…
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China and the Chinese
by Herbert Allen Giles
Available on: Audio Download
Herbert Allen Giles (1845-1935) spent several years as a diplomat in China and in 1897 was appointed Cambridge University’s second professor of Chinese.
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In Depth: Shelby Steele
by Shelby Steele
Available on: Online Video
Author Shelby Steele, research fellow at the Hoover Institution, will be our guest on In Depth on Sunday, April 2nd, beginning at Noon ET.
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President George W. Bush at the NAACP
by George W. Bush
Available on: Online Video
President Bush addresses the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's (NAACP) national convention for the first time since he took office in January of 2001.
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Oh Freedom Over Me
by John Biewen
Available on: Audio Download | Online Audio
In the summer of 1964, about a thousand young Americans, black and white, came together in Mississippi for a peaceful assault on racism....
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War, Geopolitics, and History
by Noam Chomsky
Available on: Audio Download | Online Audio | Video Download | Online Video
Journalist Robert Fisk of the UK-based publication, The Independent, recounts his experiences traveling around the world and living in the Middle East, Fisk speaks on history and geopolitics in the Middle East.
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World Politics after September 11
by Francis Fukuyama
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Francis Fukuyama is Bernard L. Schwartz Professor of International Political Economy at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University.
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Amy Tan: Lannan Readings & Conversations
by Amy Tan
Available on: Online Audio
Amy Tan is the author of The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God's Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, and The Bonesetter's Daughter.
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The End of Freedom? Putin's Russia
by Evgeni Kiselev
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Evgeni Kiselev hosts a weekly current affairs program on the Echo of Moscow– the leading radio station in the Russian capital.
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