FALL OF USSR: Part 6 – Two Bears in a Cave

In our final episode of the series. Tanks start moving and planes start racing. Plotters confess and in betweeners swear they had nothing to do with any coup! A rescued Gorbachev quickly realizing that he might be in yet another seizure of power. But this one happening quietly over a few tiring days. And with…

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FALL OF USSR: Part 5 – “I Cannot Forsake Principles!”

The first blood is spilled. We look at the right-wing of Soviet Society which triggered the putsch. And the rebellious elements that also existed. Jeans, rock and roll, religion, revisionism and weakness. Music by Lee Rosevere and Theme Song by Chris Novembrino We are part of Airwave Media Network – check out Ben Franklin’s World,…

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FALL OF USSR: Part 4 -Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears

As barricades are built and citizens turn to a protective barrier, the Soviet culture they come from might be the very thing that keeps them going. Music by Lee Rosevere and Theme by Chris Novembrino. We are part of Airwave Media Network To hear the next two episodes right now – sign up for our…

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FALL OF USSR: Part 3 – Athens vs. Sparta

The role of the military and the press is explored in this episode of our series on the fall of the Soviet Union. The emergency committee decides its time to go public and reassure everyone. A mayor decides to directly confront the generals. A TV anchor decides to slip the guards. A reporter decides to…

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FALL OF USSR: Part 2 – The Steam Bath of History

Yeltzin has stood on a tank, but so what? Few have seen it. Crowds shift from the traditional protest places to a new one. They bring heavy metal. What on Zemlya is happening? Whatever it is, it all started in a steam bath. Sort of. In order to understand the events of August 19th, 1991,…

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Jimmy Carter Mania’s Brief Moment: The DNC Convention 1976

Originally released August 2020.  Jimmy Carter’s 1976 convention in New York handed him 30 percentage points in the polls.  No other party convention has ever done that for a candidate.  It turned an unknown upstart into the leader of a party.  And it is seen as one of the best   We look at what happened…

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We Are Part of Airwave Media Podcast Network

LOS ANGELES, Cali – Airwave Media, the award-winning production company behind the popular podcast Kickass News announced plans to form a brand new podcast network called Airwave. Airwave will officially launch this May 24, and it will be a curated collection of shows featuring some of the leading storytellers and thought leaders in audio entertainment….

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Drinking with FDR

From his bamboo shaker to his views on prohibition, all about Franklin Roosevelt and drinking. Suffice it to say with this President, it is not an unimportant part of his Presidency.

A History of Student Loans and Higher Ed Financing in the U.S.

College costs have been an issue since the founding of the Republic, as we discuss in this issue, And equally, the desire to provide education to young minds has been strong. What’s different about the era we live in is that college is closely associated with debt. Debt that cannot be removed by bankruptcy, and…

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The Youth Vote: John Lennon’s Dream, Nixon’s Nightmare

A discussion of the 26th Amendment, the story behind it. John Lennon and his attempt to mobilize youth voting, and how Nixon countered it. And a look at the 18-29 year-old vote in recent elections including the recent midterm. Parts from 2013 and parts recorded this year.