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Who Knows? Radio and the Paranormal
A radio drama series from 1941 based on Dr. Hereward Carrington's case records of psychic phenomena.
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Matthew Barton
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Now See Hear!
on
October 27, 2021
50 Years Ago, 'The Electric Company' Used Comedy to Boost Kids' Reading Skills
In October 1971, The Electric Company flipped a switch and hit the public TV airwaves, aiming to use sketch comedy and animated shorts to teach kids to read.
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Elizabeth Blair
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NPR
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October 25, 2021
Guiding Lights: On “Her Stories: Daytime Soap Opera and US Television History”
Annie Berke reviews Elana Levine's book on a pivotal genre and its diverse fandom.
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Annie Berke
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Los Angeles Review of Books
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October 19, 2021
How TV Lied About Abortion
For decades, dramatized plot lines about unwanted and unexpected pregnancies helped create our real-world abortion discourse.
by
Tanya Melendez
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Vox
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October 14, 2021
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The ‘Wonder Years’ Remake Resurrects a 1970 Tactic to Diversify TV Viewing
Putting Black characters in situations familiar to White viewers aims to build empathy and interest.
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Kate L. Flach
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Made by History
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October 1, 2021
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The Media Will Be Key to Overcoming a Senate Filibuster on Voting Rights
Roger Mudd proved in 1964 that media attention can help overcome Senate obstruction.
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Donald A. Ritchie
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Made by History
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April 12, 2021
The Strange Undeath of Middlebrow
Everything that was once considered lowbrow is now triumphant.
by
Phil Christman
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The Hedgehog Review
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March 25, 2021
A History of Technological Hype
When it comes to education technology, school leaders have often leaped before they looked.
by
Adam Laats
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Victoria E. M. Cain
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Phi Delta Kappan
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February 22, 2021
A TV Documentary Shows the Deep Roots of Right-Wing Conspiracy
In 1964, the John Birch Society was the most active far-right group in the United States—unless you count the Republican Party.
by
Richard Brody
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The New Yorker
on
January 14, 2021
Apocalypse Then and Now
A dispatch from Wounded Knee that layers the realities of poverty, climate change, and resilience on the history of colonization, settlement, and genocide.
by
Julian Brave NoiseCat
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CJR
on
November 25, 2020
How Baseball Players Became Celebrities
Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth transformed America’s pastime by becoming a new kind of star.
by
Louis Menand
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The New Yorker
on
May 21, 2020
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How Oscar Speeches Became So Political
Oscar night has become a platform for stars to pitch political causes.
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Retro Report
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February 5, 2020
He Was Trump Before Trump: VP Spiro Agnew Attacked the News Media 50 Years Ago
When Vice President Spiro Agnew gave a speech in 1969 bashing the press, he fired some of the first shots in a culture war that persists to this day.
by
Thomas Alan Schwartz
via
The Conversation
on
November 8, 2019
The Trigger Presidency
How shock jock comedy gave way to Donald Trump’s Republican Party.
by
Ben Schwartz
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The New Republic
on
April 24, 2019
The Definitive Oral History of TiVo
How the original DVR paved the way for Netflix and the cord-cutter movement.
by
Tom Roston
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OneZero
on
April 2, 2019
Does Journalism Have a Future?
In an era of social media and fake news, journalists who have survived the print plunge have new foes to face.
by
Jill Lepore
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The New Yorker
on
January 22, 2019
How Does a Film Become Lost?
What happens when “lost” films and television shows become found once again—and what that does to the work’s cultural legacy.
by
Andrew Egan
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Tedium
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October 11, 2018
This Futuristic Color TV Set Concept From 1922 Was Way Ahead of Its Time
Back in the earliest days of imagining what TV looked like, the appliance was a magic technology.
by
Matt Novak
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Paleofuture
on
May 4, 2018
The People Who Would Survive Nuclear War
How an appendix to an obscure government report helped launch a blockbuster and push back the possibility of atomic war.
by
Alexis C. Madrigal
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The Atlantic
on
January 25, 2018
The Birth of Breaking News
On May 10th, 1869, the entire nation was waiting for the moment a silver hammer struck a golden spike, creating the first massive breaking news story.
by
Aric Allen
via
YouTube
on
June 14, 2015
Together With the Kuklapolitans
In the middle of the past century, a gentle crew of puppets united the TV watchers of America.
by
Jacqui Shine
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Slate
on
February 16, 2015
partner
The Black Political Convention
Black Journal interviews with Imamu Amiri Baraka, poet-playwright and co-chairman of the National Black Political Convention.
by
Black Journal
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American Archive of Public Broadcasting
on
March 28, 1972
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