History Episodes
Sept. 30, 2025
The Last 100 Days: FDR at War and at Peace. Talking with author David Woolner.
Roosevelt’s last 100 days were almost as momentous and consequential as his first 100 days in office. But on this occasions was a high profile actor on the global stage along with Churchill and Stalin.
Sept. 23, 2025
The San Francisco Maritime Museum. Talking with CEO Darlene Plumtree.
The Maritime Museum celebrates the seafaring history of San Francisco and the West. So many San Franciscans can trace their ancestry to ships arriving from the East Coast, Europe, Japan, China, Philippines, Korea. It is part of a National Park that includes the historic ships at Hyde Street Pier a…
Feb. 17, 2025
Presidents' Day: What do we celebrate ? Talking with Professor Jack Pitney.
What began as a commemorative to First President George Washington has evolved into a celebration of all 45 US presidents.
March 5, 2023
American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis. Talking with author Adam Hochschild.
The 1917 to 1921 period was a time of suppression of rights, lynchings, pandemic and WWI. A stricken President and a failed peace treaty.
Jan. 5, 2023
Ruth Paine remembers Lee Harvey Oswald and Marina his wife. In conversation with Jim Herlihy.
Interview with Warren Commission witness Ruth Paine.
Dec. 9, 2022
Red's Java House: Talking with Mr. Tom McGarvey, San Francisco Native Son.
95 year old Tom McGarvey relates his life in San Francisco , selling newspapers, going to sea and running Red’s Java House for longshoremen.
Nov. 16, 2022
In the footsteps of the assassin: Lee Harvey Oswald's New Orleans. Talking with David Feldman.
Lee Harvey Oswald was born and raised in New OIrleans. For 5 months in 1963 before the assassination of JFK, he mysteriously took on 4 different personas.