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Ep. 005: The Ukraine Conflict: When Past Meets Present
Explore events in Ukraine with help from the decades worth of diplomatic, scholarly and hands-on experience possessed by Dr. James Armstead. In this episode...
Ep. 004: Ed Allen & the Morning Walk that Launched 1,000 Ships
History gets wet in this episode. The date? January 24, 1848. The place? Along the banks of the American river in the Sierra Nevada...
Ep. 003: An Occupation of Alcatraz
Like a gray barnacle on the side of some big blue whale, Alcatraz sits silent and imposing amidst the whitecaps of the San Francisco...
Ep. 002: Loma Prieta and the Seismic World Series
On October 17, 1989 a quiver ran through the spine of California’s Loma Prieta fault. What was but a tiny shift in the tectonic...
Ep. 001 Jack London: An Oakland Oyster Pirate
It will be an illiterate society indeed, that only acknowledges a past free from blemish and in that spirit this episode explores the life...