The idea that you could come to the United States and practice whatever religion you wanted was kind of a big deal. It’s a thread you can find throughout American history, since the founding of the country. You can see it in the Great Awakening

The Way We Live

Jan 6th, 2014 4m 58s

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Call Complete

Dec 9th, 2013 7m 27s

Phones are a basic part of our everyday life. They're so basic, they're kind of boring. They aren't even just phones anymore - now they’re pocket-sized computers we can take with us everywhere. Today, phones make front page news when Apple or G

The Perspective Of Stuff

Nov 25th, 2013 7m 20s

(This week’s episode is the first part in a series following a sod house autopsy from start to finish.)Sod houses used to be a staple of the Great Plains in the 1800s, when settlers from the east started making their way west. There are a han

Here and Now and Naught Else

Nov 11th, 2013 6m 52s

In Nebraska in 1919, the state had the chance to build a new symbol. The state had already built two state capitols, but neither of them had lasted very long. The state wanted to build a proper capitol - one that would tell the story of the sta

The Same And Not Quite Mine

Oct 28th, 2013 6m 32s

One of the first suburbs in Lincoln, NE was Park Manor. When it was built in the 1950s, the whole neighborhood sat on the edge of the city, but today it’s just one of many neighborhoods tucked into midtown. Jill Dolberg grew up in Park Manor a

Money for History

Oct 13th, 2013 6m 37s

Bob Luebbe owns the Hoffman Building in Ashland, NE. He wants to turn it into a new office for his software company. But it needs a lot of work before it’s ready. Historic buildings can be cheap to buy, but expensive to fix up, depending on how

The Open Road

Sep 27th, 2013 5m 36s

We love road trips in the United States. But it turns out, it took a little while for them to catch on. It wasn’t that we didn’t like cars. Between 1904 and 1910, car ownership went from 55,000 to 500,000. But the first road cross-country road

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