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Second Story Radio
by Second Story Radio
Second Story Radio is a show about place, memory, and history. We are a production of the Nebraska State Historical Society. New episodes every two weeks.
Episodes
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Four Walls
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 Awakenings in the 1800s and in the hundreds of thousands of...
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The Way We Live
This is a story about a cough that shaped the way we lived in the 20th century. http://tmblr.co/ZUZXqs13T-ZzS
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Call Complete
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 Google releases their newest model, otherwise, they’re...
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The Perspective Of Stuff
(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 handful of sod houses still standing today, but it’s only…
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Here and Now and Naught Else
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 state. But there’s no one way to look at history. When…
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The Same And Not Quite Mine
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 and recently went back to see her old neighborhood, not...
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Money for History
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 building has been maintained over the years. But...
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The Open Road
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 trip didn’t happen until 1913. The problem wasn’t…
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How many episodes does Second Story Radio have?
Second Story Radio currently has 8 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
What is Second Story Radio about?
Second Story Radio is a show about place, memory, and history. We are a production of the Nebraska State Historical Society. New episodes every two weeks.
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