Roundup

How Soccer Explains Soviet Life [video 56 minutes 7 seconds]

Robert Edelman, Professor of Russian History, University of California, San Diego, discusses his recently published, Spartak Moscow: A History of the People's Team in a Workers' State, a history of the USSR's most popular football team. Edelman's other books include Serious Fun: A History of Spectator Sports in the USSR, Proletarian Peasants: The Revolution of 1905 in Russia's Southwest, and Gentry Politics on the Eve of the Russian Revolution: The Nationalist Party, 1905-1917.

The Goddess of the Market: The Meaning of Ayn Rand [video 1 hour 14 minutes 46 seconds]

Two major new books on Ayn Rand testify to the continuing impact of America's most influential novelist of ideas. Sales of Rand's books have been impressive for 66 years -- more than 25 million -- and have recently surged, perhaps in response to the dramatic increase in government intrusion into the free market. Rand remains a major influence on both libertarian and conservative communities, and these two new studies illustrate the growing scholarly interest in her impact. Jennifer

US protest by 9/11 responders [2minutes, 34 seconds]

Hundreds of emergency workers who responded to the September 11, 2001, attacks in the United States have been protesting in the capital, Washington, DC. They say they are angry that it has taken eight years for the US Congress to discuss healthcare needed for those who have fallen ill as a result of working in the skyscrapers' ruins. Many of those first responders are slowly dying from illnesses contracted at Ground Zero. John Terrett reports from Washingto

The Silent Generation: From Saipan to Tokyo [audio 58 minutes 16 seconds]

Yesterday was Veterans Day. Today, we bring you Peabody Award-winning producer Helen Borten's superb documentary on the last year of World War II in the Pacific. Here is her description of the piece: "Eugene "Bud" Clark, a pint-sized scrapper from Macon, GA, mowed down Banzai warriors, watched mass suicide on Saipan, and was severely wounded on Iwo Jima. Howard Terry was traumatized by his accidental killing of an Okinawan boy, returned home angry, belligerent and unable to hold a

Leahy Rubs Sessions' Nose in Civil War Defeat [video 1 minute, 13 seconds]

Sen. Leahy rubs Sen. Sessions' nose in South's Civil War defeat.

Sweden sends back Maori remains [video 48 seconds]

Officials from two museums in Sweden have handed over the remains of five indigenous Maori people to their New Zealand counterparts. The remains include one almost complete skeleton, a skull, and three other skeleton parts. The ceremony was held at the Natural History Museum in Gothenburg. Museums across Europe have been repatriating human remains taken from indigenous burial grounds during colonial times.

UK child migrants apology planned [video 1 minute, 29 seconds]

Child migration historian Dr Stephen Constantine says that the Child Migrants Programme was" considered beneficial" at the time but was a serious"misjudgement". Gordon Brown is to apologise for the UK's role in sending thousands of its children to former colonies in the 20th century. The Child Migrants Programme - which ended just 40 years ago - poor children were sent to a"better life" in Australia, Canada and elsewhere. But many were abused and ended up i

Terra Cotta Warriors March Through Washington [audio 4 minutes 58 seconds]

In 1974, a group of farmers digging a well in central China stumbled upon a buried figure. It turned out to be one of an estimated 7,000 life-sized terra cotta warriors in an underground tomb complex. The warriors and a host of other figures were created for China's first emperor, Qin Shihuangdi. Host Guy Raz drops by the National Geographic Museum in Washington, D.C., to see an exhibit of the figures.

WWI-Era Mass Grave Rediscovered In France [audio 3 minutes 47 seconds]

About 7,000 British and Australian soldiers died in the muddy fields around the French village of Fromelles during the first World War. A mass grave of 250 of those killed in 1916 was recently found near the town. Experts are now trying to identify the bodies and prepare them for burial in a new war cemetery in the heart of Fromelles.

Corruption Mars Romania's Post-Communist Progress [audio 7 minutes 48 seconds]

The uprisings that marked the end of communism in Eastern Europe two decades ago were largely peaceful in every country except the last regime to fall: Romania. Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu's iron-fisted rule ended in a bloody revolt that left more than 1,000 Romanians dead. Today, the country is a member of the European Union, with a solid economy and a passionate, if hectic, democratic life. But Romania continues to be dogged by rampant corruption that some believe is thre

HPV and Cervical Cancer: 25 Years from Discovery to Vaccine [video 58 minutes 30 seconds]

Dr. Denise Galloway, Head of the Cancer Biology program at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, discusses her investigation into the natural history of HPV, a virus that has the potential to lead to cancer in “HPV and Cervical Cancer: 25 Years from Discovery to Vaccine.”

How Did Your Folks Look Before They Were Parents? [audio 3 minutes 48 seconds]

Eliot Glazer, the creator of the popular photo blog myparentswereawesome.com, speaks to host Michele Norris about his blog's mission to highlight the time "before the fanny packs and Andrea Bocelli concerts," when parents "were once free-wheeling, fashion-forward and super-awesome."

Remembering A Pioneering Smoke Jumper [audio 4 minutes 32 seconds]

Laird Robinson, a former smoke jumper, talks to Melissa Block about Earl Cooley, who was with the first National Forest team that jumped into a fire in 1940. Cooley died Monday at 98. Smoke jumpers are elite teams who fly out over raging wildfires in the West, parachute down into the burning forests and battle the flames until they're under control.

The Opium Wars [audio 25 minutes 37 seconds]

This segment comes to us from the monthly series History Counts, produced by Ken MacDermotRoe and Bonnie MacDermotRoe. The show originates at Pacifica affiliate WPKN in Bridgeport, CT. In this episode, Ken MacDermotRoe interviews Frank Sanello, author of The Opium Wars: The Addiction of One Empire and the Corruption of Another. They discuss the two 19th century wars that Britain (and other European nations) fought to "compel China to import opium. While opium addiction devastated China, Bri

Coming Home: A History of War Veterans [audio 54 minutes 56 seconds]

Between the global recession and the swine flu pandemic, news about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has become scanty-at-best. What little coverage there is tends to focus on developments overseas. In this Veterans' Day special, the History Guys look at what happens when vets return home. Sons of Confederate Veterans spokesman Frank Earnest makes a case for separating the politics of war from our remembrance of its veterans. Historian Rebecca Jo Plant discusses the changing expectations for vet

The Decade in Seven Minutes [video 6 minutes 52 seconds]

NEWSWEEK rewinds the first 10 years of the new century, reminding you of the best, worst, and unforgettable moments.

"92 Historical Interviews You Can Watch on YouTube"

Probably more widely known for hosting the viral videos that show up in mass emails, YouTube is actually an excellent source for truly useful videos as well. This list of 92 historical interviews attests to that fact. Browse through this collection to find video interviews from both the past and more recent time. Some of these interviews document specific eras such as interviews with those involved in the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s, while some are more recent interviews discussing the pa

"The Night The Wall Fell: Freedom, Fatherhood Collide" [audio 7 min 46 sec[

Germans are celebrating 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall that divided the city and served as the symbol of a Europe divided between communist East and democratic West. The spark that led to the wall's fall happened largely by accident. Weeks of mass protests had put enormous pressure on the East German communists to ease travel restrictions, a key demand by demonstrators. At a press conference on Nov. 9, 1989, an official of the German Democratic Republic, or

"Vietnam Vet Recalls Service" [audio 2 min 7 sec]

Retired Army Lt. Col. Michael Sternfeld, 62, is an Amtrak conductor at Washington's Union Station. Many of his passengers don't know that he served as a sergeant in Vietnam. Years later, he fought as an Army reservist in the Gulf War, and in 2005 he was back with the Army in Iraq, where he injured his left leg.

"WWII Vet: Happy To Leave 'Worst Place You Can Be'" [audio 2 min 8 sec[

This Veterans Day, we're hearing from some of those who served in America's wars. Walter Kush is hale and healthy today at 86, but he was just a teenager in World War II.