EpisodeLegacies of World War II
The incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII is getting more attention. But most of it focuses on the West Coast and on California in particular. Emma Ito (Virginia Humanities) studies the racism and incarceration that East Coast Japanese Americans faced during the war.
EpisodeLegacies of World War II
When you think of archeology what comes to mind? Maybe paper maps and pickaxes in dusty places?
BlogReturning to Saigon
In our episode “Voices of Vietnam: A Lost Homeland,” we spent some time with the oral history of Kim Delevett, recorded by historian Jason Stewart and found within Texas Tech …
EpisodeA Lost Homeland
The Fall of Saigon marked the bitter end of the American War in Vietnam and the loss of a homeland for hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese people. Many refugees settled in America to start new lives.
EpisodePulitzer100: Embers of War
This program is funded in part by the Pulitzer Prize Centennial Campfires Initiative, which seeks to focus on journalism and the humanities, to imagine their future and to inspire new …
EpisodeBattlefields, Boeings and Basketball Courts
This special Veterans Day episode of With Good Reason shares memories from a few whose lives were changed by the Vietnam War.
EpisodeMessages From a Forgotten Troopship
Troops in their bunks on the General Nelson M. Walker In the 1960s, it took almost three weeks to cross the sea from America to Vietnam. Three weeks for young …
EpisodeWill There Ever Be Peace On Earth?
Give peace a chance. Teaching kids about peace might be just as important as reading, writing, and arithmetic. Elavie Ndura-Ouedraogo (George Mason University) believes peace-building should be a part of …
EpisodeWill There Ever Be Peace On Earth?
Give peace a chance. Teaching kids about peace might be just as important as reading, writing, and arithmetic. Elavie Ndura-Ouedraogo (George Mason University) believes peace-building should be a part of …
EpisodeReplay: Women at War
Women journalists who covered the Vietnam War are often not given their proper due when the history of the conflict is told. Joyce Hoffman (Old Dominion University) is the author …
EpisodeReplay: Trickster Heroines
During the Vietnam War, many young Vietnamese women moved from country villages to bigger cities to become bargirls. Some later came to the United States as refugees. Mai Lan Gustafsson …
