What happens when a whale bites off more than he can chew? Rudyard Kipling's classic story "How the Whale Got His Throat" was originally part of his 1903 Just So Stories, and is featured as an audio story to accompany a transcript of the...

Curiosity may have killed the cat, but it gave the elephant a very useful nose! Listen to a retelling of Rudyard Kipling's "The Elephant's Child" that explains how the elephant's long nose came to be—and what a hungry crocodile had to do...

Crabs are simultaneously well protected and exceedingly vulnerable. But how did they get that way? Listen to Rudyard Kipling's "The Crab That Played with the Sea" to find out more about Pau Amma, Pusat Tasek, and the story of crabs'...

On this website you can read and hear interviews with Frances Perkins which cover her advocacy to give governmental protection to the working class. The interviews were conducted as part of Columbia University's Oral History project.

Listen to one of Billy Sunday's sermons denouncing liquor and the government's taxing of it. [12:19 min.]

Listen to a speech by Aimee Semple McPherson, well-known evangelical preacher in the 1920s, where she talks about Prohibition. [12:19 min.]

Listen to this interesting interview historian Herbert T. Hoover had with Sioux tribal chief, Amos Owen. Owen discusses the pros and cons of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934. [12:19]

Listen to an interview [12:19] with a Sioux tribal leader who discussed the positive changes brought by the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934. It dramatically changed the federal government's policies toward Native Americans.

Marcus Garvey was a riveting figure in African American politics in the 1920s. Read about his ideas and disappointments before listening to one of his speeches in which he explained the mission of the Universal Negro Improvement...

Listen to BBC news headlines in Russian and English. Also get short lessons on vocabulary, phrases, and grammar with explanations in Russian. Great resource for middle and high school Russian-speaking students.

This is a searchable collection of recordings from World War I and the 1920 Election, 1918-1920, entitled "American Leaders Speak." It includes recordings by Warren G. Harding, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Franklin D. Roosevelt and many more.

Great interview audio of Art Buchwald and Don Swain. Among other things the two discuss politics, NYC and the media. Includes portrait photo.

BackStory episode [51 min. 40 sec.] on political conventions throughout U.S. history and whether or not politicians have lived up to the promises made.

Discover train and bus traveling terms and how to use them in Spanish. This lesson provides examples of how to use the vocabulary, an in-depth look at it, and a cultural perspective of how to apply the vocabulary to everyday life.

Discover clothing accessories and find out how to pronounce and use them in Spanish. This lesson provides examples of how to use the vocabulary, an in-depth look at it, and a cultural perspective of how to apply the vocabulary to...

Discover various modes of transportation and how to use them in Spanish. This lesson provides examples of how to use the vocabulary, an in-depth look at it, and a cultural perspective of how to apply the vocabulary to everyday life.

Discover how to discuss hotel accomodations in Spanish. This lesson provides examples of how to use the vocabulary, an in-depth look at it, and a cultural perspective of how to apply the vocabulary to everyday life.

Discover how to discuss articles of clothing in Spanish. This lesson provides examples of how to use the vocabulary, an in-depth look at it, and a cultural perspective of how to apply the vocabulary to everyday life.

Discover words and expressions to use when giving directions in Spanish. This lesson provides examples of how to use the vocabulary, an in-depth look at it, and a cultural perspective of how to apply the vocabulary to everyday life.

In this website, you can listen to an hour-long broadcast or read the transcript of Darvar Ardalan's return to Iran to assess its legal system and its past attempt to combine sacred and secular law.

Letters and stories from soldiers as the recall and record their feelings on the day Japan surrendered.

Archival audio version of King's "I Have a Dream" speech, with transcripts available in multiple languages.

Listen as experts discuss the realities around President Obama's health care reform agenda. Aired June 19, 2009 [47:56]

A serious birder shares some identification tips before the annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count.