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Purdy's Podcast: Selection of New York City as United Nations Headquarters

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2023 19:34


Introduced by Avalon Purdy and recorded by the author, William C. Purdy in Santa Monica, California, Sunday, January 29, 2023.

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Purdy's Podcast: History of Korea, Ancient Times to the Present

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2023 36:53


Recorded Tuesday, January 3, 2023 in Santa Monica, California. Introduced by Avalon Purdy and narrated by the author, Bill Purdy.

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Purdy's Podcast: World War 1 and the Treaty of Versailles

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2022 53:28


Introduced by Avalon Purdy and narrated by the author William C. Purdy, Ph.D. Recorded Sunday, April 30, 2022 in Santa Monica, California.

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Purdy's Podcast: Causes of the First World War

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2022 40:38


Introduced by Avalon Purdy and narrated by the author, William C. Purdy, Ph.D. Recorded Sunday, March 13, 2022 in Santa Monica, California.

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Purdy's Podcast on the Industrial Revolution

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2022 23:51


Introduced by Avalon Purdy and read by the author, William C. Purdy, Ph.D. Recorded Saturday, March 4, 2022 in Santa Monica, California.

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Purdy's Podcast: Cinco de Mayo and its Historical Importance

Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2021 15:24


Introduced by Avalon Purdy and Narrated by William C. Purdy, Ph.D., recorded Sunday, May 2, 2021 in Santa Monica, California.

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Purdy's Podcast: Presidential Inaugurations

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2021 18:25


Introduced by Avalon Purdy and narrated by William C. Purdy, Ph.D., the author, Tuesday, January 19, in Santa Monica, California.

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Purdy's Podcast: Impeachment in American History

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2021 16:15


Introduced by Avalon Purdy and narrated by the author, William C. Purdy, Ph.D. on January 12, 2021 in Santa Monica, California.

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Purdy's Podcast: Between the Wars Part II (Rise to Power of the Nazis)

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2021 34:08


Introduced by Avalon Purdy and narrated by the author, William C. Purdy. Ph.D. on Sunday, January 10 in Santa Monica, California. The letter covers the history of Germany between the wars, and the rise to power of the Nazis up to the Kristallnacht ("Night of the Glass") and Great Britain's guarantee of Poland's borders in March 1939.

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Purdy's Podcast: Between the Wars, Part I

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2021 31:19


Introduced by Avalon Purdy and narrated by the author, William C. Purdy. Ph.D. on Sunday, January 10, 2021 in Santa Monica, California. The letter covers Italy's invasion of Ethiopia, the Spanish Civil War, and the diplomatic problems of France, Britain, Italy, and the Soviet Union between the two world wars.

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Purdy's Podcast: The Age of Romanticism and Beethoven's 250th birthday

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2020 19:40


Introduced by Avalon Purdy and narrated by the author, William C. Purdy, Ph.D. Recorded on Thursday, December 3, 2020 in Santa Monica, California.

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Purdy's Podcast: How Simon Bolivar Liberated South America from Spain

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2020 18:39


Recorded Sunday, November 8, 2020 in Santa Monica, California. Introduced by Avalon Purdy and narrated by the author, William C. Purdy, Ph.D.

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Purdy's Podcast: Paths to Independence for Mexico, Central America, and Brazil

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2020 29:03


Recorded Saturday, November 7, 2020 in Santa Monica, California. Introduced by Avalon Purdy and narrated by the author, William C. Purdy. Ph.D.

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Purdy's Podcast: History of Africa from the Fall of the Western Roman Empire to the Early Modern Period

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2020 30:18


Introduced by Avalon Purdy and narrated by William C. Purdy, Ph.D. on Monday, September 28 in Santa Monica, California.

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Purdy's Podcast: Women in the French Revolution

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2020 26:09


Introduced by Avalon Purdy and narrated by William C. Purdy, Ph.D. Recorded on Sunday, September 27 in Santa Monica, California.

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Purdy's Podcast: The Napoleonic Era

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2020 33:48


Introduced by Avalon Purdy and narrated by the author, William C. Purdy, Ph.D., on September 26, 2020 in Santa Monica, California.

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Purdy's Podcast: The French Revolution to 1795

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2020 42:45


Introduction by Avalon Purdy, Narrated by the author William C. Purdy, Ph.D. Recorded in Santa Monica, Saturday, September 19, 2020.

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Purdy's Podcast: Early History of Africa

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2020 40:04


Recorded September 13, 2020 in Santa Monica, California. Introduction by Avalon Purdy and narrated by William C. Purdy. Ph.D., the author.

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Purdy's Podcast: Boycotts--History of the Term and Historical Examples

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2020 12:51


Introduction by Avalon Purdy, and read by the author, William C. Purdy, Ph.D. Recorded in Santa Monica, California, Saturday, August 28.

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Purdy's Podcast: The African Diaspora in Tudor England

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2020 37:00


Introduced by Avalon Purdy and Recorded by William C. Purdy, Ph.D. on Sunday , April 26, 2020 in Santa Monica, California.

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Purdy's Podcast: The Reformation

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2020 23:30


Recorded in Santa Monica, California on Saturday, March 21. Introduced by Avalon Purdy and narrated by the author, William C. Purdy, Ph.D.

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Purdy's Podcast: the 1918 Flu and American Colleges, including UCLA

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2020 58:12


I've podcasted Chapter 6 (on the 1918 flu) of my dissertation, which is a study of UCLA's early history. Introduced by Avalon Purdy and narrated by the author, March 15, 2020 in Santa Monica, California.

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Purdy's Podcast: Medieval Europe

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2020 41:38


Recorded February 2, 2020 in Santa Monica, California. Introduced by Avalon Purdy and read by William Purdy, the author. This letter covers the High Middle Ages, emphasizing the Crusades, medieval economy, women and work in medieval society, and the Black Death.

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Purdy's Podcast: Spain's Conquest of the Aztec Empire

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2019 31:29


Recorded Wednesday, November 27, 2019 in Santa Monica, by William C. Purdy, Ph.D., with introduction by Kier Purdy. This is background context for our mock trial of Cortes and La Malinche (Dona Marina) for the murder of Cuahtehmoc, last Emperor of the Aztecs. The episode also discuss Columbus's four voyages and the impacts of the Encounter on the Indigenous peoples of Central and South America.

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Purdy's Podcast: Pre-Columbian Civilizations

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2019 23:01


Recorded by William C. Purdy, Ph.D. and introduction by Avalon Purdy, Sunday, November 3, 2019 in Santa Monica, California

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Purdy's Podcast: The EU and Brexit

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2019 27:08


The letter's author narrates this episodes, which fills some gaps in the course readings on this subject. Recorded Thursday, October 3, 2019 in Santa Monica, California.

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Purdy's Podcast: History of Africa, Fall of Rome to the 1500s

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2019 21:12


Recorded on Sunday, September 22 with the author providing the narration.

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Purdy's Podcast: Africa's Early History

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2019 25:42


Recorded Saturday, September 7, 2019 and narrated by the letter's author, William C. Purdy, Ph.D.

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Purdy's Podcast: Selection of New York City as UN Headquarters

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2019 21:42


Recorded Saturday, September 7, 2019. Author William C. Purdy, Ph.D. is also the narrator.

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