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Adrian Florido talks with Santa Barbara librarian Molly Wetta about what to read for a better understanding of Russia, Ukraine and the Soviet Bloc.

Melissa Block speaks with Dr. Jennifer G. Illuzzi, assistant professor of history at Providence College in Rhode Island, about the history of discrimination of the Romani population in Europe following two cases of children who were taken from Roma families into police custody this week in Ireland and Greece.

Noah talks about some facts about fathers and the history of Father's Day.

Last night's Academy Awards Ceremony made history in a number of ways. NPR's Renee Montagne reports.

Scott with some thoughts about how history is rearing its ugly head.

- The 104th Congress, one of the most controversial in the country's history, was set to adjourn

Neurosurgeon FRANK VERTOSICK (ver-TAH-sick) writes about the history and management of chronic pain in the new book "Why We Hurt: The Natural History of Pain." (Harcourt Inc.) (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW)12:28:30 FORWARD PROMO (:29)12:29:00 I.D. BREAK (:59)12:30:00...

Murray State's Department of History hosts the The Fourth Annual Beasley Scholarship Banquet, featuring guest speaker Joe Lee, Professor of Irish Studies:…

The remote community of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, is grieving after a devastating mass shooting — one of the deadliest in Canada's recent history.

Irish writer and journalist TIM PAT COOGAN. In the expanded edition of his twenty-some year old book, "The IRA: A History" (Roberts Rin , COOGAN explains the historical background of the Irish struggles. For hundreds of years the Irish Republican Army has been fighting for home rule in Northern Ireland...their latest attack was a massive bombing of London last April. "The IRA: A History," is being released for the first time in the U.S., thought it's been required reading for British and Irish Military officers alike. COOGAN is the author of four other books, including "The Man Who Make Ireland: The Life and Death of Michael Collins" (Roberts Rin