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079 Bracing Trivia

What American TV show broadcast the first interracial kiss? And what U.S. President secretly purchased people while serving in the White House? Hear the answers on the Off Ramp with Bob & Marcia Smith.

046 Trivia Unmasked

Why is the Poppy synonymous with Memorial Day? What car models have 1 million+ miles? And how did a measles epidemic give birth to telephone numbers? Hear “Trivia Unmasked,” Bob & Marcia’s 10th week of Coronavirus trivia, on the Off Ramp. (Image: JibJab)

032 Overground Railroad, author interview

he best history books reveal things you never knew about your country. This one certainly does! Candacy Taylor discusses her eye-opening, deeply touching, book Overground Railroad, The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel, with host Bob Smith.

027 Walter Cronkite, Don Michel Interview

“We must simply be reporters of what is going on. And then let the people decide what is right and what is wrong.” Hear what journalism can — and should — be, in a remarkable interview with the late Walter Cronkite, dean of television news. From the archives of broadcaster Don Michel. (Photo by Rob Bogaerts / Anefo, Wiki Media Commons)