Humanities for Your Ears

NEH funds radio programs and podcasts on history and humanities topics. Find something for your headphones below.

The First Family of Radio: Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt's Historic Broadcasts explores how the Roosevelts used radio to revolutionize the way Americans related to the White House and its occupants.

American Routes follows our musical heritage, connecting it to our nation’s history. 

BackStory goes behind the scenes of current events to discover how history was made by the participants who lived it. 

Contested: Sports and Society looks at the social and cultural dynamics of America’s athletic pursuits. 

Kitchen Sisters stories examine the complicated and dynamic relationship among food, culture, and society. 

Radio Diaries: The History of Now tell “the extraordinary stories of ordinary life.” 

Studio 360: American Icons IV uncovers the stories behind some of America’s most iconic cultural works.

Points South explores the “complexity and vitality” of the American South. 

New Angle: Voice is a biographical series that looks at the history and achievements of women in architecture and design.

Subtitle (formerly The World in Words) reports on the relationship between language and everything it touches, from politics and democracy to cultural preservation and education.

Nixon at War explores the link between Nixon’s handling of the Vietnam War and the Watergate break-in that ended his presidency.

Lost Highways: Dispatches from the Shadows of the Rocky Mountains tells overlooked stories about the history of the American West.

Audio History Project explores America’s complex past through audio documentaries, created with oral histories and archival footage.

The Keepers tells the stories of the archivists, librarians, historians, and curators who do the daily work of caring for our cultural heritage and the collections they maintain.