The 2 Best Memory Wars Podcast Episodes
1) S1E2: The Two Reconstructions
We start with three generations of German women, and go back in time from there. Through defeat, occupation, and rebuilding. How did two reconstructions, in two different countries, turn out so differ...Show More
2) S1E8: Feed Drop: A Critical Moment
Memory Wars brings you a special episode from Louisville Public Media. Many American teachers and students say it’s time to learn about our country’s legacy of racism. But some conservatives are call...Show More
3) Special Episode: Branded
Memory Wars brings you the latest work of reporter Mallory Noe-Payne. The poll tax. Literacy tests. Terror at the ballot box. All of these are voter suppression methods synonymous with the Jim Crow S...Show More
4) S1E7: Live Event: Myths from Two Sides of the Atlantic
Join Fulbright Young Journalist Award winner, Mallory Noe-Payne and Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Michael Paul Williams for a special live recording of this RadioIQ and PRX history podcast at the V...Show More
5) S1E6: Volker's Story
How does a society create meaningful places of encounter? Spaces where you just can't look away from the past? On the final episode of Memory Wars, we go back to Germany one last time to explore the c...Show More
6) S1E5: Mallory's Story
Watching how Haley and Charlotte have explored and confronted their own histories made me think maybe it’s time to face up to my own ancestry. Back home in Virginia, the search yields some shocking t...Show More
7) S1E4: Charlotte's Story
When Charlotte was a teenager she asked her mother a question: was my grandfather a Nazi? It began a years-long quest to learn more about what her ancestor had done, at a time when an entire country w...Show More
8) S1E3: Haley's Story
Haley’s ancestors were Holocaust survivors. But she’s chosen to return to Germany anyway. We follow her journey to reclaim the things stolen from her family — an identity and a homeland. Why would som...Show More
9) S1E1: A Prologue
If you’re just starting on Memory Wars, try starting here. We’ll tell you how this is going to work and what to expect as you listen along. A production of RADIO IQ, distributed by PRX. You can show ...Show More
10) Introducing: Memory Wars
Memory Wars is a six-part series about how Germany has confronted its horrific past and whether America could ever do the same. Public radio reporter Mallory Noe-Payne spent years covering policy and ...Show More