Best Stockade Podcasts (2025)

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The Detainees of Crystal City 16:16

10d ago16:16

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To justify mass deportations, President Trump has invoked an old wartime law: the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. The Alien Enemies Act was last used after America’s entry into World War II. In response to the Axis countries’ detainment of Americans who were deemed potential spies, the Roosevelt Administration came up with an elaborate plan: find and ar…

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We Shall Not Be Moved

23d ago

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mp3: We Shall Not Be Moved – Click To Play We Shall Not Be Moved is a lovely spiritual from the Southern churches in the 1800’s. It was extremely hard to find the original lyrics because for years it had been rewritten as a union song. The text is based on biblical scripture: Blessed is … Continue reading "We Shall Not Be Moved"…

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Prisoners of War 19:51

2M ago19:51

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It's been 50 years since the end of the Vietnam war. In honor of the anniversary, we're revisiting a story about a notorious American military prison on the outskirts of Saigon, called Long Binh Jail. LBJ wasn’t for captured enemy fighters—it was for American soldiers. These were men who had broken military law. And there were a lot of them. As the…

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March of the Bonus Army 16:18

2M ago16:18

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Author James Baldwin once wrote, "I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually." On this episode, we go back to 1932 when a group of World War I veterans set up an encampment in Washington, D.C., and vowed to stay until their voices were heard. It was a rema…

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The Girls of the Leesburg Stockade 16:14

3M ago16:14

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On July 19, 1963, at least 15 Black girls were arrested while marching to protest segregation in Americus, Georgia. After spending a night in jail, they were transferred to the one-room Leesburg Stockade and imprisoned for the next 45 days. Only twenty miles away, the girls' parents had no knowledge of their location. A month into their confinement…

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Happy Bears Quick Step

3M ago

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mp3: Happy Bears Quick Step – Click To Play Here’s a story that I tell in my one-man-show: When I worked for Bobby Darin in Las Vegas, I would follow him around and ask questions on how to make it in the music business. One time I mentioned that I’s like to get in the … Continue reading "Happy Bears Quick Step"…

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Guest Spotlight: Signal Hill 37:20

3M ago37:20

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This week we're featuring a story from a brand new audio magazine we've been listening to called Signal Hill. "Pie Down Here" features oral history interviews with farmworkers and Communist Party members who organized a sharecroppers' union in Alabama during the Great Depression. The interviews were recorded by historian Robin Kelley for his book, …

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Making Waves: The Woman Who Warned The World 12:30

4M ago12:30

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In 1939, Time Magazine called Dorothy Thompson a woman who “thinks, talks and sleeps world problems — and scares men half to death.” They weren’t wrong. Thompson was a foreign correspondent in Germany in the years leading up to World War 2, and she broadcast to millions of listeners around the world. She became known for her bold commentaries on th…

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Love In March

4M ago

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mp3: Love In March – Click To Play My wife Camilla and I met in an acting class in Beverly Hills CA. We fell in love in March and were married on April 1st 1978. This is our song about love in March. Lyrics: * [D] In March, [F#m] when the world is reborn, … Continue reading "Love In March"By McGuinn

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Making Waves: The Original Angry Talker 12:32

4M ago12:32

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These days, we’re used to media that thrives on conflict and amplifies the most outrageous voices in the room. It's something we often trace back to shock jocks, like Howard Stern, and in-your-face talk show hosts like Tucker Carlson and Rush Limbaugh. But before all those guys, there was Joe Pyne. At the height of his career in the 1960s, the New …

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Making Waves: The Happy-Am-I Preacher 18:08

4M ago18:08

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In 1934, the Washington Post called Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux, the “best known colored man in America.” He was known as the Happy-Am-I Preacher. His Sunday services were broadcast to over 25 million listeners on CBS radio. Black America saw Michaux as a leader for racial harmony and progress. But during the civil rights movement, his reputati…

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If I Had A Hammer

5M ago

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mp3: If I Had A Hammer – Click To Play Pete Seeger and Lee Hays wrote this song in 1949. The Weavers had a hit with it in the 50s and Peter Paul and Mary got it to #10 on the Billboard charts in 1962. I’m posting this in memory of Peter Yarrow who passed … Continue reading "If I Had A Hammer"By McGuinn

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Sealab: A Home on the Ocean Floor 20:41

5M ago20:41

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From ancient myths of sea monsters lurking below to Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, the ocean has long been both a source of fear and fascination. For Captain George Bond, a Navy medical officer in the 1960s, the deep sea was humanity’s next frontier. Undersea agriculture, deep sea mining, and human colonies on the ocean floor …

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Guest Spotlight: The Memory Palace with Nate DiMeo 13:45

6M ago13:45

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Happy 2025! We have a slate of new stories coming soon, but we want to start the year by shouting out fellow podcaster (and friend of the show) Nate DiMeo of The Memory Palace. He just put out his first book, The Memory Palace: True Short Stories of the Past. So to celebrate, we're featuring one of our favorite episodes from The Memory Palace, "The…

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01 – Part I, Chapter 1: The Great Forest 23:07

6M ago23:07

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More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Richard Jefferies

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Never Go Back

6M ago

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mp3: Never Go Back – Click To Play This is a “contemporary” folk song that I wrote around 40 years ago. It’s a about the disappointment I’ve felt going back to old places, only to find buildings torn down and replaced by new trendy hotels with neon signs. Hoping to see old friends but finding … Continue reading "Never Go Back"…