History 605
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History 605 explores the history of South Dakota, the northern Great Plains, and the Midwest. South Dakota's State Historian Ben Jones will visit with guests about their books, museum exhibits and artifacts, and historic sites in the state and region. Along the way, you'll learn how to think, not what to think, about the history and the people of the past. The host is Dr. Ben Jones,..
History 605
20h ago
Mark Lempke joins Ben Jones on this edition of History 605 to discuss his book, George McGovern: My Brother's Keeper and Progressive Christianity ..read more
History 605
2w ago
In this edition of History 605, Ben Jones talks with David Hosmer and Doug Haar about interviewing combat veterans and oral histories ..read more
History 605
1M ago
Ben Jones goes inside the National Music Museum with Dwight Vaught and Arian Sheets in this edition of History 605 ..read more
History 605
2M ago
Joe Jackson discusses his biography about Black Elk, the Oglala wicasa wakan or holy man with Ben Jones on this edition of History 605 ..read more
History 605
2M ago
Ben Jones discusses how the United States' grain production, telegraph system, and shipping dominance remade the world markets in the late 19th century with Scott Nelson ..read more
History 605
3M ago
Ben Jones discusses the destruction of the american bison with Andrew Isenberg ..read more
History 605
3M ago
In this best of episode of History 605, Ben Jones talks with Paul Wilson, one of George Mickelson's campaign staff during his run for Governor in 1986 ..read more
History 605
4M ago
On this edition of History 605, Ben Jones has a conversation with Anne Hyde who has written two prize-winning histories of how mixed-race families lived, worked, and changed in the turbulent 18th and the 19th century Great Plains ..read more
History 605
5M ago
In this episode, we speak to historian James H. Madison and discuss the question, how did the KKK become a popular Midwest organization in the 1920s ..read more
History 605
5M ago
In this episode of History 605, Ben Jones talks with Jacob Friefeld and Rebecca Wingo about their book, "Homesteading the Plains: Toward a New History ..read more