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Listen to this week's show · Aug. 17-23, 2008

White men posed at a charred building in Wilmington, N.C.

Courtesy of the North Carolina Office of Archives & History

How The Only Coup D'Etat In U.S. History Unfolded

In 1898, armed white supremacists overthrew the elected local government in Wilmington, N.C. The coup — the only one in U.S. history — was the culmination of a race riot and grew out of a conspiracy of powerful white Democrats.

 

Is It A Real Gun, Or Is It Airsoft?

Airsoft guns are the hottest new type of toy replica guns and are made to look as real as possible.

Some Things To Know About Your Mother

Listener Anne Donahue has a few things she believes her newborn daughter should know about her.

 

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