Audio Narrations

Our most popular stories are available in narrated form as well as visually through text and image. We call our Story Narrations, together with our audio resources, "Awesome Radio."

Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton did not like each other. Listen to a story about the deadly, and illegal, duel between the two men.

Art is sometimes created for political purposes. Was that the case for Guido Reni's Abduction of Helen?

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Sickened by the slave trade, William Wilberforce begins a 20-year quest to end the practice.

Writers of children's stories, who also abhorred slavery, wrote books to paint a vivid picture of American chattel slavery.

What's up with Abe Lincoln's tousled hair? Turns out, he liked the messy look.

Abe Lincoln began his life in a one-room cabin in rural Kentucky. He was the first person in his family who could read.

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