Educator Derek Luptak lets us ride sidecar alongside Ulysses and his crew as he gets in a tangle with cyclops, sirens, goddesses, bad weather, time,...
Lin Zhao was an enthusiastic member of the Chinese Communist Party but in time her comrades would sentence her to death. Professor Xi Lian comes...
Brenton Dickieson of A Pilgrim in Narnia comes Back By The Woodpile to talk about C.S. Lewis, his work The Great Divorce and how it...
Author Lisa See comes Back By the Woodpile to give us a history lesson on the Korean Jeju Island, the Haenyeo women divers and how...
We’re going back to school, sharing mostly stories of teachers- the good, the bad and the foxy- we had back in the 1980’s! To...
Professor Ricardo Pau-Llosa returns back to the Woodpile to share some of his poetry, his thoughts on some of his art collection and on the...
Stories of working in the 80’s! On farms, in restaurants, grocery stores and in even at space camp. To hear on Stitcher, click here! To...
Deferred dreams, liars enslaved by their words and the tyrants in all of us is what we’re talking about on this philosophical episode! To hear...
Taneya Koonce comes on the podcast to talk about her adventures in genealogy. We’ll talk about shaking stories out of the family tree, the challenges...
Randy Layton of Alternative Records talks about his times with the 77’s, Steve Scott, Keith Green, Daniel Amos, 2lb Planet, Robert Vaughn and more! To...
Marcell Felipe the both founder of the Inspire America Foundation– an organization dedicated to promoting democracy in Cuba and the Americas- and the Chairman of the...
Racism, where it is and where it isn’t is what Checo Perryman comes Back By the Woodpile to discuss on this week episode! To...
Jim R. McClanahan of Journey To the West Research returns to the Woodpile to talk all about Sun Wukong! Including his many accessories, weapons, names, link...
Dr. Jaime Suchlicki of the Cuban Study Institute comes Back By the Woodpile to talk Jose Marti, Eduardo Chibás, Jewish-Cuban History, the current state of Cubans...
Degarmo, Key and The Altar Boys get championed on this 80’s (mostly) look-back episode. And John J Thompson of TrueTunes.com is the funky fresh feller...
Cigar Snob Magazine’s Nicolás A. Jiménez joins us to talk the history of cigars, Cuba, politics and a little about his own adventures both outside and...
Haitian history is what we’re learning all about on this episode and the Haitian Heritage Museum‘s Eveline Pierre is our professor! Join us as we talk...
Bay of Pigs Veteran Bill Muir reflects on his life in Cuba before Castro, his work in the underground while the Communists ruled the country,...
Nicolas Guitierrez is a Cuban American lawyer who was directly involved in the drafting, passage and enforcement of the Cuban Liberty & Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD)...
Radio personality Bill Lurwick comes Back by the Woodpile to talk Joe Walsh, Rich Mullins, Tim McGraw, Danny Gokey, U2 and more! To hear on...
The final installment of our exploration of the old Shanghai pop music from the 1930’s and 40’s. This time Laszlo Montgomery of the China History...
Poet, writer, professor, art collector and critic Ricardo Pau-Llosa comes Back By the Woodpile to talk all these things and more! To hear on Stitcher,...
We’re back with China History Podcast‘s Laszlo Mongomery in early 20th Century Shanghai to talk about the singers Lí Lìlì (黎莉莉), Jiang Qing (when she was 藍萍), Bái...
Laszlo Montgomery of the China History Podcast comes Back By the Woodpile to talk the music scene of 1930’s and 40’s Shanghai. Li Jinhui, The...
(artwork by Huxley King) A few more stories from the Second-Hand Planet, including “The Cold Man and Old Head” and “Jota’s and our lack of...
A brief history of Cuba, including Spanish rule, the revolutionary work of Jose Marti, the dictatorships of Fulgencio Batista, Fidel Castro and Che Guevara, Operation Peter...
Hip-Hop music during certain time periods has conveyed various messages and beliefs. Professor Kalonji McClellan gives us a run through as to where some of...
Journey to the West is an epic piece of Chinese literature of which researcher Jim McClanahan comes Back By The Woodpile to give us a...
Keith Harris comes Back By the Woodpile to talk car restoration, Southern Gospel, Satanists and school bus driving! To hear on Stitcher, click here! To...
Evansville, Indiana is located on the bottom of Indiana and we’re going to take a tour of the town via some of the personalities from...