Relevant or Irrelevant
In this weekly show, hosts John Kealey and Jay Swords examine events of history through the discussion of books, journal articles, papers, and presentations, then historians and history buffs ask the question, what is relevant or irrelevant in today’s world.
For more than a decade, this show has aired over-the-air on KALA-FM in the Quad Cities. Now, we're bringing it here to make listening easier than ever!
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 21 minutes
- Episodes
- 545
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Homesick: Why Housing Is Unaffordable And How We Can Change It
Author Brendan O'Brien is the in-studio guest for "ROI" episode #615 to discuss his book: Homesick: Why Housing Is Unaffordable And How We Can Change It.
The host for this edition is John Kealey, an…
BONUS: Homesick: Why Housing Is Unaffordable And How We Can Change It
BONUS DISCUSSION: Author Brendan O'Brien is the in-studio guest for "ROI" episode #615 to discuss his book: Homesick: Why Housing Is Unaffordable And How We Can Change It.
The host for this edition…
Money, Lies And God: Inside The Movement to Destroy American Democracy
Author Katherine Stewart joins the "ROI" team to discuss Money, Lies And God: Inside The Movement to Destroy American Democracy.
The host for the 614th edition in this series is John Kealey, and the …
BONUS: Money, Lies And God: Inside The Movement to Destroy American Democracy
BONUS DISCUSSION: Author Katherine Stewart joins the "ROI" team to discuss Money, Lies And God: Inside The Movement to Destroy American Democracy.
The host for the 614th edition in this series is Jo…
BONUS: Mallard Island And The Ernest Oberholtzer Foundation
BONUS DISCUSSION: Beth Waterhouse, former staff director of The Ernest Oberholtzer Foundation, from Minnesota, joins the "ROI" panelists to discuss "Mallard Island And The Ernest Oberholtzer Foundat…
Mallard Island And The Ernest Oberholtzer Foundation
Beth Waterhouse, former staff director of The Ernest Oberholtzer Foundation, from Minnesota, joins the "ROI" panelists to discuss "Mallard Island And The Ernest Oberholtzer Foundation."
The host for t…
BONUS: Prisoners After War: Veterans In The Age Of Incarceration
BONUS DISCUSSION: Dr. Jason Higgins, digital scholarship director at Virginia Tech Publishing, joins the "ROI" team to discuss, "Prisoners After War: Veterans In The Age Of Incarceration."
The host …
Prisoners After War: Veterans In The Age Of Incarceration
Dr. Jason Higgins, digital scholarship director at Virginia Tech Publishing, joins the "ROI" team to discuss, "Prisoners After War: Veterans In The Age Of Incarceration."
The host for this edition is…
Is This 'Age Of The Delta' Coming To An End?
Boyce Upholt, author and nature critic, joins the "ROI" team to discuss, "Is This 'Age Of The Delta' Coming To An End?"
The host for the 611th edition in this series is John Kealey, and the history bu…
BONUS: Is This 'Age Of The Delta' Coming To An End?
BONUS DISCUSSION: Boyce Upholt, author and nature critic, joins the "ROI" team to discuss, "Is This 'Age Of The Delta' Coming To An End?"
The host for the 611th edition in this series is John Kealey,…
BONUS: History Pedagogy: What Makes Good History Teaching
BONUS DISCUSSION: Dr. John Warne Monroe, professor of history at Iowa State University, joins the "ROI" panelists to discuss, "History Pedagogy: What Makes Good History Teaching."
The host for the 6…
History Pedagogy: What Makes Good History Teaching
Dr. John Warne Monroe, professor of history at Iowa State University, joins the "ROI" panelists to discuss, "History Pedagogy: What Makes Good History Teaching."
The host for the 610th edition in thi…
BONUS: Artificial Intelligence In The Classroom
BONUS DISCUSSION: Wilson Rojas, assistant professor for Emerging And innovative Technologies In The Center For Excellence In Treaching And Learning at the University Of Northern Iowa, joins the "ROI…
Artificial Intelligence In The Classroom
Wilson Rojas, assistant professor for Emerging And innovative Technologies In The Center For Excellence In Treaching And Learning at the University Of Northern Iowa, joins the "ROI" team to discuss "…
Understanding And Teaching The Civil Rights Movement
Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries, associate professor of history at Ohio State University, joins the "ROI" panelists to discuss, "Understanding And Teaching The Civil Rights Movement."
The host for the 608th …
BONUS: Understanding And Teaching The Civil Rights Movement
BONUS DISCUSSION: Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries, associate professor of history at Ohio State University, joins the "ROI" panelists to discuss, "Understanding And Teaching The Civil Rights Movement."
The …
BONUS: Becoming Elizabeth Arden: The Woman Behind The Global Beauty Empire
BONUS DISCUSSION: Dr. Stacy Cordery, professor of history at Iowa State University, joins the "ROI" team to discuss Becoming Elizabeth Arden: The Woman Behind The Global Beauty Empire.
The host of t…
Becoming Elizabeth Arden: The Woman Behind The Global Beauty Empire
Dr. Stacy Cordery, professor of history at Iowa State University, joins the "ROI" team to discuss Becoming Elizabeth Arden: The Woman Behind The Global Beauty Empire.
The host of the 607th episode in…
BONUS: The Last Honest Man: The CIA, the FBI, the Mafia, and the Kennedys―and One Senator's Fight to Save Democracy
BONUS DISCUSSION: Jim Risen, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author, joins the "ROI" team to discuss The Last Honest Man: The CIA, the FBI, the Mafia, and the Kennedys―and One Senator's Fight …
The Last Honest Man: The CIA, the FBI, the Mafia, and the Kennedys―and One Senator's Fight to Save Democracy
Jim Risen, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author, joins the "ROI" team to discuss The Last Honest Man: The CIA, the FBI, the Mafia, and the Kennedys―and One Senator's Fight to Save Democracy.
T…