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.
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Dr. Michael Schneider, Provost, Dean of the College and Professor of History, at Knox College joins the Relevant or Irrelevant panel to discuss women leaders in diplomacy across the Pacific.
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BONUS questions from the 391st episode of ROI.
Relevant or Irrelevant is recorded at the studios of KALA-FM, Davenport, IA-Quad Cities.
Gerda Preston-Hartman, from The Mines of Spain (Dubuque, Iowa) joins the Relevant or Irrelevant crew to discuss this scenic recreation area overlooking the Mississippi River on the 391st show.
Relevan…
BONUS questions from the 390th episode of ROI.
Relevant or Irrelevant is recorded at the studios of KALA-FM, Davenport, IA-Quad Cities.
Sarah Star, Visiting Professor of English at Kenyon College (Gambier, Ohio) joins the Relevant or Irrelevant team to talk about Henry Daniel and The Liber Uricrisiarum, the earliest known work of aca…
BONUS questions from the 388th episode of ROI.
Relevant or Irrelevant is recorded at the studios of KALA-FM, Davenport, IA-Quad Cities.
Dr. Amy Bix, Professor Of History at Iowa State University, joins the ROI team to talk about her book Girls Coming to Tech!: A History of American Engineering Education for Women (MIT Press, 2013).
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BONUS questions from the 387th episode of ROI.
Relevant or Irrelevant is recorded at the studios of KALA-FM, Davenport, IA-Quad Cities.
Relevant or Irrelevant is honored to have journalist Tom Philpott as our guest for the 387th edition of this series. This week, the panel discusses Philpott's book, Perilous Bounty: The Looming Colla…
BONUS questions from the 386th episode of ROI.
Relevant or Irrelevant is recorded at the studios of KALA-FM, Davenport, IA-Quad Cities.
Dr. Margaret Morse, Associate Professor of Art History and Fine Arts Division Chair at Augustana College (Rock Island, Illinois, USA) joins the ROI group to discuss the 500th anniversary of the death…
BONUS questions from the 385th episode of ROI.
Relevant or Irrelevant is recorded at the studios of KALA-FM, Davenport, IA-Quad Cities.
Angie Weikert, Manager of Artifact Acquisitions at The National Pearl Button Museum, is the guest for 385th episode of ROI. She joins the group to talk about the museum and saving the Fairport (Iowa)…
BONUS questions from the 384th edition of 𝘙𝘖𝘐.
Relevant or Irrelevant is recorded at the studios of KALA-FM, Davenport, IA-Quad Cities.
Dr. Julie Courtwright, Associate Professor of History at Iowa State University, joins the ROI history buffs to discuss her book, Prairie Fire: A Great Plains History, published by the University Pres…
BONUS questions from the 383rd episode of ROI.
Relevant or Irrelevant is recorded at the studios of KALA-FM, Davenport, IA-Quad Cities.
Dr. Kristy Wilson Bowers, Assistant Professor of History at The University Of Missouri, discusses the history of social distancing with the ROI team on the 383rd edition of the series.
Relevant or Irr…
BONUS questions from the 382nd episode of ROI
Former Governor-General Dr. George Garmany, of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, joins the Relevant or Irrelevant panel to discuss the 400th anniversary of the landing of The Mayflower on…
BONUS questions from the 389th episode of ROI.
Relevant or Irrelevant is recorded at the studios of KALA-FM, Davenport, IA-Quad Cities.