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Ideas Matter - How The Civil War Continues To Shape Civic And Cultural Life In America

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Ray Graf

Published September 26, 2014 at 10:35 AM EDT

This week in our Ideas Matter segment, we are joined by representatives from The Vermont Humanities Council to discuss their Fall conference which is entitled: A Fire Never Extinguished; How the Civil War Continues to Shape Civic and Cultural Life in America.

We are joined by Peter Gilbert, Vermont Humanities Council Executive Director and by Dwight Pitcaithley who teaches history at New Mexico State University - from 1995 to 2005, Dwight served as Chief Historian of the National Park Service.

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In a radio career that has spanned nearly 35 years, Ray Graf has done it all. At one time or another he worked as an overnight board operator, a commercial copywriter, a reporter and a voiceover announcer. For several years - a lifetime ago - he was a morning drive disc jockey. Graf has been a member of the WAMC News team for 16 years. These days, he finds himself as The Roundtable's news anchor, panelist- and occasional guest host for Joe Donahue. "Radio news is not always easy," said Graf of his most recent radio vocation, "but it's not nearly as difficult as spinning a Michael Bolton record at 5:45 in the morning and pretending you're happy about it."

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