History Worth Saving

Mark Warren of Medicine Bow near Dahlonega says the forest is his classroom and that his teaching starts with plants, not fire or archery.

History Worth Saving speaks with Professor Franz von der Dunk about space law, the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, and the growing problem of debris in orbit.

History Worth Saving features music educator Beth Hoekje recalling a woman at Western Psychiatric Clinic in Pittsburgh who could sing but not speak after traumatic experiences during the Holocaust.

Charlotte Brown's theater coaching record includes 18 UIL state visits, seven one-act play wins, and 35 trips to the NFL Nationals.

Nathan Hammond describes a Bardstown, Kentucky program where 30 high school students spend the school year building a CubCrafters Carbon Cub kit and can help fund the next class when the airplane is sold.

History Worth Saving interviews Chris Adams about the Okefenokee Swamp, Wiregrass Georgia, and the relationship between regional ecology and cultural survival.

History Worth Saving host Matt interviews Georgia firefighter and country artist Mark Ware about choosing the fire department over a record deal while raising his newborn daughter in his early 20s.

History Worth Saving interviews Ernie LaPointe, a Vietnam veteran and great-grandson of Sitting Bull, about homelessness, PTSD, and Lakota approaches to healing.

History Worth Saving host Matt interviews artist Craig Tender about leaving Fortune 500 marketing and technology roles to build Aces in Action around aviation and military-history artwork.

History Worth Saving interviews Houston watercolor artist Helene Bernhard Little about painting animals, birds, horses, and ballerinas with vibrant colors and blown-paint techniques.

Dallin Lampson explains how wildlife paintings of cabins, rivers, bull elk, fish, and other natural scenes offer viewers a sense of serenity when daily life and news feel abrasive.

David Hartman, the first host of Good Morning America, recalls launching the ABC program in November 1975, when three morning networks emphasized accuracy and useful information.

Matt Jolly interviews television journalist and Army veteran Chase Ambrose about the Cannonball Run's origins as Brock Yates's 1971 protest against the nationwide 55-mph speed limit.

Matt Jolly interviews author Ian Quasar about the Bermuda Triangle, Flight 19, Bigfoot, UFOs, and Amelia Earhart's disappearance.

History Worth Saving host Matt Jolly interviews retired medical laboratory scientist and fantasy author Elise Wheeler about moving from human physiology and biochemistry into fiction.

History Worth Saving host Matt Jolly interviews human trafficking survivors April Dettine and Robin Fleming about being controlled by the same unnamed trafficker.

Matt Jolly interviews RAND Corporation behavioral scientist Dr.

Matt Jolly interviews Patrick Mihalek about the Warbirds of Glory Museum’s restoration of a B-25 Mitchell that crashed near Fairbanks, Alaska, on June 27, 1969.

Clayton Korn tells Matt Jolly how piano playing led from South Plains College to Nashville work with Phil Vassar and Pat Green, plus performances with Willie Nelson and ZZ Top.

History Worth Saving interviews Tom Brown, who has identified more than 1,000 apple varieties and maintains about 800 on his property.

History Worth Saving host Matt interviews former First Lieutenant Patrick Claiborne McCleary III, known as Cleve, about a March 3, 1968 Vietnam ambush that left him without his left arm and left eye.

History Worth Saving host Matt interviews Adam Carrick about restoring Stoddardsville, an 1815 Pennsylvania mill community containing the Great Falls of the Lehigh River and surviving foundations.

Brent Macbeth describes how COVID-19 disrupted live performance, replacing Broadway theaters and in-person dance classes with Zoom squares that cannot provide the same audience connection or physical corrections.

History Worth Saving interviews Michael Ridge, who left conventional life at 23 and has spent eight winters living in a tipi while traveling with horses.

Colt Hartt describes growing up as a third- or fourth-generation cowboy in South Georgia before serving four years in the Navy aboard USS George Washington, CVN 73.