This is America - The Older Transcripts
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- 2005-03-13 - Classical Music With a Modern American Sound
- 2005-03-07 - Kennedy Center to Expand Arts Education
- 2005-02-28 - Academy Awards
- 2005-02-27 - National Zoo / Wild Animal Care in U.S.
- 2005-02-13 - Dating
- 2005-02-06 - New Orleans and Mardi Gras
- 2005-01-30 - California and Its People
- 2005-01-23 - Music for Little People
- 2005-01-09 - Presidential Exhibits at the National Archives
- 2004-12-12 - World of Babies
- 2004-12-05 - Writers and the Immigrant Experience: Latin America and the Caribbean
- 2004-11-28 - Blues Music, Part 2
- 2004-11-21 - Blues Music, Part 1
- 2004-11-15 - Driving Cross-Country: One Family's Story
- 2004-11-07 - Elections of 2004
- 2004-10-31 - Muslim Girls in America
- 2004-10-24 - Answering 5 Questions About Civics in the United States
- 2004-10-15 - George W. Bush and John Kerry
- 2004-10-10 - Agricultural Fairs
- 2004-10-03 - Media in the United States, Part 2
- 2004-09-26 - Media in the United States, Part 1
- 2004-09-20 - National Museum of the American Indian
- 2004-09-05 - Artistic Expression in Reaction to 9/11
- 2004-08-29 - New York City and the Republican National Convention
- 2004-08-22 - Yard Sales and Flea Markets
- 2004-08-15 - A Visit to Washington
- 2004-08-08 - Baseball and American Culture
- 2004-08-02 - Reading in America
- 2004-07-25 - Boston and the Democratic National Convention
- 2004-07-18 - International Adoptions
- 2004-07-12 - Mount Vernon
- 2004-07-04 - Debate Over Electronic Voting
- 2004-06-27 - Travels Through Seven States
- 2004-06-13 - Glen Echo Park
- 2004-05-30 - National World War Two Memorial
- 2004-05-23 - History of Children's Television
- 2004-05-16 - Fiftieth Anniversary of Ruling Against Racial Separation in Schools
- 2004-05-09 - The Jury System
- 2004-05-02 - The White House
- 2004-04-26 - History of Transportation in the U.S.
- 2004-04-18 - Pulitzer Prizes
- 2004-04-11 - Marathons
- 2004-04-01 - Rock and Roll History, Part 2
- 2004-03-28 - History of Rock and Roll, Part 1
- 2004-03-21 - Presidential Campaign Update
- 2004-03-14 - Grandparents
- 2004-03-07 - Dictionaries in the United States
- 2004-02-29 - Unusual Museums
- 2004-02-22 - Academy Awards
- 2004-02-08 - 'Lincoln Portrait'
- 2004-02-02 - 'Girl Groups' in Rock Music
- 2004-01-27 - Campaign to Reopen the Statue of Liberty
- 2004-01-18 - Health Care in the United States
- 2004-01-11 - Presidential Race
- 2004-01-05 - Asian-American Writers
- 2003-12-15 - Philanthropy
- 2003-12-08 - Kennedy Center Honors
- 2003-12-01 - Montpelier Gets a Facelift
- 2003-11-24 - California
- 2003-11-17 - Gays in America
- 2003-11-10 - Veterans Day
- 2003-11-03 - New Campaign to Restore Ellis Island
- 2003-10-27 - Best-Selling Books in America
- 2003-10-20 - October 20, 2003: Historic Documents at the National Archives
- 2003-10-13 - Willie Nelson and 'Red Headed Stranger'
- 2003-10-06 - Patents and Inventions
- 2003-09-15 - National Folk Festival
- 2003-08-04 - High School and College Reunions
- 2003-07-21 - Itzhak Perlman
- 2003-07-21 - Supreme Court Ends Term
- 2003-07-14 - Summer Camps
- 2003-06-23 - Democratic Presidential Candidates
- 2003-06-15 - Graduations
- 2003-06-09 - Weddings
- 2003-06-02 - Musical Play 'Hairspray'
- 2003-05-26 - Memorial Day and Military Memorials
- 2003-05-19 - Overseas Adoptions
- 2003-05-12 - State Budgets
- 2003-05-05 - Prisons
- 2003-04-21 - Pulitzer Prizes
- 2003-04-14 - Supreme Court / Affirmative Action
- 2003-03-30 - America at War
- 2003-03-24 - National Zoo / Wild-Animal Care in the U.S.
- 2003-03-17 - Academy Awards
- 2003-03-10 - New Orleans and Mardi Gras
- 2003-02-17 - Women in Congress
- 2003-02-10 - Dating
- 2003-01-27 - Capital Punishment
- 2003-01-13 - Homeless
- 2002-12-30 - New Year's Traditions
- 2002-12-16 - Visiting a Dude Ranch
- 2002-12-12 - Christmas Traditions and Music
- 2002-12-02 - Kennedy Center Honors
- 2002-11-25 - Thanksgiving
- 2002-11-18 - National Visionary Leadership Project
- 2002-11-11 - Veterans Day
- 2002-10-28 - Halloween and Edgar Allan Poe
- 2002-10-21 - Supreme Court
- 2002-09-30 - Book Clubs
- 2002-09-16 - Agricultural Fairs
- 2002-09-09 - One Year After Sept. 11
- 2002-08-12 - Sports Halls of Fame
- 2002-08-05 - Presidential Medal of Freedom
- 2002-07-22 - US World Cup Team
- 2002-07-15 - Medical Education
- 2002-07-08 - The Catholic Church in America
- 2002-06-17 - Reform of the FBI
- 2002-05-27 - Memorial Day
- 2002-05-13 - Sondheim Celebration
- 2002-05-03 - Weddings
- 2002-04-22 - Pulitzer Prizes
- 2002-04-08 - Marathons
- 2002-03-25 - Junior Achievement
- 2002-03-18 - Academy Awards
- 2002-03-01 - National Poetry Month
- 2002-02-25 - Three Mo' Tenors
- 2002-02-18 - Lincoln Portrait
- 2002-02-11 - VOA's 60th Anniversary
- 2002-01-28 - Winter Olympic Games
- 2002-01-07 - 'The Fantasticks' - An American Musical Play
- 2001-12-31 - New Year's Traditions
- 2001-12-24 - Christmas Traditions and Music
- 2001-12-17 - Muslims in America
- 2001-11-26 - Kennedy Center Honors
- 2001-11-12 - Preservation Hall Jazz
- 2001-11-05 - Veterans Day
- 2001-11-03 - The Supreme Court
- 2001-10-22 - Rethinking Skyscrapers
- 2001-10-15 - The Federal Reserve
- 2001-09-24 - Women in Sports
- 2001-09-17 - Indiana State Fair
- 2001-09-10 - Kennedy Center Anniversary
- 2001-09-01 - Chicago
- 2001-08-27 - 'The Producers' by Mel Brooks
- 2001-08-20 - Yard Sales and Flea Markets
- 2001-08-06 - Visiting Washington
- 2001-08-03 - Labor Movement Songs
- 2001-07-30 - James Madison's Montpelier
- 2001-07-16 - Smithsonian Folklife Festival
- 2001-06-25 - Golf
- 2001-06-18 - National Parks
- 2001-06-11 - Weddings
- 2001-06-04 - Changes in the American Family
- 2001-05-07 - Mother's Day
- 2001-04-30 - Pulitzer Prizes
- 2001-04-23 - Census of 2000
- 2001-04-16 - National Poetry Month and Walt Whitman
- 2001-03-26 - Genealogy
- 2001-03-19 - Academy Awards
- 2001-03-12 - The Peace Corps
- 2001-03-05 - History of Jazz, Part 2
- 2001-02-26 - History of Jazz, Part 1
- 2001-02-12 - Foreign Workers in the US
- 2001-02-05 - Skyscrapers
- 2001-01-29 - Utah (Update)
- 2001-01-15 - Bush Inaugural
- 2000-12-18 - Miss Saigon
- 2000-12-11 - The EPA
- 2000-12-04 - The American Presidency Exhibit
- 2000-11-27 - Kennedy Center Honors
- 2000-11-13 - U. S. Election Results
- 2000-09-25 - Banned Books Week
- 2000-09-18 - Housing for Immigrants
- 2000-09-11 - Presidential Candidates
- 2000-08-28 - The FBI
- 2000-08-14 - Los Angeles
- 2000-07-31 - Presidential Nominating Conventions
- 2000-07-24 - Women in Religion
- 2000-07-03 - Fourth of July
- 2000-06-19 - Weddings
- 2000-06-05 - San Diego Wild Animal Park
- 2000-05-29 - Memorial Day and War Memorials
- 2000-05-22 - Miami, Florida
- 2000-05-15 - Library of Congress
- 2000-05-08 - Million Mom March
- 2000-05-01 - The Circus
- 2000-04-24 - The 2000 Census
- 2000-04-17 - Passover and Easter
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