*BONUS* Democracy Limited-Series Teaser
Hello listeners! Over the next few weeks, we will be posting a curated collection of episodes focusing on themes surrounding Democracy. In this special series, expect to learn about voter apathy, med...
14 Apr 202229s
S3E4 How to Hide an Empire: Telling the Story of the Greater United States
Look at a map of the United States and you'll see the familiar cluster of states in North America, plus Hawai'i and Alaska in boxes off to the side. But what about Puerto Rico? What about American Sam...
23 Mar 20221h 3min
S3E3 The Atlas of Drowned Towns: Recovering the Histories of Places Lost To Dam Construction
During the twentieth century, hundreds of communities in the American West disappeared, and no one seemed to care. River development projects – massive dams built for irrigation, hydroelectricity, and...
9 Mar 202258min
S3E2 Images of Sacajawea: The Lewis & Clark Expedition, Suffragettes, and Modern-day Representations
An overview of Sacajawea from 1805-106 and the Lewis and Clark Expedition's time in Lemhi County, Idaho. Jumping back to today, a look at the different portrayals and representations of Sacajawea thro...
8 Feb 202256min
S3E1 Restoring the Wetxuuwíitin’ Collection
In 1847, Presbyterian missionary Henry Spalding acquired handmade Nez Perce artifacts and sent them from north-central Idaho to his friend and supporter, Dudley Allen, in Ohio in exchange for commodit...
25 Jan 202258min
S2E16 The End of the Cold War and American Culture
The Berlin Wall, Polish Solidarity, Tiananmen Square, the dissolution of the Soviet Union: the end of the Cold War created cultural and political reverberations around the globe. Americans celebrated ...
19 Okt 202156min
S2E15 Reflecting on Rosa Parks + Producing Scholarship & Art in the 21st Century
In this talk, Riché Richardson reflects on the life, activism and continuing significance of civil rights leader Rosa Parks. Richardson draws on the leader’s legacy and work with children to reflect ...
5 Okt 20211h
S2E14 The Life of John Denver
John Denver is one of America’s greatest country-folk singer/songwriters. With over 30 albums in his discography, Denver was more than just a performer. He was an actor, environmentalist, and humanita...
27 Sep 20211h
