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A podcast of real conversations about real issues that are important to all Ohioans. We offer a humanities perspective on what's going on in the world. Ohio Humanities is the state based partner of the National Endowment of the Humanities.

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    Human Powered: Odyssey Beyond Bars

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2023 40:35


    This week, we're thrilled to share a special first look at the second season of Human Powered, a podcast from our friends at Wisconsin Humanities!This episode visits with some of the key players behind the University of Wisconsin-Madison's first credit-bearing course inside any state prison since 1917. We will learn what makes Odyssey Beyond Bars storytelling workshops so meaningful for the participants, and meet Mark Espanol, who shared his story at the English 101 graduation inside Oak Hill Correctional Facility.Listen to all episodes of Human Powered at wisconsinhumanities.org/podcast, and stay tuned for the rest of the second season, which explores the remarkable stories of people inside and outside Wisconsin prisons who are using the humanities to overcome the dehumanization of incarceration.And, later this year, join us for The Ohio Country, a forthcoming series from WYSO Public Radio and funded by Ohio Humanities.  Native men and women from different tribes and their allies—plus teachers, artists, scholars, parents, landowners, foresters, young people, and historians, too—will tell their stories about the about the lands above the Ohio River, known as the Ohio Country. You can listen in this feed, at WYSO.org, ohiohumanities.org, and in all those other places where you get podcasts.

    Human Powered: The Power of Indigenous Knowledge

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2023 30:15


    This week, we're thrilled to share “The Power of Indigenous Knowledge,” an episode from the first season of Human Powered, a podcast from our friends at Wisconsin Humanities. This episode starts with a meal around a fire, in a place where people have been cooking and eating for more than 5,000 years. Hosts Marvin Defoe and Edwina Buffalo-Reyes, members of the Red Cliff band of Lake Superior Ojibwe in Bayfield County, discuss the Red Cliff Tribal Historic Preservation Office's three-year collaboration with two archaeologists helping excavate sites on tribal lands. Listen to hear what they are doing to reclaim and revitalize the deep history and culture of their people—and to help train a new generation of scholars committed to centering indigenous knowledge. Listen to the first season of Human Powered in full at wisconsinhumanities.org/podcast and, next week, hear an episode from the upcoming second season right here in our podcast feed! And, later this year, join us for The Ohio Country, a forthcoming series from WYSO Public Radio and funded by Ohio Humanities.  Native men and women from different tribes and their allies—plus teachers, artists, scholars, parents, landowners, foresters, young people, and historians, too—will tell their stories about the about the lands above the Ohio River, known as the Ohio Country. You can listen in this feed, at WYSO.org, ohiohumanities.org, and in all those other places where you get podcasts.

    We Are Here Episode 6: The Lenape Come Home to Pennsylvania

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2023 33:46


    We Are Here, a collaboration between our neighbors at PA Humanities and Keystone Edge, is a podcast about Pennsylvanians making their mark. This week, we're thrilled to share the series' sixth episode, “The Lenape Come Home to Pennsylvania.”For thousands of years before the arrival of European settlers, the Lenape thrived in the Delaware Valley. Centuries of displacement followed, and now a repatriation project aims to heal old wounds. In this installment, We Are Here host Lee Stabert speaks with Jeremy Johnson, Cultural Education Director of the Delaware Tribe of Indians, and Doug Miller, site administrator of Pennsbury Manor historic site in Bucks County, about giving the tribe's ancestral remains and artifacts a final resting place.If you'd like to learn more about the history and legacy of the Lenape, visit delawaretribe.org, and to plan a visit to Pennsbury Manor, head over to their website.Listen to We Are Here in full at https://www.keystoneedge.com/podcast/we-are-here, at pahumanities.org, or in the Keystone Edge feed wherever you listen. And, later this year, join us for The Ohio Country, a forthcoming series from WYSO Public Radio and funded by Ohio Humanities.  Native men and women from different tribes and their allies—plus teachers, artists, scholars, parents, landowners, foresters, young people, and historians, too—will tell their stories about the about the lands above the Ohio River, known as the Ohio Country. You can listen in this feed, at WYSO.org, ohiohumanities.org, and in all those other places where you get podcasts.

    Amended Episode 6: Walking in Two Worlds

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2023 45:17


    Amended, a podcast from our friends at Humanities New York, asks how we tell the story of the (unfinished) struggle for women's voting rights. Who gave us the dominant suffrage narrative? And who gets left out?When the 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920, a large number of Native American women still could not vote. The U.S. government did not recognize them as citizens. And if having U.S. citizenship required them to renounce tribal sovereignty, many Native women didn't want it. But early-twentieth-century writer, composer, and activist Zitkála-Šá was determined to fight for both.In this episode, host Laura Free speaks with digital artist Marlena Myles (Spirit Lake Dakota) whose art is inspired by Dakota imagery and history, and by Zitkála-Šá's legacy. Dr. Cathleen Cahill, author of Recasting the Vote: How Women of Color Transformed the Suffrage Movement, returns to help tell the story of Zitkála-Šá's struggle for a “layered” U.S. citizenship that included the acknowledgment of Native American sovereignty.This final episode of the Amended series demonstrates once again how those who have been marginalized within U.S. democracy have worked, and continue to work, to hold the nation accountable for its promise of liberty and equality for all.Listen to Amended in full at https://humanitiesny.org/our-work/amended-podcast/ or in the Humanities New York feed wherever you listen. And, later this year, join us for The Ohio Country, a forthcoming series from WYSO Public Radio and funded by Ohio Humanities.  Native men and women from different tribes and their allies—plus teachers, artists, scholars, parents, landowners, foresters, young people, and historians, too—will tell their stories about the about the lands above the Ohio River, known as the Ohio Country. You can listen in this feed, at WYSO.org, ohiohumanities.org, and in all those other places where you get podcasts.

    Augmented Humanity: Indigenous A.I.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2023 59:01


    Augmented Humanity, a podcast from our friends at New Mexico Humanities, features modern explorers working at the intersection of technology and the humanities who help us to understand ourselves and the worlds we create in this digital age. They are thinkers, creators, makers, and academics, all working in diverse fields. Augmented Humanity is produced in partnership with KUNM FM, University of New Mexico's public radio station.This episode's guest is Michael Running Wolf (Northern Cheyenne, Lakota and Blackfeet), who was raised in a rural prairie village in Montana with intermittent water and electricity; naturally he has a Master's of Science in Computer Science, is a former engineer for Amazon's Alexa, and is an instructor at Northeastern University. He was raised with a grandmother who only spoke his tribal language, Cheyenne, which like many indigenous languages is near extinction. By leveraging his advanced degree and professional engineering experience, Michael hopes to strengthen the ecology of thought represented by indigenous languages.Listen to Augmented Humanity in full at https://nmhumanities.org/podcast or wherever you listen. And, later this year, join us for The Ohio Country, a forthcoming series from WYSO Public Radio and funded by Ohio Humanities. Native men and women from different tribes and their allies—plus teachers, artists, scholars, parents, landowners, foresters, young people, and historians, too—will tell their stories about the about the lands above the Ohio River, known as the Ohio Country. You can listen to the trailer now in this feed, at WYSO.org, ohiohumanities.org, and in all those other places where you get podcasts.

    Page Count Live: Turning Points in a Writing Career

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2023 36:34


    Page Count, an interview-format podcast presented by Ohio Center for the Book at Cleveland Public Library, celebrates authors, librarians, booksellers, illustrators, publishing professionals, and literary advocates in and from the state of Ohio. Guests range from internationally recognized and bestselling authors to professionals working on a grassroots level to improve access to books and literacy resources.This episode was recorded before a live audience at the 2023 Ohioana Book Festival, presented in part by Ohio Humanities, at the Columbus Metropolitan Library on April 22, 2023. A panel of five authors discuss turning points in their writing careers—the good, the bad, the ugly, and the existentially fraught. This conversation covers everything from rejection to reader reactions, imposter syndrome, awards, inspiration, validation, and more.Featured authors include: Mindy McGinnis, author of the YA mystery A Long Stretch of Bad Days Ric Sheffield, author of the memoir We Got By: A Black Family's Journey in the Heartland Judith Turner-Yamamoto, author of the novel Loving the Dead and Gone Andrea Wang, author of the picture books Watercress and Luli and the Language of Tea Felicia Zamora, author of the poetry collection I Always Carry My Bones For more information, visit the Ohioana Book Festival website.And, later this year, join WYSO and Ohio Humanities for the forthcoming series The Ohio Country. Native men and women from different tribes and their allies—plus teachers, artists, scholars, parents, landowners, foresters, young people, and historians, too—will tell their stories about the about the lands above the Ohio River, known as the Ohio Country. You can listen in this feed, at WYSO.org, ohiohumanities.org, and in all those other places where you get podcasts.

    County Lines: The Rural-Urban Divide

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2023 14:44


    County Lines is WYSO's series focusing on small towns and rural communities in the greater Dayton area. Funded by a grant from Ohio Humanities, Community Voices producer Renee Wilde travels down the highways and back roads to tell stories of country life that go beyond the stereotypes. This week, hear three short stories from County Lines about Ohio's rural-urban divide and the spaces in between. Listen to more stories from the series at wyso.org/county-lines.Act 1: Although the term Urban Sprawl was coined in the 1930's, by the ‘70's, it was a hot topic, as increasingly more rural areas, and farmland, were divided up and paved over into strip malls and subdivisions. This spreading ring around our cities where urban sprawl is happening is officially known as the Rural-Urban Fringe. Today on County Lines, producer Renee Wilde takes us there.Act 2: Looking out over the rolling farm fields from the front porch of his 94 acre farm in Gambier, located in Knox county, former Kenyon College professor and former Director of the Rural Life Center, Howard Sacks reflects on what the definition of rural character is, and what it means to him.Act 3: Steven Conn, the W.E. Smith Professor of History at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, is a regular contributor to the Dayton Daily News and the Huffington Post and a frequent lecturer in the US and around the world on a variety of topics. He's also the editor of Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective. His most recent book is Americans Against the City: Anti-Urbanism in the 20th Century. Today, he shares his thoughts about attitudes and public policy toward immigrants in southwest Ohio.And, later this year, join WYSO and Ohio Humanities again for the forthcoming series The Ohio Country. Native men and women from different tribes and their allies—plus teachers, artists, scholars, parents, landowners, foresters, young people, and historians, too—will tell their stories about the about the lands above the Ohio River, known as the Ohio Country. You can listen in this feed, at WYSO.org, ohiohumanities.org, and in all those other places where you get podcasts.

    More Human with Rebecca Brown Asmo

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2023 39:19


    Inspired by Socrates's famous dictum that “the unexamined life is not worth living,” More Human, the official podcast of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Humanities Center at Cuyahoga Community College, features conversations with scholars and students in the humanities. Each episode explores how engaging with literature, philosophy, history, and art enables us to live deeper, fuller, more authentically human lives. On this episode of More Human, Dean Matt Jordan sits down with Ohio Humanities Executive Director Rebecca Brown Asmo to discuss the organization's work to advance the humanities across the state, as well as the relevance of the humanities to career pathways and their significance for anyone who desires to live a life of consequence. She also shares Saeed Jones's poem "If You Had an Off Button, I'd Name You 'Off,'” from his anthology “Alive at the End of the World.” And, later this year, join us for The Ohio Country, a forthcoming series from WYSO Public Radio and funded by Ohio Humanities.  Native men and women from different tribes and their allies—plus teachers, artists, scholars, parents, landowners, foresters, young people, and historians, too—will tell their stories about the about the lands above the Ohio River, known as the Ohio Country. You can listen in this feed, at WYSO.org, ohiohumanities.org, and in all those other places where you get podcasts.

    The Landscape of Local Newspapers in Ohio with Tim Feran

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2023 31:22


    This week on Ohio Humans, we're revisiting Rachel Hopkin's 2020 conversation with journalist Tim Feran about the changing landscape of local newspapers in Ohio.This episode is part of the Federation of State Humanities Councils' “Democracy and the Informed Citizen” initiative, which seeks to deepen our knowledge and appreciation of the vital connections between democracy, the humanities, journalism, and an informed citizenry. Many thanks to the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for their generous support of this initiative and the Pulitzer Prizes for their partnership. The episode's opening and closing music is provided by Sokolovsky Music.And, later this year, join us for The Ohio Country, a forthcoming series from WYSO Public Radio and funded by Ohio Humanities. Native men and women from different tribes and their allies—plus teachers, artists, scholars, parents, landowners, foresters, young people, and historians, too—will tell their stories about the about the lands above the Ohio River, known as the Ohio Country. You can listen in this feed, at WYSO.org, ohiohumanities.org, and in all those other places where you get podcasts.***The Poynter article about Gannett, the Ithaca Journal, and ghost newsrooms mentioned in the interview can be found at https://www.poynter.org/locally/2020/at-gannetts-ithaca-journal-local-news-staffing-is-down-to-one-reporter.Dan O'Brien's investigative reporting in Youngstown for ProPublica and the Youngstown Business Journal can be found at https://www.propublica.org/people/dan-obrien and https://businessjournaldaily.com/author/dobrienbusiness-journal-com.

    Social Distances: The Miner's Canary

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2023 16:56


    Social distance…it means more than just six feet apart. What other kinds of distances did we encounter during 2020 and beyond? With support from Ohio Humanities, each episode of Toledo-based media thinkhub Midstory's “Social Distances” podcast looks at a different cross section of society that has been impacted by the COVID-19 crisis—unpacking topics ranging from the environment, birth and death and shelter, to media, race relations and more through insights from historians, anthropologists, poets, policymakers, and other experts. In this episode, Dr. Akil Houston, professor of Cultural and Media Studies at Ohio University, unpacks how the social unrest of 2020 and beyond called into question our present—how we got here and where we go from here. Check out the full series at midstory.org/social-distances. And, later this year, join us for The Ohio Country, a forthcoming series from WYSO Public Radio and funded by Ohio Humanities.  Native men and women from different tribes and their allies—plus teachers, artists, scholars, parents, landowners, foresters, young people, and historians, too—will tell their stories about the about the lands above the Ohio River, known as the Ohio Country. You can listen in this feed, at WYSO.org, ohiohumanities.org, and in all those other places where you get podcasts.

    County Lines: Growing the Next Generation

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2023 21:16


    County Lines is WYSO's series focusing on small towns and rural communities in the greater Dayton area. Funded by a grant from Ohio Humanities, Community Voices producer Renee Wilde travels down the highways and back roads to tell stories of country life that go beyond the stereotypes. This week, hear four short stories from County Lines about the next generation of Ohioans, and listen to more stories from the series at wyso.org/county-lines. Act 1: Aryn Copeland is a Senior at Wilmington College. She's graduating with a degree in Agricultural Communications and is torn between two job offers—one in a rural community like the one she grew up in, and one in an urban area. In this interview with her professor Corey Cockerill, Aryn weighs the pros and cons of her decision in Corey's office at the Robinson Communications Center on the Wilmington campus.Act 2:  Aryn Copeland interviews her professor, Corey Cockerill, about her journey from the suburbs to rural life. Corey Cockerill teaches Agricultural Communications at Wilmington College, but she didn't live in a rural area until about 10 years ago. Corey grew up in the city of Mount Vernon, but when she went away to college—she met and fell in love with a farmer. Corey now lives on a farm and is raising two young children in his remote hometown of just over a thousand residents.Act 3: Future Farmers of America was founded in 1928 in Kansas City, Missouri as a way to educate the next generation of farmers. Today, FFA is a national organization for young people interested in leadership and agriculture. There are over a dozen local FFA chapters in the Miami Valley - including one at Northeastern High School in rural Clark County. Producer Anna Lurie went to Northeastern to learn about FFA and to teach the students a little bit about radio.Act 4: Clubs like FFA, which stands for Future Farmers of America, serve as both social and educational roles in rural communities. Kayla Wise credits FFA for her decision to pursue an agricultural degree. Kayla also never believed in climate change until she took a class at Wilmington College called Individual and Global Policy. Lucy Enge was also in that class, and she asks Kayla how it affected her viewpoint on climate change.And, later this year, join WYSO and Ohio Humanities again for the forthcoming series The Ohio Country. Native men and women from different tribes and their allies—plus teachers, artists, scholars, parents, landowners, foresters, young people, and historians, too—will tell their stories about the about the lands above the Ohio River, known as the Ohio Country. You can listen in this feed, at WYSO.org, ohiohumanities.org, and in all those other places where you get podcasts.

    May 4th Voices: Kent State, 1970

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2023 17:52


    On May 4, 1970, members of the Ohio National Guard fired into a crowd of demonstrators, killing four students and wounding nine on the campus of Kent State University. The impact of the event reverberated nationwide, triggering a dramatic increase in the ongoing student strike against US involvement in Vietnam and eventually shifting public opinion against the war.This week marks the 53rd anniversary of the shootings. In 2020, we spoke with poet and playwright David Hassler about, “May 4th Voices: Kent State, 1970,” a play based on the university's oral history archive, and Mindy Farmer, Director of the May 4 Visitor's Center on the Kent State campus.Listeners can watch a recorded student production of Hassler's play at youtube.com/watch?v=Q-gOyP9TAmo. A one-hour radio special of the play is available on Public Radio Exchange and at may4voices.org.And, later this year, join us for The Ohio Country, a forthcoming series from WYSO Public Radio and funded by Ohio Humanities.  Native men and women from different tribes and their allies—plus teachers, artists, scholars, parents, landowners, foresters, young people, and historians, too—will tell their stories about the about the lands above the Ohio River, known as the Ohio Country. You can listen in this feed, at WYSO.org, ohiohumanities.org, and in all those other places where you get podcasts.

    Invisible Ground: The Andrew Jackson Davison Club Presents

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2023 35:51


    Invisible Ground is a podcast series that explores the history of Southeast Ohio communities by telling the stories of its people, places, and events. In this episode, learn a bit more about Athens, Ohio, and its residents and places: the Berrys, the Davisons, Mount Zion, and the Westside of Athens from students in the Andrew Jackson Davison Club at Athens Middle School who researched, written, recorded, and produced these short stories. Funded by Ohio Humanities and the Ohio University College of Fine Arts Community Fund, this episode is part of a project for Tantrum Theater and their debut play Hotel Berry and is a collaboration with Invisible Ground, the Andrew Jackson Davison Club, Mount Zion Baptist Church Preservation Society, the Southeast Ohio History Center, and Athens Photographic Project. And, later this spring, join us for The Ohio Country, a forthcoming series from WYSO Public Radio and funded by Ohio Humanities.  Native men and women from different tribes and their allies—plus teachers, artists, scholars, parents, landowners, foresters, young people, and historians, too—will tell their stories about the about the lands above the Ohio River, known as the Ohio Country. You can listen in this feed, at WYSO.org, ohiohumanities.org, and in all those other places where you get podcasts.

    Amended Episode 1: Myths and Sentiments

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2023 37:59


    Amended, a podcast from our friends at Humanities New York, asks how we tell the story of the (unfinished) struggle for women's voting rights. Who gave us the dominant suffrage narrative? And who gets left out? In this episode, Laura Free, a historian of women and politics, reflects on the suffrage story she learned as a child, one that centers a few white women. She speaks with historians Bettye Collier-Thomas and Lisa Tetrault about the work they've done to show there is much more to the story. Next, Laura travels to Seneca Falls, New York, site of the 1848 women's rights convention, with historian Judith Wellman. Dr. Wellman describes a movement that was both complex and diverse, and helps us to see an old story in an entirely new light. This episode serves as the prologue to the series, inviting listeners to amend their understanding of women's suffrage history. Listen to Amended in full on the HNY website or in the Humanities New York feed wherever you listen. And, later this spring, join us for The Ohio Country, a forthcoming series from WYSO Public Radio and funded by Ohio Humanities.  Native men and women from different tribes and their allies—plus teachers, artists, scholars, parents, landowners, foresters, young people, and historians, too—will tell their stories about the about the lands above the Ohio River, known as the Ohio Country. You can listen in this feed, at WYSO.org, ohiohumanities.org, and in all those other places where you get podcasts.

    Perfecting Democracy: Why It Matters with Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2023 42:20


    Today, we're revisiting our 2021 interview with Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries for our Perfecting Democracy series about his book Bloody Lowndes: Civil Rights and Black Power in Alabama's Black Belt and how race and racism influence voting in the United States.In this episode, journalist Ron Bryant asks Dr. Jeffries what lessons we can learn from how people viewed the Civil Rights Movement as it was unfolding and why understanding slavery is essential to grasping American democracy.This episode is a rebroadcast of "Perfecting Democracy," a series exploring the topic of civic and electoral participation using history and jurisprudence to illuminate contemporary issues. The series offers a humanities perspective on electoral engagement in Ohio and America's multivocal democracy. In each episode, experts from around the state share thought-provoking insights on how best to understand our democracy and why it matters. Perfecting Democracy was made possible by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Federation of State Humanities Councils.And, later this spring, join us for The Ohio Country, a forthcoming series from WYSO Public Radio and funded by Ohio Humanities. Native men and women from different tribes and their allies—plus teachers, artists, scholars, parents, landowners, foresters, young people, and historians, too—will tell their stories about the about the lands above the Ohio River, known as the Ohio Country. You can listen in this feed, at WYSO.org, ohiohumanities.org, and in all those other places where you get podcasts.

    Introducing: The Ohio Country

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2023 6:07


    Just before Ohio became a state in 1803, the U.S. government passed the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 to regulate the settlement of the Northwest Territory. There was cooperation between settlers and the Indigenous people of Ohio in those years before statehood, an exchange of ideas and technology and lots of intermarriage in cosmopolitan communities. But over time, pressure from the new settlers for more land increased.And so, the early years of statehood were full of conflict and death. U.S. leaders pressed for treaty after treaty, all with questionable motives, and the Ohio tribes were pushed onto reservations further and further north in the state. Then, the U.S. government imposed forced removals.But the descendants of those Indigenous people who were forced to leave their homelands in Ohio exist today.This spring, join Neenah Ellis and Chris Welter at the Eichelberger Center for Community Voices at WYSO Public Radio to hear Native men and women from different tribes and their allies—plus teachers, artists, scholars, parents, landowners, foresters, young people, and historians, too—tell their stories about the lands above the Ohio River, known as the Ohio Country.Some episodes will be sad and difficult to hear—but important, we think, so Ohio can face and embrace all of its rich, layered complicated self. The Ohio Country is a forthcoming series from WYSO and funded by Ohio Humanities. You can listen at WYSO.org, ohiohumanities.org, and in all those other places where you get podcasts.This series is made possible, in part, by the National Endowment for the Humanities' A More Perfect Union initiative. Any views expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of Ohio Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.

    Episode 31: Covid Conversations #9: Musicians and Songwriters – Floco Torres (Akron, Ohio) and Sebastian Arze (Asunción, Paraguay)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2021 46:48


    Host Rachel Hopkin is joined by musicians Floco Torres of Akron and Sebastian Arze of Asunción, Paraguay.Torres is a hip hop artist based in Akron and one half of the duo Free Black!, which he formed in 2018 with producer/drummer HR3. For more information about Floco and his music, visit flocotorres7.bandcamp.com and nobodycaresnews.com.Arze lives in Asunción, where he is a member of the reggae-grunge band Deficiente. To learn more about the group, visit linktr.ee/Deficiente.Covid Conversations is a podcast series from the Center for Folklore Studies at the Ohio State University in which artists and humanities professionals from Ohio and their counterparts elsewhere in the world discuss how their lives and work have been affected by the Coronavirus pandemic.The series is funded by an OSU Global Arts and Humanities Discovery Theme grant and distributed by Ohio Humanities. It is produced and presented by radio producer and folklorist Rachel Hopkin and mastered by Paul Kotheimer at OSU.Music for this podcast is provided by Pixabay.For more about the Center for Folklore Studies, where the full recordings of each episode will be archived along with contextual information about each episode, please visit cfs.osu.edu.To learn more about Ohio Humanities podcasts and other projects and programs, please visit ohiohumanities.org.

    Episode 31: Covid Conversations #8: Visual Artists – Cat Sheridan (Columbus, Ohio) and Gabriel Amza (Timișoara, Romania)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2021 44:55


    Host Rachel Hopkin is joined by visual artists Cat Sheridan of Columbus and Gabriel Amza of Timișoara, Romania.Sheridan uses many different media in her artistic work, with a special focus on ceramics. She is the director of the Ohio Arts Council's Riffe Gallery in downtown Columbus.Amza is a Romanian photographer, curator, and community organizer. His work usually takes the form of long-term documentary projects and installations, often with themes relating to social justice and the environment.Covid Conversations is a podcast series from the Center for Folklore Studies at the Ohio State University in which artists and humanities professionals from Ohio and their counterparts elsewhere in the world discuss how their lives and work have been affected by the Coronavirus pandemic.The series is funded by an OSU Global Arts and Humanities Discovery Theme grant and distributed by Ohio Humanities. It is produced and presented by radio producer and folklorist Rachel Hopkin and mastered by Paul Kotheimer at OSU.Music for this podcast is provided by Pixabay.For more about the Center for Folklore Studies, where the full recordings of each episode will be archived along with contextual information about each episode, please visit cfs.osu.edu.To learn more about Ohio Humanities podcasts and other projects and programs, please visit ohiohumanities.org.

    Episode 30: Covid Conversations #7: YA Fiction Writers – Natalie Richards (Columbus, Ohio) and Fatima Sharafeddine (Beirut, Lebanon)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2021 40:29


    Host Rachel Hopkin is joined by authors Natalie Richards of Columbus and Fatima Sharafeddine of Beirut, Lebanon. Richards is a New York Times bestselling author of seven books for young adults. Sharafeddine is an award-winning writer and translator of books for children and young adults. She is also a writing tutor. Covid Conversations is a podcast series from the Center for Folklore Studies at the Ohio State University in which artists and humanities professionals from Ohio and their counterparts elsewhere in the world discuss how their lives and work have been affected by the Coronavirus pandemic. The series is funded by an OSU Global Arts and Humanities Discovery Theme grant and distributed by Ohio Humanities. It is produced and presented by radio producer and folklorist Rachel Hopkin and mastered by Paul Kotheimer at OSU. Music for this podcast is provided by Pixabay. For more about the Center for Folklore Studies, where the full recordings of each episode will be archived along with contextual information about each episode, please visit cfs.osu.edu. To learn more about Ohio Humanities podcasts and other projects and programs, please visit ohiohumanities.org.

    Episode 29: Covid Conversations #6: Performers and Teachers of Bharatanatyam – Smitha Magal and Priya Murle

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2021 40:44


    Host Rachel Hopkin moderates a conversation between Dublin, Ohio-based Smitha Magal and Priya Murle of Chennai, India. Both women are dancers and teachers of one of India’s oldest classical dance traditions, Bharatanatyam, and senior disciples of renowned dancer Sudharani Raghupathy.After some years teaching in her native India, Smitha Magal formed her own dance school SILAMBAM in 1992 after moving to Dublin, Ohio. Smitha is originally from Chennai in India, where she met and studied alongside Priya Murle, her long-time friend and colleague. Murle was a senior teacher at Shree Bharatalaya prior to founding the Shri Silambam Academy of Fine Arts in 2012 in Chennai.Covid Conversations is a podcast series from the Center for Folklore Studies at the Ohio State University in which artists and humanities professionals from Ohio and their counterparts elsewhere in the world discuss how their lives and work have been affected by the Coronavirus pandemic.The series is funded by an OSU Global Arts and Humanities Discovery Theme grant and distributed by Ohio Humanities. It is produced and presented by radio producer and folklorist Rachel Hopkin and mastered by Paul Kotheimer at OSU.Music for this podcast is provided by Pixabay.For more about the Center for Folklore Studies, where the full recordings of each episode will be archived along with contextual information about each episode, please visit cfs.osu.edu.To learn more about Ohio Humanities podcasts and other projects and programs, please visit ohiohumanities.org.

    Episode 28: Covid Conversations #5: Ethnographers – Dr. Lucy Long (Bowling Green, Ohio) and Dr. Iñigo Sánchez-Fuarros (Santiago de Compostela, Spain)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2021 39:41


    Host Rachel Hopkin is joined by ethnographers Dr. Lucy Long, a folklorist and ethnomusicologist who teaches at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, and Iñigo Sánchez-Fuarros, an anthropologist with the Institute of Heritage Sciences at the Spanish National Research Council in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.Dr. Long is the founder and director of The Center for Food and Culture. An online exhibition of her Covid-related foodways research is available at https://comfortfoodwaysexhibit.wordpress.com. Dr. Sánchez-Fuarros is an anthropologist with the Institute of Heritage Sciences at the Spanish National Research Council. He is also the Principal Investigator of the Sounding Out the Tourist City project based in Lisbon, Portugal, which has been documenting the soundscape of the city both prior to and during the pandemic.Covid Conversations is a podcast series from the Center for Folklore Studies at the Ohio State University in which artists and humanities professionals from Ohio and their counterparts elsewhere in the world discuss how their lives and work have been affected by the Coronavirus pandemic.The series is funded by an OSU Global Arts and Humanities Discovery Theme grant and distributed by Ohio Humanities. It is produced and presented by radio producer and folklorist Rachel Hopkin and mastered by Paul Kotheimer at OSU.Music for this podcast is provided by Pixabay.For more about the Center for Folklore Studies, where the full recordings of each episode will be archived along with contextual information about each episode, please visit cfs.osu.edu.To learn more about Ohio Humanities podcasts and other projects and programs, please visit ohiohumanities.org.

    Episode 27: Covid Conversations #4: Orchestral Musicians – Cleveland Orchestra Cellist Mark Kosower and Berlin Philharmonic Violist Matthew Hunter

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2021 44:07


    Host Rachel Hopkin is joined by Mark Kosower, Principal Cello with the Cleveland Orchestra, and Matthew Hunter, violist with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. In addition to playing with their respective orchestras, both Mark and Matthew perform as soloists and chamber ensemble players and are teachers.Kosower is Principal Cello with the Cleveland Orchestra. He has been with the orchestra since 2010. Learn more about Kosower at https://www.clevelandorchestra.com/discover/meet-the-musicians/cellos/kosower-mark/, and listen to some of his online performances, on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiTBAKeujunlSKDdRIyfbHw and Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008328842166.Hunter is a violist with the Berlin Philharmonic. He has lived in Germany for 25 years, but he was born in Ohio and spent some years working in the state after growing up in Massachusetts. Learn more about Hunter at https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/orchestra/musician/matthew-hunter/. For more information about the Cleveland and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestras, including their online concert programming, please visit https://www.clevelandorchestra.com and https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/.Covid Conversations is a podcast series from the Center for Folklore Studies at the Ohio State University in which artists and humanities professionals from Ohio and their counterparts elsewhere in the world discuss how their lives and work have been affected by the Coronavirus pandemic.The series is funded by an OSU Global Arts and Humanities Discovery Theme grant and distributed by Ohio Humanities. It is produced and presented by radio producer and folklorist Rachel Hopkin and mastered by Paul Kotheimer at OSU.Music for this podcast is provided by Pixabay.For more about the Center for Folklore Studies, where the full recordings of each episode will be archived along with contextual information about each episode, please visit cfs.osu.edu.To learn more about Ohio Humanities podcasts and other projects and programs, please visit ohiohumanities.org.

    Episode 26: Covid Conversations #3- Quilt Makers and Quilting Group Organizers – Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi (West Chester, Ohio) and Felicity Khan (South Africa)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2021 39:30


    This episode of Covid Conversations, a podcast series from the OSU Center of Folklore Studies, features a discussion between two quilters and quilting group organizers--one based in Southwest Ohio and the other outside Cape Town in South Africa.

    Episode 25: Covid Conversations #2- Dancers and Teachers of Argentine Tango – Jessica Tupa and Monica Maria Fumagalli

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2021 38:25


    This episode of Covid Conversations, a podcast series from the OSU Center of Folklore Studies, features a discussion between two dancers and teachers of Argentine tango about the impact of the pandemic on the performance and teaching of Argentine tango, a dance in which closeness—of dance partners, students, and audiences—is a necessary feature.

    Episode 24: Perfecting Democracy- Why It Matters- Dr. Kevin Mattson

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2021 34:48


    On this week’s episode of Perfecting Democracy, Ron Bryant interviews Dr. Kevin Mattson about political divisions and culture wars in America. Dr. Mattson is a professor of contemporary history at Ohio University. He has made numerous media appearances, including The Colbert Report, NPR, C-SPAN, and Fox News.

    Episode 23: Perfecting Democracy- Why It Matters- Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2021 42:19


    In this week’s episode, Ron Bryant interviews award-winning author and historian Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries. Dr. Jeffries is an Associate Professor of History at Ohio State University and the author of Bloody Lowndes: Civil Rights and Black Power in Alabama’s Black Belt. Alongside Ron Bryant, Dr. Jeffries discusses how race and racism influence voting in the United States.

    Episode 22: Covid Conversations #1 - Wordsmiths and Artists – Omopé Carter-Daboiku and Alinah Azadeh

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2021 44:45


    Covid Conversations is a new podcast series from the OSU Center for Folklore Studies. The first episode features a discussion of the connections between land and identity with two wordsmiths and artists– of Dayton, Ohio, and from Lewes in the southeast of England.

    Episode 21: Perfecting Democracy- Why It Matters- Dr. Barbara Palmer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2021 38:33


    On this week’s episode of Perfecting Democracy, Ron Bryant interviews Dr. Barbara Palmer about the role and history of women in electoral politics. Dr. Palmer is a professor of political science at Baldwin Wallace University. She has appeared on numerous media programs and is the author of Women and Congressional Elections: A Century of Change.

    Episode 20: Perfecting Democracy- Why It Matters- Contested Elections

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2020 33:12


    In this Episode, broadcast journalist Ron Bryant discusses disputed elections with Christie Weininger and Dr. Dustin McLochlin. Christie is the Executive Director of the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums, and Dustin is a historian and curator at the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center. Together, they lend their expertise on arguably the most contested presidential election in American history, the Hayes v. Tilden election of 1876.

    Episode 19: Director of Photography at the Cincinnati Enquirer Cara Owsley

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2020 34:23


    Our guest in this episode is Cara Owsley who is Director of Photography at the Cincinnati Enquirer and a national award-winning visual journalist, including as photojournalist and photo editor for the Enquirer’s 2018 Pulitzer Prize winning "Seven Days of Heroin" project. Cara is also on the board of the Visual Task Force with the National Association of Black Journalists.

    Episode 18: Perfecting Democracy- Why It Matters- Interview with Ron Bryant and Dr. La Trice Washington

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2020 38:50


    In this episode, broadcast journalist Ron Bryant discusses American democracy and the Electoral College with Dr. La Trice Washington. Dr. Washington is an Associate Professor of American Government at Otterbein University and the author of Political Scandals: The Consequences of Temporary Gratification. Dr. Washington lends her expertise to help us understand why the founders created the Electoral College, how it affects our elections, and the college's future in our democracy.

    Episode 17: Ohio University Journalism Students

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2020 27:19


    Our guests in this episode are Destiniee Jaram and Jack Boden. Both are undergraduate students in the journalism program at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, and they share their perspective on the profession for which they are preparing themselves.

    Episode 16: Perfecting Democracy- Why It Matters- Interview with David Giffels

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2020 35:03


    "Perfecting Democracy—Why it Matters” explores the history of civic engagement in the United States. In this episode, we bring together award-winning broadcast journalist Ron Bryant, and Akron based journalist and author of Barnstorming Ohio: To Understand America, David Giffels. Together they discuss how Ohio’s unique past and regional identities have shaped electoral engagement across the state.

    Episode 15: Mark Curnutte, Reporting, and Race

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2020 29:38


    Mark Curnutte has been on the faculty of Miami University in Oxford Ohio for the past several years where he teaches courses on journalism and social justice. He is also a multi-award-winning career newspaper journalist who has reported extensively on social issues of race, class, poverty, homelessness, and immigration, including for the Cincinnati Enquirer where he worked 25 years. Over 80 of the articles he wrote for the Enquirer are reproduced in his most recent book: “Across the Color Line: Reporting 25 Years in Black Cincinnati."

    Episode 14: Report for America Reporters

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2020 38:33


    This episode of the Real Issues: Real Conversations podcast is about Report for America. In it, we hear from some of the project’s 2020-2021 Ohio-based corps members who all began their new jobs during June of 2020.

    Episode 13: Jen Miller and the League of Women Voters of Ohio

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2020 34:26


    Our guest in this episode is Jen Miller who is the Executive Director of the League of Women Voters of Ohio which is also 100 years old this year. Jen discusses the history and current work of the League and also reflects on what suffrage means today

    Episode 12: Tim Feran and the Landscape of Local Newspapers in Ohio

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2020 31:21


    This episode’s guest is writer and reporter, Tim Feran, talks about the landscape of local newspapers in Ohio.

    Episode 11: Neenah Ellis and Luke Dennis of WYSO

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2020 31:32


    Luke Dennis, who has a background in arts and music administration, is WYSO’s General Manager. Neenah Ellis, who was Luke’s predecessor in that role, is a multi-award-winning radio documentary maker of several decades standing. Amongst other subjects, they talk about the value of local reporting, about a project specifically designed to support that which is called Report for America, and about the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Episode 10: Dr Treva Lindsey- Women of Color and Universal Suffrage

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2020 43:19


    In this episode, Dr Treva Lindsey discusses the role that women of color have played in the struggle for the right to vote both before the 19th Amendment was passed and since. Dr Lindsey is an Associate Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the Ohio State University and author of Colored No More: Reinventing Black Womanhood in Washington, D.C.

    Episode 9: Ladies First- A Century of Women’s Innovations in Comics and Cartoon Art

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2020 24:59


    The guests in this episode of the podcast are Caitlin McGurk, Associate Curator of Outreach & Engagement and Assistant Professor at The Ohio State University’s Billy Ireland Cartoon Museum and Library, and Columbus OH-based writer, editor, and scholar Rachel Miller. McGurk and Miller are joint curators of a Billy Ireland Cartoon Museum exhibit called Ladies First which celebrates “A Century of Women’s Innovations in Comics and Cartoon Art.”

    Episode 8: Dr Kimberly Hamlin- The National American Woman Suffrage Association

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2020 49:23


    Our guest in this episode is historian Dr Kimberly Hamlin who talks about the history of the suffrage movement, the National American Woman Suffrage Association, and about ongoing issues concerning voting rights today.

    Episode 7: Patti Gallagher Newberry

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2020 39:04


    In this episode – which was recorded in late March, 2020 - Gallagher Newberry discusses the fluctuating and sometimes fraught relationship between U.S. Presidents past and present and the press. She also addresses issues concerning fake news and offers tips on developing discernment with regard the value of media output.

    Episode 6: Poet and Playwright David Hassler and the Kent State Shootings

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2020 17:51


    The episode includes an interview with poet and playwright David Hassler who discusses his play “May 4th Voices: Kent State, 1970” which is based on the university’s oral history archive. It also features Mindy Farmer, who is Director of the May 4 Visitor’s Center on the Kent State campus.

    Episode 5: Susan Trollinger – Rebels in Corsets

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2020 32:37


    Susan Trollinger - professor of rhetoric and writing at the University of Dayton, Ohio - is the guest on this podcast, in which she discusses some of the rhetorical devices deployed by women fighting for the right to vote.

    Episode 4: Barbara Palmer – From Mrs. Satan to Madame Speaker: 150 Years of Ohio Women Running for Public Office

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2020 40:14


    This episode’s guest is Barbara Palmer - a professor of political science at Baldwin Wallace University – and she is talking about the history of women running for public office both specifically in the state of Ohio and more generally. The interview was recorded on October 11th, 2019.

    Episode 3: Not Far from Me- Stories of Opioids and Ohio

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2020 12:24


    Join a conversation between Ohio Humanities Executive Director Pat Williamsen and Ohio University professors Daniel Skinner and Berkeley Franz as they discuss their new book Not Far from Me: Stories of Opioids and Ohio.

    Episode 2: Stephanie Hinnershitz - Phyllis Schlafly and the Equal Rights Amendment

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2020 36:13


    Stephanie Hinnershitz - professor in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at Cleveland State University - is the guest on this podcast, in which she discusses the history of the Equal Rights Amendment, including Phyllis Schlafly’s very effective campaign against its ratification during the 1970s.

    Episode 1: Mindy McGinnis on her book “Heroine”

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2019 30:44


    Rachel Claire Hopkin talks with Ohio author Mindy McGinnis about her new book, "Heroine."

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