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History MixtapesHISTORY MIXTAPES - Austin McCoy Part II: Getting Meta about Creepy MusicSend us a textAustin McCoy returns to think about how being a fearful child shaped his appreciation of his parents' music, as well as how reflecting on these early exposures makes him think about the role of context in music appreciation. Check out the full songs on this YouTube playlist.2025-05-2949 min
New Books in Popular CultureLive from the Underground: A History of College RadioBands like R.E.M., U2, Public Enemy, and Nirvana found success as darlings of college radio, but the extraordinary influence of these stations and their DJs on musical culture since the 1970s was anything but inevitable. As media deregulation and political conflict over obscenity and censorship transformed the business and politics of culture, students and community DJs turned to college radio to defy the mainstream—and they ended up disrupting popular music and commercial radio in the process. In this first history of US college radio, Katherine Rye Jewell reveals that these eclectic stations in major cities and co...2025-05-2956 min
The Academic LifeLive from the Underground: A History of College RadioBands like R.E.M., U2, Public Enemy, and Nirvana found success as darlings of college radio, but the extraordinary influence of these stations and their DJs on musical culture since the 1970s was anything but inevitable. As media deregulation and political conflict over obscenity and censorship transformed the business and politics of culture, students and community DJs turned to college radio to defy the mainstream—and they ended up disrupting popular music and commercial radio in the process. In this first history of US college radio, Katherine Rye Jewell reveals that these eclectic stations in major cities and co...2025-05-2956 min
New Books in MusicLive from the Underground: A History of College RadioBands like R.E.M., U2, Public Enemy, and Nirvana found success as darlings of college radio, but the extraordinary influence of these stations and their DJs on musical culture since the 1970s was anything but inevitable. As media deregulation and political conflict over obscenity and censorship transformed the business and politics of culture, students and community DJs turned to college radio to defy the mainstream—and they ended up disrupting popular music and commercial radio in the process. In this first history of US college radio, Katherine Rye Jewell reveals that these eclectic stations in major cities and co...2025-05-2956 min
UNC Press Presents PodcastLive from the Underground: A History of College RadioBands like R.E.M., U2, Public Enemy, and Nirvana found success as darlings of college radio, but the extraordinary influence of these stations and their DJs on musical culture since the 1970s was anything but inevitable. As media deregulation and political conflict over obscenity and censorship transformed the business and politics of culture, students and community DJs turned to college radio to defy the mainstream—and they ended up disrupting popular music and commercial radio in the process. In this first history of US college radio, Katherine Rye Jewell reveals that these eclectic stations in major cities and co...2025-05-2956 min
New Books in CommunicationsLive from the Underground: A History of College RadioBands like R.E.M., U2, Public Enemy, and Nirvana found success as darlings of college radio, but the extraordinary influence of these stations and their DJs on musical culture since the 1970s was anything but inevitable. As media deregulation and political conflict over obscenity and censorship transformed the business and politics of culture, students and community DJs turned to college radio to defy the mainstream—and they ended up disrupting popular music and commercial radio in the process. In this first history of US college radio, Katherine Rye Jewell reveals that these eclectic stations in major cities and co...2025-05-2956 min
THIS IS REVOLUTION ＞podcastPOP LIFE EP. 45: LOLLAPALOOZA AND THE RISE OF ALTERNATIVE ft. KATHERINE RYE JEWELL
The traveling festival Lollapalooza showcased alternative bands and gave rise of the musical format we see at festivals like Coachella. Was it a Woodstock for Generation X? If so, why didn't it have the same issues as the Woodstock reboots in 1994 and the most talked about one in 1999? We'll discuss.
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History MixtapesHISTORY MIXTAPES - A Stealth Labor History of Mixtapes with Austin McCoy (Part I)Send us a textIn this episode, historian Katherine Rye Jewell and historian Austin McCoy use their parents' record collections to interrogate the personal meanings of various music formats—from vinyl to cassettes to CDs—and their influence on their musical sensibilities . They discuss the role of mixtapes in hip hop and punk cultures, their significance in creating connections within underground scenes, and their transformation into digital playlists. The conversation highlights how their parents' music collections influenced their tastes, and how mixtapes served as a medium for artistic and emotional expression. The episode also explores the historical conte...2025-03-2026 min
Perseverantia: Fitchburg State University Podcast NetworkCLASSROOM STORIES: Say It Louder! A Progression in Hip Hop Aggression by Adam FournierToday, we present one of the episodes produced in this winter's course on the Politics and Poetics of Hip-Hop offered by historian and Professor Katherine Jewell. The assignment said: "This assignment is your chance to advance your own interpretation of the evolution or application of the knowledge and insight developed this term. In a one-hour radio show, for which you will produce a script and a playlist and record for dissemination on WXPL, build a thematic engagement with an aspect of the course. Your playlist can take any theme you would like, but it...2025-02-2846 min
History MixtapesHISTORY MIXTAPES - Poverty and Homelessness with Dave HitchcockSend us a textIn this episode, historian Dave Hitchcock, a Senior Lecturer at Canterbury Christ Church University, discusses how his expertise in vagrancy and poverty in early modern England and British Atlantic world use of music, such as broadside ballads, set up his exploration of themes of poverty and homelessness across musical expression. He contextualizes songs reflecting modern urban poverty and illuminates underlying common themes that include individual versus structural explanations of poverty.For the extended playlist on Spotify, visit https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0sSBtpIEob9cr99jzL1aiS?si=7a186db4bd3d4c...2025-02-2137 min
Perseverantia: Fitchburg State University Podcast NetworkCLASSROOM STORIES: Women and Hip-Hop History by Toni MagrasIn this episode, in honor of Black History Month, we present one of the episodes produced in this winter's course on the Politics and Poetics of Hip-Hop offered by historian and Professor Katherine Jewell. The assignment said: "This assignment is your chance to advance your own interpretation of the evolution or application of the knowledge and insight developed this term. In a one-hour radio show, for which you will produce a script and a playlist and record for dissemination on WXPL, build a thematic engagement with an aspect of the course. Your playlist ca...2025-02-1425 min
History MixtapesHISTORY MIXTAPES - Jazz and the Rhythm Club Fire with Karen CoxSend us a textThis episode explores the music at the center of the story historian Karen Cox is currently reconstructing about the Rhthym Club fire in Natchez, Mississippi, in 1940. Jazz music becomes a character in her story, illuminating not just the lives lost, but the movement and connections across space during the Great Migration. Her playlist features: “It’s Tight Like That” 1928, Jimmy Noone. You can hear piano, banjo, trumpet, clarinet, trombone. It follows that traditional jazz formula of highlighting individual instruments. He showcases the New Orleans sound – he was born on a plantati...2025-01-2340 min
History MixtapesExtra Episode - Voices of WXPL: From New Kids to Metal LegendsSend us a textIn this episode, Katherine Jewell revisits her ongoing research into WXPL, the college radio station at Fitchburg State University. Despite being caught up with end-of-semester duties, she shares their her oral history project insights, including the station's journey since the 1980s, its musical influence, and some notorious events. The episode highlights the station's deep connection with metal music, mentioning notable DJs, iconic artists they collaborated with, and memorable promos from bands like Alice Cooper and Motorhead. A plea for college radio alumni to help preserve radio history by digitizing old recordings, and teases...2024-12-2606 min
The ChatterboxHISTORY MIXTAPES - Punk and Precarity with Chris Deutsch Podcast: History Mixtapes (LS 25 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: HISTORY MIXTAPES - Punk and Precarity with Chris DeutschPub date: 2024-11-28Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationSend us a textIn the third episode of 'History Mixtapes,' host Katherine Rye Jewell and historian Chris Deutsch explore the intertwined histories of punk rock, hardcore music, and the political economy of the late 20th century. They discuss the origins of punk, key bands like the Ramones and Minor Threat, the ethos of DIY...2024-12-1135 min
Planning XchangePlanningxChange 124: Public Toilets with Katherine WebberKatherine is a social planning practitioner with over 14 years’ experience working for a range of government and non-government organisations in Australia and the Pacific. Katherine has considerable experience in developing and implementing community plans, programs and policy to improve social inclusion and participation. Katherine was awarded the 2018 Rodney Warmington Churchill Fellowship to increase inclusion and accessibility in public toilets by researching taboos, design, policy and legal barriers. The Churchill Fellowship consolidated previous work with planners, institutions and community members identifying public toilets as essential to support the participation of a wide section of our communities. Photos of many toilets Ka...2024-12-0745 min
History MixtapesHISTORY MIXTAPES - Punk and Precarity with Chris DeutschSend us a textIn the third episode of 'History Mixtapes,' host Katherine Rye Jewell and historian Chris Deutsch explore the intertwined histories of punk rock, hardcore music, and the political economy of the late 20th century. They discuss the origins of punk, key bands like the Ramones and Minor Threat, the ethos of DIY and selling out, and the cultural significance of music compilations. Chris shares his mixtape featuring songs that channel the precarity of different eras and the evolving punk scene, particularly bands that responded by forming their own alternative institutions, while touching on...2024-11-2835 min
American Campus PodcastA history of college radio with Kate JewellKatherine Rye Jewell "hits" the high notes of the history of college radio. Listen to her discuss her new book, Live from the Underground: A History of College Radio (University of North Carolina Press, 2023).katherinejewell.com Katherine Rye Jewell. 2023. Live from the Underground: A History of College Radio. University of North Carolina Press. https://uncpress.org/book/9781469677255/live-from-the-underground/ Josh Shepperd. 2023. Shadow of the New Deal: The Victory of Public Broadcasting. University of Illinois Press. https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p087257 Support the show at patreon.com/americancampuspodcast Get...2024-10-2826 minHistory MixtapesHISTORY MIXTAPES - Joshua GreenbergSend us a textIn Episode 2 of History Mixtapes, historian Joshua Greenberg discusses how his research unfolds in conversation with music. Check out his playlist here and stay tuned for more news about History Mixtapes! 2024-10-2435 min
Perseverantia: Fitchburg State University Podcast NetworkMAKING HISTORY TODAY: America Since 1968 - Drew McKevitt on "Gun Country"Making History Today, produced by the History program at Fitchburg State University, connects the classroom to historians working in their fields. In these conversations, students discuss works assigned in class and develop questions for the authors, which are then posed in these episodes.This conversation emerges from Prof. Katherine Jewell’s class, America Since 1968, during the 2024 spring semester.In this episode, Dr. Andrew C. McKevitt, history professor at Louisiana Tech University and author of Gun Country: Gun Capitalism, Culture and Control, published in November 2023, responds to questions and curiosities developed by st...2024-10-1636 min
History MixtapesHISTORY MIXTAPES - Kevin M. KruseSend us a text2024-09-2637 min
Carnival PersonnelCPP Sideshow 125: Katherine Rye Jewell – Author of LIVE From The Underground – A History Of College Radio
For well over a year before it came out, Jacques has been following on social media, the process and progress of author Katherine Rye Jewell while writing: LIVE From The Underground – A History Of College Radio.
As Katherine would unearth believe to be lost treasures (like CMJ charts, schools play list from 1978, articles in favor of censorship for a college radio station from the same colleges student new paper) she’d post these finds and allow you to ride shotgun through every step of the way.
Being a tiny world, Katherine is a professor at Fitc...2024-04-251h 03
Perseverantia: Fitchburg State University Podcast NetworkMAKING HISTORY TODAY: Media and U.S. Politics - Brian Rosenwald on Talk Radio's AmericaMaking History Today, produced by the History program at Fitchburg State University, connects the classroom to historians working in their fields. In these conversations, students discuss works assigned in class and develop questions for the authors, which are then posed in these episodes.The first series of conversations emerges from Prof. Katherine Jewell's graduate course in Fitchburg State's online Master's program in History in summer 2023 on Media and U.S. Politics.In this episode, students engage with Dr. Brian Rosenwald, a historian of the modern United States and media and politics...2024-04-1226 min
Perseverantia: Fitchburg State University Podcast NetworkMAKING HISTORY TODAY: Media and U.S. Politics - Matthew Delmont on Why Busing FailedMaking History Today, produced by the History program at Fitchburg State University, connects the classroom to historians working in their fields. In these conversations, students discuss works assigned in class and develop questions for the authors, which are then posed in these episodes.The first series of conversations emerges from Prof. Katherine Jewell's graduate course in Fitchburg State's online Master's program in History in summer 2023 on Media and U.S. Politics.In this episode, students engage with Dr. Matthew Delmont, the Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor of History at Dartmouth...2024-04-0324 min