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Walter Rhein PodcastWhat's New On Medium, My Summer Reading List, and How to Save More MoneyThis newsletter is made possible through the generous support of my readers.Hello Friends!I’ve already got four books lined up to read this summer. They are:* Blue Hours by Alison Acheson * Finding My Own Gold Star by Suzanne Whitaker * In Other Lifetimes All I’ve Lost Comes Back to Me by Courtney Sender * My Curious Life by Robert Danna Isn’t it cool that all these writers are on Substack? I’ve always said that supporting other writers is one of the best growth t...2025-06-0207 min
Walter Rhein PodcastHow the Evolution of Writing Might Lead to the Extinction of GatekeepersHello Friends!This was a fantastic discussion about literary gatekeepers with Courtney Sender . We come at this topic from completely different angles. Our perspectives largely overlap, but I think I’m most delighted about the instances where we had differing viewpoints. Although, even in those cases there’s so much overlap that it might be the disagreement that’s the illusion.I feel like I can go through this interview and write long articles on 5 or 6 important topics. These discussions often leave me feeling both inspired and exhausted. After Courtney speaks, I always have so many t...2025-05-071h 01
Walter Rhein PodcastHow Medium's Boost Program Helped Make Me a Better WriterHello Friends,I hope you all had the opportunity to get rested and recharged over the weekend. It was warm enough yesterday that I was able to go out on a bicycle ride with my daughter. I appreciate those moments. It allows us to chat and I get caught up on the stuff that’s going on in her life.My daughters are becoming powerful and that’s so wonderful to see. We played Pictionary last night, and it was delightful to see how sharp their minds are. It’s becoming obvious that I can no lon...2025-04-2805 min
Walter Rhein PodcastA Discussion on Writing, the Novel, and the Pathway to PublishingCourtney Sender is wonderful, you can follow her at The Craft Lab for Writers, and pick up her book here.Also, here’s the movie talk she joined.Thank you for listening! This publication is reader sponsored. Your support means the world to me. Thank you for being here, and I look forward to sharing more thoughts with you tomorrow!Upgrade at 30% offUpgrade at 40% offUpgrade at 50% offUpgrade at 60% offTwenty dollars a yearMy CoSchedule referral link...2025-04-2536 min
Walter Rhein PodcastEscapist Delights in a Crumbling Democracy w/ Walter Rhein, Ben Ulansey, and Courtney SenderHello Everyone!Thank you Peter William Murphy, Karen Marie Shelton, Yolanda D., Joe Walker, Brandon Ellrich, and many others for tuning into my live video with Courtney Sender and Ben Ulansey!This is the first time doing our movie talk with a guest and I hope Courtney can become a regular contributor. She’s very insightful and I look forward to reading more of her work.As always, we hope this discussion gave you a much needed break from the issues we currently face as a nation. Thanks for tuning in!“I'd...2025-04-171h 17
Dwell DifferentlyThe Mysterious, Ordinary Indwelling of Jesus // Courtney Doctor"Christ abiding in us and us abiding in Christ is simultaneously something incredibly mysterious and something incredibly ordinary." — Courtney DoctorToday's episode: Listen in as Courtney Doctor elaborates on the profound mystery of Christ dwelling in us...right alongside the ordinary reality of us spending regular time in his Word. She helps us understand the practical application of this verse, the difference between abiding and striving, and what it looks like to have fruitful lives. This month's memory verse: “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and...2025-03-2631 min
The Dr. Rahm ShowFashion Editor & Stylist | Courtney Kivela | Under The Red Chandelier | Dr. Christina Rahm Ep. 24Join us on this episode of Under the Red Chandelier as Dr. Christina Rahm sits down with Courtney Kivela to talk about some of the similarities between the nutraceutical and fashion industries as far as career path and work environments go. They go from childhood dreams to living the dream everyday as they both walk through their respective careers.
Working as a fashion editor and stylist in New York and London, well-traveled FIT graduate Courtney Kivela Robinson has been lending her well-articulated perspectives to fashion for the last twenty-two years. Her work has been featured in the world's leading...2025-01-0245 min
Dwell DifferentlyBONUS SERIES: Dwell on These Things, Ep. 6 //Courtney Doctor & Hunter Beless - Finding a Mentor"Everybody has a 'yes' they can give [to mentor someone]. Give up your time for the good of someone else, then you will...also grow in it."— Courtney Doctor Today's Episode: What does a mentoring relationship really look like? Today Courtney Doctor and Hunter Beless are pulling back the curtain of their mentoring relationship. They are real and deep and rooted in the Word. And they are fun and practical and hilarious, and you won't want the conversation to end! We hope this episode blesses you and encourages you to intentionally pursue relationships with yo...2024-10-3044 min
Fund/Build/ScaleShaping the future of work and care: Courtney Leimkuhler + Elana Berkowitz of SpringbankBased in New York, Elana Berkowitz and Courtney Leimkuhler are co-founders and partners at Springbank, where they focus on sectors that support working women and their families, largely in three key areas: the future of work, the care economy, and household consumer services.
Their thesis is driven by growing demand from employers, insurers, and the government, recognizing the economic impact of caregiving, which includes fields like teaching, child care, nursing and home health care.
“We look at the infrastructure to serve the needs of working women and their families as something that's underfunded, under-innovated, and kin...2024-10-1439 min
Ripollsworkshop ReadsAuthor Interview with Gary SimondsAuthor BioGary is a highly experienced neurosurgeon, former head of an academic neurosurgery program at Virginia Tech/Carilion Clinic. He is a Professor, and teaches regularly at, the Virginia Tech School of Neuroscience and the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine.Gary was a biochemistry major at Dartmouth College. He went on to medical school at Rutgers and Neurosurgery residency and medical research fellowship at Walter Reed. He also holds a master’s degree in Health Care Delivery Science from Dartmouth.Gary has written and spoken widely on the subjects of neuroscience, medical sc...2024-10-1021 min
Ripollsworkshop Reads16 September Mini EpisodeRecommended BooksThe Long Fall: The First Leonid McGill Mystery (Leonid McGill series Book 1) by Walter MosleyThe Dragon's Prophecy: Israel, the Dark Resurrection, and the End of Days by Jonathan CahnTuesday Author InterviewSacrifices For Kingdoms: A Provocative Romance Torn Between Continents and Cultures (The Sacrifices and Kingdoms Series Book 1) by Patricia D'Arcy LaughlinWednesday Author InterviewThe Sword and the Sophomore (American Martyr Trilogy Book 1) by B.P. SweanyThursday Author InterviewReturn to Star Junction by Serra Wildheart)
Links...2024-09-1606 min
Trending Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, SuspenseThe Clique by Rhiannon BarnsleyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/722161 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Clique Author: Rhiannon Barnsley Narrator: Charlie Sanderson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 39 minutes Release date: August 1, 2024 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: 'The Split meets Apple Tree Yard. Sharp, clever and wildly addictive… the ultimate summer page-turner’ Sunday Times bestseller B P Walter ‘The best kind of up-all-night page-turner… stylish, feisty, thrilling – you’ll want to be on the Inside track’ Amy McCulloch There’s only one way to join their society. If someone leaves, or dies… High-flying lawyer Sara O’Neil had it all; the career, the money, the prestige...2024-08-0105 min
Knowing Faith#234 — From Garden to Glory with Courtney DoctorJen Wilkin and Kyle Worley are joined by Courtney Doctor to discuss her new book From Garden to Glory!Questions Covered in This Episode:Why’d you write this book?When was biblical theology on your radar?What are the “aha” moments when telling the story of the Bible?How does understanding the Bible as a great narrative change one’s faith?You suggest that the structure of the bible’s story is a bit like a good fairy tale - what do you mean by that?How do you picture this book being utilized in the local...2024-06-2723 min
Trending Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, SuspenseThe Life Sentence by Jackie KablerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/722158 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life Sentence Author: Jackie Kabler Narrator: Sofia Engstrand Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 2 minutes Release date: May 9, 2024 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: The brand new pulse-pounding psychological thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat! ‘Filled with tangible foreboding and pitch-perfect twists’ Sunday Times bestseller, B P Walter ‘Utterly unputdownable’ Jane Bailey, author of Stay ‘This bingeable thriller is a must-read!’ Lesley Kara, author of The Rumour 'A shocking and binge-worthy thriller!' L.C. North, author of The Ugly Truth Convicted. Jailed. All for a crime that n...2024-05-0905 min
The Integrated Schools PodcastJim Crow's Pink Slip with Dr. Leslie FenwickSeventeen years after the Brown v Board decision, in 1971, US Senator Walter Mondale chaired a number of Select Committee hearings on Equal Educational Opportunity. One of these hearings focused on what was happening to Black teachers and principals as the country begrudgingly worked to desegregate our schools. The hearing featured testimony and supplemental documentation calling attention to the vast number of Black teachers who were losing their jobs in the Southern, dual-system states. Despite Brown's promise of desegregated schools including faculty and staff in addition to students, districts across the South were finding ways to remove Black teachers and principals, rather t...2024-04-031h 00
The Entrepreneur Evolution371. Episode #186: Becoming a lawyerpreneur with Courtney BannanOn today’s episode of the Entrepreneur Evolution Podcast, we are joined by Courtney Bannan. Courtney's legal journey includes serving as the Head of Legal for Grant Cardone, adding a unique dimension to her wealth of experience. Holding a Juris Doctor degree in International and Comparative Law, along with a Bachelor of Science in Business and Finance, Courtney seamlessly integrates legal acumen with a profound understanding of business dynamics.
As a certified Vinyasa yoga teacher, Courtney recognizes the transformative power of mindfulness in the legal profession.
Currently, she serves as a law p...2024-04-0219 min
Trending Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, SuspenseThe Mind of a Murderer by Michael WoodPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/722155 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mind of a Murderer Series: #1 of Dr Olivia Winter Author: Michael Wood Narrator: Olivia Mace Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 27 minutes Release date: March 28, 2024 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: The best person to understand a serial killer is one of his victims. Meet Dr Olivia Winter. ‘I was hooked from the first page… mind-blowing and gripping. I am eagerly awaiting the next instalment’ Angela Marsons ‘Chilling, unnerving [and] pacey’ John Marrs ‘A searingly intense, utterly captivating character-driven thriller, and destined to be one of 2024’s most memorable pieces of crime fictio...2024-03-2805 min
Wicked WanderingsEp. 18: 1930's Mental HealthSend us a textAs we close the curtains on our mental health series, Hannah and Jess take a solemn step back in time to the 1930s psychiatric care era, a time marked by chilling treatments and a blatant disregard for patient dignity. Immerse yourself in a conversation that exposes the horrific practices of scalding baths, invasive surgeries, and the removal of reproductive organs—all under the guise of 'curing' the mentally ill. Our episode is a powerful reminder of the misogynistic roots intertwined with these grim 'therapies' and a call to recognize these injustices to ensure th...2024-01-0344 min
The Pink TapeCourtney Holtkamp - Rugby Canada player talks wild cow milking, her Rugby World Cup experience, her training routine, and more.Welcome to Season Two of The Pink Tape! In this exciting episode, we have the pleasure of sitting down with Rugby Canada player, Courtney Holtkamp, to delve into her incredible journey in the world of rugby.Courtney's story is a unique one. Hailing from rural Alberta and growing up on a farm, she offers a glimpse into her early life, revealing the foundations that shaped her into the exceptional athlete she is today. Courtney takes us through her humble beginnings as a rugby player and shares the inspiring tale of how she became a vital part of...2023-11-071h 07
The Pink TapeCourtney HoltkampWelcome to Season Two of our podcast! In our exciting first episode, we have the pleasure of featuring Rugby Canada player, Courtney Holtkamp. We took a journey to Rimbey, visiting Courtney in her childhood home where her passion for rugby was born. Her remarkable journey has seen her don the Rugby Canada jersey over twenty times, compete in the 2021 Rugby World Cup, and spend four years as a standout player with the University of Alberta Pandas.Join us as we delve into Courtney's incredible story, where we'll uncover the many superpowers that make her an inspiration in...2023-10-241h 07
Category VisionariesFunding the Future: Courtney Lipkin, Partner at Susa VenturesIn today's edition of Funding the Future, we speak with Courtney Lipkin, partner at Susa Ventures, a seed fund based in San Francisco.
Topics Discussed:
Courtney’s background growing in the Bay Area, studying international relations, and making her way into tech and venture capital
Why Courtney sees herself as better at venture than she would be at founding her own company
Why Courtney loves working with founders and creative designers, and why her favorite book is a biography of Leonardo Da Vinci
The history of Susa Ventures, and the characteristics that set it apart from oth...2023-10-0632 minCategory VisionariesFunding the Future: Courtney Lipkin, Partner at Susa VenturesIn today's edition of Funding the Future, we speak with Courtney Lipkin, partner at Susa Ventures, a seed fund based in San Francisco.
Topics Discussed:
Courtney’s background growing in the Bay Area, studying international relations, and making her way into tech and venture capital
Why Courtney sees herself as better at venture than she would be at founding her own company
Why Courtney loves working with founders and creative designers, and why her favorite book is a biography of Leonardo Da Vinci
The history of Susa Ventures, and the characteristics that set it apart from oth...2023-10-0632 min
Marked with Angie Elkins and Elizabeth HyndmanLWA: Courtney Doctor on the New TestamentThis month on MARKED, we’re doing a fun new miniseries all about Lifeway Women Academy. Each episode of this series will release on Wednesdays, and Elizabeth Woodson joins Elizabeth Hyndman to talk to a Lifeway Women Academy teacher about her journey into theological education and how studying theology has marked her in her walk with Christ. For the last episode of our Lifeway Women Academy miniseries, we talked to Courtney Doctor. Courtney taught Romans and Paul’s letters to church leaders in our New Testament Survey course. These books are packed with theological issues, so we asked...2023-08-3042 min
The Mind FactoryThe ideal concept of god deityPracticing a 30-minute morning meditation can be a great way to start your day with mindfulness and focus. Remember, meditation is a practice. Some days might be easier than others, and that's completely normal. The key is consistency and approaching each session with an open and non-judgmental attitude. Over time, you'll likely find it easier to maintain focus and experience the benefits of a regular meditation practice.
"Body scan meditation" is a practice that involves tuning into the sensations in your body, promoting relaxation and mindfulness. The body scan meditation helps you become more...2023-08-2954 min
Nothing Scarier PodcastChangeling (2008) and Christine and Walter CollinsWelcome back to Nothing Scarier Podcast! This week we watched out first designated "true story" movie - Changeling (2008). Then Cayla brings us the infuriating and heartbreaking story of Walter Collins and his Mother's unending dedication to finding him. On socials? Find us!Instagram: @nothingscarierpodFacebook: Nothing Scarier PodcastTikTok: @nothingscarierpodSourcesArrant, Chris . “How “Changeling” Changed J. Michael Straczynski’s Career | Newsarama.com.” Web.archive.org, 8 Aug. 2016, web.archive.org/web/20160808045658/www.newsarama.com/1433-how-changeling-changed-j-michael-straczynski-s-career.html. Accessed 11 July 2023.“Changeling (2008) - Financial Information.” The Numbers, www...2023-07-111h 34
Squawk PodSocial Media Politics with Walter Isaacson 7/05/23A U.S. federal judge has restricted some government agencies and officials from communicating with social media companies to discuss content. Twitter has implemented usage limits on its platform, and Meta has announced Threads, a Twitter competitor available through Instagram. Writer Walter Isaacson, currently in the middle of biographing Elon Musk, discusses the role of social media in politics, Elon Musk’s role in news and democracy, and Musk’s leadership, both at Twitter and at Tesla. Plus, CEOs at Pinterest, Peloton, and Hertz are raking in over $100 million a year–more than Apple’s CEO Tim Cook. I...2023-07-0538 min
Download Incredible Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+Catherine by Linda O'byrnePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/697373to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Catherine
Series: #2 of Cousins of Pemberley
Author: Linda O'byrne
Narrator: Helen Stern
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 6 hours 41 minutes
Release date: July 1, 2023
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
Many years have passed since the dramatic events of Pride and Prejudice. In The Cousins of Pemberley series we follow a new generation of heroines - cousins with lives as different and interesting as those enjoyed by their mothers. Catherine Collins, a very ordinary young woman - plain, quiet, often overlooked but possessing a reputation for having great common sense. Or so her distant c...2023-07-016h 41
The Naked Truth with CourtneyHow I Became the Biggest Booster in the CityWalter (Wally) Harris talks about becoming the biggest booster in Pittsburgh, the crime that put him on CNN, being diagnosed with muscular dystrophy in prison, his compassionate release process, and how he changed his life around.Booster: A person who steals products intending to resell them. “Your direction, not your intention, determines your destination.” -Andy StanleySupport the show2023-06-1752 min
Sinister Crimes and Cocktails: A True Crime PodcastEpisode 20: The WrongfulSend us a textIn 1986 Rhonda Morrison, a white woman was murdered working at a dry cleaner in Monroeville Alabama. Unable to identify Morrison’s murderer police would eventually focus their attention on an unlikely suspect, that of 45-year-old Walter McMillian. A self-employed black man, McMillian had done work for many of the community members in Monroeville having no criminal history or that of violence. What would pull Walter McMillian into the limelight was his affair with a married white woman that would cause him to go from being someone who had an interracial affair with a 2023-01-231h 13
Trending Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, SuspenseOver Her Dead Body: A Novel by Susan WalterPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/720634 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Over Her Dead Body: A Novel Author: Susan Walter Narrator: Selah Victor, Jane Oppenheimer, Marcus Stewart, Lauren Ezzo, Joe Knezevich, Timothy Andrés Pabon, Rebecca Mozo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 53 minutes Release date: November 1, 2022 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: An inheritance that comes with a warning. Ashley Brooks’s life isn’t working out as planned. After years of struggling to make it in Hollywood, she’s still waiting for her big break. When fate leads her to the doorstep of legendary casting director Louisa Lake George, Ashley thinks...2022-11-0105 min
Live Like It's True {Bible Podcast}An Absurd Story of Being Fooled by God's Enemy {Courtney Doctor}Have you ever had an intruder? Knowing that someone has entered your space immediately makes you feel violated and on guard, and that's exactly how we're supposed to feel when an intruding serpent shows up in the Garden of Eden.I feel so honored to have Courtney Doctor as our guest today. Courtney is a an author, Bible teacher, frequent conference and retreat speaker, and she serves as coordinator for women's initiatives for the Gospel Coalition. Courtney's Bible study, From Garden to Glory: A Bible Study on the Bible’s Story is part of our recommended resources al...2022-10-1256 min
On with Mario Daily PodcastOWM: Lis Ann Walter zooms in to Talk 'Abbott Elementary', Courtney's Court Takes on the Wedding Ghoster, a Fresh Good Deed & More! (September 28, 2022)Coming Up #OnWithMarioLopez – #AbbottElementary’s #LisaAnnWalter zooms in to preview season 2, talk #emmy love, love of dance, & more! Plus, Courtney’s Court takes on the Case of the Wedding Party Ghoster, Mario recaps his interview with an incredibly unique artist, we honor a record breaking #GoodDeed, & more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2022-09-2820 min
The Elizabeth Cunningham Show: Courageously Expanding LoveRacial Identity and Healing with Courtney NapierCourtney Napier is a writer, journalist, publisher, and liberation coach from Raleigh, North Carolina. She has written for outlets such as NewsOne and The Appeal, WALTER Magazine, Scalawag Magazine, and others. She is the founder of Black Oak Society, an arts incubator for Black creatives in the Greater Wake County area and beyond. Finally, Courtney supports the struggle for collective liberation with workshops, essays, and coaching through her platform, Sacred Identity. Guest Links:https://www.courtneynapier.comhttps://www.blackoaksociety.com Show Links:The ECS YouTube ChannelThe ECS Facebook Live Link...2022-09-2155 min
The Elizabeth Cunningham Show: Courageously Expanding LoveRacial Identity and Healing with Courtney NapierCourtney Napier is a writer, journalist, publisher, and liberation coach from Raleigh, North Carolina. She has written for outlets such as NewsOne and The Appeal, WALTER Magazine, Scalawag Magazine, and others. She is the founder of Black Oak Society, an arts incubator for Black creatives in the Greater Wake County area and beyond. Finally, Courtney supports the struggle for collective liberation with workshops, essays, and coaching through her platform, Sacred Identity.
Guest Links:
https://www.courtneynapier.com
https://www.blackoaksociety.com
Show Links:
The ECS YouTube Channel
The ECS Facebook Live Link (Tu...2022-09-2100 min
Hustle + Gather, with Courtney and DanaClothing optional: Exploring life from other people’s perspectives with journalist Billy WardenBilly Warden has a philosophy on life - "You don't know that you're in a golden age until it's gone. So try to appreciate every moment, cause it might be as good as it gets." He is living life to the fullest, and today tells us about his experiences writing for Joan Rivers, attending a naked party, pro wrestling, hitting the drag scene, and so much more.Billy is the Principal of GBW Strategies, and freelance writer for the News & Observer, Our State Magazine, Walter Magazine, WRAL Techwire, and more. He's a TEDx speaker, and a long-time...2022-04-1151 min
The Integrated Schools PodcastA Framework for Antiracist EducationFounded in 2021, the Center for Antiracist Education’s (CARE) mission is to equip antiracist educators with the knowledge and curriculum to create schools and classrooms that push back on the destructive legacy of racism. Our co-host Val, serves as their academic director in her day job.
They recently released a framework for antiracist education that provides teachers and school leaders with concrete, actionable steps to take in their journey towards being antiracist. These steps are organized by the five CARE Principles- the core areas that CARE believes require attention in order to move towards antiracism. They are:
Affirm the dignity and humanity...2022-03-0254 min
Marked with Angie Elkins and Elizabeth HyndmanMARKED | Courtney DoctorJoin us today as we talk with Courtney Doctor about her Bible study, In View of God's Mercies. Listen in to hear what she learned as she wrote this study of Romans and how we can encourage women to dig deeper in their knowledge of the Word of God. Enjoy!Courtney is an author and Bible teacher. She received an MDiv from Covenant Theological Seminary in 2013 and is the author of From Garden to Glory: A Bible Study on the Bible’s Story, Steadfast: A Devotional Bible Study on the Book of James, and co-author of Remember Your Joy: A Bible...2022-02-0741 min
Her Rules RadioAmplifying Voices and Stories with Courtney NapierThis season’s shows are inspired by my personal creative journey and coaching experiences over the years. The shows are for women who want to hear from and support others while learning from their creative journeys. Today’s show highlights the commitment to help people use their voices and tell their stories. Join us to learn more. Courtney Napier is a writer, journalist, and anti-racism coach from Raleigh, NC. Her work has been published in many places, including The Appeal, Scalawag Magazine, INDY Week, and Walter Magazine. Courtney is the founder of Black Oak Society, a collective for...2021-07-0748 minHer Rules RadioAmplifying Voices and Stories with Courtney NapierThis season’s shows are inspired by my personal creative journey and coaching experiences over the years. The shows are for women who want to hear from and support others while learning from their creative journeys. Today’s show highlights the commitment to help people use their voices and tell their stories. Join us to learn more. Courtney Napier is a writer, journalist, and anti-racism coach from Raleigh, NC. Her work has been published in many places, including The Appeal, Scalawag Magazine, INDY Week, and Walter Magazine. Courtney is the founder of Black Oak Society, a collective for...2021-07-0748 min
Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMUDon't mention cancel culture to Courtney. He's not a stamp collector. from Apr 8, 2021
Fats Waller - "Sloppy Water Blues" [0:00:00]
Cole Porter - "C'est Magnifique" [0:03:37]
Ken Freedman - "phone message to Courtney about selling the station" [0:10:50]
Euneeda Bodenheim - "Delbarton's Poesy Alive™ (celebrating National Poetry Month)" [0:13:54]
Koichi Sugii - "Kiso-Bushi" [0:15:53]
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra - "Everybody Eats When They Come to My House" [0:18:46]
Boots & His Buddies - "Anytime" [0:21:25]
Flip the Frog - "Fire-Fire (1932)" [0:27:29]
George Formby - "I Don't Like" [0:33:46]
Walter Gross - "Creepy Weepy (A Boogie-Woogie Study)" [0:36:25]
Stuff Smith & Robert Crum - "Windy City" [0:38:57]
Gus Bodenheim - "El Pillow de Oro™" [0:44:43]
Dorothy Done...2021-04-0900 min
Truthfully Human PodcastEpisode 2. "Know who you are with or without the approval of any other human" with Walter ThompsonEpisode 2 of the Truthfully Human Podcast sees Victor Vardøy and Courtney-Leigh Oakes interview Walter Thompson. Walter has an interesting and complex past, and together they touch on Walter's experience as a black American man in 2020 and 2021, his time in the education system, and as a narcotics addict. Click play to hear more!
There’s no manual to life. We go about aimlessly finding our own ways of navigating the world; we take unusual paths with strange endings. This interesting journey that we all take, the good and bad choices we make along the way, map out the...2021-03-2043 min
All Careers ConsideredMaximize your Network & Launch your Career with Courtney SeamonCourtney Seamon graduated from IU in 2015 with a degree in Apparel Merchandising, and since then has become a successful fashion blogger and influencer in New York City. Next up is this week’s interview with Courtney Seamon, who is a blogger & influencer who co-founded Mimosas + Manhattan, a successful fashion & lifestyle brand. Courtney was super fun to talk to and she shared what it was like going from small-town Indiana to the NYC fashion scene, how she really maximized her network at IU to help her launch her career, and how she makes a livelihood as an influencer.Vie...2021-01-2226 min
Common Good PodcastWalter Brueggemann: Not Numbed InsideCommon Good Podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. In this episode, we discuss Walter Brueggemann’s article, Not Numbed Inside: https://churchanew.org/brueggemann/not-numbed-inside Walter has a conversation with five individuals from the Common Good collective. Here are their bios:Greg Jarrell is a founder of QC Family Tree, a community of hospitality in Charlotte, NC, where he shares life with his wife, Helms, their two kids, and a host of other neighbors who have become kin. He was also a fellow with the Common Good Collective and as...2021-01-0720 min
Tales from the Reuther LibraryReading the Room: How César Chávez’s Early Life Prepared Him to LeadDr. Clay Walker explains how César Chávez’s lifeworld discourse – the language, culture, and experiences that shaped who he was and how he encountered and navigated the world – uniquely prepared him to lead the United Farm Workers and effectively communicate his message to a diverse audience. Dr. Walker is a senior lecturer in English and literacy studies at Wayne State University.
Related Collections:
UFW Office of the President: Cesar Chavez Records
Sydney D. Smith Papers
Related Resources:
Clay Walker – “Lifeworld Discourse, Translingualism, and Agency in a Discourse Genealogy of César Chávez’s...2020-08-2035 min
Sounding OffSounding Off | Ep. 2: Walter Thompson-HernándezSounding Off is a podcast produced by The Sound of Victory, an interdisciplinary project that explores the historic relationship between music, sound, and sport. It's hosted by Perry B. Johnson and Courtney M. Cox. In this episode, they're joined by Walter Thompson-Hernández, a former collegiate and pro athlete turned journalist who recently launched California Love, an audio memoir produced by NPR/LAist.2020-08-1333 minTales from the Reuther LibraryMechanical Engineer To Booth Babe and Back Again: The Tragicomic Career of Wayne State Engineering Alum Lucille PietiSociety of Women Engineers archivist Troy Eller English shares the tragicomic story of Lucille Pieti, 1950 mechanical engineering alum and Miss Wayne University. Sidelined in technical writing despite her degree and experience, Pieti found her career veering farther and farther away from engineering in the mid-1950s as her bosses at Chrysler capitalized on her beauty rather than her brains. Molded into a spokeswoman at auto shows and in Hollywood, and giving specs on the Dodge La Femme’s pink umbrella instead of its engine block, Pieti reclaimed her engineering identity by leaving Chrysler, and the country, in 1955.
Re...2020-07-3045 min
Caffeinated CrimesEpisode 24: Aileen Wuornos Part 2In part 2 of the Aileen Wuornos case, Courtney and Jaclyn tell the tragic stories of Aileen's final four victims: Peter Siems, Eugene (Troy) Burress, Charles Richard (Dick) Humphreys, and Walter Gino Antonio. We will reveal how Aileen was finally discovered and the undercover string that lead to her arrest. Finally, we cover the trials that lead to the death sentence of the first female to ever meet the criteria of a serial killer.email: caffeinatedcrimespod@gmail.comInstagram: @caffeinatedcrimespodSupport the show2020-07-281h 38Tales from the Reuther Library(Re)Introducing the Michigan Black History BibliographyReuther Library field archivist Dr. Louis Jones and former archives students and staff members Mattie Dugan and Allie Penn discuss the Reuther’s Michigan Black History Bibliography (MBHB) and the multi-year, student-led project to digitize a decades-old index card file. Meticulously compiled by Reuther librarian Roberta McBride in the 1970s, the MBHB cataloged well-known and obscure articles, theses, and other bibliographic sources about African American history in Michigan, including slavery in Detroit in the 1700s, Underground Railroad activity in the 1800s, the racism and discrimination Blacks faced in the 1900s, and African American community-building efforts throughout. Jones discusses the hi...2020-07-0926 minTales from the Reuther LibraryThis Union Cause: The Queer History of the United Automobile WorkersWayne State history PhD candidate James McQuaid discusses his research on the gradual cognizance and acceptance of queer autoworkers in the twentieth century, leading toward the UAW’s rapid embrace of LGBTQ-friendly policies and initiatives in the 1990s. He shares compelling stories of several queer auto workers, including: Billie Hill discovering a lesbian enclave in a Highland Park plant in the 1940s; Gary Kapanowski winning a 1973 union election despite being aggressively outed by a rival the day before; Joni Christian, a transgender woman whose union leadership at the GM Lordstown saved her job after returning to work following sexual re...2020-06-181h 01Tales from the Reuther LibraryRace and Rebellion: Reexamining the Unlearned Lessons of the Kerner Report a Half Century LaterReuther Library outreach archivist Meghan Courtney discusses the conclusions of the 1968 Kerner Commission report in the context of today’s protests over race relations and police brutality. Following infamous rebellions in Detroit and Newark in 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson established the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, chaired by Illinois governor Otto Kerner, to identify the root causes of urban racial unrest and prevent further violence in American cities. In its final report, the Commission placed the ultimate blame for so-called riots on lack of educational and economic opportunity for African Americans, ingrained institutional and societal racism, and militarized po...2020-06-0921 minTales from the Reuther LibraryDon’t Buy Where You Can’t Work: Black-Owned Businesses and the Housewives League of DetroitAllie Penn explains how her work on a grant-funded digitization project introduced her to the Housewives League of Detroit and led to a digital humanities project mapping Detroit Black-owned businesses from the 1930s through 1950s. Espousing the informal motto, “Don’t buy where you can’t work,” the Housewives League of Detroit was founded in 1930 by Fannie Peck to unite and empower Black housewives in the city while also strengthening the economic base of the Black community. An offshoot of her work on the Housewives League of Detroit collection, Penn has been mapping 1930s through 1950s Black-owned businesses, as advertis...2020-05-2123 minTales from the Reuther LibraryCreating that “A-Ha!” Moment: Using Archives and Primary Sources to Inspire Active Learning in the ClassroomOutreach archivist Meghan Courtney discusses the Reuther Library’s efforts to extend primary source instruction beyond history classes to inspire active learning in the classroom and empower students to become part of scholarly conversations. Through the Reuther’s innovative Archives and Primary Resource Education Lab (APREL), Wayne State economics students have studied Detroit-area public food programs to understand the intersection of economics and public health. Law students have examined police reports, eye-witness accounts, and contemporary reporting to weigh the evidence and draw their own conclusions about Detroit’s infamous 1969 New Bethel Incident. And K-12 teachers have learned how to integr...2020-04-3028 minTales from the Reuther LibraryPoorly Described Folders and Human Hair: Processing Report with ALUA Archivist Shae RaffertyShae Rafferty, the Reuther Library’s Labor and Urban Affairs Archivist, explains what happens behind the scenes to get donated collections ready for researchers. She discusses how collections are prioritized for processing, or organizing and describing them to make it easier for researchers to find the information they’re looking for. Rafferty describes some of the memorable things she has found in the collections she has processed, both pleasant (scrapbooks made by friends and Detroit theater ushers in the early 1900s) and unpleasant (human hair). She also recalls finding a deeply important but largely forgotten log of 1940s racial inci...2020-04-1614 min
Tales from the Reuther LibraryA Double Agent, A Conservative Affirmative Actionist, and A Black Nationalist Walk Into an Archive...: Field Report with Archivist Louis JonesAfter a brief hiatus we’re back! Reuther Library Field Archivist Louis Jones discusses fascinating collections recently opened at the Reuther Library. William Gernaey was hired by Chrysler and Ford in the 1930s and 1940s to infiltrate the Community Party in Michigan, which in turn hired him to spy on local unions. Ramon S. Scruggs, Sr. became the first African American manager at Michigan Bell Telephone Company in 1939, and later at AT&T, and although a conservative he advocated for affirmative action policies to raise opportunities for all African Americans. In 1965 Edward Vaughn opened the nation’s second black book...2020-03-2423 minTales from the Reuther LibraryUncovering Detroit Sound: Sippie Wallace and Son House in the Folklore ArchivesArchivist Bart Bealmear explains how he rediscovered recordings of famed African American blues musicians Sippie Wallace and Son House buried in the Reuther Library’s Folklore Archives. One of the most famous female blues vocalists in the 1920s, Sippie Wallace left the blues stage for four decades, choosing instead to sing and play the organ at Leland Baptist Church in Detroit. The recording Bealmear uncovered in the Folklore Archives captures Wallace demoing T.B. Blues in her living room in 1965, prior to her professional comeback in 1966. Bealmear also shares a clip from an April 18, 1965 WDTM interview with American Delta bl...2020-01-0222 minTales from the Reuther LibraryHidden in the Fields: Invisible Agricultural Child Labor in the American Southwest and the Limits of CitizenshipIvón Padilla-Rodríguez explains how labor laws helped define the modern boundaries of childhood and citizenship for both internationally and domestically migrant Latinx children working on American farms. Despite the child labor ban supposedly implemented in 1938 as part of the Fair Labor Standards Act and later laws, legal loopholes have allowed migrant Latinx children to continue to work on American farms today and have limited their access to education. Padilla-Rodríguez explains how advocates fought to enact social welfare initiatives for farmworking children along their migratory route, while teachers and women UFW organizers pursued legislative channels to try to...2019-12-0631 minTales from the Reuther LibraryPunishing Promise: School Discipline in the Era of DesegregationMatt Kautz explains how his observations while teaching in Detroit and Chicago led him to study the rise of suspensions and other disciplinary tactics in urban districts during school desegregation, fueling the school-to-prison pipeline. His research has focused particularly on Boston, Detroit, and Louisville during court-ordered desegregation, for which there is ample documentation of school disciplinary codes, statistics on usage against students, and responses from administrators, teachers, law enforcement, and the community. Kautz is a Ph.D. candidate at Teachers College, Columbia University
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...2019-09-1927 minTales from the Reuther LibraryImmigrant Girl, Radical Woman: A Memoir of Wobbly Organizer Matilda Rabinowitz Robbins (Part 1)In the first of a two-episode series, artist Robbin Légère Henderson discusses her exhibition of original scratchboard drawings featured in the illustrated and annotated autobiography of Henderson’s grandmother, Matilda Rabinowitz Robbins, a Socialist, IWW organizer, feminist, writer, mother, and social worker. Henderson shares stories from Robbins’ autobiography, Immigrant Girl, Radical Woman: A Memoir from the Early Twentieth Century, explaining how the optimism of a 13-year-old immigrant from the Ukraine was soon undone by the realities of working in garment sweatshops on the East Coast, leading to Matilda Robbins’ brief but influential role as labor organizer for the Inte...2019-09-1924 minTales from the Reuther Library“You Do It and You Teach It”: 90 Years of Dance at Wayne StateEva Powers, recently retired associate professor and former chair of the Maggie Allesee Department of Dance, share the fascinating history and bright future of the modern dance program at Wayne State University. One of the longest-running dance programs in the country, it traces its origins to the Dance Workshop, founded in 1928 by Professor Ruth Lovell Murray. A pioneer in dance education, Murray’s philosophy, “You do it and you teach it,” was evidenced by the Dance Workshop’s influence on a robust dance program within the Detroit Public Schools well into the 1970s. Powers also describes the bright future of the d...2019-09-0534 min
Cult Cinema Catacombs: These Films Exist!PremutosHow does one describe our 17th film? Can anyone describe our 17th film, because we can't.
Filmed in Germany using some of the worst film dubbing you have ever heard in your entire life, Premutos tells the story (?) of a fallen angel prior to Lucifer who wants to....we don't know. It was either take over the world, create a zombie army, or look like Russell Brand. The gore gets to pornographic levels in this film, but hey at least one of our leads Walter gets a NEW Conan sword!
Yeah, this one is for t...2019-08-2251 minTales from the Reuther LibraryLabor Feminism in the Federated Press, 1930s through 1950sDr. Victoria Grieve shares the lives of five pioneering female journalists of the Federated Press, a labor news service operating from the 1930s through the 1950s. In addition to their work for the Federated Press, Julia Ruuttila, Jessie Lloyd O’Connor, Virginia Gardner, and Miriam Kolkin also participated in leftist social and political movements, forming an important network that linked labor journalism with labor feminism and other political issues. Although not central to her current project, Grieve also discusses another famed journalist for the Federated Press, Betty Friedan. Grieve is an associate professor of history at Utah State University....2019-08-1531 minTales from the Reuther LibraryRise Up Detroit: Stories from the African American Struggle for PowerDr. Peter Blackmer discusses the launch of Rise Up Detroit (www.riseupdetroit.org), a website documenting the stories of activists in the Civil Rights and Black Power movements in Detroit. The website uses extensive oral history interviews and extensive archival resources from the Walter P. Reuther Library and other archives in the region to teach audiences of all ages about social justice issues through the history of the African American struggle for power. Rise Up Detroit is the second website created as part of “The North: Civil Rights and Beyond in Urban America,” an online educational tool conceived of and...2019-07-2529 minTales from the Reuther LibraryHooked On The Line: Addiction and the North American Workplace, 1965-1995 (Part 2)This is the second of a two-part interview with Dr. Jeremy Milloy about his forthcoming book, “Hooked On The Line: Addiction and the North American Workplace, 1965-95,” which explores the evolution of alcohol and drug addiction interventions in the workplace in the latter half of the 20th century. In this episode, Milloy considers workplace addiction interventions as a continuation of the encroachment of employers into employees’ private lives. Milloy describes the Reagan administration’s addiction intervention policies in the heavily federally-regulated railroad industry in the 1980s, and across industries the evolution from rehabilitative workplace addiction interventions to more punitive workplac...2019-07-0525 minTales from the Reuther LibraryHooked On The Line: Addiction and the North American Workplace, 1965-1995 (Part 1)This is the first of a two-part interview with Dr. Jeremy Milloy about his forthcoming book, “Hooked On The Line: Addiction and the North American Workplace, 1965-95,” which explores the evolution of alcohol and drug addiction interventions in the workplace in the latter half of the 20th century. In this episode, Milloy explores the early days of addiction intervention in the workplace through programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous, and then delves into an experimental, grant-funded UAW program in the 1970s called CHIP – Curb Heroin in Plants. An employee-led initiative, CHIP sought to treat heroin dependence in autoworkers through a combin...2019-07-0325 minTales from the Reuther LibraryThe Southern Airways Strike of 1960: ALPA’s Epic Battle Over Fair Pilot WagesAir Line Pilots Association archivist Bart Bealmear shares the history of ALPA’s shrewd 1960 strike against regional carrier Southern Airways over pilot wages. The strike began on June 5, 1960 and launched a costly two-year legal and tactical battle in which ALPA created its own competitor airline, Southern hired poorly-qualified scab pilots funded partially by the government, and the union strategically appealed a ruling in its own favor to preempt and scuttle Southern’s appeal. The founder and president of Southern Airways, Frank Hulse, finally capitulated in September 1962 when an investor in the airline threatened to sell a controlling stake to ALPA...2019-06-0416 minTales from the Reuther Library“Our Mothers Were the Shining Stars:” Perspectives on the Founders of the Society of Women Engineers, From a Daughter Who Grew Up Among ThemAlexis Jetter discusses her long-running project, a memoir unraveling the life and death of her mother Evelyn Jetter, a physicist, engineer, and in 1950 a founder of the Society of Women Engineers. After writing a master’s thesis and article in the 1980s that explored whether her mother’s death at age 52 was caused by her work with radiation at the Atomic Energy Commission and other companies — from the 1940s through 1970s — Alexis felt a growing desire to better understand Evelyn’s career in relation to her private life. Alexis describes her experience growing up in mid-century America among the founding me...2019-05-1631 minTales from the Reuther LibraryFrom the Vault: Metalsmith and Professor Phillip Fike and the Wayne State Academic MaceIn anticipation of the upcoming Wayne State University graduation ceremonies, University Art Curator Grace Serra and University Archivist Alison Stankrauff share the history of the university’s academic mace, a ceremonial and symbolic object carried during commencement exercises and other important events. The first mace, commissioned in the 1950s, has been lost to the ages. A second mace was created specifically for the university’s 1968 centennial. The third mace, currently in use, was crafted in 1984 by famed metalsmith and Wayne State professor Phillip Fike using ebony wood, bronze, and steel. As Serra and Stankrauff discovered during a visit to the...2019-04-2513 minTales from the Reuther Library“Taxing Limits: The Political Economy of American School Finance”Kelly Goodman speaks about the political history of funding education through local and state taxes. Having worked as a data analyst for the Detroit public schools, Goodman pursued graduate school to explore the structural issues surrounding questions she often found herself asking: why are some schools perceived to be bad? Why do some schools receive less funding than others? How does the economy work, and for whom?
To answer those questions, Goodman’s research for her dissertation, “Taxing Limits: The Political Economy of American School Finance,” reorients political history around enduring tensions between the control of decisions and th...2019-04-1129 minTales from the Reuther LibraryReevaluating Comparable Worth: AFSCME’s Pay Equity Campaigns of Yesteryear and TodayIn celebration of Equal Pay Day on April 2, 2019, podcast host and American Federation of Teachers archivist Dan Golodner recounts a time 100 years ago when male teachers tried, and failed, to prevent female teachers from bargaining for pay equity with their male peers. AFSCME archivist Stefanie Caloia discusses AFSCME’s groundbreaking equal pay campaigns for public employees in the 1970s and 1980s, particularly in Local 101 in San Jose, California and Council 28 in Washington state. To alleviate the large pay disparities between male and female public employees, the “comparable worth” of jobs typically held by men and jobs typically held by women...2019-03-2824 minTales from the Reuther LibraryDocumenting the Now: SEIU Archivist Sarah Lebovitz on Using Archives to Empower the FutureSEIU archivist Sarah Lebovitz explains how her background in anthropology informs her work as an archivist, preserving and revealing the experiences of underrepresented groups. She recounts successful SEIU actions including the implementation of needlestick protocol for healthcare workers and the organization of women office workers in SEIU District 925, which served as inspiration for the classic 1980 film 9 to 5, starring Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin, and Jane Fonda (whose oral history about the movement is available at the Reuther Library). Lebovitz describes the challenges and opportunities of archiving social media and digital content, and making archives more accessible and interactive for researchers...2019-03-0724 minTales from the Reuther Library“She Never Gave Up on This City:” Remembering Firebrand Detroit City Councilwoman Maryann MahaffeyLabor and Urban Affairs archivist Shae Rafferty shares how Maryann Mahaffey’s college summer job as recreation director at the Poston Japanese internment camp in Arizona in 1945 strengthened her resolve to fight against discrimination and help those in need later in her career in social work. In Detroit, Mahaffey created a tenants’ council while program director at Detroit’s Brightmoor Community Center in the 1960s, and established the Detroit Mayor’s Task Force on Malnutrition and Hunger while also teaching in the School of Social Work at Wayne State University. Although she lost her first campaign for public office in 1970...2019-02-1419 minTales from the Reuther LibraryDirty Socks, Goose Fat, and Hot Toddies: Cold Remedies from the Folklore ArchiveReuther Library archivists Elizabeth Clemens and Dan Golodner raise a glass for the regional and ethnic cold remedies collected in the Reuther’s extensive Folklore Archive, including whiskey, honey, lemon, hot toddies, goose fat poultices, the color red, horehound, catnip tea, dirty socks, and the more dangerous turpentine and kerosene — don’t try those at home! Clemens explores why the informants interviewed resorted to folklore remedies, why we still use them today, and why a few of these remedies just might work.
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Producers: Dan Golodner and Troy Eller...2019-01-2429 minTales from the Reuther Library“Long Memory is the Most Radical Idea in America:” Field Report from Reuther Collections Gatherer Louis JonesDr. Louis Jones discusses his work in building relationships to bring records into the Reuther Library documenting the American labor movement, civil rights, and the history of metropolitan Detroit. He explains how he brought three recent acquisitions into the Reuther Library: the papers of labor activist and folk singer Utah Phillips; the business records of civil rights organization NAACP Detroit; and the records of LGBT Detroit, an organization working to support and advocate for Detroit’s LGBT community. Jones is the field archivist for the Walter P. Reuther Library, and received a Ph.D. in history from Wayne State Un...2019-01-0325 min
Murder Archives8: Where to now?In this final episode, we bring in a handwriting expert, Andrea Scarfe, to review the Asmodeus letter and cross-reference the handwriting with that of potential writers, including Walter Maxwell Dumont Dunn. We also examine the life of this man more thoroughly. We wrap up where we’ve got to so far in our investigation and leave the listener with some potential theories. More importantly, we leave the listener with some remaining questions in the hope that the podcast will stimulate discussion and open up new avenues for investigation. Murder Arc...2018-12-2045 minMurder Archives7: Scenarios of deathWe introduce another expert, forensic psychologist, Dr Karen Scally, to help us look at each McLeod family member through a psychological lens. We present three scenarios of what may have led to Norma’s death. And look at a potential new suspect – Walter Maxwell Dumont Dunn – poet, writer, fantasist, and a friend of the McLeods who had been suggested as a possible Asmodeus. How was he involved in the case, if at all? And what do we know of this man? Murder Archives is written and presented by Emma...2018-12-2058 minTales from the Reuther Library“Democracy is Sweeping Over the World:” Brookwood Labor College at the Nexus of Transnational Radicalism in the Jazz AgeWhile the 1920s are often described as “lean years” of progressive action, Andreas Meyris explains how the Brookwood Labor College in Katonah, New York served as a conduit for transnational radicalism in the 1920s while also training labor journalists and up-and-coming labor leaders like Walter Reuther and Rose Pesotta, setting the stage for the explosion of industrial unionism during the 1930s.
Meyris is a PhD candidate at the George Washington University, specializing in American labor and political history. He received a Sam Fishman Travel Grant in 2018 to examine the Brookwood Labor College Records at the Reuther Library in s...2018-12-1332 minTales from the Reuther LibraryThe First Noel (Night): How the Public Found Its Detroit Adventure in Noel Night, The City’s Festive Cultural Open HouseOutreach archivist Meghan Courtney traces the evolution of Detroit Adventure, a coalition of cultural organizations founded in 1958 to promote cultural conversations and experiences in metropolitan Detroit. In 1973 the organization debuted Noel Night, a free holiday open house in Detroit’s cultural center. Now run by Midtown Detroit, Inc., Noel Night features: performances and family activities at Detroit’s midtown museums, churches, and venues; holiday shopping; food; horse-drawn carriage rides; and more. Courtney offers a sneak preview of the Reuther Library’s contributions to the 46th Noel Night on December 1, 2018: live labor- and holiday-themed music from our talented University Library System...2018-11-2219 minTales from the Reuther LibrarySpeak to the Earth and it Shall Teach Thee: Catholic Nuns, the United Farm Workers Movement, and the Rise of an Environmental Ethic, 1962-1978John Buchkoski explores the role that religious women had in grassroots social activism in the 1960s and 1970s, particularly organizations of Catholic women religious. He explains how these groups supported United Farm Worker strikes by publicizing the environmental and health effects of pesticide use and popularizing produce boycotts across Catholic communities. Buchkoski is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Oklahoma.
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UFW...2018-11-0823 minTales from the Reuther LibraryHalloween Spooktacular: Supernatural Stories from Detroit FolkloreArchivist Elizabeth Clemens shares spooky stories from the Reuther Library’s Folklore Archives about Le Loup Garou, or the Werewolf of Grosse Pointe; the Ghost of Tanglewood Bridge on Detroit’s Belle Isle; hauntings at home; and a helpful witch on Detroit’s McClellan Street who fetched groceries and hung her skin on the wall.
Archivist Bart Bealmear reminds us of Gundella the Green Witch, a local personality with an advice column in Detroit-area newspapers in the 1970s and 1980s.
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Gundella, The Green Witch of Detroit Explains How to...2018-10-2529 minTales from the Reuther LibraryInternational Architect Minoru Yamasaki’s Impact on the Wayne State CampusReuther Library archivist Shae Rafferty discusses the career of Minoru Yamasaki, renown architect of the original World Trade Center, the Dhahran International Airport in Saudi Arabia, and many buildings in the metropolitan Detroit area. University archivist Alison Stankrauff shares the history and design of four Yamasaki buildings on the campus of Wayne State University in Detroit.
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Wayne State University College of Education...2018-10-0423 minTales from the Reuther Library1933 Chicago Teachers Walkout: That Time Teachers Rioted With Textbooks and RulersAmerican Federation of Teachers archivist Dan Golodner tells guest host Bart Bealmear about the 1933 Chicago Teachers Walkout, when Chicago teachers joined together to demand that they be paid in actual money and on time, rather than in scrip that wasn’t honored by local businesses and banks during the Great Depression. Paid only nine times in four years because property taxes meant to fund Chicago schools were withheld by corrupt businesses, banks, and school board members, students and teachers staged public demonstrations on the streets and in bank lobbies, ultimately shaming the banks into releasing school funds and the sc...2018-09-1328 min
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2018-08-2328 minTales from the Reuther LibraryAssembly Line Housing: Walter P. Reuther, George Romney, and Operation Breakthrough – Part 1In the first of a two-part series, Dr. Kristin Szylvian explains the role of the American labor movement, and UAW president Walter Reuther in particular, in lobbying for and shaping fair housing programs and legislation in Detroit and nationally after the Second World War. That influence paved the way for an unlikely alliance in the 1960s between Reuther and George Romney, the former Republican governor of Michigan, when they joined together in the late 1960s to launch Operation Breakthrough, a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development program to use union-made manufactured housing to alleviate the housing crisis...2018-08-0928 minTales from the Reuther LibraryI Am A Man: Photographer Richard Copley Recalls His First Assignment, 50 Years After the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers’ StrikeAFSCME archivist Stefanie Caloia shares photographer Richard Copley’s story of his very first and what he considers his most important assignment covering the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike and, ultimately, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination and memorial march.
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...2018-07-2617 minTales from the Reuther LibraryJessica Levy on “Black Power, Inc.: Global American Business and the Post-Apartheid City”Jessica Levy explains how American corporations and black entrepreneurs worked together to forge a new politics linking American business with black liberation at home and abroad, focusing particularly on Leon Howard Sullivan, a civil rights leader and board member of General Motors who used his position to influence American corporate anti-apartheid actions.
Levy is a PhD Candidate at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.
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...2018-07-1127 minTales from the Reuther LibraryAmerican Labor’s Anti-Apartheid Movement and Nelson Mandela’s 1990 U.S. TourMeghan Courtney, Reuther Library archivist, discusses Nelson Mandela’s 1990 visit to the U.S. as well as his long-term relationship with the American Labor Movement during his time in prison and after his release.
Mandela’s 12 day, 8 city fundraising tour in June 1990 took place just months after his release from 27 years in a South African prison and included visits to the AFL-CIO, AFSCME’s convention, UAW Local 600 and Tiger Stadium. Courtney explores Mandela’s philosophical alignment with the labor movement, labor’s support for anti-apartheid efforts in the U.S., and archival collections at the Reuther Library where rese...2018-06-2832 minTales from the Reuther LibraryJulia Gunn on Civil Rights Anti-Unionism: Charlotte and the Remaking of Anti-Labor Politics in the Modern SouthDr. Julia Gunn explains how progressive civil rights politics enabled Charlotte, North Carolina, to become the nation’s second-largest largest financial capital while obscuring its intransigence towards working-class protest, including public sector sanitation workers, bus drivers, firefighters, and domestic workers. Gunn is a Critical Writing Fellow in History at the University of Pennsylvania.
Gunn’s research visit was supported through a Sam Fishman Travel Grant, which provides up to $1,000 for scholars to support travel to Detroit to access archival records of the American labor movement in the Reuther Library. The award is named in honor of Sam Fish...2018-06-1426 minTales from the Reuther LibraryDawn Mabalon on UFW labor organizer Larry Itliong – Part 2In part 2 of our interview with Dawn Mabalon, she explains how her personal and familial interests influenced her research on the life and work of United Farm Workers labor organizer Larry Itliong, as well as her forthcoming children’s book, Journey for Justice: The Life of Larry Itliong. Dr. Mabalon is an Associate Professor at San Francisco State University and a co-founder of the the Little Manila Foundation, which “advocates for the historic preservation of the Little Manila Historic Site in Stockton, California and provides education and leadership to revitalize our Filipina/o American community.”
Her research draws...2018-05-3119 minTales from the Reuther LibraryDawn Mabalon on UFW labor organizer Larry Itliong – Part 1In this inaugural episode of Tales from the Reuther Library, Dawn Mabalon, an Associate Professor at San Francisco State University, shares her research on the life and work of Larry Itliong, a Filipino leader of California’s farm labor movement. She explains to Reuther archivist Dan Golodner the relationship between Filipino and Mexican farm workers, reframing this struggle in multi-ethnic and multi-generational contexts to be more inclusive of radical Filipino American perspectives. Her research draws heavily on the personal papers of Larry Itliong, as well as records from other farm labor leaders found in the United Farm Workers collections at...2018-05-2137 min
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Trends Like ThesePatreon's Big Mistake, Russia Barred from Olympics, Bryan Singer, Michael Flynn, Terrible Men with Courtney Enlow, Resistbot cocreator Jason Putorti, 2018 Midterm Preview, California Wildfires, Super Bad Gun Bill Passes in the House, Killer Cop SentencedINTRO 00m 25sec News Just Keeps Going Dilly Dilly The Disaster Artist Bevs Like These BEYOND THE HEADLINES 6m 39s Christmas Tree Costume Girl Russia Barred from Olympics Patreon's Big Mistake California Wildfires TERRIBLE MEN 32m 45s Time's POTY The Silence Breakers Danny Masterson & House of Cards S6 John Conyers & Al Franken Bryan Singer Trent Franks & Blake Farenthold Roy Moore 19 Allegations Against Trump INTERVIEW Courtney Enlow RESISTBOT CO CREATOR JASON PUTORTI 1hr 15m 34s POLITICS ROUNDUP 1hr 36m 02s Michael Flynn Trump's Self-Implicating Tweet Are Pence's Hands Clean? What If Trump Got Impeached? HR 38 Super-Bad Gun Bill Tax Bill Post-mo...2017-12-082h 27
The Brazilian BeatEpisode 20 Alex Bordokas of Maracatu Mar Aberto
Alex is a cultural producer based in Toronto, and often moonlighting in Rio de Janeiro. He is the founding Artistic Director of Uma Nota Culture and has spent many years as both an artist and an independent music promoter, always focusing on music from the ‘tropical world’. He has been at the forefront of many productions in conjunction with Lula Music & Arts Centre and the Luminato Festival, as well as several projects in Brazil. He is currently an Artistic Associate at Harbourfront Centre in Toronto.Since 2002, Alex has lived within the rhythm of maracatu and has researched and s...2017-04-2700 min
The Brazilian BeatEpisode 17 Carl Dixon
Versatile percussionist Carl Dixon is at home with music spanning multiple genres, continents, and instruments. He can be found performing in concert halls, jazz clubs, dance parties, festival stages, and street parades. Carl plays with the Brazilian music band Ginga. As a drumset player and percussionist, he has performed/recorded with the Kailin Yong Peace Project, NuMundo, Swing Je T’aime, Casuarina, Alessandro Penezzi, Paula Santoro, Sambadende, Elevations Jazz Orchestra, Pat Bianchi, Jeff Jenkins, Dexter Payne, many musical theater productions, and the Rio de Janeiro bloco Bangalafumenga. Carl is the Principal Percussionist of the Central City Opera, Fort Collins Symphony...2017-03-1700 min