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Idaho's Most Controversial Politician: Glen H. Taylor
Date: 2020-07-14
Guest: Marc Johnson
Host: David Pettyjohn
world warcommunismdemocraciessenatorspolitical campaignsnewspapers
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How INL is Changing the Future of Nuclear Energy
Date: 2020-07-28
Guest: Ryan Weeks
Host: Doug Exton
nuclear physicsnuclear reactorseducational functionslaboratories (buildings)
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80 Years of Reckoning: Minidoka Survivors and Descendants Panel Discussion
Date: 2022-08-29
Guest: Paul Tomita; Mary Abo; Karen Hirai Olen; Wendy Tokuda; Stephen Kitajo
Host: Robyn Achilles
world warsimprisonmentfamilies (kinship groups)descendants (family relationships)
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The Battle of the Alamo in Mexican, Texan, and United States History
Date: 2021-08-24
Guest: Jesús F. “Frank” de la Teja
Host: Doug Exton
independencecivil warsbattlefieldsbattlesethnicitymexicanindigenous peoples (american culture)
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Pushed Out PT 1
Date: 2022-11-18
Guest: Dr. Ryanne Pilgeram
rural areaseconomic developmentrural developmentgentrificationtimber logstimber (wood by origin)
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Archie Boyd Teater: Art, Architecture, Artifacts & Archives
Date: 2020-11-17
Guest: Chelsee Boehm; Lester Taylor; Henry Whiting
Host: David Pettyjohn
impressionist (style)artist studios (work spaces)artifacts (object genre)portrait formatlandscapistsarchitecture (discipline)
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History of Idaho Falls Baseball - 80th Season of Professional Baseball in Idaho Falls
Date: 2020-06-09
Guest: Jen Holley; Kevin Greene; Chris Hall
Host: Doug Exton
baseball fieldsbaseball playersbaseball (field sport)sportssports complexes (building complex)donation (method of acquisition)
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African Americans in Gold Rush California PT 1
Date: 2023-02-17
Guest: Susan Anderson
Host: Johanna Bringhurst
gold townsafrican american
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The History and Future of Public Schools
Date: 2023-10-11
Guest: Dr. Johann Neem
Host: Johanna Bringhurst
public schools (institutions)educationcurricula
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Sociology of a Pop Star: Taylor Swift
Date: 2024-04-15
Guest: Dr. Sharon Paterson
Host: Johanna Bringhurst
sociologypopular culturehigher educationgender expressioneconomic inequalitycommunications (discipline)public relations
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Voter Apathy & Disenfranchisement
Date: 2022-05-14
Guest: Dr. Caroline Heldman; Dr. David Gray Adler
Host: Doug Exton
electoral collegesvotingdebatesdemocraciespublic policyballots
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History of Vaccines
Date: 2021-04-20
Guest: Laura Jenski
Host: Doug Exton
diseasevaccine lancetspandemicshistory of medicinebiology
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80 Years of Reckoning: Minidoka National Historic Site
Date: 2022-08-10
Guest: Kurt Ikeda
Host: Robyn Achilles
world warsimprisonmentfamilies (kinship groups)descendants (family relationships)
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Native Women Writers and Colonial Domesticity at the Federal Indian Boarding Schools
Date: 2020-08-11
Guest: Dr. Amanda Zink
Host: Doug Exton
indigenous peoples (american culture)native americanliteratureboarding schools (institutions)boarding schools (buildings)ethnicitygender expression
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We Heart French Fries
Date: 2023-12-07
Guest: Blake Lingle
Host: Johanna Bringhurst
french friesfoodculinary artsrestaurantspotatoes
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The End of the Cold War and American Culture
Date: 2021-10-19
Guest: Dr. Sarah Robey
Host: Doug Exton
world warsoviet (nationality or culture)nuclear warsnuclear powereducation
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Honor and Integrity on the Playing Field and in Life
Date: 2024-02-07
Guest: Dr. Sharon Stoll
Host: Johanna Bringhurst
ethics (philosophy)integrity (philosophical concept)sportsphysical education buildingscollege students
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The Essential Hitchcock
Date: 2023-12-04
Guest: Dr. Douglas Cunningham
Host: Johanna Bringhurst
motion pictures (visual works)film directors
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Discovering Vardis Fisher’s Boise: Reexamining Idaho and the Federal Writers Project
Date: 2020-10-27
Guest: Alex Meregaglia
Host: Doug Exton
novelistsfederal aidnew dealdepression (economic concept)archives (institutions)
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Christmas Movies and the Religious Dimensions of Story Structure
Date: 2023-12-05
Guest: Dr. Russell P. Johnson
Host: Johanna Bringhurst
motion pictures (visual works)christmas
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War. What is it good for?
Date: 2024-05-01
Guest: Kim Madsen Dill
Host: Johanna Bringhurst
veteransliteratureeducationamerican english (language)writingrefugees
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The American Dream PT 1
Date: 2022-10-21
Guest: Raffi Andonian
Host: Doug Exton
american (north american)history (discipline)
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Humanities and Cultural Studies at BSU
Date: 2023-08-23
Guest: Dr. Gautam Basu Thakur
Host: Johanna Bringhurst
critical theories (dialectical critiques)critical theory (sociological concept)humanitiescultural disciplinesliteraturehigher education
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The History of Presidential Inaugurations
Date: 2021-01-12
Guest: Matthew Miles
Host: Doug Exton
presidentsoathsceremoniesspeeches (compositions)political eventspresidential papers
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A Discussion on the Arts and the Humanities
Date: 2020-10-20
Guest: Michael Faison
Host: David Pettyjohn
humanitiesarts educationprogramming (function)grantsadvocacy
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The Surprising History of Women’s Rights in Post War
Date: 2024-02-07
Guest: Dr. Alexandria Ruble
Host: Johanna Bringhurst
women's studieswomen's rightsworld warsgenocideemancipation
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Basque History in the Western US
Date: 2021-03-09
Guest: Annie Gavica
Host: Doug Exton
basque (language)basque (culture or style)cultural heritagediasporas (migrations)historic preservationethnicity
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LGBTQIA+ History in Boise
Date: 2020-06-24
Guest: Cheryl Oestreicher; Gabrielle Davis
Host: Doug Exton
lgbtq+civil rightsarchival materialsenvironment (earth sciences concept)basque (culture or style)filmmakingliteratureethnicity
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The Legacy of Cecil D. Andrus
Date: 2024-05-13
Guest: Dr. Emily Wakild
Host: Johanna Bringhurst
historiansconservation (discipline)national parkspublic landeducationresistance
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Restoring the Wetxuuwíitin’ Collection
Date: 2022-01-25
Guest: Nakia Williamson-Cloud; Trevor Bond
Host: Doug Exton
indigenous peoples (american culture)native americancolonialismindigenous artartifacts (object genre)cultural heritagetangible cultural heritage
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Fire's American Century
Date: 2020-10-15
Guest: Steve Pyne
Host: Doug Exton
forest managementconservation policy
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Political Parties
Date: 2022-11-04
Guest: Dr. Markie McBrayer
Host: Doug Exton
comparative politicspolitical administrative bodiespolitical entities
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Third Parties
Date: 2022-11-11
Guest: Dr. Markie McBrayer
Host: Doug Exton
comparative politicspolitical administrative bodiespolitical entities
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It’s Her Story: Sacajawea
Date: 2024-03-13
Guest: Randy’L Teton
Host: Johanna Bringhurst
indigenous peoples (american culture)native americantribal nationsnumismatistsstorytelling
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Cultivating the Spirit of the Masses: How the Buenos Aires Zoo Shaped Society in Argentina
Date: 2024-03-14
Guest: Dr. Ashley Kerr
Host: Johanna Bringhurst
zoos (institutions)immigrationwomen's studiestrade unionscultural heritagegender expressionsracial discriminationmotion pictures (visual works)
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Women in Art during the Renaissance and Reformation
Date: 2020-11-10
Guest: Dr. Lisa McClain
Host: Doug Exton
italian renaissance revivalreformationgender issueswomen's studiesreligious artcounter-reformation
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Our Jane Austen Obsession
Date: 2023-08-23
Guest: Dr. Ann Campbell
Host: Johanna Bringhurst
literaturereading (activity)literary criticismliterary theory
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Selling Things and Selling Sex: Archaeological Explorations of Sandpoint, Idaho
Date: 2021-06-29
Guest: Dr. Mark Warner
Host: Doug Exton
archaeologyexcavations (sites)artifacts (object genre)prostitutioncultural propertyrescue archaeology
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Beyond Fake News: News Literacy and the Informed Citizen
Date: 2020-09-15
Guest: Dr. Seth Ashley
Host: Doug Exton
literacydigital mediajournalismcommunications conceptsdigital informationsocial psychology
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Vampires are Cool Again
Date: 2023-10-11
Guest: Rachel Stewart
Host: Johanna Bringhurst
television programswomen's studiespopular cultureliteraturefilm (discipline)film historiansmonsters (legendary beings)
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The 51 Tunnels That Saved Twin Falls
Date: 2024-03-27
Guest: Dr. Jim Gentry
Host: Johanna Bringhurst
local history (discipline)resistanceresearch noteseducationacademic dissertationsdrainage basins
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The History of Idaho State Parks
Date: 2020-08-18
Guest: Rick Just
Host: David Pettyjohn
state parkspolitical eventsexpeditions (journeys)agencieshistorical parkseducational parksnonprofit organizations
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The Life of John Denver
Date: 2021-09-27
Guest: Robert Santelli
Host: David Pettyjohn
country (style)folk artistssingersenvironmentalistsmusic (performing arts genre)traveling exhibitions
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Reflecting on Rosa Parks + Producing Scholarship & Art in the 21st Century
Date: 2021-10-05
Guest: David Langhorst; Riché Richardson
Host: Doug Exton
civil rightsfeminismquiltsliteraturevisual arts (discipline)museums (institutions)educationpublishing
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History of Stonewall
Date: 2021-06-17
Guest: Park Ranger Anne Stanley
Host: Doug Exton
national parkshistorical parkslgbtq+civil rightsresistance (political activity)
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Why Do We See Media As Polarizing?
Date: 2022-06-07
Guest: Bill Manny; Maria Hinojosa; Mark Trehant
Host: Monique Michel
journalismdemocraciestelevision journalists
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The History of Wallace, Idaho
Date: 2020-12-01
Guest: Shauna Hillman
Host: Doug Exton
miningsilver (metal)highwaysrailroads (infrastructure)iron oreenvironmental control elementshiking
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Voting Issues in the Gem State
Date: 2022-05-05
Guest: Dr. Jaclyn Kettler; Dr. Jeff Lyons; Dr. Steve Utych
Host: Doug Exton
political sciencevotersvotinglocal governmentpublic policy
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How to Teach the Holocaust
Date: 2024-02-07
Guest: John Poole
Host: Johanna Bringhurst
educationteachingadvocacyracial discriminationliterature
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The Horror Film from Obama to Trump
Date: 2024-06-01
Guest: Dr. Russell Meeuf
Host: Johanna Bringhurst
culture (concept)motion pictures (visual works)educationliterature
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Making History
Date: 2022-12-02
Guest: Dr. Rebecca Scofield
Host: Johanna Bringhurst
history (discipline)historiographyoral history
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Re-storying Idaho with the Healing Power of Hope
Date: 2023-10-16
Guest: CMarie Fuhrman
Host: Johanna Bringhurst
ecology:history (discipline)literaturestorytellingpoetry
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The Role of the Judiciary in Idaho to form a More Perfect Union
Date: 2022-04-20
Guest: Dr. Joseph Meier; Dr. Randy Smith; Dr. Steve Kenyon
Host: Doug Exton
law (discipline)freedomjustice (philosophical concept)justices (people in law)protection (sociological concept)
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Bringing War Home
Date: 2023-11-08
Guest: Dr. Susan Grayzel;Dr. Molly Cannon
Host: Johanna Bringhurst
world warsoral history (discipline)
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Approaching the US Constitution: Sacred Covenant or Plaything For Lawyers and Judges
Date: 2020-09-22
Guest: Dr. Kerry Hunter
Host: Doug Exton
constitutionspolitical ideologies and attitudescourts (judicial bodies)laws (legal concept)legal systems
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History of the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness
Date: 2020-06-12
Guest: Larry LaRocco
Host: Garry Wenske
politicianswildernesslegislative actshistory of conservationfederal governmentmilitary service
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The American Landscape PT 1
Date: 2022-09-23
Guest: Adam Sowards
Host: Doug Exton
cultural landscapeshistoric landscapesgeographyhuman geography
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Morrison Knudson & the Battle for Wake Island
Date: 2023-12-07
Guest: Dr. Rebecca Schwartz
Host: Johanna Bringhurst
world warsimprisonmentfamilies (kinship groups)
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Rural Land in Idaho
Date: 2021-03-23
Guest: Dr. Jodi Brandt; Dr. Rebecca Som Castellano
Host: Doug Exton
rural areasland usefarmlandenvironmental conceptssustainabilitysociology
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Rethinking the History of Abolition in the U.S. PT 1
Date: 2023-03-17
Guest: Dr. Marie Stango
Host: Johanna Bringhurst
slaveryafrican diasporawomen's studiesgender issues
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Understanding the Public Lands: Federal Land Management Agencies and the Lands They Manage
Date: 2023-10-19
Guest: Dr. Sara Dant
Host: Johanna Bringhurst
environmental impactpublic landsland management
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The Atlas of Drowned Towns: Recovering the Histories of Places Lost To Dam Construction
Date: 2022-03-09
Guest: Bob H. Reinhardt
Host: Doug Exton
migrations (events)american (north american)dams (hydraulic structures)riverslost areaslost settlementsenvironment (earth sciences concept)history (discipline)architectural history
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What does it mean to be a citizen?
Date: 2022-04-26
Guest: Dr. Caroline Heldman; Dr. David Gray Adler; Dr. Lara Brown
Host: Doug Exton
citizenshipdemocracycivic improvementdiscussions (meetings)
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Voting in the 21st Century
Date: 2022-06-01
Guest: Dr. Caroline Heldman; Dr. David Gray Adler; Dr. Lara Brown
Host: David Pettyjohn
technology (general associated concept)votingnational holidayspublic policypolitics
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Myths & Heroes: Challenging the Narratives of Native American History Part 3
Date: 2022-09-10
Guest: Dr. Liz Redd
indigenous peopleindigenous peoples (american culture)native americanindian reservations (native american reservations)indigenous protected areassovereigntyeducationresistance (political activity)
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The Electoral College
Date: 2022-05-23
Guest: Dr. David Adler; Dr. Lori Cox Han
Host: Doug Exton
electoral collegesvotingdebatesdemocraciespublic policy
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The Black History Research Lab at the University of Idaho
Date: 2023-10-11
Guest: Dr. Sydney Freeman, Jr.
Host: Johanna Bringhurst
african americanhistory (discipline)social history
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A Dialogue on Independent Film led by Carole Skinner, co-owner of Boise’s Independent theater, The Flicks
Date: 2020-10-13
Guest: Carole Skinner
Host: Jennifer Holley
film (discipline)independent filmsmotion picture theatersfilm historiansliteraturepandemics
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Iceland’s Christmas Book Flood
Date: 2023-12-21
Guest: Kári Tulinius
Host: Johanna Bringhurst
christmasliteraturepoetrynovels
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The Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial
Date: 2020-07-08
Guest: Dr. Dan Prinzing
Host: Doug Exton
memorials (monuments)human rightshistoric monumentsdignityjustice (philosophical concept)
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The Big Give
Date: 2024-04-04
Guest: Bruce Michael Miller; Heather Platts
Host: Johanna Bringhurst
music composition techniquesmusical performancesmusic festivalscountry (style)
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Minidoka: An American Concentration Camp
Date: 2020-08-04
Guest: Hanako Wakatsuki
Host: Doug Exton
concentration campsimprisonmentworld warcivil rightsracial discriminationtestimoniesdocumentary film
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Seeking Suffrage: The Idaho Story
Date: 2020-09-01
Guest: Katherine G. Aiken
Host: Doug Exton
women's suffragepolitical organizationswomen's studiessenatorssocial historylaboreducation
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The Black Experience in Idaho
Date: 2020-07-01
Guest: Terry Scraggins; Kam Diaz
Host: Doug Exton
african americanlgbtq+gender expressionhomosexualityveteranspodcastsnonprofit organizations
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Godzilla and the Imagination of Anxiety, from Hiroshima to COVID-19
Date: 2021-05-18
Guest: Lisa M. Brady; Bill Tsutsui
Host: David Pettyjohn
japanese (culture or style)japanese-americanfilm (discipline)pandemicsdisastersradioactivitymonsters (legendary beings)
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Pioneering the History of Iranian Dance
Date: 2023-07-05
Guest: Dr. Ida Meftahi
Host: Johanna Bringhurst
iraniandances (performance events)folk dancesdance (discipline)
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Boise’s Industrial Past
Date: 2020-06-03
Guest: Dr. Jennifer Stevens
Host: Doug Exton
industrial historyurban historyurban developmentindustrial buildings
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The Nazi Rise to Power and The Consolidation of Power, 1918-1938
Date: 2021-04-06
Guest: Dr. Peter Black
Host: Doug Exton
fascismfascists (people)conservatismdictatorshipspopulism
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Myths & Heroes: Challenging the Narratives of Native American History Part 1
Date: 2022-09-08
Guest: Dr. Liz Redd
indigenous peopleindigenous peoples (american culture)native americanindian reservations (native american reservations)indigenous protected areassovereigntyeducationresistance (political activity)
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Idaho Storyteller Arlie Sommer
Date: 2023-09-29
Guest: Arlie Sommer
Host: Johanna Bringhurst
documentary filmfilm directorsfilm (discipline)
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Culture, Climate, and the Agricultural Transition in Northeastern Utah’s Uintah Basin: The Cub Creek Fremont in Dinosaur National Monument
Date: 2021-07-13
Guest: Judson Finley
Host: Doug Exton
maize leaf (material)farming (activity or system)agriculture (discipline)hunter-gatherer (early cultures)agricultural settlementsarchaeologyearth sciences
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The Refugee Experience and Boise
Date: 2020-08-25
Guest: Salome Mwangi
Host: Doug Exton
refugeesafrican diasporadiasporas (migrations)storytellingadvocacy
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Gilles, Giants, and Dragons, Oh My!: The Reinvention of Folkloric Festivals in Belgium
Date: 2021-07-27
Guest: Dr. Erik Hadley
Host: Doug Exton
festivals (celebrations)cultural heritagemilitary uniformsmusketsstatuescultural heritage
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Victory and Triumph in Ancient Rome
Date: 2020-10-06
Guest: Dr. Alyson Roy
Host: Doug Exton
fascismimperial (roman)numismaticsprocessionsmaterial culture (discipline)
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Myths & Heroes: Challenging the Narratives of Native American History Part 2
Date: 2022-09-09
Guest: Dr. Liz Redd
indigenous peopleindigenous peoples (american culture)native americanindian reservations (native american reservations)indigenous protected areassovereigntyeducationresistance (political activity)
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The Continuum of Comics: Calvin & Hobbes, Maus, and Everything in Between
Date: 2023-12-21
Guest: Dr. Matthew Levay
Host: Johanna Bringhurst
comic bookscomic book artistsliterary historyliterature
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80 Year of Reckoning: Multigenerational Trauma ofJapanese American Incarceration
Date: 2022-08-17
Guest: Dr. Donna Nagata
Host: Robyn Achilles
world warsimprisonmentfamilies (kinship groups)descendants (family relationships)
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An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States PT 1
Date: 2022-10-07
Guest: Kyle T. Mays
Host: Doug Exton
african americanbipocindigenous peopleindigenous peoples (american culture)native american
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Intro to Global Jewish History
Date: 2023-09-01
Guest: Dr. Nick Underwood
Host: Johanna Bringhurst
jewish (culture or style)human migrationantisemitismreligious (people)
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Our High School Newspaper and Yearbook Matters in History
Date: 2024-03-13
Guest: Dr. Caitlin Cieslik-Miskimen
Host: Johanna Bringhurst
high school studentsnewspapersschool yearbooksjournalismmass mediapublic relationscommunications (discipline)
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Making History: An Idaho Story
Date: 2022-12-09
Guest: Dr. Rebecca Scofield
Host: Johanna Bringhurst
history (discipline)
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Images of Sacajawea: The Lewis & Clark Expedition, Suffragettes, and Modern-day Representations
Date: 2022-02-08
Guest: Suzy Avery; Mike Crosby
Host: Doug Exton
indigenous peoples (american culture)native americancolonialisminterpretation
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