Prowling The Peach State

22/05/2024

Starting to work on new episodes for the fall (August 1 starts the new season)...stay tuned!

23/03/2024

STILLLL on hiatus. But I'll be working on new episodes for the fall so stay tuned. Maybe go back and listen to any you've not heard yet?

04/09/2023

I don't want to spoil what's at the World War II Home Front Museum...but here's some photos of things you'll see. First, blackout instructions.

04/09/2023

Fortunately I'm not as late as I was last month! New (short) episode is up.

I hit the beach (sort of) and visit this small but neat and interactive museum focusing on the homefront experience in Georgia's coastal communities during World War Two.

07/08/2023

07/08/2023

Latest podcast is up, finally!

Kicking off a new season of podcasts with a trip to Savannah to see an amazing private collection of military artifacts, housed in the Webb Military Museum.

10/05/2023

Forgot to post a little reading list...

Delta: The History of An Airline by Lewis and Newton. Lengthy but a quick read.

Delta Airlines: 75 Years of Airline Excellence by Geoff Jones. A pictorial history which is well done.

Together We Fly: Voices From the DC-3 by Julie Boatman Filucci. Not about Delta specifically rather about the DC-3 and the experiences of everyone from designers to pilots to flight attendants. I enjoyed it.

01/05/2023

Episode 15...The Delta Flight Museum!

Ahead of my summer break from podcasting, I travel to the outstanding Delta Flight Museum, right next to Hartsfield-Jackson Airport...where there is something for everyone.

16/04/2023

https://youtube.com/shorts/py6rqFq6adg?feature=share

Haven't done these in a while so figured I'd share a peek into this coming month's podcast!

Join me for a fun trip to learn about Delta Airlines' and Georgia's aviation history. Ready when you are!

04/04/2023

"Prowling The Peach State" is a podcast that focuses on Georgia (USA) history...with history used loosely here. We'll often go off the beaten path, hence "prowling".

Podcasts will debut on the 1st of January, February, March, April, and May, and then August, September, October, November, and December. Video previews and other stuff will often appear here!

03/04/2023

Info on The Breman...new photography exhibit opened today :)

https://www.facebook.com/thebreman

The Breman is the center for Jewish history, culture, and arts in Atlanta.

02/04/2023

Sorry it's a day late! But enjoy---I really enjoyed my visit here and thoroughly recommend it:

I hit downtown Atlanta this month to visit an awesome museum--I really enjoyed my visit and will definitely go back.

02/03/2023

Episode 13-The Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth...home to two presidential rail cars, bunches of other rolling stock, train rides, cars, buses...SO much here.

I head right up the road from me this month to a place I've visited many times before...the SE Railway Museum!

05/02/2023

page for the Lunchbox Museum, with opening times, etc.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lunch-Box-Museum/1475991272696683

Museum

01/02/2023

Latest podcast, Episode 12 is up...trip to Columbus for the Lunchbox Museum (and the RC Cola Museum, and more, all in one spot)!

I hit Columbus again for a stop at the Lunchbox Museum, the world's largest collection of lunchboxes. Just so happens there are multiple museums in one spot, including the RC Cola Museum as well as Chero-Cola, and Tom's Snacks Museums!

01/01/2023

Latest podcast is up! https://www.spreaker.com/user/15906716/se-quilt-and-textile-museum ... Happy New Year!!

Museum hours are Thursday and Friday, 10-4 and Sunday 10-2. Admission is only $5!

www.southeasternquiltandtextilemuseum.org

Museum FB page: https://www.facebook.com/SEQuiltandTextileMuseum

I travel to West Georgia this month for an afternoon in Carrollton, GA, featuring a stop at the Southeastern Quilt and Textile Museum.

02/12/2022

No need for me to reinvent the wheel. Here is an excellent reading list on this area and the Gullah-Geechee...

If you want to learn more about this unique lowcountry culture, check out theA�5 Books on Gullah Culture That We Love and add them to your book collection!

01/12/2022

https://www.spreaker.com/episode/52073135

This month I visit the Pin Point Heritage Center outside Savannah, which chronicles and celebrates a resilient coastal community rooted in the Gullah-Geechee culture. It's also the birthplace of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. It's a beautiful and fascinating place :)

This month we're outside Savannah, Georgia at the Pin Point Heritage Museum, which celebrates the hi

03/11/2022

Had several questions from listeners and didn't answer them this month since the episode was longer than expected. But here they are...

-Now that you have done this for a while, what are some of the challenges you still face doing the podcast?

There's two main challenges. One is what to do when I don't hear back from a location that I'd like to feature. That happens somewhat often. I don't understand it, but because the format generally calls for an interview, I can't really just "show up". So that can be frustrating. Some places I have contacted 4 or 5 times.

The second challenge is just finding the time necessary to produce each episode. It can be time consuming between the background research, travel, time for the visit, and then the actual production of the episode. Some of them fall together quickly, some do not.

-Do you plan on doing anymore Civil War topics?

Yep!

-Does your dog go with you on every visit?

Nope, but she will go with me frequently. Just depends on the distance, timing of the trip, etc. She is always ready to go though, for sure :)

01/11/2022

https://www.spreaker.com/episode/51753462

This month's episode is up :) Joel Chandler Harris was the author of the popular Uncle Remus stories and this month I visit his Atlanta home!

I travel to Atlanta's West End neighborhood to learn more about Joel Chandler Harris, best known as

01/11/2022

To learn more about this month's topic...

What is The Wrens Nest?The Wren’s Nest, the historic home of author and journalist Joel Chandler Harris, is a cultural center, house museum, and National

16/10/2022

Episode 9 video tease!

A visit to author Joel Chandler Harris' (of Uncle Remus fame) Atlanta home

02/10/2022

Super Mini lesson plan for Georgia State Railroad Museum...

-Why was the railroad so important?
-Look at the Hobo Signs sheet. Why would people traveling the rails have used and needed these signs?
-Why would poorer people usually live in the rail and industrial neighborhoods?