Press Record Podcast

12/10/2017

Hi Listeners! In this episode of Press Record, we are focusing on a confederate monument on UNC’s campus called Silent Sam. For decades he’s been a source controversy, and currently students and local activists are calling for his removal. We hope that by exploring the issues surrounding Silent Sam and what he means to generations of North Carolinians, we can help unpack the wider issues. We’ll hear from John Sellars, an African American student activist who attended UNC in the 1960s, during the early years of the university’s integration, Mistyre Bonds, a current African American student activist, and Dr. William Sturkey, a history professor here at UNC. Don't forget to subscribe and rate us on iTunes!

This month we are talking about Confederate Monuments. In this episode you will hear from John Sellars, a former UNC student activist, Mistyre Bonds, a current student activist, and Dr. William Sturke

11/08/2017

Hello listeners! Check out Part II of Press Record's summer mini-series on environmental racism and oral history in the South. In this episode, we conclude our conversation by diving into specific oral histories collected by Danielle Purifoy and Pavithra Vasudevan. Danielle and Pavithra also talked about how they made their oral histories accessible to the public through art and how they imagine futures amidst the bleak realities of environmental injustice. Make sure to check it out and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts!

In the second part of our series on environmental racism and oral history, Danielle and Pavithra discuss specific moments in the oral histories they collected that illuminate lived experiences of envi

14/07/2017

Hi listeners. After a brief hiatus, Press Record is back with our first summer mini-series on environmental racism and oral history. Below is Part I. We are thrilled to feature the work of Danielle Purifoy and Pavithra Vasudevan who discuss how storytelling can illuminate lived experiences of environmental racism in the South. Be sure to check it out --
we look forward to hearing your thoughts!

This month, Press Record is excited to bring you Part I of our first mini-series on oral history and environmental racism featuring the work of two scholars: Danielle Purifoy and Pavithra Vasudevan. I

10/03/2017

Hi everyone! Looking for something to listen to over Spring Break (or the weekend if you are not a UNC student)? Make sure to check out the newest episode of Press Record. This episode features field scholar Rachel Cotterman discussing her research with the Backways project, the legacy of Jim Crow in North Carolina, and what it has been like to do a research project close to home. We are really excited to share this with you. As always, make sure to subscribe and rate us on iTunes and Soundcloud or comment with any feedback!

https://soundcloud.com/sohp/episode-12-revisiting-backways-in-conversation

This month, Press Record revisits questions about silence and rural segregation by taking a look at the Backways project one year later. The structure of this episode is a little different; the follow

31/01/2017

Hello friends of Press Record! Our first episode of 2017 is officially up! This month we dive into oral history and the Equal Rights Amendment. Listen for oral history clips spanning five decades and even some recordings from the recent Women's March on Washington! Make sure to check out our web page for more info: www.sohp.org/podcast. Thanks for listening! https://soundcloud.com/sohp/episode-11-oral-history-and-the-era

08/12/2016

New episode out now on women and politics in the South! Take a listen and let us know your thoughts-- also make sure to check out the website for more information, pictures, and full interviews. https://sohp.org/podcast/

https://soundcloud.com/sohp/episode-10-women-and-politics

11/11/2016

Hi everyone. In honor of Veterans Day, Press Record has released a special edition podcast that features oral histories with veterans. Please check out our website, which includes additional information about the episode and a note on how we thought about the task of putting together this podcast. Below is an excerpt from that note. We are eager to hear your feedback and hope you all have a chance to listen over the weekend!

Thanks,
- the Press Record Team

"We want to start out by acknowledging that in recent months and days the nation has been faced with an immediate challenge, perhaps like none other in recent memory, of how to speak to, and listen to each other. This challenge resonates deeply on this Veterans Day, a day that honors those who have sacrificed their lives for the country. Oral history, fundamentally, is a practice that is rooted in both talking and active listening. Here at the Southern Oral History Program, we are proud of and committed to this mission and believe that it can play a central role in moments like this.

Yet even when we are listening, sometimes those we choose to hear from are shaped by our own intellectual and political orientations. At the SOHP, most of the military veterans we have talked to have been activists in social justice movements who have very complicated feelings about their time in the military. This in no way means we do not want to hear from or showcase those who embrace or see their service differently. Our ongoing veterans oral history project, conducted by our undergraduate interns this year, we hope, will add new voices from local veterans. We believe that oral history allows space for interviewees to reflect back on their time of service and have ownership over how they frame their experience in the military."

In this episode you will hear from students and veterans navigating the process of oral history. First, you’ll hear from graduate field scholar Kimber Thomas, who discusses her role as undergraduate i

15/10/2016

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07/10/2016

At the Southern Oral History Program, the recent events in Charlotte--the police shooting of Keith Scott and the protests in response, struck close to home. We have scores of interviews with people in Charlotte, and they talk about the long history of race, segregation, economic justice (or the lack thereof) and activism in the city.
Today we are releasing a special, all-archival episode of Press Record, Voices from Charlotte. We hope it will help provide context for conversations about what is happening in our state today.

In response to the recent upsurge of activism and protests in Charlotte, Press Record is releasing a special episode of archival interviews. The following episode features a collection of interviews f

05/10/2016

Looking for our earlier episodes? Visit our www.sohp.org/podcast and scroll to the bottom of the page to find our archive of episodes:

1) Silence Speaks Volumes 2) Back Ways: Segregation in the Rural South 3) Feminism & Oral History 4) LGBTQ Life and Activism in the South 5) Pesky Pets 6) Emotions and Oral History Research

30/09/2016

Episode 7 is now live! take a listen here (http://sohp.org/podcast/) and don't forget to rate us on iTunes! (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/press-record-the-sohp-podcast/id1067418032?mt=2)