Cradle of Student Protest
Travel to Nashville, Tennessee, "the cradle of student protest," to learn about Fisk University's activist legacy–from the Jubilee Singers i...
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Material Memory
We live in the age of information, but how often do we think about what has been lost—or nearly lost? From memories left on discarded machines to the voices of ancestors trapped on obsolete...
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Travel to the Lowcountry of South Carolina to learn about the Mather School, founded after the Civil War to serve the newly freed, and the G...
By Actions and Not by Words
Dive into Tuskegee University's vast collections, from the notebooks of George Washington Carver to archival speeches from luminaries Myrlie...
If Walls Could Talk
Learn about Alcorn State University student life–and civil rights protests–in the 1960s, and how a community-centered approach to librarians...
Walking on Sacred Ground
Morgan State University archivist Ida E. Jones discusses the history of Maryland's largest HBCU and how it is deeply entwined with the histo...
Cadence to the Rhythm of Life
Kofi Amu Horne, who created the theme music for this season, started drumming with his Ghanaian mother before he was two. Here, he talks abo...
There's Magic in Creating Something from Nothing
Librarian and curator Erika Witt speaks about Southern University at New Orleans's African art collection, a transformative trip to Egypt, a...
Our Ancestors' Wildest Dreams
This season, we're taking a tour of the treasures housed in HBCU libraries and archives. Meet two women instrumental to the HBCU Library All...
Season 3 Trailer: HBCU Library Alliance Tour
In this season of the Material Memory podcast, we're taking an audio road trip to explore the libraries, archives, and museums at six Histor...
Crisis as Catalyst: Notes from DCDC
Special episode! Three stories about crisis as catalyst: capturing NHS COVID-19 stories; rethinking anti-racism and anti-ableism at the Well...
What We've Learned and What We Can Do
What did we learn? What can we do? In the season 2 finale, host Nicole Kang Ferraiolo and producer Lizzi Albert share their biggest takeaway...
Heritage Has a History
Anthropologist Dr. Blessing Nonye Onyima discusses the effects of colonialism and climate change on Nigeria's cultural heritage, from the ch...
The Home of Memory
Where do we house our memories? What does it mean to lose our records? Drawing on her experience as an archivist and as a hurricane evacuee,...
Living Heritage
Intangible or "living" cultural heritage includes folk arts, food, and other traditions. Host Nicole Kang Ferraiolo talks to media scholar S...
Climate Displacement and Cultural Resilience
Victoria Herrmann, president of the Arctic Institute, discusses climate displacement in the United States, the risks it poses to communities...
How We Tell the Story of Disaster
Anthropologist and emergency management specialist Dr. Crystal Felima speaks about her work on climate hazards, disaster narratives in Haiti...
Archivists Against the Climate Crisis
Archivists Eira Tansey and Ben Goldman discuss their research on the impact of climate change on U.S. archives. They share their approaches...
Does it Matter? Cultural Memory and the Climate Crisis
Climate change is the biggest challenge facing humanity—but how does cultural heritage fit in? Hear from all seven of this season's guests a...
Sound and Meaning: Preserving Native American Voice and Song
In this episode of Material Memory , we return to the Autry Museum of the American West in southern California, where a project is underway...
"Hello, Friends" The Story of the Indians for Indians Radio Hour
In this episode of Material Memory , we talk with a staff member at the University of Oklahoma who has been working to preserve the recordin...