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Episode 28: Covid Conversations #5: Ethnographers –...

Ohio Humans ·

2021/05/03

Host Rachel Hopkin is joined by ethnographers Dr. Lucy Long, a folklorist and ethnomusicologist who teaches at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, and Iñigo Sánchez-Fuarros, an anthropologist with the Institute of Heritage Sciences at the Spanish National Research Council in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.Dr. Long is the founder and director of The Center for Food and Culture. An online exhibition of her Covid-related foodways research is available at

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Episode 27: Covid Conversations #4: Orchestral...

Ohio Humans ·

2021/04/13

Host Rachel Hopkin is joined by Mark Kosower, Principal Cello with the Cleveland Orchestra, and Matthew Hunter, violist with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. In addition to playing with their respective orchestras, both Mark and Matthew perform as soloists and chamber ensemble players and are teachers.Kosower is Principal Cello with the Cleveland Orchestra. He has been with the orchestra since 2010. Learn more about Kosower at

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Episode 26: Covid Conversations #3- Quilt Makers and...

Ohio Humans ·

2021/03/17

Host Rachel Hopkin moderates a conversation between West Chester, Ohio-based quilter and scholar Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi and quilter Felicity Khan of South Africa.Dr. Mazloomi is a quilter, quilt scholar, curator, and founder of the Women of Color Quilters Network. In 2014, Mazloomi was named a National Heritage Fellow by the National Endowment for the Arts, the highest award given in the United States for traditional arts. She is also an aerospace engineer. For more information, visit her

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Episode 25: Covid Conversations #2- Dancers and...

Ohio Humans ·

2021/02/23

Host Rachel Hopkin moderates a conversation between Dayton-based dancer and psychotherapist Jessica Tupa and dancer and scholar Monica Maria Fumagalli of Milan, Italy.Tupa is a psychotherapist with a background as a dancer and educator. An alumna of the Ohio State University Department of Dance, she started dancing Argentine tango several years ago. Before Covid, she traveled extensively with her partner for tango within the U.S. and Europe. Jessica uses her movement background to support

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Episode 24: Perfecting Democracy- Why It Matters- Dr....

Ohio Humans ·

2021/02/16

In this episode, we discuss ideas and political divisions in American politics with Dr. Kevin Mattson. Dr. Mattson received his B.A. from the New School for Social Research and his Ph.D. from the University of Rochester. His research focuses on intellectual history and political culture in the United States. He is the author of numerous books, including We’re Not Here to Entertain: Punk Rock, Ronald Reagan and the Real Culture War of 1980s America and What the Heck Are you Up To, Mr

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Episode 23: Perfecting Democracy- Why It Matters- Dr....

Ohio Humans ·

2021/01/29

Hasan Kwame Jeffries was born in Brooklyn, New York. In 1994, he graduated from Morehouse College with a BA in history and, in 2002, he earned his Ph.D. from Duke University. Dr. Jeffries’ academic background and award-winning research on the origins of the Black Power Movement in Alabama has allowed him to develop excellent insights on race and electoral participation in the United States. In this episode, we ask Dr. Jeffries about what lessons can we learn from how people viewed the Civil

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Episode 22: Covid Conversations #1 - Wordsmiths and...

Ohio Humans ·

2021/01/22

For this first episode of Covid Conversations, host Rachel Hopkin is joined by Omopé Carter-Daboiku and Alinah Azadeh.Carter-Daboiku is a storyteller who grew up rural southern Ohio. Her work focuses on the intersectionality of place, identity and belonging, and the experience of growing up a “mixed-race, colored child” of Nigerian heritage in the Appalachian landscape. To find out more about Carter-Daboiku, visit artslearning.ohioartscouncil.org/directory/name/omope-carter-daboiku/.Azadeh

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Episode 21: Perfecting Democracy- Why It Matters- Dr....

Ohio Humans ·

2021/01/11

In this episode, we discuss the 1872 presidential campaign of Victoria Woodhull and the challenges women have faced in becoming elected officials in the United States with Dr. Barbara Palmer. Dr. Palmer earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and her Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. She is an expert on congressional elections and the position of women in electoral politics. Dr. Palmer has over twenty years of teaching experience and is a recipient of

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Episode 20: Perfecting Democracy- Why It Matters-...

Ohio Humans ·

2020/12/14

In this Episode, broadcast journalist Ron Bryant discusses disputed elections with Christie Weininger and Dr. Dustin McLochlin. Christie is the Executive Director of the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums, and Dustin is a historian and curator at the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center. Together, they lend their expertise on arguably the most contested presidential election in American history, the Hayes v. Tilden election of 1876.Perfecting Democracy explores the

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Episode 19: Director of Photography at the Cincinnati...

Ohio Humans ·

2020/12/08

In this series, we explore Democracy and the Informed Citizen.Our guest in this episode is Cara Owsley who is Director of Photography at the Cincinnati Enquirer and a national award-winning visual journalist, including as photojournalist and photo editor for the Enquirer’s 2018 Pulitzer Prize winning "Seven Days of Heroin" project. Cara is also on the board of the Visual Task Force with the National Association of Black Journalists.To see some of Cara’s recent work, visit

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Episode 18: Perfecting Democracy- Why It Matters-...

Ohio Humans ·

2020/11/24

In this episode, broadcast journalist Ron Bryant discusses American democracy and the Electoral College with Dr. La Trice Washington. Dr. Washington is an Associate Professor of American Government at Otterbein University and the author of Political Scandals: The Consequences of Temporary Gratification. Dr. Washington lends her expertise to help us understand why the founders created the Electoral College, how it affects our elections, and the college's future in our democracy.Perfecting

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Episode 17: Ohio University Journalism Students

Ohio Humans ·

2020/11/09

In this series, we explore Democracy and the Informed Citizen.Our guests in this episode are Destiniee Jaram and Jack Boden. Both are undergraduate students in the journalism program at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, and they share their perspective on the profession for which they are preparing themselves.Here are some links to stories reported by today’s

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Episode 16: Perfecting Democracy- Why It Matters-...

Ohio Humans ·

2020/11/03

Perfecting Democracy—Why it Matters” explores the history of civic engagement in the United States. In this episode, we bring together award-winning broadcast journalist Ron Bryant, and Akron based journalist and author of Barnstorming Ohio: To Understand America, David Giffels. Together they discuss how Ohio’s unique past and regional identities have shaped electoral engagement across the state.Perfecting Democracy explores the topic of civic and electoral participation using history and

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Episode 15: Mark Curnutte, Reporting, and Race

Ohio Humans ·

2020/10/12

Our guest for this episode – in which our focus is racial equity in media reporting - is Mark Curnutte (http://www.miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/sociology-gerontology/about/faculty-staff/mark-curnutte/index.html). Mark Curnutte has been on the faculty of Miami University in Oxford Ohio for the past several years where he teaches courses on journalism and social justice. He is also a multi-award-winning career newspaper journalist who has reported extensively on social issues of

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Episode 14: Report for America Reporters

Ohio Humans ·

2020/09/21

This episode of the Real Issues: Real Conversations podcast is about Report for America. In it, we hear from some of the project’s 2020-2021 Ohio-based corps members who all began their new jobs during June of 2020.The guests interviewed are Seyma Bayram, who is reporting on minority and immigrant issues for The Akron Beacon Journal, H.L. Comeriato, who is focusing on Public Health also in Akron for The Devil Strip, and Conor Morris, who’s covering poverty-related issues in Cleveland - such

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Episode 13: Jen Miller and the League of Women Voters...

Ohio Humans ·

2020/08/31

This episode of the Real Issues: Real Conversations podcast is one of a number of special episodes that Ohio Humanities is publishing during 2020 to mark 100 years of women’s suffrage in the United States. The 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote, was ratified in August of 1920. Our guest in this episode is Jen Miller who is the Executive Director of the League of Women Voters of Ohio which is also 100 years old this year. Jen discusses the history and current work of the

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Episode 12: Tim Feran and the Landscape of Local...

Ohio Humans ·

2020/08/11

This episode’s guest is writer and reporter, Tim Feran, talks about the landscape of local newspapers in Ohio.You can find out more about Tim at https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-feran-1b0944a/ and here are some links to his work:The Poynter article about Gannett, the Ithaca Journal, and ghost newsrooms mentioned in the interview can be found at https://www.poynter.org/locally/2020/at-gannetts-ithaca-journal-local-news-staffing-is-down-to-one-reporter/ The name of the journalist whom Tim

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Episode 11: Neenah Ellis and Luke Dennis of WYSO

Ohio Humans ·

2020/07/20

This episode features Neenah Ellis and Luke Dennis of WYSO - https://www.wyso.org - which is the Greater Dayton area’s only NPR News station. Luke Dennis, who has a background in arts and music administration, is WYSO’s General Manager. Neenah Ellis, who was Luke’s predecessor in that role, is a multi-award-winning radio documentary maker of several decades standing. She is also the President of Miami Valley Public Media - the recently formed community owned non-profit organization behind

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Episode 10: Dr Treva Lindsey- Women of Color and...

Ohio Humans ·

2020/06/19

This episode of Real Issues: Real Conversations podcast is one of a number of special episodes that Ohio Humanities is publishing during 2020 to mark 100 years of women’s suffrage in the United States. The 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote, was ratified in August of 1920. In this episode, Dr Treva Lindsey discusses the role that women of color have played in the struggle for the right to vote both before the 19th Amendment was passed and since. Dr Lindsey is an Associate

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Episode 9: Ladies First- A Century of Women’s...

Ohio Humans ·

2020/06/10

Ladies First: A Century of Women’s Innovations in Comics and Cartoon ArtThis episode of Real Issues: Real Conversations podcast is one of a number of special episodes that Ohio Humanities is publishing during 2020 to mark 100 years of women’s suffrage in the United States. The 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote, was ratified on the 18th of August of 1920. The guests in this episode of the podcast are Caitlin McGurk, Associate Curator of Outreach & Engagement and

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