Happy Halloween!!! Our October roundtable discussion is a nod to this holiday as we talk about witches in history and in pop culture. This conversation could have gone on forever and we did, indeed, spend a decent chunk of time after the recording engaged in topics we didn't get to touch on in the recording. This is a huge topic, spanning centuries, which made it difficult to get to everything, but we sure tried!
I want to thank our students who show up each week and for these recordings, this wouldn't happen without you: Laurel Shriner, Aaron Ehlerding, Ryley Deputy, Megan McVay, Emilie McVay, our new friend Thomas, Ashley Masoner, Kyla Forkert, Cheyenne Stoppenhagen, Kyle Gibson, Joe Connely, Caleb Johnson, and Logan Krueger. I deeply appreciate the courteous, thoughtful, respectful discourse that takes place among all these people. I'm adding a couple videos here that talk further about witches and the history of Halloween, for anyone who is interested in deepening their knowledge on these topics.
The book that was read from at the beginning of the episode was Witchcraft in Europe 400-1700 Edited by Alan Charles Kors and Edward Peters, Second Edition. We also pulled information from the Malleus Maleficarum, The Hammer of Witches. You can read a synopsis of this book and its influence here. For a real deep dive, if you're a student at PFW, Dr. Suzanne LaVere is offering her course on Witchcraft and Witch Hunts Spring semester 2020.
Have a good one, listeners! Traci Henning-Kolberg President, History Club Executive Producer, Byte-Sized History
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Welcome friends, to an episode you could only get from wonderfully geeked out movie and history enthusiasts. In honor of the spooky month of October, Senior Hunter Phillips and Junior Logan Krueger matched their deep appreciation of horror films in this conversation that digs into how the genre has evolved since the late 19th century. This episode has, by far, the most video links I've ever added, and I assure you, this is just a small portion of what all could be on here. They discussed several movies I had never heard, of as well as some I had and will never watch...like, "They Live"...nope. You gentlemen are braver than I am, and I commend you for it.
I am grateful for how well this episode came together, as well as how the other recordings have come together. There is an impressive amount of initiative, dedication, and follow through in this group. The cooperation among the students in the History Club and their dedication to his project has been powerfully motivating. There are still several more recordings finished and others that are scheduled to happen over the next several weeks. We continue to gain voices and various perspectives as we dive into the podcasting realm and that was always the goal. Thank you everyone! Enjoy the episode. Traci Henning-Kolberg Executive Producer, Byte-Sized History President, History Club This episode wasn’t on the schedule, but, hey, that’s how things go. We are still figuring out our workflow so that we are efficient and consistent. In the face of time constraints and whatnot, I did a quick-ish recording this afternoon to give some background to this podcast, the history club’s involvement, and how grateful I am for all the people who have stepped up to be a part of this project. It’s been fun and incredibly rewarding.
If all goes according to plan, we will have Hunter Philip’s and Logan Krueger’s recording on the history of horror films ready to go for Friday and then next week Tuesday we have our next History Club round table discussion on Witches, Witchcraft, and a few other spooky historical bits of goodness, which we will have released on the 31st. Thank you to everyone. I hope you like this little insight on how this podcast came to be and how we have had exactly the right people become a part of it. Music for all our episodes is found on the Free Music Archive's Website. This episode the songs featured are by artist Ketsa. We are so grateful for this superb collection of music to use for our episodes. Happy listening, Traci Henning-Kolberg President, History Club Executive Producer, Byte Sized History
Whether you know it or not, there's been a controversy over the celebration of Columbus Day for...a while. In particular, the indigenous people of North and South America feel strongly about celebrating a person that, in actuality, caused unfathomable harm and disruption to their ancestor's way of life.
A huge thank you to first time co-hosts and podcasters, Sophomores Paul Turrin and Nathan Gulley! Great job taking on a tricky topic and making this recording happen. We also offer our sincere appreciation to our amazing professors for taking time from their very busy schedules to contribute their opinions. Contributions came from Professors Jeffrey Malanson, Deborah Bauer, Suzanne LaVere, and David G. Schuster. We are grateful for your support! Extra tidbits of reading for you: PBS: Why More People Are Celebrating Indigenous People Day ABC News: DC Joins over 100 Cities in changing Columbus Day to Indigenous People's Day Debate.org has a poll you can read over and contribute to: https://www.debate.org/opinions/should-columbus-day-be-celebrated We hope you enjoy this episode and come back for next week's episode as we prepare for Halloween with a History of Horror Films! Traci Henning-Kolberg President, History Club Executive Producer, Byte Sized History Hello friends of the podcast!
So, no clever title for today’s post, no attempt at snark or something attention grabbing, just calling it what it is. This discussion was so thoughtfully and respectfully handled and I’m just so proud of and impressed with this group of students that has only been meeting since the beginning of this semester. What so often happens in discussions on topics that can be a bit sensitive is a break down of communication, a disrespect and dismissal of someone else’s point of view in the face of disagreement, but that never happened with this group, and I think that’s so important to recognize. Towards the end of this conversation it’s mentioned that we never talked about the current American political situation, specifically Donald Trump, and I purposely did not bring him up. The thing is, political leaders and their ideas come and go, but the ideas that are at the center of how a country behaves will always be with us and will always need intelligent, level headed people who can have controversial conversations that lead to a further understanding of where we have been and what is waiting for us in the future. This is why I believe the humanities is so important and why creating a podcast became such a strong draw for me, and these students have taken this project and have been running hard with it. They came to this first round table prepared, either to contribute or sit and listen, and I feel like we are all benefitting greatly from this experience. I want to offer a huge thank you to all the students that were part of this recording, you guys are amazing! Amber Boxell, Joe Connelly, Riley Deputy, Aaron Ehlerding, Kyla Forkert, Michael Gerardot, Kyle Gibson, Caleb Johnson, Megan McVay, Laurel Shriner, and Cheyenne Stoppenhagen Our next Round Table will take place at the end of this month, October 29, and we are going to talk about all things spooky connected to history. We hope you’ll come back for that episode and the ones that will be published in between now and the end of the month. Happy listening! Traci Henning-Kolberg President, History Club Executive Producer, Byte-Sized History |
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