Episodes
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Episode 68: My Morning Jubilee - MING Public Archives
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Monday Jan 23, 2023
“Band of Gideon” performed by the Fisk Jubilee Quartet, recorded in 1912.
Monday Jan 16, 2023
Episode 67: My Right Hand Man by Alice Nelson
Monday Jan 16, 2023
Monday Jan 16, 2023
Alice Nelson is an Idaho based author who has written for online literary journals such as Short Fiction Break and Oroboro. She is also working on a semi-autobiographical novel dealing with her years being bussed into a predominantly white neighborhood to attend school in the 70s. She has hosted two podcasts, A Creative Mind Fiction and Small Town Stories, as well as a newly re-vamped podcast, Have I Got A Story To Tell You, which will be released in summer of this year. She is a 2023 recipient of a grant from Idaho Commission on the Arts and will be presenting her new podcast live at Treefort this March.
Monday Jan 09, 2023
Episode 66: My Exploration of Auld - MING Public Archives
Monday Jan 09, 2023
Monday Jan 09, 2023
A brief history of the popular song, Auld Lange Syne, with a 1910 recording by Frank C. Stanley.
Monday Dec 26, 2022
Episode 65: My Old Time Death Songs - MING Public Archives
Monday Dec 26, 2022
Monday Dec 26, 2022
Early American songs about death by Leroy Carr, G.B. Grayson and Mississippi John Hurt.
Monday Dec 19, 2022
Episode 64: My Boogie Woogie Morning - MING Public Archives
Monday Dec 19, 2022
Monday Dec 19, 2022
1920s recordings by Boogie-Woogie blues artist, Pine Top Smith.
Monday Dec 12, 2022
Episode 63: My Conversation with Andrew Nemr - MING Artist Interview
Monday Dec 12, 2022
Monday Dec 12, 2022
Andrew Nemr is an international artist, teacher and speaker. Mentored by Gregory Hines, Andrew is well known as a tap artist, but his work spans music, dance, theater, and visual art worlds, all as a vehicle for storytelling and community building. Described as “A masterly tapper” by the New York Times, he has played with Grammy Award winning musicians across multiple genres, founded and directed the tap dance company Cats Paying Dues, and co-founded the Tap Legacy Foundation with Gregory Hines. His work has been recognized with such awards as a TED Fellowship, and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, amongst others.
Monday Dec 05, 2022
Episode 62: My Haunting by the House Carpenter - MING Public Archives
Monday Dec 05, 2022
Monday Dec 05, 2022
The House Carpenter, sung by William Eden and recorded by folklorist, Mary Celestia Parler.
Monday Nov 21, 2022
Episode 61: My Morning with Virginia - MING Public Archives
Monday Nov 21, 2022
Monday Nov 21, 2022
Five recordings from the early 1920s by classic jazz and blues singer, Virginia Liston.
Monday Nov 14, 2022
Episode 60: My Conversation with Teal Gardner - MING Artist Interview
Monday Nov 14, 2022
Monday Nov 14, 2022
Teal Gardner (she/her) is an interdisciplinary artist living and working in Boise, ID, where she has resided since 2016. Read more about her work at: https://eggobservatory.cargo.site/
Monday Nov 07, 2022
Episode 59: My History of Falling - Centuries III, by Heidi Kraay
Monday Nov 07, 2022
Monday Nov 07, 2022
Heidi Kraay is a playwright and writer across disciplines. Her work examines the connection between brain and body, seeking empathy with fractured characters. She pulls myth, metaphor and monsters together to attempt connections across difference. Her plays, including Unwind: Hindsight is 2020, see in the dark, How to Hide Your Monster, New Eden, Me and My Shadow, Kilgore, as well as co-devised plays, plays for young audiences, one-acts and short plays, have been presented nationally and internationally.
Learn more about Heidi and her work at: http://www.heidikraay.com/