Latest Boarding schools Podcast Episodes
Episode 25: Research Activity Updates
Carlisle Indian School Research Podcast - October 17, 2022 14:50 - 31 minutesThis week Kate and Jim discuss what's been going on lately, including new acquisitions, walking tours and walking tour publications, a former student in the movies, a finding about Superintendent Mercer and outings, and an update on digitied materials from the Pratt papers at Yale. Show notes,...
Episode 24: A Tragic True Crime Story
Carlisle Indian School Research Podcast - July 26, 2022 18:46 - 33 minutesAs noted at the beginning of this episode, Kate and Jim are discussing a murder-suicide of a former Carlisle student, and reading from newspaper accounts of the time which contain words and characterizations that may be offensive to some listeners. We don’t get into graphic detail of the crimes...
Episode 23: Our Exploration of the Richard Henry Pratt Papers
Carlisle Indian School Research Podcast - July 18, 2022 14:00 - 31 minutesWelcome to Season 2! We talk about our first visit to the Beinecke Library and our initial exploration of the Richard Henry Pratt Papers. We talk about what we did, the kinds of things we found, and all the things we want to get back to and explore some more. Show notes: [https://carlisle-indi...
Episode 22: Calisthenics and The Cage (not what you think)
Carlisle Indian School Research Podcast - September 16, 2021 19:30 - 22 minutesIn this episode Kate examines a book of Calisthenics Songs purchased by the school, and presumably used, in 1879. And we follow a research journey about a building on campus known as "The Cage." It's not as bad as it sounds. Show notes, including the images, are at https://carlisleindianschool...
From the Newspapers of January 1880
Carlisle Indian School Research Podcast - September 07, 2021 14:04 - 47 minutesThis week Kate and Jim review a selection of articles from newspapers across the country about the school published in January of 1880. Articles describe specifics about the school and the activities of the students as well as events on the national level regarding the education of Native Americ...
Episode 20: Big Concepts
Carlisle Indian School Research Podcast - July 20, 2021 15:17 - 24 minutesThis week Kate is on her own sharing some concerns about the process of deciding what Topic tags to apply to publications and documents on the Carlisle Indian School Digitial Resrouce Center site. She also reads some insightful sections from a book about the Holocaust and discusses how she appli...
Introduction to Native American boarding schools in the U.S.
Carlisle Indian School Research Podcast - July 06, 2021 15:51 - 47 minutesThis week Kate and Jim briefly discuss some recent events including the announcement of the creation of the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiave and the challenges that group will face. We then give an introduction to the reasons boarding schools were often seen as the most effective way of "...
Research Roundup
Carlisle Indian School Research Podcast - June 08, 2021 15:51 - 28 minutesThis week, Kate and co-host Jim Gerencser discuss new resources about Chief Spotted Tail and the sons he sent to Carlisle and then quickly removed, as well as more resources about how outings worked, the progress being made on confirming the number of students who attended Carlisle, and the disi...
Episode 17: Comparing evidence about the gathering of the first students
Carlisle Indian School Research Podcast - April 21, 2021 14:15 - 32 minutesThis week, Kate and Jim do their first "mythology busting" episode and compare the stories and details of the available documentary sources about the gathering of the first students to come to Carlisle. Show notes available at: Carlisle Indian School Resarch: Episode 17 This podcast is powered...
Episode 16: Research Roundup
Carlisle Indian School Research Podcast - April 13, 2021 13:59 - 24 minutesThis week, Kate and Jim discuss a LOT of discoveries they made this past week including a photo that led to an interesting example of a student on outing, uncovering people who have documentation as students but who actually never were enrolled, a Dickinson college-CIIS connection that Jim didn'...
Tour of the school grounds in 1879
Carlisle Indian School Research Podcast - March 29, 2021 17:58 - 38 minutesThis week Kate and Jim discuss the buildings that were remaining on the grounds from the Army's Carlisle Barracks, their condition, and how they were adapted and used by the Carlisle Indian Industrial School when it first opened in 1879. Show notes, including images, are at: https://carlislein...
Episode 14: Research Roundup
Carlisle Indian School Research Podcast - March 18, 2021 15:26 - 15 minutesThis week Kate explains why there's no proper new episode this week because of all the other interesting research activity, including exploring information on students and updating information about those places in other places online. Show notes with links: This podcast is powered by ZenCas...
Episode 13: Beginning to mine the correspondence files
Carlisle Indian School Research Podcast - March 09, 2021 14:40 - 50 minutesThis week, Kate is once again joined by Jim Gerencser to begin to explore the incoming correspondece files from the Bureau of Indian Affairs. In this episode we are focusing on the difficulties the school's founder, Richard Henry Pratt, had in obtaining needed supplies and funds as the school op...
Episode 12: Research Roundup
Carlisle Indian School Research Podcast - March 03, 2021 16:45 - 19 minutesThis week, Kate goes solo and gives an update on what's been crossing her desk this past week, including books to read, new photos, old photos, and considering organizational software. Show notes at: https://carlisleindianschoolresearch.com/podcast/2021/3/3/episode-12-research-roundup This po...
Episode Eleven: Newspapers from 1879
Carlisle Indian School Research Podcast - February 23, 2021 15:03 - 54 minutesThis week, Kate is joined again by Jim Gerencser to review some of the content about the Carlisle Indian School in a selection of newspapers from 1879--the year the school was founded. You can find the shownotes here: https://carlisleindianschoolresearch.com/podcast/2021/2/23/episode-eleven-ne...
Episode Ten: Early documentation
Carlisle Indian School Research Podcast - February 16, 2021 15:41 - 35 minutesThis week, host Kate Theimer and resident expert Jim Gerencser discuss what documentation about the school and its students is available for the years 1879 and 1880. Show notes available at: https://carlisleindianschoolresearch.com/podcast/2021/2/16/episode-ten-early-documentation-1879-1880 T...
Episode #8 - 'Irresistible' by design: Can You Stop Staring At Your Smartphone?
Kenyan Voices - November 19, 2020 05:45 - 34 minutesWe discuss our interaction with digital media in the modern age
Episode #7 - Cultural Imperialism? - My Kenyan English
Kenyan Voices - August 29, 2020 23:09 - 40 minutesWe discuss the intersection of the English language with, history, culture, national identity and imperialism.
Episode #6 - (Part 2) MARRIAGE - Do People Change?
Kenyan Voices - July 17, 2020 01:36 - 35 minutesIn part 2, we continue with discussions on how our age related evolution as individuals impacts marriages.
Episode #6 - (Part 1) MARRIAGE - Anxiety
Kenyan Voices - July 13, 2020 02:37 - 24 minutesWe dissected marriage, what it means, religious, cultural, and social economic influences on marriage, both in the Kenyan context and and in other cultures.
Episode Nine: An Introduction to Medicine at the School with guest Frank Vitale
Carlisle Indian School Research Podcast - May 12, 2020 16:23 - 40 minutesIn this episode Kate welcomes guest Frank Vitale who gives a overview of the history of medicine at the Carlisle Indian School, including how students were treated, what the most common ailments were, and many references to "we really need to give that topic an episode of its own!" Shownotes h...
Episode Eight: Local churches and the Indian School
Carlisle Indian School Research Podcast - April 03, 2020 19:07 - 33 minutesIn this episode I give an overview of how church attendance figured into the lives of students at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School and role I think it played in the school's goal of assimilation. To see the images and find links to more information go to: https://carlisleindianschoolresea...
Episode #5 - One of us is Quarantined (Impromptu episode)
Kenyan Voices - March 16, 2020 01:46 - 31 minutesThis is an impromptu episode. We discussed our hopes, fears, concerns, and personal experiences over what has now become a worldwide pandemic of the Corona Virus. Like all our previous episodes, this show was recorded remotely (via internet).
Episode #4 - Why Should I Eat Cow Skin?
Kenyan Voices - March 12, 2020 03:58 - 44 minutesThis episode touches on our experiences with food, both at home, and abroad, the different types of cuisines from around the world, our eating habits, and our food biases.
Episode Seven: Discoveries among the glass plate negatives
Carlisle Indian School Research Podcast - February 24, 2020 21:50This week, I discuss some of the discoveries I made while working with thousands, yes, thousands, of images of Carlisle Indian School subjects. Just a couple of high-level observations about photographer J.N. Choate's process. To see the images and find links to more information go to: https://...
Episode #3 - Drink it and Be Merry! The Good, Bad and Ugly about Alcohol
Kenyan Voices - February 08, 2020 04:53 - 52 minutesThis episode about alcohol was recorded on January 2020, features the usual suspects, Stacey, Eunice, Matiko, Fiona, Machera (Marsh), and Evans. Discussions are centered about their individual interactions with alcohol, and observations of the same, with others.
Episode #2 - (Part 2) Spare the Child Spoil the Future
Kenyan Voices - January 02, 2020 03:32 - 36 minutesPart 2 of Episode 2, picks up from where Part 1 left off, with discussions delving deeper into modes of disciplining kids, their results, and perceptions.
Episode #2 - (Part 1) Ideas About Parenting
Kenyan Voices - January 02, 2020 03:11 - 28 minutesThis two part series, recorded on 16th December 2019. is based on discussions that give various perspectives, of a diverse group of individuals, centered on the ever changing dynamics of modern day parenting.
Episode Six: Carlisle Before Carlisle
Carlisle Indian School Research Podcast - December 06, 2019 16:42 - 28 minutesIn this episode I discuss the Native people who originally lived in the Carlisle area, the history of the Carlilse Barracks, and a bit about what Carlisle would have been like in 1879 when the first students arrived. See the show notes at https://carlisleindianschoolresearch.com/podcast/2019/12/...
Episode #1 - Home Away from Home
Kenyan Voices - November 28, 2019 22:31 - 1 hourOn this first episode, we introduce the contributors, who tell their stories and experiences while living, working and studying abroad.
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