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Beyond Plantations: Getting to Know Louisiana’s River Road
Episode 70
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Mary Ann Sternberg has spent twenty years challenging the idea that the River Road between Baton Rouge and New Orleans is nothing more than rows of noxious chemical plants interspersed …
Published on 8 hours ago
A French Village in the American Heartland: Historian Jim Gass on Sainte Genevieve, Missouri
Episode 69
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In this episode, I talk with Jim Gass, Director of Research and Education at the Centre for French Colonial Life, about the long and rich history of Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. We begin…
Published on 2 weeks ago
Learning the Language of the Mississippi River with John Ruskey
Episode 68
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In this episode, I interview long-time river guide and Sage of the Lower Mississippi, John Ruskey. John has been guiding and living on the Mississippi for nearly 30 years, so I start by…
Published on 4 weeks ago
The Mississippi’s Forgotten People: Life on Shantyboats and the Margins of American Society
Episode 67
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A hundred years ago, shantyboat communities could be found along many rivers in the US. Historian Gregg Andrews went in-depth to research these communities, inspired in part by the disc…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Beyond Mark Twain: Faye Dant on Hannibal's African American Stories
Episode 66
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You probably know a little bit about Hannibal, Missouri, because of the books written by a guy named Mark Twain, but I bet you don’t know much about the history of African Americans who…
Published on 3 months ago
Tips for Traveling the Great River Road, Part 2
Episode 65
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Our summer road trip down the Great River Road continues in this episode. We start just after Lake Pepin and make our way to the Mississippi’s confluence with the Ohio River at Cairo, I…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Tips for Traveling the Great River Road, Part 1
Episode 64
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It’s summer and many of y’all will be hitting the road to travel and see something new (or revisit places you enjoy). I haven’t done a travel-themed podcast in a while, so in the next c…
Published on 4 months ago
The Missouri River, Part 2: Channelization, Community, and Recreation
Episode 63
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In this episode, we continue our detour along the Missouri River with part 2 of my conversation with Steve Schnarr from Missouri River Relief. In part two, Steve describes the process t…
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
The Missouri River, Part 1: Geography, Ecology, and Human Impacts
Episode 62
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In this episode, we detour off the main channel of the Mississippi River to get to know its longest tributary: the Missouri River. Our guide for this exploration is Steve Schnarr, Race …
Published on 5 months ago
The First National Mississippi River Day: Building Community Around the Big River
Episode 61
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February 1 is National Baked Alaska Day. April 14 is National Ex-Spouse Day, but April 22 marks Earth Day. We’ve had these (and more!) national days celebrating things silly and crucial…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago