For every episode of Talking Hoosier History, we sit down with an expert and talk about a topic in some way related to the main episode. We call these short, interview style addendums “Giving Voice.”
Giving Voice: Dr. Margaret King (Santa Claus)
Lindsey Beckley: I’m Lindsey Beckley and we are here for giving voice with Dr. Margaret King, who is the director of the Center for Cultural Studies and Analysis. She also wrote the seminal article on the theme park as an art form for the Journal of Popular Culture. Thank you so much for coming and […]
Dr. Emily Suzanne Johnson (Anita Bryant)
For this episode of Giving Voice, host Lindsey Beckley talks with Dr. Emily Suzanne Johnson, Assistant Professor of History at Ball State University. Her Washington Post article “The Myth that has Shaped the Christian Right and the LGBTQ Rights Movement for Four Decades,” examines the assumption that protests against Anita Bryant’s anti-gay crusade led directly to the failure of her career.
Allison Perlman (Philo Farnsworth)
In this episode of Giving Voice, host Lindsey Beckley talks with Dr. Allison Perlman, associate professor of Film and Media Studies at UC Irvine, about the ways in which broadcast television has created an imagined collective narrative and information silos.
Dr. Cheryl Cookie (South Bend Blue Sox)
In this episode of Giving Voice, IHB Deputy Director Michella Marino and IHB Historian Casey Pfeiffer talk with Dr. Cheryl Cooky, a professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Studies at Purdue University. Dr. Cooky is a member of the National Policy Advisory Board for the Women’s Sports Foundation. Following on the heels of IHB’s most recent Talking Hoosier History episode on the South Bend Blue Sox and All American Girls Professional Baseball League, their discussion considers the evolution of women’s sports over the last century, the impact Title IX has had on women’s athletics, and the important work that still needs to be done to achieve gender equality in sports.
Adrianne Slash & Aaron Welcher (Rabbi Davis)
In this episode of Giving Voice, IHB historian Jill Weiss Simins talks to Adrianne Slash and Aaron Welcher, Indianapolis community leaders working on social justice issues. Slash serves on the board of the Civil Rights Commission and writes columns for the Indianapolis Business Journal and the Indianapolis Recorder. Welcher serves as the Programs & Communications Coordinator at the Jewish Community Relations Council and works to build coalitions of Jewish, Black, LGBTQ+, and other groups and faiths. Their important discussion in this episode considers how white Hoosiers can be allies for their Black neighbors in the ongoing struggle for civil rights, the responsibility of Jewish Hoosiers for continuing this work, and how people can get involved in the work that needs to be done in their own communities.
Karen Freeman-Wilson (National Black Political Convention)
On this episode of Giving Voice, IHB historian Nicole Poletika talks with Karen Freeman-Wilson, the former mayor of Gary and current President of the Chicago Urban League. A follow up to the most recent Talking Hoosier History episode, “Tribe Come Home: The 1972 National Black Political Convention,” their discussion centers on the ongoing effort for equal rights in Indiana, especially for Black women.
Dr. James Madison (Notre Dame Tackles the Klan)
On this installment of Giving Voice, we speak with Dr. James Madison, Professor Emeritus of History at Indiana University and the author of the new book Ku Klux Klan in the Heartland about the Klan in Indiana in the 1920s. In our discussion, we talk about who joined the Klan and why, how the Klan came to power, and the legacy left by the Klan today.
Sarah Halter (Rufus Cantrell)
For this installment, we talk with Sarah Halter, the Executive Director of the Indiana Medical History Museum. In this episode, we talk about the history of the treatment of mental illness in Indiana, the development of the malarial syphilis treatment, and how the museum is working to humanize the specimens in their collection.
Susan Hall Dotson and Kisha Tandy (Suffrage)
In this installment of Giving Voice, host Lindsey Beckley speaks with Susan Hall Dotson and Kisha Tandy about the suffrage movement in the African American communities at the state and national level. The discussion touches on issues of inclusion, storytelling, and the importance of telling a richer version of the suffrage story than what is often heard.
Dr. Nadia Brown (Suffrage)
On this installment of Giving Voice, we talk with Nadia E. Brown, a University Faculty Scholar and Associate Professor of Political Science and African American Studies at Purdue University. We talk about intersectionality, political representation, and how representation in our country is shifting at this very moment.
Kera Lovell (The Black Market)
In the last episode of Talking Hoosier History, we discussed the Black Market Firebombing and the people’s park which was erected in its place. On this installment of Giving Voice, Host Lindsey Beckley talks to Professor of American History and people’s park scholar Kera Lovell about the history and legacy of the People’s Park Movement of the 1960s and 70s.
Chief Ben Barnes of the Shawnee Tribe (Tenskwatawa)
For this installment of Giving Voice, we had the pleasure of talking with Chief Ben Barnes of the Shawnee Tribe about the Shawnee nation in Indiana.
Erin Carlson Mast (History Relevance)
On the most recent episode of Talking Hoosier History, we explored the History Relevance Campaign and how different institutions from around the nation are creating innovative programming using its guidance. In this Giving Voice, we speak with Erin Carlson Mast, CEO and Executive Director of President Lincoln’s Cottage in Washington DC, which is a stand out in the field when it comes to making history relevant to their visitors.
Chris Newell (Tenskwatawa)
In this episode of Giving Voice, we talk with Chris Newell, Director of Education for the Akomawt Educational Initiative. We discuss the importance of including Native voices and and sources in Native history, decolonizing historical institutions, and more.
Rachel Smith (Spiritualism)
Rachel Smith is an assistant lecturer on Women and Gender Studies at Ball State University who studies the intersection of Modern American Spiritualism and feminism. On this episode of Giving Voice, Rachel and Lindsey talk about the role spiritualism played in the Woman’s Rights Movement and vice versa.
Jeremy Turner (Ryan White’s AIDS Education Advocacy)
On this installment of Giving Voice, we interview Jeremy Turner, Director of the HIV/STD Viral Hepatitis Division of the Indiana State Department of Health, about where we are today in the fight against HIV/AIDS and what it will take to eliminate the disease in America by 2030.
Mike Jackson (Better Homes of South Bend)
On the last episode of Talking Hoosier History, we discussed the South Bend housing cooperative Better Homes of South Bend. In this, the first installment of Giving Voice, host Lindsey Beckley talks to Mike Jackson, who grew up in the neighborhood established by Better Homes.