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This podcast showcases original historical research done by students at Fort Hays State University. You can listen to our students talk about a wide range of historical topics from various periods in history. Give us a listen and a shout out if you like what you hear!
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In the last episode of the season, Joanna Lockwood, History Masters Student at FHSU, joins Hollie Marquess to discuss the orphan train. Joanna explains how and why the orphan train began, the experiences faced by orphan train riders on their journey and in their new homes, and modern memorialization efforts. Joanna's great-grandfather, George Lockwood, was an orphan train rider at just six years old.
Keith Kuehn, senior history major at Fort Hays State University, joins Hollie Marquess to discuss the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. Keith unpacks the use of Nazi propaganda in the efforts to get countries to come to the games and their use of propaganda to prop up their image at the games as well. He also discusses Helene Mayer, a German Jewish fencer who won a silver medal in Berlin.
David Solis, senior history major at Fort Hays State University, joins Hollie in this episode to discuss Soccer's role in Nazi Germany. He covers individuals and soccer clubs who resisted the Nazi regime in complex ways during World War II.
April is Holocaust Remembrance Month. In this episode, Hollie Marquess is joined by Dr. Amber Nickell and senior history major Sarah Keiss to discuss their project "Through Hell to the Midwest: Mapping Holocaust Survival in Kansas City." This project uses oral history testimonies from the Fortunoff Archive to trace the stories of Holocaust survivors who settled in the Kansas City area. They discuss the project and each share a story of one of their survivors.
In this episode, junior history education major Whitney Befort joins Hollie Marquess to discuss Pauline Sabin and her efforts to repeal the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Whitney covers her early life, her involvement in politics, and how she mobilized women all over the country to dismantle Prohibition in the U.S.
Kylah Smith, junior history major at FHSU, joins Hollie to discuss what mourning practices looked like in Victorian Era America. She unpacks differences in mourning practices based on gender, societal status, and relationship to the deceased. Kylah also discusses mourning fashion and etiquette and how women's roles changed during the Civil War.
Larry Zieammermann, graduate student at FHSU history, joins Hollie to discuss the German genocide of the Herero in the early 20th century.
Susan Elliott, Junior history major at FHSU, joins Hollie to discuss The Ku Klux Klan in Kansas and in particular, the interactions between the KKK and the Kansas Methodists.
In the final episode of Season 4, Hollie is joined by Brianna Buller. Brianna earned her B.A. in History at FHSU and went on to a M.A. in Public History at Royal Holloway in London. The two discuss her time at both universities, her Threads of Herstory Project, and adventures in Europe.
In this episode, Dr. Rob Lane, ENT Physician and current FHSU M.A. in History student, joins Hollie to discuss epidemic disease and medical relief during the Irish Potato Famine.
Senior history major Chelsea Kiefer joins Hollie Marquess to discuss women who chose to remain childless in the first half of the 20th century. She unpacks rates of childfree women, methods to prevent pregnancy (including reusable condoms), and Eugenic postcards and other images.
Hollie Marquess is joined by Dr. Kim Perez of the FHSU history program and several of her students that went on a Study Abroad to Prague and Florence over the summer. Savanna Baumgart, Rachel Waddell, Becca Balzan, and Erin Adams discuss all things Prague and Florence in this episode.
Kayla Nelson, graduate Public History major at FHSU, joins Hollie to discuss female aviation pioneer Jacqueline Cochran, who advocated that women had women pilots had the skills and abilities to fly for the war effort during WWII. She formed the Women Flying Training Detachment and eventually headed the Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs).
Ashlynn Kelly, senior history major at FHSU, joins Hollie Marquess to talk about Anthony Comstock, how the Supreme Court tried to define obscenity, and Kansas's relationship with obscenity law.
Host Hollie Marquess visits with history department alumnus Chris Dinkel as well as FHSU History faculty Dr. Kim Perez. Chris discusses his experience in the FHSU M.A. program, studying for the LSAT, Columbia law, and his case that recently went to the Supreme Court.
For our last episode of this semester, Dr. Guha is joined by Dr. Amber Nickell and Hollie Marquess, as well as three students who accompanied them to Poland as part of a Study Abroad trip earlier this year. Alex White, Sarah Keiss, and Ashlyn Carlson discuss the experience of studying Jewish life before, during, and after the Holocaust in Poland. They also discuss pierogis, of course!
Hollie Marquess is joined by Lucy Martin, a Junior at FHSU, to discuss Edythe Eyde and how her contributions to queer media at mid-century helped shape and inspire LGBTQ rights.
Sophomore Megan Householter joins Hollie Marquess to discuss how the tactics of Vice Squads, like entrapment, led to the forming of the Mattachine Society at mid-century and, ultimately, to a modern gay rights movement.
Prof. Manamee Guha is joined by FHSU History junior Jason Rivera to discuss his paper Fatherhood Among Ancient Gods. The podcast explores the life cycle of father-son relationships through the lens of three different father-son pairs across three different mythologies, Zeus and his father Cronos, Odin and Thor and God and Jesus.
US Army Major Ben Peeler, alumnus of Fort Hays State University History Department joins Hollie Marquess to discuss his time at FHSU and how his degrees from Fort Hays prepared him for his successful military career.
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