What drew me to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (CWF) is its vision for the future. So that the future may learn from the past, the CWF wants to build on its impressive reputation and deeds as a museum to lead in digital and virtual experiences that help people all over the world, as well as across the United States, better understand early American history and how that history is integral to the present we inhabit and experience today.
Strangehold is a weekly podcast by New Hampshire Public Radio that is determined to grapple with the questions of why does a state with a population of 1.356 million people, 90 percent of who are white, always gets to vote first in the presidential election cycle? And is it fair for New Hampshire to continue its tradition of voting first when the state is not truly representative of the demography of the United States?
The more I listen to and learn about the details of this EU-UK showdown, the more I can’t help but recognize the similarities between the situation created by Brexit and a similar occurrence during the late 18th century.
In 1776, the United States voted to obtain its freedom from the British Empire.
What can the history of radio teach us about the present and future of podcasting? I've been contemplating this question for over two years. I think about it because podcasters like to think that what we do is new and novel. Yet none of what we claim as new, is new. It has all happened before in radio. The history of radio is relevant to the present and future of podcasting.
