Episode 1 - Atsena Otie's Ancient Past

University of Florida archaeologist Dr. Ken Sassaman provides an overview of the wide breadth of native and colonial occupation of Atsena Otie Key, and explains how differences in perception of time and memory between these cultures can impact our abilities to prepare.  In addition, we discuss his shift into studying more modern hurricane impacts such as the 1896 Cedar Keys hurricane as part of efforts to create more accessible collective memory for coastal residents to draw upon when assessing risk. 

Joshua Lubben and Abigail Hummel provided voice acting for narration of historical accounts (W.P. Delaino and Ellen Tooke) which were found in "Search for Yesterday: A History of Levy County", accessed through the UF Digital Collections and Copyright Levy County Archives Committee. Delaino's account is found in Ch. 7, pages 18-23. Tooke's account is found in Ch. 20, page 15.

Intro & Outro Music from Mixkit Library - A War with Myself by Michael Ramir C.

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For the version of episode one which aired live on WUFT, additional edits were made by Elliot Tritto and Ryan Vasquez. Some of their suggestions were incorporated into the edits made for the final version of episode one available online.

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