Presenting the Past: Exploring the American Archive of Public Broadcasting

This episode features John L. Hanson, Jr., producer and host since 1980 of the nationally syndicated radio and podcast interview series In Black America at KUT Radio in Austin, Texas. In Black America, which began in 1970 and continues to be broadcast weekly, features hundreds of interviews with influential members of the black community in conversation about issues and topics pertaining to Black America, including educati...

This episode features Jean Walkinshaw, an award-winning documentarian and producer in the Pacific Northwest for over 50 years. Her documentaries focused primarily on notable artists, writers, and social, cultural and ecological themes of the Pacific Northwest region. In this episode, Jean guides listeners through her career and filmmaking process, highlighting titles in her collection available in the AAPB. Explore the AAP...

This episode features Bill Siemering, a radio innovator and advocate, who was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in October 2021. As a founding member of the NPR Board of Directors, Siemering wrote NPR's original mission and goals, and as NPR’s first director of programming, led the development of All Things Considered. Siemering developed Fresh Air with Terry Gross at WHYY in Philadelphia, managed WBFO in Buffalo, NY, a...

This two-part episode explores the history of Spanish language public radio and television programming and its roots in community activism. Part one features activist Jesús Treviño, television director, author and creator of Latinopia.com, along with scholars Dolores Inés Casillas, Professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies and Director of the Chicano Studies Institute at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Gabr...

Shirley Sneve, Vice President of Broadcasting for Indian Country Today, reflects on her work with Indian Country Today, Vision Maker Media (VMM), and archiving with the AAPB. Sneve also comments on the history of Native American public broadcasting and presents excerpts from a few of the documentaries that VMM has supported that present a diversity of perspectives on traditional and contemporary Native American cultures. E...

Allison Perlman, assistant professor in the departments of film and media studies and history at the University of California, Irvine, compares two National Educational Television (NET) programs created to educate the audiences on the modern Conservatism party in the 1960s. Perlman also provides background on NET, the predecessor of Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) leading up to the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967. Explor...