Episodes
Friday Mar 15, 2024
Dick Lane Velodrome
Friday Mar 15, 2024
Friday Mar 15, 2024
This week, we’re talking about Georgia’s only remaining velodrome - the Dick Lane Velodrome in East Point. We're talking about what a velodrome is, Atlanta’s first velodrome, Dick Lane and the decade long efforts to open this velodrome in East Point.
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Friday Mar 08, 2024
Women of Atlanta - Part III
Friday Mar 08, 2024
Friday Mar 08, 2024
March is Women’s History Month, and researching women is my very favorite thing to do. So while I was brainstorming an episode idea, I realized I had this huge collection of women on my list whose stories were very short - in terms of research, not the length of their lives or quality of achievements.
This week I have collected these shorter stories into one episode about three different women; educator Bazoline Usher, artist Kate Edwards, and cosmetologist Dale Boring Strebel.
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Friday Mar 01, 2024
Coca-Cola - Part II
Friday Mar 01, 2024
Friday Mar 01, 2024
This week, I picked up the story of Coca-Cola after it’s sold in 1919 and took it through the Great Depression, World War II, Civil Rights, the Cola Wars, Diet Coke, New Coke and the World of Coca Cola.
Book
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Friday Feb 23, 2024
Graffiti (Interview w/ Antar Fierce)
Friday Feb 23, 2024
Friday Feb 23, 2024
This week, I am sharing my conversation with Antar Fierce, a graffiti historian, educator and archivist to learn about the history of graffiti, especially writing. Graffiti is loosely defined as words, drawings, or writings in public view - something that humans have created since the dawn of time. Writing developed first in the 1960s in Philadelphia and then New York City. We cover that early history, Antar’s start as a writer, his move to Atlanta, the early writing community here Atlanta’s first crew and how crews are structured and what ethics govern the culture.
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Documentary Tickets
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Friday Feb 16, 2024
Lincoln Country Club + Golf Course Desegregation - REPLAY
Friday Feb 16, 2024
Friday Feb 16, 2024
This week I am re-releasing an old episode from the archives, but I also wanted it to coincide with Black History Month. From the summer of 2021, this is about Lincoln Country Club and the fight for Golf Course Desegregation. Born at the start of the Great Depression, from the need and desire of middle and upper-class Black Atlantans to not only play golf, but to establish a recreation place where they could have parties, and social events and gather. From the 1924 fight to even establish a second African American cemetery in Atlanta, to the 1930 opening of the country club, through the story of Black golfers and their fight to desegregate Atlanta’s courses. This is such an interesting history that you do not want to miss.
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Friday Feb 09, 2024
Blandtown (Interview w/ Rhana Gittens Wheeler)
Friday Feb 09, 2024
Friday Feb 09, 2024
This week, I had the honor to sit down with Dr. Rhana Gittens Wheeler to ask her about her research of Blandtown, a historically African American neighborhood on the westside of Atlanta that dates to the 1870s. We talked about the neighborhood’s history, the wrong history that had been out there, annexation, zoning and developers' efforts to rebrand the westside of Atlanta.
Pre-order her book here and her email is rwheeler@oglethorpe.edu.
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Friday Feb 02, 2024
The Rap Map (Interview w/ Brennan Collins + Panther Lattimore)
Friday Feb 02, 2024
Friday Feb 02, 2024
This week, we’re talking about The Rap Map with Georgia State's Professor Brennan Collins and student Panther Lattimore. The map chronicles a decade’s worth of rap lyrics referencing different Atlanta locations, connecting popular culture with local history and pinpoints the lyrics of Atlanta hip hop artists to create a map of the city based on narratives from historically marginalized communities rather than the traditional maps created by those in positions of power.
Back in October, I got a message from Rachel at Brave Nu Ventures, asking me if I wanted to come to one of her events at The Dungeon. The event featured a presentation by Panther showing us the The Rap Map, but also breaking down Omeretta the Great’s “Sorry Not Sorry”, which came out in 2022. This interview is so different from anything I’ve done in the past because I typically come in laser-focused, with a very specific topic, but this conversation was broad - it’s about what is Atlanta, the changing landscape of rap in Atlanta and how we use data in these fascinating ways.
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Friday Jan 26, 2024
Just Us
Friday Jan 26, 2024
Friday Jan 26, 2024
Atlanta is home to 242 different neighborhoods that each have their own names and history, but this week, we’re talking about the smallest - Just Us. Consisting of two streets sandwiched between the neighborhoods of Mozley Park, Ashview Heights, Hunter Hills and Washington Park, Just Us has a short but fascinating origin story that includes some of the most prestigious Black Atlantans, African Methodist Episcopal history, HBCU history, women's history and even a paranormal story.
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Friday Jan 19, 2024
Peaches
Friday Jan 19, 2024
Friday Jan 19, 2024
This week’s mini episode is an Atlanta-adjacent topic but one still very intertwined with the city’s history. If you’re new here, Georgia is the peach state, but in this episode we’re going to delve into the history. Why peaches? Where were the peaches? And the most important question of all - why is it named Peachtree Street and why are there so many Peachtree-named streets in Atlanta?
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Friday Jan 12, 2024
Martin Luther King Jr. Historic Sites
Friday Jan 12, 2024
Friday Jan 12, 2024
If you’re listening in real time, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is Monday, and while many know about his birth home and church, there are so many other places in Atlanta connected to Dr. King and his family that I want to share. So this week I want to go through those sites, give you the addresses, a little history and hopefully allow everyone to do a little DIY tour of all the sites with a deep connection to Martin Luther King, Jr.
Tomb With A View Episode
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