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Chapters: SIU Student History
by SIU History
Chapters is written, edited, and produced by SIUC History Students at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Chapters is sponsored by the SIU Foundation, the Department of History, the Creative Writing Program, the Department of English, and the College of Liberal Arts.
Episodes
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Season 4 Episode 5: The Economic Consequences of Japanese Internment
In this episode, we are joined by Deborah to discuss one of our nation's darkest moments, Japanese Internment.
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Season 4 Episode 8: Food and History
In our final episode of season four, we are joined by several for a roundtable discussion on how history affects our daily lives.
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Season 4 Episode 7: Wartime Evansville
This episode, with Elle, explores how World War II transformed daily life, industry, and community in Evansville, Indiana.
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Season 4 Episode 6: General Motors and Janesville
In this episode, we are joined by Alex to discuss the history of General Motors in Janesville, Wisconsin.
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Season 4 Episode 4: Guantanamo Bay: History, Law, and Controversy
Kennedy joins us in our fourth episode to discuss the history of Guantanamo Bay as a detention facility and the ongoing legal and ethical debates surrounding national security and human rights.
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Season 4 Episode 3: Shifting Perspectives: The Evolution of American Public Opinion and Legal Debates on Capital Punishment
In this episode, Paul discusses how American public opinion and landmark legal battles have repeatedly redefined the place of the death penalty in the justice system.
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Season 4 Episode 2: The Ides of March
In our second episode, we are joined by Hannah to discuss and reexamine the infamous Ides of March.
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Season 4 Episode 1: Women of the Renaissance
In our angural episode of season four, we are joined by Ashton to discuss the fascinating history of women during the Renaissance.
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Season 3 Episode 8: The History of Punk Rock Music
In our season three finale, Tamesha and Roxanne join us to discuss the fascinating history of punk rock music.
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Season 3 Episode 7: How Bork Made it to the Supreme Court
For our seventh episode, we are joined by Will to discuss how Robert Bork made his way to the Supreme Court.
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Season 3 Episode 6: Social Media and the Egyptian Arab Spring
In our sixth episode, Eva joins us to discuss the impact of social media on the Egyptian Arab Spring.
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Season 3 Episode 5: Animal Bewitchment in a Nigerian City
In episode five of season three, we are joined by Nnaemeka, who discuses the growing prevalence of inhumane human-cat relationships in Nigeria.
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Season 3 Episode 4: The “Wild” West and Its Portrayal in Media
In our fourth episode, we are joined by Drake to discuss how the "Wild" West its portrayed in media with all of the good an bad.
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Season 3 Episode 3: Housewives, Rationing, and the Black Market
Deanna joins us again for episode three, examining the history of homemakers, rationing, and the black market during and after World War II.
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Season 3 Episode 2: The Windrush Generation
In our second episode, we join Deanna to discuss the landing of the pivotal ship, H.M.T. Windrush, and its continuing impacts on British history and the Windrush generation.
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Season 3 Episode 1: Chernobyl
In the Season Three premiere of Chapters, Sumair discusses the history and tragedy surrounding the infamous disaster Chornobyl.
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Season 2 Episode 8: Margaret Thatcher
With the conclusion of Season Two and the finale of the four-part series, Francesca discusses with Lydia the often vilified and hated figure of Margret Thatcher. What makes Margaret Thatcher so hated? Is all the hatred expressed to her fair? Were there any good things that she did as Prime...
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Season 2 Episode 7: Neville Chamberlain
For our third part of the British podcasts, Ryan is joined by Deanna as they discuss the "great appeaser" Neville Chamberlain. Was this term appropriate for Neville Chamberlain? Did he truly believe all of Hitler's promises? Is Neville Chamberlain as weak as history portrays him? These questions...
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Season 2 Episode 6: Wallis Simpson
As we continue with the British figures, Deanna is joined by Lydia as they discuss the ever controversial Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor. Deanna evaluates many aspects of Wallis' life, particularly her relationship with the Prince of Wales and future King Edward VIII. Was Wallis as bad as she...
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Season 2 Episode 5: Queen Victoria
For the first part of our British podcast, we are joined by Lydia and Deanna as they discuss the often misunderstood Queen Victoria. Queen Victoria's legacy as the Grandmother of Europe is often overlooked by her legacy that is associated with the British Empire. Lydia offers more modern...
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Season 2 Episode 4: Introduction to the British Podcasts
As Season Two continues, Josh is joined here by Deanna as they discuss the four podcasts that will conclude this season. Each of these podcasts will reimagine four important historical figures in British history, Queen Victoria, Wallis Simpson, Neville Chamberlain, and Margaret Thatcher. Deanna,...
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Season 2 Episode 3: Cabin Walls and Bugle Calls
In this episode of Season Two, we join Ollie and Francesca as they examine the history and impact of American summer camps. Ollie being an employee at a summer camp is able to offer first hand experience. As they examine where and why the fasciation of summer camps began in America, one will view...
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Season 2 Episode 2: Chocolate Cake with Vitamins: American Girl Dolls and Inclusion in Children's Historical Fiction
In this episode, we are joined by Claire and Kyah as they discuss the history of American Girl Dolls. American Girl Dolls have been a staple of young girls' lives since 1986, but how does inclusion play into the dolls and the books that were published by the brand? By reimagining the history of...
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Season 2 Episode 1: Maus Roundtable
In this debut episode of Season Two, Josh is joined by Claire, Larry, Lindsey, and Ollie as they discuss the graphic novel Maus, which was recorded live at the SIU History Fair. Maus has drawn recent attention as being a popularly banned book. Claire, Larry, Lindsey, and Ollie evaluate these bans...
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Season 1 Episode 8: SIU Parking and What it Taught Me About History
Ben takes over the interviewee seat as he and Josh talk about Ben's senior paper two years after he wrote it. The two discuss how the paper came to be just as much as they talk about the more interesting than it sounds history of Parking at SIUC.
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Season 1, Episode 7: Nixon on Civil Rights
George joins Ben and Josh to discuss the very mixed record of Richard Nixon on Civil Rights. Before being president, Martin Luther King and Black newspapers had praised Nixon for his Civil Rights Records. However, his hesitation on speaking with black leaders during his campaign against John F...
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Season 1, Episode 6: Cairo, IL: The Fall of a Town with Potential
In Chapter's second narrative style podcast, SIU advertising student Ryan takes us through a brief history of the troubled town of Cairo, IL.
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Season 1, Episode 5: WCIL and Paul McRoy: Southern Illinois Radio
Usual co-host Josh shares his senior research: exploring the microcosm of American culture that was WCIL radio in the mid twentieth century. Ben and Josh discuss the power the radio station had in contributing to newly emerging liberal ideas in the 1950s and 60s in a region of the country which…
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Season 1, Episode 4: The Six Days of the Irish Rebellion
Ben and Josh listen in to a historical retelling of the 1916 Irish Rebellion as told by SIU history student Davis Tige. Davis sits down to give an overview and backstory to the rebellion before jumping into a day-by-day narrative told through the eyes of the Irish.
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Season 1, Episode 3: Mining Disasters in Southern Illinois
SIU history student Sean sits down with Ben and Josh to discuss the importance three separate mining disasters in southern Illinois had on a national level. Sean argues that these three tragedies could likely have been prevented with better regulations and abilities to enforce them. As some...
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Season 1, Episode 2: History of Psychedelics Part 2
Brock, Ben, Josh, and Ryan are joined by a guest from the past! Well kind of. Brock continues the history of psychedelics, including Nixon's war on drugs, and their recent revival for research in their potential medical uses. Part 2 of 2!
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Season 1, Episode 1: History of Psychedelics Part 1
SIU Senior Brock Renshaw sits down with Ben, Josh, and guest co-host Ryan to discuss the fascinating history of psychedelic drugs, including natural hallucinogens found in Meso-America to Dr. Albert Hoffman's discovery of LSD in the 1930s and 40s. Brock focuses on the early and middle twentieth...
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Season 1, Episode 0: Chapters Introduction
2020 Chapters host Ben and overseeing instructor, Professor Joseph Sramek sit down and talk about the upcoming debut Chapters, a podcast celebrating and sharing student historical research.
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Chapters is written, edited, and produced by SIUC History Students at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Chapters is sponsored by the SIU Foundation, the Department of History, the Creative Writing Program, the Department of English, and the College of Liberal Arts.
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