Hold on, it’s not closed yet! But on the verge of its 200th anniversary the historic Burtner House near Natrona Heights is struggling to stay open to the public. Like so many small historical sites such as local history museums and community heritage societies, the Burtner House faces challenging times due to a lack of …
Trafficking in “the past” has long been the obvious realm of historians, and it is where the public most expects history to be. To understand our past we turn to old artifacts and people, past events and happenings, and bygone ideas and antique ways of being. Walk into most historical museums and the smell the …
Beaver County History | Shippingport ABOUT THIS EPISODE On episode 4 of the Beaver County History Podcast, host Scott Reinard talks about Shippingport, the world’s first commercial atomic power station constructed in Beaver County. This episode was recorded March 17, 2018 in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. Host: Scott Reinard. Audiography: Kevin Farkas, Dave Holoweiko. …
The Pig Lady of Cannelton On episode 21 of Tony Lavorgne’s Legends & Lore Podcast, Tony presents one of Western Pennsylvania’s most haunting, criminal—and declared true—legends of all time: The Pig Lady of Cannelton. SUPPORT LOCAL PODCASTING Let’s keep local podcasting alive! If you like our podcast, please help us continue this great entertaining …
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Erin & Dave Ninehouser | Hear Yourself Think On episode 9 of the Live Mike Podcast with Mike Romigh, Mike talks with Erin and Dave Ninehouser of the Hear Yourself Think Project about modern propaganda, the influence of slanted media, and how to have civil conversations for the sake of our democracy. SUPPORT LOCAL PODCASTING …
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The BBC has pioneered the use of digital media as a means to examine cultural and social issues of our time—often through first-person reporting, perspectives, and narrative histories. As we see in this insightful video short, “Glasgow’s Slavery Streets” (aka, “Glasgow’s Slave Trade Past Is All Around Us”), the BBC takes on the issue of …
Firepower | Anthony Marcione On this episode of <em>Argot: Audio Short Stories from the Veteran Voices of Pittsburgh Oral History Collection</em>, Anthony Marcione shares a story originally told on June 17, 2014 to the<em> Veteran Voices of Pittsburgh Oral History Initiative </em>in Rochester, Pennsylvania. This audio short story is engineered and produced by Kevin Farkas.</p><p …
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2019 Circle of Achievement Inductees Announcement On episode 5 of The Magical Coach Podcast, Larry Bruno Foundation board members Pete Pietrandrea and Ron Main announce the 2019 Circle of Achievement Inductees: Bob Blythe, Genn Dennison, David Miller, Charlene Taylor, and Ken Yonkee. Team honorees: The 2016 Beaver Falls High School Football Team. …
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