Elizabeth “Betty” Asche Douglas | The Magic

On episode 11 of The Magical Coach Podcast, Rick Mancini talks with Beaver County’s resident renaissance woman and Beaver Falls native, Elizabeth “Betty” Asche Douglas, about her extraordinary accomplishments as a pioneering African American educator, artist, singer, local historian, and 2020 Circle of Achievement Inductee.

Patriotic Duty

Fritz Ottenheimer Patriotic Duty      Fritz Ottenheimer was born in Kontanz, Germany. He was able to escape Germany along with his family and come to the United States before the darkest days of the Holocaust. Speaking of the atrocities that the world–and especially Jews–suffered at the hands of Nazi Germany during World War …

Veteran Voices: The Oral History Podcast – Episode 37

Eric Rood | Veteran Aviator Oral Histories  On Episode 37 of Veteran Voices: The Oral History Podcast, we talk about recording veterans oral histories in the world of aviation with Eric Rood of the Experimental Aircraft Association’s Timeless Voices of Aviation project.   Eric Rood of Columbus, Ohio has been capturing, preserving, and sharing veterans’ stories …

Veteran Voices: The Oral History Podcast – Episode 10

John Bailey | Duty, Courage, Honor: The Alle-Kiski Valley Goes to War   ABOUT THIS EPISODE On Episode 10 we talk with John Bailey, documentarian , veteran interviewer, and producer of Duty, Courage, Honor: The Alle-Kiski Valley Goes to War. In 2013, New Kensington native John Bailey debuted the first volume of “Duty, Courage, Honor,” …