From the team behind Hometown History, we thought you might enjoy our podcast Rotten to the Core hosted by Josh Waters! (Shane's brother)You can find Rotten to the Core here: https://link.chtbl.com/Rotten

Theres a scene in the show Mad Men that shook me up the first time I saw it. Its probably not the one you think.In the very first episode, the Draper family picnics along the interstate. The grass is green, the birds are out, and a small portable radi

One of my favorite movies as a kid was The Lorax. When I first saw The Lorax, I had some sense that it was about protecting the environment. But its more than a cartoon. Its a thinly veiled environmental manifesto. I didnt realize, until I was older, t

Have you ever heard the saying that Life imitates art?The person who coined this phrase was Oscar Wilde, the 19th century poet. Some say he was the first modern celebrity. What Wilde meant was simply that art often shows us the world we want to live i

Theres not much in life you can understand without context.When it comes to the systematic destruction of our planet during the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries, the context is this for the first 300,000 years of human history, nature, as former Laker co

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In my opinion, the single best online resource for visiting Americas national parks, or even appreciating them from afar, is a site called More Than Just Parks. You can find it at morethanjustparks.com. This site is run by two brothers, Will and Jim Patt

Before we jump back into the story of the Levi and Catharine Coffin, the so-called “President” and first-lady of the Underground Railroad, I thought it’d be helpful to review some of the code words co

Central Region Director of the Indiana State Museum system. Joanna also manages the Levi & Catharine Coffin State Historic Site, which is where we are today. This small brick home has been called the

If you were with us last episode you’ll recognize the voice of Erin Adams, Director of Education at Andrew Jackson's Hermitage, the former home of our 7th President, and current museum dedicated to pr