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Banjo Strings and Drinking Gourds
By Frontier Culture Museum of VirginiaHistory
Banjo Strings and Drinking Gourds episodes
- Christmas 1645
In this special edition of Banjo Strings and Drinking Gourds, it is Christmas time in the Year of Our Lord, 1645. We come to you from Hartlebury in Worcestershire, bringing news of the ongoing Civil War and the Puritanical attack on Christmas.
With all due inspirational credit to WJR Detroit, Kaleidoscope, Karl Hass, and Michael Whorf
Special Guests: Sam McGinty, Mark Mazzochi, Makayla Baker Paxton, Sally Landes, Emily Noble Day, Ray Wright
Music: Rachel Sites
Cover Art: Emily Noble Day
Find us at www.frontiermuseum.org, on Facebook, and Instagram
19 min - The History of Christmas
Winter is here, and with it, winter holidays. Christmas has definitely not always been the family-oriented celebration we know it as today. This episode covers the development of Christmas over time among the cultures the museum focuses on.
Cover Art: Emily Noble Day
Music: Zac Bell and Rachel Sites
Visit us online at www.frontiermuseum.org, on Facebook and Instagram
38 min - Hard History
History isn't always easy. We as modern audiences can have strong emotional or physical reactions to difficult events or thoughts that underlie everyday life in the past. Our guest this episode discusses why and how interpreters incorporate hard history.
N.B. This episode quotes primary sources that use period terminology.
Intro Music: Zac Bell, Eighth of January
Transition Music: Zac Bell, Sellenger's Round and Stool of Repentance
End Music: Jean Claude Hatungimana
Cover Art: Emily Noble Day
Visit us online at www.frontiermuseum.org, on Facebook and Instagram
34 min - Malaria
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, we ask one of our medical historians about one of the most lingering endemics in history: malaria. The mosquito-borne disease has had a significant impact on human history, especially the history of the frontier.
Intro Music: Zac Bell, Eighth of January
Transition Music: Zac Bell and Davis Tierney, Soldier's Joy
End Music: Jean Claude Hatungimana
Cover Art: Emily Noble Day
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22 min - Folktales and Folklore
It's time for jack o'lanterns, pumpkin spice, apple cider, and ghost stories. In this episode, enjoy interpreters telling tales, both fact and fiction, of spooky, scary, or unnatural history.
Intro Music: Zac Bell, Eighth of January
End Music: Jean Claude Hatungimana
Cover Art: Emily Noble Day
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37 min - What Is Interpretation?
In this episode, we discuss just what exactly is interpretation. We'll bring in some of the talented interpreters from around the museum to tell you in their own words the answer to that question, and more.
Intro Music: Zac Bell, Eighth of January
Transition Music: Zac Bell and Davis Tierney, Soldier's Joy
End Music: Jean Claude Hatungimana
Cover Art: Emily Noble Day
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33 min - Introduction
Welcome to Banjo Strings and Drinking Gourds: How American Culture Came to Be, the podcast of the Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia.
In this episode, we'll introduce you to your hosts and to the museum itself. We'll also introduce the types of content we'll cover over the course of this podcast series.
Fiddle Intro: Zac Bell, The Eighth of January
Drum Ending: Jean Claude Hatungimana
Cover Art: Emily Noble Day
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About Banjo Strings and Drinking Gourds
From the publisher's feed
History podcast of the Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia covering topics like medicine, architecture, slavery, and 17th, 18th, and 19th century daily life from a living history museum.