Delaware Humanities Podcasts

Featuring educator Kathy Trusty, this episode looks at Delaware’s complex history of school segregation and its lasting impact on Delaware’s school system today. This episode complements Delaware Humanities’ 2024 traveling exhibit on the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education

Featuring Delaware State Representative Sherry Dorsey Walker, this episode looks at Delaware House Bill 198, passed in 2021, which requires every Delaware school district and charter school serving K-12 students to provide instruction on Black history.

For the fourth and final episode of this podcast series, 2023/1973: In Conversation, Tom Byrne will be joined by Joan DelFattore, author and professor emerita of English and Legal Studies at the University of Delaware. This conversation will explore the change seen in political discourse and how we as a a society receive political information. Joan DelFattore will explain how misinformation occurs, the impact it has on our democracy, and how we can combat these issues without undermining democracy.

This episode of 2023/1973: In Conversation will feature Ed Ratledge, Director of the University of Delaware's Center for Applied Demography and Survey Research. During this discussion with Tom Byrne, Ed Ratledge explores the demographic shifts of Delaware over the past fifty years and the implications these changes have had on our communities.

Dr. Lee and Ms. Brown’s conversation in episode 2 of In Conversation: 2023/1973 addresses health disparities, increase health workforce diversity, and address the social determinants of health and the role of African American female physicians in our healthcare system, particularly within the last 50 years.

2023 marks the 50th anniversary of Delaware Humanities. In this episode, current Executive Director Michele Anstine and former Delaware Humanities Board Chair Barbara Benson discuss the stories and histories of Delaware Humanities, in particular how the organization has developed over the past 50 years along with the changing social and cultural landscape of the state and the nation.

Join us in the execution of our A More Perfect Union initiative that explores, reflects on, and tells the stories of our quest for a more just, inclusive, and sustainable society throughout our history in Delaware.

Episode five will focus on Stories & Histories in Delaware and its intersections between our identities and our remaining core concepts:

Culture & Community

Health & Environment

Media & Democracy

A thank you to RuthAnn Purchase and Haneef Salaam for their time and reflection on the Delaware identity and its intersection with Storytelling and history preservation. Additional thanks to Delaware Public Media for flawless execution of the interview and podcast production.

Join us in the execution of our A More Perfect Union initiative that explores, reflects on, and tells the stories of our quest for a more just, inclusive, and sustainable society throughout our history in Delaware. Episode four will focus on Media and Democracy in Delaware and its intersections between our identities and our remaining core concepts:

Culture & Community

Health & Environment

Stories & Histories

A thank you to Coby Owens and Rep. Bryan Shupe for their time and reflection on the Delaware identity and its intersection with Media and Democracy. Additional thanks to Delaware Public Media for flawless execution of the interview and podcast production.

Join us in the execution of our A More Perfect Union initiative that explores, reflects on, and tells the stories of our quest for a more just, inclusive, and sustainable society throughout our history in Delaware. Episode three will focus on Health & Environment in Delaware and its intersections between our identities and our remaining core concepts:

Culture & Community

Media & Democracy

Stories & Histories

A thank you to Emanie Dorival and Dr. David Donohue for their time and reflection on the Delaware identity and its intersection with our Health and Environment. Additional thanks to Delaware Public Media for flawless execution of the interview and podcast production.

Join us in the execution of our A More Perfect Union initiative that explores, reflects on, and tells the stories of our quest for a more just, inclusive, and sustainable society throughout our history in Delaware.

Episode two will focus on the intersections of identity in Culture & Community in Delaware. How does identity impact access? What does an ideal Delaware look like?

Our series will deep dive the four core concepts of Delaware Humanities:

Health & Environment

Culture & Community

Media & Democracy

Stories & Histories

A thank you to Dr. Alison Parker of University of Delaware and Noah Duckett and Julissa Coriano of Orgullo Delaware for their time and reflection on the Delaware identity, culture and community. Additional thanks to Delaware Public Media for flawless execution of the interview and podcast production.