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History can be explored as a story, and in stories, chapters close. Today, we wrap up our podcast and reflect on how this project impacted us, Samford, and Birmingham as a whole.

The music in this episode was produced by Samford student Kerry Joiner.

This episode was written and produced by Michelle Little and Claire Davis.

Find more about our program at www.samford.edu/departments/oral-history/default. You can find our archived projects and podcast episodes there, complete with transcripts and chapters.

Thank you again for all your support during this project. Make waves!

This semester, a group of Samford students traveled weekly to Episcopal Place, a senior living facility in downtown Birmingham, as part of a project that aimed not only to collect the residents' stories but also to build relationships between student and interview partner. Join us as we listen to a few of the stories they collected and consider the impact of inter-generational projects on the participants.

This episode features Mia Owens, Thelma Jackson, Pat C. Allen, Maggie Shaw, Judy Pittman, David Schneider, Marianne Dreyspring, and Julianne Jorgensen.

The music in this episode was written and produced by Samford student Kerry Joiner.

This episode was written and produced by Claire Davis.

This project could not have been done without the Alabama Humanities Foundation. Special thanks to their help funding the project, as well as to Samford's Mann Center for Ethics in organizing the cadre portion of the project.

Find more about our program at www.samford.edu/departments/oral-history/default. You can find us on social media on Twitter (@su_stori), Instagram (@samford_stori), and Facebook.

If you like our podcast, please rate and review it wherever you find us, or share us with a friend. Make waves!

In our last installment of our faith and history mini-series, Bailey Sharp investigates the Birmingham Public Library's archives with Jim Baggett to see just how deeply religion affects history and historians alike.

This episode features Bailey Sharp and Jim Baggett.

The music in this episode was written and produced by Samford student Kerry Joiner.

This episode was written and produced by Bailey Sharp.

Find more about our program at www.samford.edu/departments/oral-history/default. You can find us on social media on Twitter (@su_stori), Instagram (@samford_stori), and Facebook.

If you like our podcast, please rate and review it wherever you find us, or share us with a friend. Make waves!

In the next installment of our faith and history mini-series, Jonathan Lawson and Shae Corey explore the impact of church history and tradition with Sister Elisabeth Meadows of the Sacred Heart Monastery and Pastor Matt Mason of the Church of Brook Hills.

This episode features Jonathan Lawson, Shae Corey, Sister Elisabeth Meadows, and Pastor Matt Mason.

The music in this episode was written and produced by Samford student Kerry Joiner.

This episode was written and produced by Jonathan Lawson and Shae Corey.

Find more about our program at www.samford.edu/departments/oral-history/default. You can find us on social media on Twitter (@su_stori), Instagram (@samford_stori), and Facebook.

If you like our podcast, please rate and review it wherever you find us, or share us with a friend. Make waves!

In the effort to make history objective, conversations about religion and faith sometimes fall to the wayside. What perspectives do we lose by doing this, and how do historians and religious leaders alike confront the overlap between their fields? Join us as we introduce our next series of student-made podcasts and listen to the first foray into the complicated world of faith and history.

This episode features Dr. Tony Minnema, Mia Owens, Shawny Tucker, Rabbi Yossi Friedman, and Dr. Tim Smith.

The music in this episode was written and produced by Samford student Kerry Joiner.

This episode was written and produced by Mia Owens and Shawny Tucker.

Find more about our program at www.samford.edu/departments/oral-history/default. You can find us on social media on Twitter (@su_stori), Instagram (@samford_stori), and Facebook.

If you like our podcast, please rate and review it wherever you find us, or share us with a friend. Make waves!

Since its incorporation over one hundred years ago, East Lake, Alabama, has come to represent a variety of places, from a resort town to a quiet college campus to an affordable suburb. Stemming from a project between a local coffee shop and school, this episode of Sam.wav explores what East Lake has come to mean to them in their lives and how they continue to give back.

This episode features Earl Tew, Nanci Scarpulla, and Eunice Rogers.

The music in this episode was written and produced by Samford student Kerry Joiner.

Find more about our program at www.samford.edu/departments/oral-history/default. You can find us on social media on Twitter (@su_stori), Instagram (@samford_stori), and Facebook.

If you like our podcast, please rate and review it wherever you find us, or share us with a friend. Make waves!

We often say that music broadens boundaries, but how does that concept come into play? Dr. Beth McGinnis and her senior seminar class explored the power of music by traveling to Perry County, Alabama. While there, they played music with high school students and interviewed school administrators. In this student-made episode of Sam.wav, we discuss the role of music education in the Black Belt and beyond.

This episode features Samuel Robertson, Beth McGinnis, Cathy Trimble, and Isaac Lanier.

The music in this episode was written and produced by Samford student Kerry Joiner, who also got to participate in this project.

Find more about our program at www.samford.edu/departments/oral-history/default. You can find us on social media on Twitter (@su_stori), Instagram (@samford_stori), and Facebook.

If you like our podcast, please rate and review it wherever you find us, or share us with a friend. Make waves!

Fifteen minutes outside downtown Birmingham, the quiet town of Docena, Alabama, sits next to a long-defunct mine. Its inhabitants still burst with stories about the vibrant company town, just as they did forty years ago when the first wave of Samford students came to collect their life stories. In this episode of Sam.wav, hear their stories about growing up in a Southern mining town and what life is like there today.

This episode features Melba Kizzire, E. L. McFee, Cameron Teaney, Faye Mason, and Nancy Fouche.

The music in this episode was written and produced by Samford student Kerry Joiner as well as the Blue Dot Sessions and Lobo Loco, which can be found on the Free Music Archive.

Find more about our program at www.samford.edu/departments/oral-history/default. You can find us on social media on Twitter (@su_stori), Instagram (@samford_stori), and Facebook.

If you like our podcast, please rate and review it wherever you find us, or share us with a friend. Make waves!

Oral history is known for uncovering and preserving little-known, personal stories, but what happens when the process itself becomes its own story? In our first episode of the new season, hear us discuss a marvelous tale that includes a decaying box of tapes, a small, welcoming mining town, and the longevity of student projects.

This episode features Cameron Teaney, Joy Richardson, Melba Kizzire, Faye Mason, Nancy Fouche, and Dr. Marlene Rikard.

The music in this episode was written and produced by Samford student Kerry Joiner as well as Lucas Gonze and Lobo Loco, who can be found on the Free Music Archive.

Find more about our program at www.samford.edu/departments/oral-history/default. You can find us on social media on Twitter (@su_stori), Instagram (@samford_stori), and Facebook.

If you like our podcast, please rate and review it wherever you find us, or share us with a friend. Make waves!

In the final installment of our Food and History mini-series, Meri Cashion and Anna-Drake Stephens talk to Birmingham local Gerhard Graf about the German culture in Birmingham and the importance of culture in America.

This episode features Meri Cashion and Anna-Drake Stephens with Gerhard Graf and Ellie Graf.

Our theme was written and produced by Samford student Kerry Joiner.

Find more about our program at www.samford.edu/departments/oral-history/default. You can find us on social media on Twitter (@su_stori), Instagram (@samford_stori), and Facebook.

If you like our podcast, please rate and review it wherever you find us, or you could share us with a friend. Don't forget to make waves!