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By Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History
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The podcast currently has 15 episodes available.
In early 2021, the Nunn Center and Dr. Janice Fernheimer partnered to launch the Women in Bourbon Oral History Project. This oral history project, built in collaboration with students, documents women who have played important roles in Kentucky’s bourbon industry. Doug Boyd and Janice Fernheimer reflect on this phase of the oral history project and some key themes expressed in the interviews.
Access oral history interviews online: The Women in Bourbon Oral History Project.
Episode produced by Doug Boyd and Janice Fernheimer
Assistant Producers: Taylor Davis, Emily Fay, Qwenton Briggs
Music by Doug Boyd
Music for this episode was composed by Doug Boyd
Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries
This episode features an interview with Mark Lyon Thornewill, interviewed on January 23, 2018. In addition to telling a story about dancing with Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret in 1947, this episode explores Thornewill's many adventures as a British naval officer during World War II, a priest, a husband, and a father. This episode features an interview with Thornewill's daughter, Joanna Hay.
Interview with Mark Thornewill, January 23, 2018
Music was composed by Doug Boyd, with the exception of a licensed version of "the Blue Danube" by Johann Strauss II.
This episode explores ghost stories about ghosts at the Wild Turkey Distillery. The ghost stories are from an oral history interview conducted in 2014 with Olivia J. Ripy for the Kentucky Bourbon Tales Oral History Project.
This episode was produced by Doug Boyd and Maddy Williams. Music was composed and produced by Doug Boyd
In honor of the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, this episode features a powerful oral history interview conducted on September 11, 2002, with flight attendant Janet Foushee. Foushee recalls her memories of working on a flight that day.
Produced by Doug Boyd; Music by Doug Boyd
This episode explores the personal story of civil rights activist Charles Neblett who was a member of the Freedom Singers. Neblett was interviewed for the Kentucky Civil Rights Hall of Fame Oral History Project, a partnership between the Nunn Center, UK Libraries, the University of Kentucky's Office of Community Engagement, and the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights. Listen/search oral history interviews here: https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/catalog/xt7prr1pk37h
Produced by Doug Boyd and Hannah Jones; Music by Doug Boyd
This episode explores the story of moonshine in Wayne County, Kentucky. Interviews are part of the Moonshiners and Revenuers Oral History Project at the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries and were conducted by Betty Boles Ellison and Russell Stockton between 1986-1988.
Listen/search oral history interviews here: https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/catalog/xt7kd50fxr0c
Produced by Doug Boyd and Hannah Jones.; Music by Doug Boyd
On November 7, 1996, the Heaven Hill Distillery in Bardstown, Kentucky experienced one of the most devastating distillery fires of all time. Marking the 20th anniversary of the fire, this episode looks back from multiple perspectives. Full interviews are searchable online: https://kentuckyoralhistory.org
This episode was produced by Doug Boyd; Assistant Producer of this episode: JD Caruthers; Music by Doug Boyd.
Episode #006 of the Wisdom Project tells a story of archival discovery, linking Marshall Webb, a World War II veteran from Campbellsville, Kentucky, to the small town of Tremensuoli, Italy. This episode begins season 2 of the Wisdom Project podcast.
The oral history interviews featured in this episode are available online: https://kentuckyoralhistory.org
Marshall Webb’s papers and photographs (including his poetry) are available online via Explore UK: https://exploreuk.edu
View the original video story on YouTube: https://youtu.be/j5nOrByPE4U
This episode of the Wisdom Project was produced by Doug Boyd and Kopana Terry; Music by Doug Boyd
The podcast currently has 15 episodes available.