The Wisdom Project Podcast

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

Episode #005 features an oral history interview with Effa Manley, the first African American woman to own a professional baseball team. She co-owned the Newark Eagles (Negro League) with her husband Abe Manley. In this episode Effa Manley looks back at the impact of Jackie Robinson and the integration of Major League Baseball on the Negro League.

To listen to and search the oral history interviews from this podcast: https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/catalog/xt7nzs2k9c74

Produced by Doug Boyd and Kopana Terry; Assistant Producer Charlotte Boyd

Episode #004 utilizes two oral history interviews conducted by poet/author Robert Penn Warren in 1964 with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X.

To listen to Robert Penn Warren's collection of oral history interviews with Civil Rights leaders, including the interviews used in this episode, go to http://kentuckyoralhistory.org

Produced by Doug Boyd and Kopana Terry; Assistant Producer J.D. Carruthers; Music by Doug Boyd

In honor of Veterans Day, episode #003 of the Wisdom Project focuses attention on the stories of two World War II veterans who both participated in the D-Day invasion. Jesse Beazley and Louis Bower tell powerful stories about their experiences. The interviews with Jesse Beazley and Louis Bower were both conducted by William J. Marshall and are part of the Colonel Arthur L. Kelly American Veterans Oral History Collection at the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries. This episode is hosted by Doug Boyd.

To listen to and search the oral history interviews from this podcast:

Jesse Beazley, go to http://goo.gl/tHVUTf

Louis Bowers, go to http://goo.gl/uaWY9z

The Wisdom Project podcast is produced by Doug Boyd and Kopana Terry

Assistant Producer for this episode was J.D. Caruthers

©2015 Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, All Rights Reserved

Music by Doug Boyd

Episode #002 features an oral history interview with Colonel Harland Sanders, founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, and explores the foundational story of this company. Additionally, we explore the story of John Y. Brown, Jr.'s purchase of the company in 1964 and the company's transition into the global market. The interviews with Colonel Harland Sanders and John Y. Brown, Jr. are housed at the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

To listen to and search the oral history interviews from this podcast:

Colonel Sanders, go to http://www.kentuckyoralhistory.org/interviews/24535

John Y. Brown, Jr. http://www.kentuckyoralhistory.org/interviews/27403

Produced by Doug Boyd and Kopana Terry

Assistant Producer Danielle Gabbard

©2015 Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, All Rights Reserved

Music by Doug Boyd

This episode explores an oral history interview with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis from 1981. The interview was conducted by Terry Birdwhistell for the John Sherman Cooper Oral History Project. The interviews with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Terry Birdwhistell are housed at the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries. To listen to and search the 1981 oral history interview with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, go to http://kentuckyoralhistory.org/interviews/19058