Matthew Monson is the director of operations, maintenance, and safety for Ozark City Schools.

This week marks what would have been Rosa Parks' 113th birthday. As we remember the Civil Rights icon, let's take a look back at this conversation about how the the Rosa Parks Museum got its start. Ray White is currently serving as special project coordinator for Troy University, but 26 years ago, in a previous role at the University, he set out to establish the Rosa Parks Museum on the site of her 1955 arrest. In this conversation from the Culture and Belonging podcast, he shares candid reflections on his work to build trust as he worked with Mrs. Parks and her family, collected materials, and consulted with Civil Rights experts to build the interpretive museum and children’s wing as it exists today.

Today we’ve got a short story, and I do mean short. Daniel Wallace’s “Beneath the Moon and Long Dead Stars” is a volume of flash fiction stories, some as short as one page. Today’s selection was featured on our Alabama Aloud podcast and is read by Don Noble.

Peanuts are not typically thought of as a Thanksgiving food, but they are a food to be thankful for, especially in Dothan, where they hold the National Peanut Festival.

On this selection from the "It Came from the Archives" podcast, the story of Dothan’s first peanut festival.

Hear the full conversation here: https://camefromarchives.podbean.com/e/podcast-it-came-from-the-archives-dothan-s-national-peanut-festival/

Dothan native Johnny Mack Brown has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and a mural in his hometown. But many outside of the Dothan area might not remember the football and film star.

Hear the full conversation on "It Came from the Archives"

https://camefromarchives.podbean.com/e/dothan-legend-johnny-mack-brown-it-came-from-the-archives/

This year, the state of Alabama banned cell phone use in public schools, with many saying the phones are a distraction to students.

https://growingtheforestandthetrees.podbean.com/e/alabama-bans-cell-phones-in-schools-growing-the-forest-and-the-trees-october-2025/

Early this month, Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire in Gaza. On this selection from the Speaking Globally podcast, Ambassador Richard LeBaron joins Major General Walter Givhan to put the ceasefire agreement into context.

Hear the full conversation on Speaking Globally, wherever you get your podcasts.

The HBO series The Pitt made headlines when it premiered early this year. The show is fiction, but it’s gotten a lot of attention and a lot of praise for its accuracy in depicting what it’s actually like to work in an Emergency Room.

On this selection from The Rounds podcast, real-life ER charge nurse, Cody Burgamy tells hosts Brooke Mosely and Kait Nesbitt what he thought of The Pitt.

On the newest podcast from Troy Public Radio, we’re diving into some of the most iconic scenes in theater history through the sounds that defined them. This is a preview of episode one of Sounds of the Stage, hosted by theater professor Quinton Cockerell and our own Joey Hudson.

Hear the full episode here: https://soundsofthestage.podbean.com/e/the-door-slam-heard-round-the-world-henrik-ibsens-a-dolls-house/

In each episode of InChoir, hosts Diane Orlofsky and Scott Sexton share their love for choral music and give voice to the composers and performers who make it.

InChoir kicked off a new season last week with a conversation about a new album titled "Anam," by the choral group Apollo5.

Hear the full episode here: https://www.npr.org/podcasts/1231610483/in-choir-conversations-about-choral-music-t