Victor E History

 Ashlynn Kelly, senior history major at FHSU, joins Hollie Marquess to talk about Anthony Comstock, how the Supreme Court tried to define obscenity, and  Kansas's relationship with obscenity law. 

Host Hollie Marquess visits with history department alumnus Chris Dinkel as well as FHSU History faculty Dr. Kim Perez. Chris discusses his experience in the FHSU M.A. program, studying for the LSAT,  Columbia law, and his case that recently went to the Supreme Court. 

For our last episode of this semester, Dr. Guha is joined by Dr. Amber Nickell and Hollie Marquess, as well as three students who accompanied them to Poland as part of a Study Abroad trip earlier this year. Alex White, Sarah Keiss, and Ashlyn Carlson discuss the experience of studying Jewish life before, during, and after the Holocaust in Poland. They also discuss pierogis, of course! 

Hollie Marquess is joined by Lucy Martin, a Junior at FHSU, to discuss Edythe Eyde and how her contributions to queer media at mid-century helped shape and inspire LGBTQ rights. 

Sophomore Megan Householter joins Hollie Marquess to discuss how the tactics of Vice Squads, like entrapment, led to the forming of the Mattachine Society at mid-century and, ultimately, to a modern gay rights movement. 

Prof. Manamee Guha is joined by FHSU History junior Jason Rivera to discuss his paper Fatherhood Among Ancient Gods. The podcast explores the life cycle of father-son relationships through the lens of three different father-son pairs across three different mythologies,  Zeus and his father Cronos, Odin and Thor and God and Jesus. 

US Army Major Ben Peeler, alumnus of Fort Hays State University History Department joins Hollie Marquess to discuss his time at FHSU and how his degrees from Fort Hays prepared him for his successful military career.

In the second episode of the season, History Education student Keith Kuehn joins Dr. Manamee Guha to discuss the ways Nintendo and the beloved character of Mario transformed the culture of video games in America. 

Sophomore history education majors Lizbeth Guardado and David Solis join Hollie Marquess to discuss the Zoot Suit Riots, the Sleeply Lagoon Murder, and a lesser known group involved, Las Pachucas. 

In this episode, graduate student Erin Adams joins Hollie Marquess to discuss the sale of patent medicines in the west and how they used Native American imagery to sell their potions. They also discuss how the Great British Bake Off relates to Turner's theory of the West.