Speak Your Piece: a podcast about Utah's history
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The past is never truly “in the past.” It’s all around us, it informs us. It speaks to our shared and to our separate identities. “Speak Your Piece” is a podcast where contributors share their insights and discoveries about Utah's 12,000 year (plus) human story. Hosted by Brad Westwood, Senior Public Historian (Utah Dept. of Culture & Community Engagement), and co produced by Chelsey Zamir, a new episode is released every other week, sometimes more, sometimes less. SYP explores the key arguments with new and worthwhile older publications, articles or websites; or delves into a notable museum, archival collection, archaeological report; or allows a respected writer, curator or historian to sp…
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Episodes
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Constance Lieber on Martha Hughes Cannon (1857-1932) the First Female State Senator (Utah) in the USA (S5, E12)
Hidden gemMartha Hughes Cannon won in 1896 because Utah was a Democratic year and free silver mattered.
Oct 26, 2023·1h 8m·2 clips - 2
Native American Boarding Schools in the Am. West & in Utah (ca. 1870s-1980s) with Dr. Farina King (Diné): Part 1 – an Introduction (S5, E1)
Jul 31, 2023·54m - 3
American Boarding School Policies with Native American College Adviser Franci Lynne Taylor (Choctaw) – Part 2 (S5, E4)
Hidden gemFrancie Lynn Taylor links the Dawes Act of 1887 to Carlisle by saying both pushed Native people into individualism and land loss.
Jul 31, 2023·54m·2 clips - 4
“Making Lamanites: Mormons, Native Americans and the… Placement Program”: A Conversation with Historian Matthew Garrett – Part 3 (S5, E5)
Hidden gemMatthew Garrett says the program mixed education, baptism, and conflicting ideas of self-determination.
Jul 31, 2023·54m·2 clips - 5
James Toledo on Multi-Generational Impacts from Boarding Schools and on the Need for Healing: Part 5 – Series Conclusion (S5, E11)
Hidden gemJames Toledo explains how his aunt’s transfer from Highland High to West High changed his school path and confidence.
Jul 31, 2023·39m·2 clips - 6
Diné Elders, Rose Jakub and Gayle Dawes, Describe their Multi-generational Boarding School Experiences – Part 4 (S5, E6)
Hidden gemGail Dawes describes 70 children in one dorm, 5:30 a.m. wakeups, and "army fold" bedmaking.
Jul 31, 2023·1h 22m·2 clips - 7
SLC's Pioneer Museum and the Daughters of Utah Pioneers: A Conversation with Megan Weiss (S5, E13)
Jul 21, 2023·54m - 8
Reissued: Rick Turley, 35 Years of LDS Church History (S1, E4 - Part 2)
May 1, 2023·20m - 9
Reissued: Rick Turley, 35 Years of LDS Church History (S1, E4 - Part 1)
May 1, 2023·31m - 10
Gary Bergera on his Life’s Work as an Author and Publisher of History (S5, E10)
Apr 20, 2023·53m - 11
Reissued: “Utah Politics: The Elephant in the Room”: Utah Politics from 1890s-1970s with Rod Decker (S1, E6 - Part 2)
Apr 17, 2023·17m - 12
Reissued: “Utah Politics: The Elephant in the Room”: Utah Politics from 1890s-1970s with Rod Decker (S1, E6 - Part 1)
Apr 17, 2023·30m - 13
Reissued: Amy Barry, Stories from Utah’s Cemeteries Database (S1, E7 - Part 2)
Apr 3, 2023·26m - 14
Reissued: Amy Barry, Stories from Utah’s Cemeteries Database (S1, E7 - Part 1)
Apr 3, 2023·25m - 15
Todd Compton on “A Frontier Life: Jacob Hamblin, Explorer and Indian Missionary” (published 2013)
Mar 24, 2023·1h 2m - 16
Growing Up Latinx in Utah: A Conversation with Lee Martinez and Maria Garciaz (S5, E9)
Mar 20, 2023·41m - 17
Reissued: “Intermountain Histories,” the Podcast “Writing Westward” and More: A Conversation with Brenden Rensink (S1, E9 - Part 2)
Host Brad Westwood interviews Brendan Rensink about his podcast Writing Westward, which features authors discussing recent publications on the American West.
Mar 9, 2023·23m - 18
Reissued: “Intermountain Histories,” the Podcast “Writing Westward” and More: A Conversation with Brenden Rensink (S1, E9 - Part 1)
Mar 9, 2023·27m - 19
Rick Turley and Barbara Jones Brown on “Vengeance is Mine: The Mountain Meadows Massacre and Its Aftermath” (2023) (S5 E7)
Feb 27, 2023·1h 15m - 20
Murals of Four Remarkable Black Women in Utah’s History, Installed in SLC’s Richmond Park by Sema Hadithi & Better Days (S4 E15)
Feb 13, 2023·1h 4m - 21
Reissued: W. Paul Reeve, "Century of Black Mormons" (S1 E3 - Part 1)
Feb 1, 2023·24m - 22
Reissued: W. Paul Reeve, "Century of Black Mormons" (S1 E3 - Part 2)
Feb 1, 2023·21m - 23
Greg Smoak on His Book “Western Lands, Western Voices: Essays on Public History in the American West” (S4 E14)
Jan 16, 2023·59m - 24
Brent Ashworth’s Personal Experiences with Mark Hofmann: Counterfeiter, Forger & Convicted Murderer (S4 E13)
Host Brad Westwood interviews rare book dealer Brent Ashworth about infamous forger Mark Hoffman and his impact on Utah and LDS history.
Jan 4, 2023·1h 12m - 25
Brandon Plewe on the 1900 Utah Census (S4 E7)
Dec 19, 2022·59m - 26
Utah & America’s “Downwinders” History with Mary Dickson (S4 E12)
An interview with a downwinder and advocate about the environmental and human impact of nuclear testing in Utah during the Cold War.
Dec 14, 2022·56m - 27
Historian John Sillito on the Irrepressible B. H. Roberts –Orator, Church Leader, Politician, Journalist, Public Intellectual and Mormon Historian (S4 E11)
Dec 7, 2022·1h 13m - 28
Utah Women in World War I from the UHQ (S4 E10)
Dec 6, 2022·52m - 29
Women Inventors in Utah Territory from the UHQ (S4 E6)
Dec 2, 2022·51m - 30
Historical Struggles for Water: Westwater (Navajo) and the Uinta Reservation (Ute) - Join us @ the Annual History Conference: "Water at the Confluence Past and Present" (S5 E3)
Oct 10, 2022·34m - 31
Utah’s Timpanogos Cave & the National Monument’s Centennial Year (1922-2022) (S5 E2)
Sep 18, 2022·58m - 32
Returning Home: Diné Poetry, Essays, Art & Journalism from Utah's Intermountain Indian School (1950-1983, Brigham City, UT) (S3 E14)
Aug 26, 2022·1h 43m - 33
“Soul of God” – the Life & Works of Utah Raised Mexican Muralist Pablo O’Higgins – A Conversation with Susan Vogel, Fanny Guadalupe Blauer and Catherine Aviles (Season 4, Ep. 5)
This episode explores the life of Pablo O'Higgins, a Utah-born Presbyterian who became a celebrated Mexican muralist.
Jul 20, 2022·1h 13m - 34
Utah & the Mormons First Fifty Years Together: A Conversation with LDS Church Historians Matt Grow and Scott Hales (Season 4, Ep. 3)
This episode discusses the book 'Saints, 1847-1890: No Unhallowed Hand' with its general editors, focusing on 19th century Utah history and the LDS Church.
Jul 12, 2022·1h 15m - 35
The New Juneteenth Holiday & Utah's Laws on Interracial Marriage (1888-1963) (Season 4, Ep. 9)
Jun 20, 2022·1h 4m - 36
The Enduring Value & Big Arguments of Laurel T. Ulrich's Book "A House Full of Females" (2017) (Season 4, Ep. 4)
May 3, 2022·1h 8m - 37
A New Flag for Utah? A New Brand, Along With the Familiar (Season 3, Ep. 13)
An interview with flag expert Ted Kaye about the history and design of flags, hosted by a public historian on a Utah history podcast.
Mar 16, 2022·32m - 38
Stories by Ken Sanders: SLC's Book Trade, 1960s-70s Counterculture and Reciting Wendell Berry (Season 3, Ep. 12)
Jan 12, 2022·1h 17m - 39
Sojourners to the Mormon West: Historian Michael Homer on Seeing Mormonism and Utah through European Eyes (Season 3, Ep. 9)
Dec 16, 2021·1h 4m - 40
Utah's National History Day (Season 3, Ep. 10)
Dec 4, 2021·54m - 41
“Rails East to Ogden:” Abandon Cultural Landscapes, Historical Archaeology and One of USA’s “Unknown National Treasures” (Season 3, Ep. 8)
Nov 24, 2021·1h 20m - 42
SLC's Latinx Population, Environmental Racism: A West Side Story, Past & Present (Season 3, Ep. 11)
Oct 9, 2021·49m - 43
“Run it up the Flagpole...” Utah Considers a New State Flag (Season 3, Ep. 7)
Aug 24, 2021·55m - 44
“We’ll Sing and We’ll Shout:” The Life of W. W. Phelps with LDS Historian Bruce Van Orden (Season 3, Ep. 3)
This episode explores the life and influence of W.W.
Aug 18, 2021·58m - 45
Utah's Story - 150 Years of Photography from the Salt Lake Tribune (Season 2, Ep. 18)
Aug 9, 2021·54m - 46
Mormon Laborers, Working on the Transcontinental Railroad (1868-1869) (Season 3, Ep. 6)
Jul 16, 2021·59m - 47
"Are We There Yet?" - Mid 20th Century Vacations, Highways, Motels, Neon Signs... (Season 3, Ep. 4)
Jun 23, 2021·1h 11m - 48
"Topaz Stories: Remembering the Japanese American Incarceration" (Season 3, Ep. 2)
Jun 17, 2021·48m - 49
History of Water in Utah: "The Most Complicated Plumbing System..." (Season 3, Ep. 1)
May 27, 2021·1h 32m - 50
"My Life in [1950's] Carbon County [Utah]:" A Conversation With Dr. Ronald G. Watt (Season 2, Ep. 15)
Host Brad Westwood interviews historian Dr.
Apr 14, 2021·1h 15m