From Chapter16: Candacy Taylor explores the history and legacy of Victor Hugo Green’s iconic travel guide By Stephen Usery, for Chapter16.org In 1936, New York…
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Dialogue: JACQUELINE WALLACE
Since becoming President of Friends of the Library, Jacqueline Wallace has put her creative and entrepreneurial skills to work building more and more programs for…
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SB 30 on Vimeo, Ep 44: Economic impact of COVID on the Arts, with Playhouse’s Michael Detroit
“…we know there are other not-for-profit organizations out there getting hit a lot worse than us. We want to make sure folks know the hardship…
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SB 30 Episode 38: Discussing Experiences of War & Combat with Veteran George Larrimore
“There are about 27,000 veterans in the Mid-South. And we’re reaching people finally, but truthfully, the hardest part is finding veterans who want to talk.…
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SB 30 Episode 32: The Art of Storytelling, with Author, Historian & Filmmaker Willy Bearden
“They say a person dies twice. The first when you leave this mortal plain, but the second time when the very last person who knew…
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SB 30 Episode 10: From Hate to Compassion – TM Garret of the Simon Wiesenthal Center
TM Garret – promoter, speaker, activist – speaks about compassion wherever he goes. He should know, because as a former Neo-Nazi it was a compassionate…
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SB 30 Episode 6: Pat Halloran, former Orpheum CEO and creator of Positively Memphis
For our April 7 show, we sat down with Pat Halloran, the esteemed former President and CEO of the Orpheum Theatre, and we discussed his…
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SB 30 Episode 4: An Inspiring Restoration, with Clayborn Temple Executive Director Anasa Troutman
When Anasa Troutman walked into the historic Clayborn Temple, “I could literally hear the building talking to me,” she said. “I knew I was meant…
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SB 30 Episode 2: Jimmy Ogle, Part II
In the second part of our inaugural show interview, living Memphis legend Jimmy Ogle talks about baseball, his days around the old fair grounds, and…
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SB 30 Episode 1: Jimmy Ogle, Part I
For our inaugural show, we were blessed to have none other than living Memphis legend Jimmy Ogle – Memphian, former Shelby County Historian and on-call…
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