Tracking history
Welcome back to Good Tape!
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In between main episodes of The Green Tunnel, we’re doing a series of audio shorts, where we look at iconic locations on the Appalachian Trail. The first one just dropped: it’s McAfee Knob. If you’ve ever been to McAfee Knob, post about it on your socials and tag The Green Tunnel! And of course listen to the short, along with the main episodes, maybe while you’re doing your last hike before it gets too cold.
Have you listened yet to Consolation Prize‘s Episode 1, “Troublemakers in Tahiti,” or our complementary episode called “Beyond the Consul: Tahiti”? We would love to hear your feedback on the Beyond the Consul idea! You can leave us a voicemail on our website (just look for the “Send Voicemail” button on the side), or you can leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Podchaser.
Consolation Prize got a great review in The Public Historian, published this past week. Highlights include this:
“The strength of Consolation Prize lies in its ability to shine a spotlight on the lesser-known role of consul in order to explore broader themes relevant to today, while also … to allow listeners to better understand the impact the US bureaucracy had on individuals—both at home and abroad.”
The Green Tunnel got a nice write-up in the Rutland (VT) Herald this week too! Here’s an excerpt:
“In a voice that lends easily to storytelling, podcast creator, historian, hiker and host Mills Kelly aims to ‘look beyond the green’ to tell stories of the people who made the trail what it is today.”
Our friends over at the Washington Library just released the trailer for their new limited series, Intertwined: The Enslaved Community at George Washington’s Mount Vernon. This promises to be an amazing show about the enslaved Black people at Mount Vernon whose stories have so frequently been unheard. Make sure you follow the new show wherever you get your podcasts!
After a year of recording in our respective closets, we feel this moment from Only Murders in the Building.
It’s so nice to be in a real space now!
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And that’s it for this edition of “Good Tape!” Thanks for reading, and we’ll see you next time.