Best Better Lemon Creative Audio Podcasts (2024)

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The Power of Pop-Up Exhibitions (with Robert Forloney) 30:39

8M ago30:39

30:39

Let’s explore the power and possibility of pop-ups: temporary or ephemeral museum-y experiences. I’m joined by Maryland Humanities’ Robert Forloney for a discussion about the Smithsonian’s traveling pop-up program, Museum on Main Street, and how short-term exhibitions allow for more play, creativity, and risk-taking.…

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The Ethics of Mummies in Museums (with Angela Stienne) 32:30

9M ago32:30

32:30

Why are there mummies in your museum? Should they be there? What are visitors getting out of an encounter with ancient Egyptian remains? What happens when remains in museums become objectified and normalized to this extent? Is there an ethical way to display mummies? In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Angela Stienne, a historian of museums and rese…

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Environmental Restoration at Ford House (with Mark Heppner, Kevin Drotos) 33:29

10M ago33:29

33:29

Can museums and historic sites be leaders in environmental conservation and restoration? The Ford House in Michigan recently won a grant of up to $7 million from NOAA to restore the coastal habitats of their lakeside property. I talked to Ford House’s President & CEO, Mark Heppner, and their Landscape and Natural Areas Manager, Kevin Drotos, to lea…

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Transgender Museum Studies (with Amelia Smith) 30:00

11M ago30:00

30:00

Are museums welcoming spaces for transgender visitors and museum workers? Are academics in museum studies building out the theory needed for meaningful trans inclusion in museums? In this episode, we’re looking at how we in the museum field can support our transgender colleagues and community members, from museum studies classrooms to visitor bathr…

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Hiring Icks & Fair Museum Jobs (with Sierra Van Ryck deGroot, Ashleigh Hibbins) 33:16

11M ago33:16

33:16

There are a lot of systemic issues in our field related to labor. Ignoring these issues won’t make them go away. In this episode, we’re taking a closer look at the problems around hiring practices in both the US and the UK. I chat about salary transparency, degree requirements, accessibility, and more with Sierra Van Ryck deGroot (Museum Hue) Ashle…

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The First Americans Museums (with heather ahtone) 33:12

12M ago33:12

33:12

There are 39 First American Nations in Oklahoma today, each with their own distinct culture and traditions. The newly-opened First Americans Museum in Oklahoma City is dedicated to telling all their stories—no small undertaking. In this episode, I speak to Dr. heather ahtone, FAM’s Director of Curatorial Affairs. She shares the history behind the m…

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Exhibition Design Inspiration (with Tim McNeil) 29:31

12M ago29:31

29:31

The field of exhibition design may be niche, but the number of museum workers who design and use design principles regularly is vast. So many of us use design to solve problems every day without even realizing it. This episode will warm up and inspire the design part of your brain, whether you’re a full-time exhibition designer, a curator, an educa…

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The American LGBTQ+ Museum (with Ben Garcia) 33:15

1y ago33:15

33:15

In 2026, the American LGBTQ+ Museum will open its doors in New York City. They’ll be housed in a dedicated 4,000 sq. ft. space inside New York’s oldest museum, the New York Historical Society. In this episode, I chat with the LGBTQ+ Museum’s Executive Director, Ben Garcia, about the Museum’s origins and its inclusive, intersectional, and activist a…

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Museum Work in Iceland (with Katie Teeter) 21:43

1y ago21:43

21:43

What’s it like working in museums in Iceland? Katie Teeter is American, but she’s been living in Iceland for ten years. She works at two museums, one private and one public, and is finishing up a Master’s in Museum Studies at the University of Iceland. I chatted with Katie about her career and learned some cool facts about the Icelandic museum fiel…

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Unfinished Revolutions: Museums & America’s 250th (with Madeleine Rosenberg) 34:14

1y ago34:14

34:14

The 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence is almost here. How can museums and history organizations use the Semiquincentennial to promote a fuller story of American history, practice ethical commemoration, increase visitation, and boost funding for the field? In this episode, I discuss these questions with Madeleine Rosenberg, Pomero…

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Public School/Museum Collaboration in Baltimore (with Beth Maloney, Anne Rosenthal) 36:07

1+ y ago36:07

36:07

Baltimore City Public Schools wanted to honor their food service workers, who plate up 88,000 free school meals a day and fed their community daily through pandemic closures. The Baltimore Museum of Industry wanted a project to foster social resilience. They collaborated to create Food for Thought, an exhibition featuring food service workers' port…

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Whitney Plantation Reaches Further with Audio (with Amber Mitchell) 38:35

1+ y ago38:35

38:35

Whitney Plantation is the only former plantation site in Louisiana with an exclusive focus on slavery. In this episode, their Director of Education, Amber Mitchell, shares how two audio projects are helping educate even more people about the history and legacy of slavery. In 2021, they launched their first audio tour, a cutting-edge production that…

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TikTok Success at the Sacramento History Museum (with Jared Jones) 43:15

1+ y ago43:15

43:15

Jared Jones still has trouble wrapping his head around the fact that the TikTok account he started at Sacramento History Museum has become possibly the most followed museum account on the entire platform, with over 2.4 million followers. In this episode, Jared shares with me the museum’s TikTok journey, how docent Howard became a minor celebrity, a…

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Unionizing at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (with Adam Rizzo) 46:58

1+ y ago46:58

46:58

To paraphrase Adam Rizzo: museums won’t do the right thing by their workers just because we ask nicely. In a field rife with labor issues, museum workers are increasingly turning to unions. In this episode, Adam Rizzo of the Philadelphia Museum of Art Union shares their multi-year journey from hushed initial conversations to a three-week strike tha…

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Community Curation and Digitization at the NMAAHC (with Doretha Williams) 32:56

1+ y ago32:56

32:56

From day one, the National Museum of African American History and Culture has made it a priority to support Black history organizations and family historians around the country, not just in D.C. In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Doretha Williams, who leads the museum’s Smith Center. I wanted to hear more about their community curation and digitiza…

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Trailer: We the Museum 2:30

1+ y ago2:30

2:30

Welcome to We the Museum, a new podcast for museum workers who want to form a more perfect institution. Here's a teaser for the first four episodes. In this trailer, you're hearing the voice of Dr. Doretha Williams (Center Director, The Center for the Digitization and Curation of African American History at the National Museum of African American H…

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6. Transitional Justice in Practice: Lessons for Change-Makers 42:59

2y ago42:59

42:59

So far in this series, you’ve heard US-based transitional justice practitioners dialogue with fellow activists in Colombia, The Gambia, South Africa, and Sri Lanka. Common themes emerged from these conversations, and in this episode, we discuss these ideas and how you can apply transitional justice ideas to your own work. Tune in for a practical ye…

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5. Truth and the Ongoing Process of Reckoning (Lebogang Marishane, Farah Tanis) 41:28

2y ago41:28

41:28

Transitional justice is a continuous process. Even where there have been formal truth commissions–such as in South Africa–more work needs to be done and there are still communities left out. In this episode, Lebogang Marishane of Constitution Hill in South Africa discusses the ongoing truth and reconciliation efforts post-Apartheid and Farah Tanis …

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4. Speaking Up for Health and Gender Justice (Fatou Baldeh, Dr. Amber Johnson) 24:21

2y ago24:21

24:21

Sexual and gender-based violence is a public health crisis. Racism is a public health crisis. What steps we can take to begin dismantling health and gender inequity and heal from its effects? In this episode, Fatou Baldeh discusses her work in The Gambia with women who suffered violence and abuse under the Jammeh regime and Dr. Amber Johnson makes …

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3. Memory’s Impact on the Present (Radhika Hettiarachchi, Ana Edwards) 42:21

2y ago42:21

42:21

The past–history, remembrance, and memory–doesn’t exist in a vacuum. It continues to affect each of us in the present in so many ways. In this episode, Radhika Hettiarachchiand Ana Edwards discuss historical memory and reclaiming spaces–both physical and figurative. Radhika discusses her work collecting personal narratives of mothers from Sri Lanka…

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2. Healing and Shared Humanity (Adriana Serrano Murcia, Ereshnee Naidu-Silverman) 39:55

2y ago39:55

39:55

How can we find our common humanity in the wake of conflict and violence? In this episode, Ereshnee Naidu-Silverman interviews Adriana Serrano Murcia about the work of transitional justice in Colombia. Colombia is one of the first countries in the world to have formally recognized LGBTQ communities as part of a transitional justice process; Adriana…

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1. Transitional Justice for Black Americans (Jamira Burley, Angi Williams) 34:47

2y ago34:47

34:47

What is transitional justice? And what is the state of transitional justice in America? To kick off this series, social justice activist Jamira Burley is interviewed by Angi Williams. They discuss justice, harm reduction, healing for Black Americans, and what America can learn from transitional justice initiatives around the world. Transcript: tiny…

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Trailer: Transitional Justice in America 2:20

2y ago2:20

2:20

Transitional justice describes the measures countries put into place to address legacies of conflict and human rights abuses. In the absence of any formal transitional justice mechanism in the US, Sites of Conscience are ideal places to facilitate and foster discussion around truth, justice, and reconciliation. To help American sites learn from the…

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6. Now What? Using the Reframing History Report and Toolkit 50:51

2y ago50:51

50:51

Over the course of this series, we’ve explored the research and recommendations of the “Making History Matter Report.” In this final installment, we’ll discuss how to put the report’s findings into practice with a little help from two leaders in our field: Jennifer Ortiz, Director at the Utah Division of State History, and Steve Murray, Director at…

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5. The New Civics 42:40

2y ago42:40

42:40

Like history, the term civics has been pulled into recent political debates. So in this episode, we’re examining the role history museums and organizations can play in the new civics. How can we help our communities find meaning, a sense of belonging, and the tools they need to make their world a better place? To help answer that question, we’re jo…

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4. Communicating the Value of Inclusive History 42:57

2y ago42:57

42:57

Many people–particularly those from dominant groups–tend to treat history centered on white men as the “neutral,” depoliticized history. Everything else is considered extra or optional, and our attempts to tell a fuller story of American history are often met with backlash. In this episode, we explore a research-backed framework for engaging audien…

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3. Making Progress Towards Justice 40:32

2+ y ago40:32

40:32

The public widely recognizes the necessity of learning from the past. But there’s a catch. For most people, the meaning of "learning from society’s mistakes” is inseparable from their diagnosis of society today. So in this episode, we discuss one solution to this challenge laid out in the Making History Matter report: “Emphasize how history helps u…

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2. The Case of the Misunderstood Historical Method 46:21

2+ y ago46:21

46:21

In this episode, we take a closer look at the first two recommendations in the Making History Matter Report: 1) Talk about critical thinking to shift perceptions about what history involves and 2) Compare historical interpretation to detective work to deepen understanding of historical practice. Hosts Christy Coleman and Jason Steinhauer are joined…

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1. When I Say History... 40:49

2+ y ago40:49

40:49

We need a more productive public conversation about history. But how do we get on the same page? How do we promote an understanding of history that is inclusive and builds trust in the process of nuanced historical research? In this episode, hosts Christy Coleman and Jason Steinhauer break down the research and strategies in the Making History Matt…

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Trailer: Reframing History 3:00

2+ y ago3:00

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COMING SOON: As the public debates around history grow louder, it seems there’s a gap between how history practitioners understand their work and what the public thinks history is. We need a more productive public conversation about history. But how do we get on the same page? Over the course of this series, we’ll be speaking to historians, history…

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Preserving History through Truth Telling with Tanya Denckla Cobb 31:07

4y ago31:07

31:07

Tanya Denckla Cobb is the Director of the Institute for Engagement & Negotiation at the University of Virginia. For several years now the Institute has been working on a process called “Transforming Community Spaces.” This process offers communities a way to discuss and come to terms with their complex problems. In this episode, Tanya explains how …

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Preserving Community History with Marsh Davis 24:29

4y ago24:29

24:29

Marsh Davis is the President of Indiana Landmarks. In this episode, he speaks about how his preservation approach has evolved over his career, starting with his first role as an intern for the organization he now runs. He explains how Indiana Landmarks operates, their creative outside-the-box fundraising tactics, and why organizations like them are…

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Preserving Native American History with Eric Hemenway 47:15

4y ago47:15

47:15

Eric Hemenway is an Anishnaabek/Odawa from Cross Village, Michigan, whose work centers around repatriation of remains and sacred objects under NAGPRA, as well as speaking and teaching about Native American history and culture. In this episode, Eric discusses the interconnectedness of his work and identity, the unique challenges of preserving Native…

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Preserving a Sense of Place with Laura Trieschmann 27:59

4y ago27:59

27:59

Laura Trieschmann is the State Historic Preservation Officer for the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation. In this episode, Laura shares insights into the SHPO’s role and responsibilities. She discusses the very different approach to preservation she encountered in Vermont after many years surveying and researching historic properties in Wash…

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Preserving Resources and Fostering Diversity with Robert Stanton 34:58

4y ago34:58

34:58

Robert G. Stanton joined the National Park Service as a seasonal ranger and rose through the ranks to become the agency’s first African American Director. In this episode, he reflects on the need to tell a more honest and inclusive history of America. He also speaks about his current work for the Preservation in Practice program that brings young A…

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Preserving Intangible History with Susan West Montgomery 29:04

4y ago29:04

29:04

Susan West Montgomery is a passionate advocate for natural and historic places, committed to leveraging these places to connect citizens, promote social justice, and foster health and wellbeing. In this episode, we discuss the changing role of preservation, the need for creativity in preserving intangible heritage, the concept of greenlining, and w…

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Trailer: Preservation Profiles 2:18

4y ago2:18

2:18

A preview of the upcoming first season of Preservation Profiles. Guests featured in this six-episode season: Susan West Montgomery, Robert G. "Bob" Stanton, Laura Trieschmann, Eric Hemenway, Marsh Davis, and Tanya Denckla Cobb. Hear from these inspiring individuals who are shaping the field of preservation in the United States. Learn about their pr…

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Teaser: Susan West Montgomery on Her Preservation Origin Story 2:08

4y ago2:08

2:08

A teaser from one of the upcoming episodes of Season 1 of Preservation Profiles. Susan West Montgomery tells the story of an adventure that impacted her career in historic preservation.By National Preservation Institute

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