The ProQuest PodQuast

S1E4 - Episode 4 - The AAPL Collection with Julie Wroblewski

Fri, 11 Oct 2019 21:01:28 -0000

A new collaboration between ProQuest and the Chicago History Museum has digitized a wealth of valuable records from the African American Police League (AAPL), an organization founded in the 1960s to fight racial discrimination and police brutality and to improve relations between African Americans and law enforcement.

We spoke to the Chicago History Museum's Julie Wroblewski about the League, the collection and a typical week in the life of an archivist.

S1E3 - Episode 3 - Fake News with Adam Blackwell

Mon, 08 Jul 2019 20:18:19 -0000

Adam Blackwell discusses findings from his research into fake news. What he learned might surprise you and will definitely help you guard yourself from this ever-growing epidemic.

S1E2 - Episode 2 - Literary Sleuth Zachary Turpin - Part 2

Fri, 21 Jun 2019 19:05:27 -0000

Walt Whitman scholar and literary sleuth Zachary Turpin talks about the importance of making unheard voices heard.

S1E1 - Episode 1 - Literary Sleuth Zachary Turpin - Part 1

Thu, 30 May 2019 20:38:04 -0000

In our debut episode, we talk to Zachary Turpin, an Assistant Professor of American Literature at the University of Idaho and a literary sleuth who has rediscovered lost works by Walt Whitman and Anne Sexton.