Archival
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Podcast Overview
<p>If you love exploring the humanity behind history, then you’re in the right place. Archival is the podcast that excavates historical nuggets from the archives that shift entire narratives about what we think we know. Welcome to Archival...where we're living in the past on purpose.</p><p>For more information about Archival, and for full transcripts of each episode, visit: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://archivalpod.com">ArchivalPod.com</a></p><p>And if you want to learn more, review the Archival Reading List: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://bookshop.org/lists/archival-reading-list">https://bookshop.org/lists/archival-reading-list</a></p>
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10/13/2025
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Recent Episodes
July 4, 2026
America 250 Archives: Celebrating the Fifth of July
<p>"What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July?” Frederick Douglass asked that question to the Ladies’ Antislavery Society in Rochester, New York on July 5, 1852. But why July 5th? The first Fifth of July public celebration in New York City happened in 1827, the year that New York legally abolished slavery. But in the lead up to the day, there were testy public debates about how to mark emancipation that spilled into public view on the pages of the nation’s first Black owned newspaper, Freedom’s Journal. While it was a messy exchange, it was an essential. debate full of agency.</p><p>For more information, and full transcripts, visit <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://ArchivalPod.com">ArchivalPod.com</a></p><p>Want to explore more? Shop the Archival Reading List: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://bookshop.org/lists/archival-reading-list">https://bookshop.org/lists/archival-reading-list</a></p><p>Audio Credits: New York Times; PBS NewsHour; Democracy Now!; James Earl Jones; Freedom’s Journal: 1827-1829; Howard University Digital Archives; New York Public Library; In the Shadow of Slavery by Dr. Leslie M. Harris; Music by Scott Buckley</p>
June 1, 2026
America 250 Archives: Woody Guthrie and This Land
<p>Why do so many of us know “This Land was Made for You and Me,” a song that Woody Guthrie wrote in February 1940 — more than 85 years ago? This classic folk song has permeated American culture so deeply and consistently across space and time — but why? Maybe it’s because of Guthrie’s distinct style and reputation for rambling. Or maybe it’s because the song originated as something of a diss track to God Bless America. And notwithstanding its cultural prominence, this song about land currently occupied by the United States of America entirely omits Indigenous people.</p><p>Please note that this episode features Woody Guthrie interview clips where he uses the harmful descriptor colored in reference to Black and Indigenous people.</p><p>For more information, and full transcripts, visit <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://ArchivalPod.com">ArchivalPod.com</a></p><p>Want to explore more? Shop the Archival Reading List: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://bookshop.org/lists/archival-reading-list">https://bookshop.org/lists/archival-reading-list</a></p><p>Audio Credits: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings; Department of Interior Radio Broadcasting Division Recordings by Alan Lomax and Woody Guthrie; Library of Congress; Pastures of Plenty: A Self Portrait by Woody Guthrie; The Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert of 1970; Woody Guthrie: A Life by Joe Klein; The Carter Family; Jared Tyler; NPR; Woody Guthrie: American Radical by Will Kaufman; Music by Scott Buckley</p>
May 3, 2026
America 250 Archives: Mitsuye Endo and James Purcell’s Fight to End Japanese-American Internment
<p>Mitsuye Endo was horrified as she read about the attack on Pearl Harbor in the newspaper. Her mind immediately went to her brother who was serving in the US Army in the Pacific. Her next worry was her job and her own well being as she was fired from her job with the state of California and forcibly removed from her home and into one mass incarceration detention center after another. With the help of attorney James Purcell, Mitsuye was the chief plaintiff in the Supreme Court case that effectively ended Japanese-American mass incarceration centers during World War II.</p><p>For more information, and full transcripts, visit <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://ArchivalPod.com">ArchivalPod.com</a></p><p>Want to explore more? Shop the Archival Reading List: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://bookshop.org/lists/archival-reading-list">https://bookshop.org/lists/archival-reading-list</a></p><p>Audio Credits: And Justice for All by John Tateishi, California State Archives, We Hereby Refuse by Tamiko Nimura and Frank Abe, C-SPAN, National Archives, Densho Encyclopedia, Music by Scott Buckley</p>
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- What is Archival?
<p>If you love exploring the humanity behind history, then you’re in the right place. Archival is the podcast that excavates historical nuggets from the archives that shift entire narratives about what we think we know. Welcome to Archival...where we're living in the past on purpose.</p><p>For more information about Archival, and for full transcripts of each episode, visit: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://archivalpod.com">ArchivalPod.com</a></p><p>And if you want to learn more, review the Archival Reading List: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://bookshop.org/lists/archival-reading-list">https://bookshop.org/lists/archival-reading-list</a></p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
This podcast updates daily.
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No, this podcast does not typically feature guests.
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