Jun 15, 2021 | Podcast, Season 1
SEASON 1 | EPISODE 8 In an earlier episode of the Alabama Short Stories podcast, we talked about the painter William Frye. An artist who learned the ways of the masters at Heidelberg University in Prague, Bohemia (now the Czech Republic) and painted on traditional...
Jun 8, 2021 | Podcast, Season 1
SEASON 1 | EPISODE 7 My parents have a set of portraits hanging in their living room of Ephraim H. Foster and his wife Susan A. Watkins. My third great-grandparents. Painted before the civil war, these portraits were passed down in the family to their daughter Bettie...
Jun 1, 2021 | Podcast, Season 1
SEASON 1 | EPISODE 6 Sylacauga is known for many things. Most famously for its fine white Madre Cream marble, which has is used in buildings all over the world. In Washington D.C. alone, it has been used in some form in the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument,...
May 25, 2021 | Podcast, Season 1
SEASON 1 | EPISODE 5 Not only do we get radio from towers located around the state, but we can also now get it from satellites. We can also get a form of radio as podcasts which you download to your phone or electronic device to listen to at your leisure. Some may...
May 18, 2021 | Podcast, Season 1
SEASON 1 | EPISODE 4 In 1974 Homewood High School and its football team were only three years old. The coach was only 26 years old. To think that a team this new, this young, could break into the Alabama State 4A football playoffs was unthinkable. But that was right...
May 11, 2021 | Podcast, Season 1
SEASON 1 | EPISODE 3 Alabama is lucky to have its share of astronauts who were born in Alabama or while working with NASA, lived here for a time, specifically in Huntsville. There is a chance you could run into an astronaut in Alabama. It’s a slim chance but...
