Nov 7, 2023 | Podcast, Season 5
SEASON 5 | EPISODE 10 Armistice Day was created at the end of what we now know as World War I. At the end of World War II, one Birmingham native felt a need to celebrate all veterans, and he set out to honor them. Raymond Weeks took his fight to Washington, D.C., and...
Oct 31, 2023 | Podcast, Season 5
SEASON 5 | EPISODE 9 When Alabama Power made plans for Lewis Smith Dam in a rural area of Northwest Alabama, they knew they had plenty of time to clear the basin of trees, buildings, and other potential obstructions before the lake filled. Then the rains came, and...
Oct 24, 2023 | Podcast, Season 5
SEASON 5 | EPISODE 8 What do you do when you have one of the largest buildings in Birmingham that feature a smooth glass finish with lights to illuminate each window. Create art, of course! Learn about how the Regions building changes light colors and has created...
Oct 17, 2023 | Podcast, Season 5
SEASON 5 | EPISODE 7 John Henry was a steel-driving man or maybe just a folk tale. John Henry died while competing against a steam drill in West Virginia, or did he? Some think this folk hero, or real-life hero, died here in Alabama at a tunnel south of Leeds close...
Oct 10, 2023 | Podcast, Season 5
SEASON 5 | EPISODE 6 Carrie Tuggle and her husband, John, moved to Birmingham in 1883 in search of better work opportunities and social life. They threw themselves into work and growing their family. They both actively participated in the Knights of Pythias, a...
Oct 3, 2023 | Podcast, Season 5
SEASON 5 | EPISODE 5 Harper Lee and Truman Capote are two of this country’s most celebrated writers. Lee for her Pulitzer Prize-winning “To Kill A Mockingbird,” and Capote for “In Cold Blood,” among others. Both writers got their start behind a battered old...
