This is a special bonus episode of the Everything is a Primary Source Podcast, the show where popular culture is looked at to learn about history. Eric Paul. We’re celebrating Independence Day with a pair of interviews with some young historians that were recorded last year at Exeter New Hampshire’s Independence Day festivities at the American Independence Museum.

Summer Bonus Episode

Just in time for Canada Day, which celebrates the 1867 merging of the different parts of Canada into one confederation, here's my conversation with Michele, an experiential educator from the Maritime Provinces. She and I met at the Association for Experiential Education conference this Spring and had a wonderful conversation comparing the movement and settlement histories of the US and Canada. As an avid cyclist, and one of the few people to ever cycle coast to coast in Canada, Michele has some great stories and perspectives about her native country.

S3E34: "Lucky to Be There"

Season Finale

What a way to cap off season 3 of the Everything is a Primary Source podcast; it was an absolute honor and pleasure to speak with storied 60s photographer Rowland Scherman and his friend, Michael E Jones, two makers and stewards of historical documents.

This podcast is a bit different from most EPS episodes in that we don't dissect a single piece of media, but rather get the behind the lens story behind the making of countless photographs. Michael Jones is, among many things, a lawyer and expert on Art and Entertainment law. He joined the interview to shed light on the fact that Rowland's work had been published without credit for years, keeping at least a generation of people in the dark about who was there, shooting photos, for some many pivotal moments in 1960s America.