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Speak Your Piece: a podcast about Utah's history

Brad Westwood, Senior Public Historian, Utah Dept. of Culture & Community Engagement

The past is never truly “in the past.” It’s all around us, it informs us. It speaks to our shared and to our separate identities. “Speak Your Piece” is a podcast where contributors share their insights and discoveries about Utah's 12,000 year (plus) human story. Hosted by Brad Westwood, Senior Public Historian (Utah Dept. of Culture & Community Engagement), and co produced by Chelsey Zamir, a new episode is released every other week, sometimes more, sometimes less. SYP explores the key arguments with new and worthwhile older publications, articles or websites; or delves into a notable museum, archival collection, archaeological report; or allows a respected writer, curator or historian to speak freely, sometimes about difficult history. SYP seeks to tell a history of Utah in a way you might not heard it before., told by the people who know it best: historians, writers, curators, archaeologists, rare book dealers, archivists, librarians and more. Speak Your Piece is recorded and engineered at the Utah State Library in Salt Lake City. Jason Powers is the sound and post-production engineer. The SYP logo is a photograph entitled "Canyonlands," taken by Utah outdoor photographer Al W. Morton, circa 1955, within the Canyonlands National Park (NPS). The lone man in the image is Kent Frost, looking over a series of needle rock formations located in San Juan County, Utah. The image and rights are owned by the Utah State Historical Society.
Episodes
Constance Lieber on Martha Hughes Cannon (1857-1932) the First Female State Senator (Utah) in the USA (S5, E12)October 26, 2023
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Native American Boarding Schools in the Am. West & in Utah (ca. 1870s-1980s) with Dr. Farina King (Diné): Part 1 – an Introduction (S5, E1)July 31, 2023
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American Boarding School Policies with Native American College Adviser Franci Lynne Taylor (Choctaw) – Part 2 (S5, E4)July 31, 2023
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“Making Lamanites: Mormons, Native Americans and the… Placement Program”: A Conversation with Historian Matthew Garrett – Part 3 (S5, E5)July 31, 2023
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Diné Elders, Rose Jakub and Gayle Dawes, Describe their Multi-generational Boarding School Experiences – Part 4 (S5, E6)July 31, 2023
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James Toledo on Multi-Generational Impacts from Boarding Schools and on the Need for Healing: Part 5 – Series Conclusion (S5, E11)July 31, 2023
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SLC's Pioneer Museum and the Daughters of Utah Pioneers: A Conversation with Megan Weiss (S5, E13)July 21, 2023
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Reissued: Rick Turley, 35 Years of LDS Church History (S1, E4 - Part 2)May 01, 2023
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Reissued: Rick Turley, 35 Years of LDS Church History (S1, E4 - Part 1)May 01, 2023
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Gary Bergera on his Life’s Work as an Author and Publisher of History (S5, E10)April 20, 2023
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Reissued: “Utah Politics: The Elephant in the Room”: Utah Politics from 1890s-1970s with Rod Decker (S1, E6 - Part 2)April 17, 2023
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Reissued: “Utah Politics: The Elephant in the Room”: Utah Politics from 1890s-1970s with Rod Decker (S1, E6 - Part 1)April 17, 2023
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Reissued: Amy Barry, Stories from Utah’s Cemeteries Database (S1, E7 - Part 2)April 03, 2023
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Reissued: Amy Barry, Stories from Utah’s Cemeteries Database (S1, E7 - Part 1)April 03, 2023
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Todd Compton on “A Frontier Life: Jacob Hamblin, Explorer and Indian Missionary” (published 2013)March 24, 2023
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Growing Up Latinx in Utah: A Conversation with Lee Martinez and Maria Garciaz (S5, E9)March 20, 2023
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Reissued: “Intermountain Histories,” the Podcast “Writing Westward” and More: A Conversation with Brenden Rensink (S1, E9 - Part 2)March 09, 2023
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Reissued: “Intermountain Histories,” the Podcast “Writing Westward” and More: A Conversation with Brenden Rensink (S1, E9 - Part 1)March 09, 2023
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Rick Turley and Barbara Jones Brown on “Vengeance is Mine: The Mountain Meadows Massacre and Its Aftermath” (2023) (S5 E7)February 27, 2023
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Murals of Four Remarkable Black Women in Utah’s History, Installed in SLC’s Richmond Park by Sema Hadithi & Better Days (S4 E15)February 13, 2023
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Reissued: W. Paul Reeve, "Century of Black Mormons" (S1 E3 - Part 2)February 01, 2023
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Reissued: W. Paul Reeve, "Century of Black Mormons" (S1 E3 - Part 1)February 01, 2023
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Greg Smoak on His Book “Western Lands, Western Voices: Essays on Public History in the American West” (S4 E14)January 16, 2023
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Brent Ashworth’s Personal Experiences with Mark Hofmann: Counterfeiter, Forger & Convicted Murderer (S4 E13)January 04, 2023
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Brandon Plewe on the 1900 Utah Census (S4 E7)December 19, 2022
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