The U.S. Archives with former U.S. Archivist Colleen Shogan

About this episode

Colleen Shogan discusses her journey into politics and her role as the 11th Archivist of the United States.

In this episode of 1050 Bascom, we were thrilled to welcome Colleen Shogan, who served as the 11th Archivist of the United States. While in town give a talk in the Comm Arts department, she graciously took the time to sit down with Heewone, Nama, and Evan to talk about how she got into politics, her nonprofit work, her path to leading the U.S. Archives, and her work as an academic and author.

People in this episode

Host: Nama

Guest: Colleen Shogan

Topics covered

• U.S. Archives
• politics
• nonprofit work
• academic work
• author

Keywords

• archives
• government
• leadership

Mentioned in this episode

Places: U.S., the United States

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