Episode 26: Visualizing Oral History: Graphic, Atomic & Environmental History

About this episode

Dr. Benjamin Cawthra interviews Dr. Andrew Kirk about public history and his work on the Nevada Test Site Oral History Project.

In Episode Twenty-Six Dr. Benjamin Cawthra sits down with Dr. Andrew Kirk, professor of History, Director of the Reid Public History Institute at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and co-editor of the Modern American West Series for the University of Arizona Press. Kirk is an expert on the American West, cultural & environmental history, counterculture and public history. In his oral history interview, he discusses the field of public history, the award-winning Nevada Test Site Oral History Project, and writing his book, Doom Towns: The People and Landscapes of Atomic Testing.

People in this episode

Host: Benjamin Cawthra

Guest: Dr Andrew Kirk

Topics covered

• oral history
• public history
• environmental history
• American West
• atomic testing

Keywords

• Doom Towns
• cultural history
• counterculture
• Reid Public History Institute

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Doom Towns

Books & works: Visualizing Oral History: Graphic, Atomic & Environmental History, the Modern American West Series

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