History

Arsenic in green dresses? Lead in make-up? Mercury in feather hats? Oh my. The Underground History podcast has recently been chatting with experts on the many ways toxins and dangerous—and sometimes just gross—things can make their way into museums or even our homes.

Rick Pender's The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia

Archaeologist Mark Warner and chemist Ray von Wandruszka about contents of bottles unearthed in a dig.

Chelsea Rose visits with Christina Ward about religion and food choices

Helen Andrews on the book Boomers: The Men and Women Who Promised Freedom and Delivered Disaster.

Les AuCoin on his book Catch and Release: An Oregon Life in Politics.

One image, taken seconds after President Kennedy was shot, captured the attention of news outlets all over the country. The agent in the center of the image is still coming to terms with that moment.

Klamath Falls archeologist Dan Broockmann, and Ken Sandusky of the Modoc Tribe talk about efforts to "image" archaeological sites, so that Modoc Nation members in Oklahoma can "experience" their ancestral homelands.

Oregon State Archaeologist John Pouley. He lays out the laws and suggestions guiding archaeological exploration of Oregon's long-ago past.

Linda Meanus shares some of the highlights of her life and her memoir in a conversation on the JX.

This past summer Underground History did something a little different. In order to continue to explore ways in which we can connect our listeners to history and heritage, we decided to bring the show on the road!

Through October, the Klamath County Museum offers flashlight tours of the four-story, historic Baldwin Hotel Museum.