Podcast
A Sense of Place
Hosted by The Goshen News · EN
The Elkhart County Historical Museum in partnership with The Goshen News presents a monthly podcast about the history of Elkhart County and current exhibits at the museum. The podcast is hosted by Patrick McGuire, curator of education at the museum.
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S4E2: 30 years in journalism
Jun 19, 202301:01:13Tap to summarizeElkhart County Historical Museum's Curator of Education Patrick McGuire talks with the editor of The Goshen News Sheila Selman about 30 years in journalism.
Transcribe →S4E1: Horticulturists of Elkhart County
Jun 12, 202300:47:25Tap to summarizeElkhart County History Museum Curator of Education Patrick McGuire explores Elkhart County's horticulturists and their amazing varieties of flowers in this month's episode.
Transcribe →S3E4: A Play about the Klan
Sep 9, 202200:42:06Tap to summarizeElkhart County Historical Museum Curator of Education Patrick McGuire talks with Jim Geisel and Tiemen Godwalt about an upcoming play at the museum, "Kluckers: Indiana and the 1920s KKK." Tickets are $12 for the Sept. 24 performance at the museum. To purchase tickets, go to The Acting Ensemble's website, actingensemble.com.
Transcribe →S3E3: Plop, plop, fizz, fizz
Aug 29, 202200:24:28Tap to summarizeDo you know why Alka Seltzer's jingle is "plop, plop, fizz, fizz" and not "plop, fizz"? Elkhart County Historical Museum's Curator of Education Patrick McGuire explains the marketing behind one of Elkhart County's most famous products.
Transcribe →S3E2: A talk with Lloyd Miller
May 9, 202200:39:01Tap to summarizeElkhart County Historical Museum Curator of Education Patrick McGuire talks with Lloyd Miller, the president of the Elkhart county Historical Society.
Transcribe →S3E1: Pearl Harbor Day exhibit
Feb 2, 202200:24:12Tap to summarizeHost Patrick McGuire, curator of education at the Elkhart County Historical Museum, is joined by Paige Renshaw to discuss the exhibit she curated concerning Pearl Harbor Day and some of the local men who were there that day.
Transcribe →S2E8: A Holocaust Rescue Story
Nov 22, 202101:09:19Tap to summarizeKyle Hufford and Eric Miller of Goshen College's FiveCore Media talk with host Patrick McGuire about their movie "Vital Passage: A Holocaust Rescue Story." The story focuses on a Goshen family, the Plauts, who were business owners. They rescued 28 Jewish refugees from Germany prior to the outbreak of World War II. For more on the movie and the Plauts go to fivecoremedia.com/vitalpassage.
Transcribe →S2E7: Winning the 'Oscars' of museums
Oct 28, 202100:56:46Tap to summarizeElkhart County Historical Museum Curator of Education Patrick McGuire is joined by museum Administrator Julie Parke to talk about the museum winning the "Oscars" of museums during the American Association of State and Local History meeting. The two also reveal what went into making their award-winning three-part "Crossroads of Elkhart County" exhibit.
Transcribe →S2E6: Rudy Bladel & the Elkhart rail yard murders
Sep 24, 202100:23:29Tap to summarizeElkhart County Historical Museum Administrator Julie Parke steps in for host Patrick McGuire for this month's episode and talks about convicted serial murderer Rudy Bladel and the Elkhart rail yard murders.
Transcribe →S2E5: The St. Joseph River
Aug 11, 202100:32:24Tap to summarizeElkhart County Historical Museum Curator of Education Patrick McGuire talks about the history of the St. Joseph River and it significance to the Miami and Potawatomi nations, plus its role in transportation. The river will be the focus of a documentary produced by WNIT, the local PBS channel. It will air at 8 p.m. Sept. 9 on WNIT and will premiere at the museum at 7 p.m. Sept. 23. However, it will first show at the Bristol Public Library at 2 p.m. Aug. 28.
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