TPR Podcast Presents
TPR Podcast Presents brings you the very best from the Troy Public Radio podcast catalogue in a curated, 10-minute program.
Episodes
In this selection from the Trojans Talk Research podcast, host Barry McKnight talks to Dr. Jacqueline Jones within Troy’s Department of Biological & Environmental Sciences, about her research on prostate cancer.
Hear the full episode of Trojans Talk Research: https://trojanstalkresearch.podbean.com/e/trojans-talk-research-dr-jacqueline-jones/
In this conversation from the InChoir podcast, hosts Diane Orlofsky and Scott Sexton talk to composer Christohper Tin and naturalist Scott Weidensaul about Tin’s 2022 album, The Lost Birds. Tin describes the album as both a memorial to extinct bird species and a celebration of their symbolism as messengers of hope, peace, and renewal.
Matthew Monson is the director of operations, maintenance, and safety for Ozark City Schools. On this selection from the "Growing the Forest and the Trees" podcast, he tells us why some teachers are ditching the traditional, regimented classroom and taking a messier approach.
This week marks what would have been Rosa Parks' 113th birthday. As we remember the Civil Rights icon, let's take a look back at this conversation about how the the Rosa Parks Museum got its start. Ray White is currently serving as special project coordinator for Troy University, but 26 years ago, in a previous role at the University, he set out to establish the Rosa Parks Museum on the site of her 1955 arrest. In this conversation...
Today we’ve got a short story, and I do mean short. Daniel Wallace’s “Beneath the Moon and Long Dead Stars” is a volume of flash fiction stories, some as short as one page. Today’s selection was featured on our Alabama Aloud podcast and is read by Don Noble.
Peanuts are not typically thought of as a Thanksgiving food, but they are a food to be thankful for, especially in Dothan, where they hold the National Peanut Festival.
On this selection from the "It Came from the Archives" podcast, the story of Dothan’s first peanut festival.
Hear the full conversation here: https://camefromarchives.podbean.com/e/podcast-it-came-from-the-archives-dothan-s-national-peanut-festival/
Dothan native Johnny Mack Brown has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and a mural in his hometown. But many outside of the Dothan area might not remember the football and film star.
Hear the full conversation on "It Came from the Archives"
https://camefromarchives.podbean.com/e/dothan-legend-johnny-mack-brown-it-came-from-the-archives/
This year, the state of Alabama banned cell phone use in public schools, with many saying the phones are a distraction to students. On this selection from our education podcast, "Growing the Forest and the Trees," Alabama State Superintendent, Dr. Eric Mackey weighs in on the cell phone issue and talks about the opportunities technology presents in public education.
https://growingtheforestandthetrees.podbean.com/e/alabama-bans-c...
Early this month, Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire in Gaza. On this selection from the Speaking Globally podcast, Ambassador Richard LeBaron joins Major General Walter Givhan to put the ceasefire agreement into context.
Hear the full conversation on Speaking Globally, wherever you get your podcasts. https://www.npr.org/podcasts/1107409599/speaking-globally-from-t-r-o-y-university-t
The HBO series The Pitt made headlines when it premiered early this year. The show is fiction, but it’s gotten a lot of attention and a lot of praise for its accuracy in depicting what it’s actually like to work in an Emergency Room.
On this selection from The Rounds podcast, real-life ER charge nurse, Cody Burgamy tells hosts Brooke Mosely and Kait Nesbitt what he thought of The Pitt.
On the newest podcast from Troy Public Radio, we’re diving into some of the most iconic scenes in theater history through the sounds that defined them. This is a preview of episode one of Sounds of the Stage, hosted by theater professor Quinton Cockerell and our own Joey Hudson.
Hear the full episode here: https://soundsofthestage.podbean.com/e/the-door-slam-heard-round-the-world-henrik-ibsens-a-dolls-house/
In each episode of InChoir, hosts Diane Orlofsky and Scott Sexton share their love for choral music and give voice to the composers and performers who make it.
InChoir kicked off a new season last week with a conversation about a new album titled "Anam," by the choral group Apollo5.
Hear the full episode here: https://www.npr.org/podcasts/1231610483/in-choir-conversations-about-choral-music-t
Across the nation, children are heading back to school, but one local elementary school has adopted a new method for classroom management. Principal Holli Richardson spoke to the hosts of the newest podcast from Troy Public Radio, Growing the Forest and the Trees, about her experience with Conscious Discipline.
Hear the full episode of Growing the Forest & the Trees: https://growingtheforestandthetrees.podbean.com/e/what-is-c...
For American soldiers fighting in Europe in WWI, letters were their only connection to home. On this selection from the It Came from the Archives Podcast, host Greg Phillips and historian Marty Olliff piece together a story of love, war, and heartbreak from the letters in the Wiregrass Archive.
Hear the full episode here: https://camefromarchives.podbean.com/e/podcast-it-came-from-the-archives-love-letters-from-the-front-lines-of...
Shannon Godsave is a Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine Nurse Practitioner. He’s actually Alabama’s first nurse practitioner certified to supervise hyperbaric oxygen therapy. He’s going to tell us all about how he heals wounds with oxygen. You can hear the full conversation with Shannon Godsave on The Rounds podcast on Spotify or at https://today.troy.edu/podcasts/
Like it or not, the AI revolution is upon us. College students the world over are using generative AI and large language models like Chat GPT to do everything from helping with brainstorming and research to actually writing their papers FOR them. But there are responsible ways to use this new technology. In this selection from the Culture and Belonging podcast Dr. Scott Nokes tells Rich and Wendy how he’s teaching students at Tr...
Today's selection comes from the "It Came from the Archives" podcast.
Hear the full conversation on NPR One or wherever you get your podcasts. camefromarchives.podbean.com/e/it-came-…ss-region/
Check out the photos from the Tom Solomon collection here: www.troy.edu/about-us/dothan-ca…ventories/146.html
Today’s selection comes from a particularly powerful episode of the InChoir podcast in which host, Diane Orlofsky talks to composer Greg Jasperse about channeling his grief into music in his piece “I am Alive”
Hear the full conversation on the InChoir podcast: inchoir.podbean.com/e/sonic-journeys/
Today's selection comes from Inside Job: Understanding Vicky White
What appeared to be a routine trip for a mental health evaluation for an inmate in Lauderdale County, Alabama, had gone wrong. Now both the inmate and the female officer who was escorting him were missing. No one saw this coming.
Hear the full episode: https://insidejobunderstandingvickywhite.podbean.com/e/the-escape-in-alabama-inside-job-undersatnding-vicky-white...
Were you a gifted kid growing up? It's a label applied to students who show a higher aptitude in one or more areas. But being gifted is not a golden ticket to success. Today’s conversation comes from the Culture and Belonging podcast, hosted by Rich Ledet and Wendy Broyles. Rich and Wendy are talking to Dr. Shirley Farrell about some of the myths around gifted.
You can hear the full conversation on the Culture and Belonging podcast...
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