Episodes
Wednesday Mar 15, 2017
Season 3, Episode 8 – March 15, 2017
Wednesday Mar 15, 2017
Wednesday Mar 15, 2017
Season 3 closes out with an interview with Nick Capasso, executive director of the Fitchburg Art Museum, who describes how the museum is helping transform a “dying mill town” through contemporary art and community collaboration.
Music credits: “Polydactyl Super Cat,” unreal_dm, ccmixter.org
Wednesday Mar 08, 2017
Season 3, Episode 7 - March 8, 2017
Wednesday Mar 08, 2017
Wednesday Mar 08, 2017
Marieke and Dan recall their earliest memories. Marieke hosts her first long-distance interview with fellow podcaster Nate Dimeo of The Memory Palace, who also serves as the artist-in-residence at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Music credits: “4 Guitars,” JeffSpeed68, ccmixter.org
Podcast credits: The Memory Palace, thememorypalace.us
Wednesday Mar 01, 2017
Season 3, Episode 6 - March 1, 2017
Wednesday Mar 01, 2017
Wednesday Mar 01, 2017
Dan and Marieke wax rhapsodic about the unusual niche museums in our midst. George Norton and David Ball of the Spellman Museum of Stamps and Postal History host Dan for a tour and interview. D and M close out the episode reflecting on small museum challenges.
Music credits: “Be What You Are,” unreal_dm, ccmixter.org
Wednesday Feb 22, 2017
Season 3, Episode 5 - February 22, 2017
Wednesday Feb 22, 2017
Wednesday Feb 22, 2017
Dan complains about the snow and wonders where all the kids have gone who used to shovel your driveway. Marieke revives the Pokémon Go discussion. Dan interviews Brian Cofrancesco of Connecticut’s Old State House, who talks about the Kid Governor Program and the importance of civic engagement.
Music credits: “Bueno Jazz,” texasradiofish, ccmixter.org
Wednesday Feb 15, 2017
Season 3, Episode 4 - February 15, 2017
Wednesday Feb 15, 2017
Wednesday Feb 15, 2017
Marieke and Dan talk about their wilderness experiences. Dan interviews archivist/artist Becky Fullerton of the Appalachian Mountain Club and explores the similarities between museums and the great outdoors. Marieke closes out the episode with an impassioned appeal to museum activism.
Music credits: “Wayo Wayo,” Reiswerk, ccmixter.org
Wednesday Feb 08, 2017
Season 3, Episode 3 – February 8, 2017
Wednesday Feb 08, 2017
Wednesday Feb 08, 2017
Marieke and Dan compare notes about the Inauguration and subsequent protests. Marieke interviews archivist Emily Gonzalez about collecting items from the Boston Women’s March. Dan has a chat with Steven Rothstein of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library about JFK’s legacy and its meaning for today.
Music credits: “Reverie (small theme),” ghost; “Hanging Eleven,” Kara Square, ccmixter.org
Wednesday Feb 01, 2017
Season 3, Episode 2 - February 1, 2017
Wednesday Feb 01, 2017
Wednesday Feb 01, 2017
Dan tries to convince Marieke to attend national Museums Advocacy Day before segueing into Part II of the AASLH “person on the street” interviews. Marieke interviews Laurie Phillips of Museum Sage and relates her experience with the program when she was guided by museum consultant Rainey Tisdale.
Music credits: “By By Baby, JeffSpeed68 , ccmixter.org
Wednesday Jan 25, 2017
Season 3, Episode 1 - January 25, 2017
Wednesday Jan 25, 2017
Wednesday Jan 25, 2017
Season 3 starts with Dan on location at the 2016 AASLH Annual Meeting in Detroit, getting choice comments from history professionals. Marieke and Dan reminisce about their childhood dolls before an interview with Debra Britt, founder and director of the National Black Doll Museum.
Music credits: “Funky Bots,” Admiral Bob; “Fallwind,” 700P3D, ccmixter.org
Saturday Nov 19, 2016
Bonus Episode: Museum People LIVE!
Saturday Nov 19, 2016
Saturday Nov 19, 2016
Bonus Episode: Museum People LIVE!
Join the fun with Marieke and Dan at the 98th Annual NEMA Conference, where Museum People took center stage in a live podcast session on Veteran’s Day, 2016. This special episode features an in-depth panel discussion with three museum professionals who are also veterans (Terry Dickinson of the Newport Mansions, Ted Gaffney of Florence Griswold Museum, and Van Shields of Berkshire Museum), discussing service, leadership, and how museums compare with the military. Adding to the excitement is a raffle drawing for a Museum People interview, won by Chuck Clark of Castle in the Clouds, and questions from the live studio audience. And of course there’s the usual assortment of person on the street interviews and witty banter between the co-hosts.
01:45 Person on the Street interviews
10:30 Panel discussion with military veterans
45:25 “Raffle” interview
Wednesday Sep 14, 2016
Season 2, Episode 8 – September 14, 2016
Wednesday Sep 14, 2016
Wednesday Sep 14, 2016
We round out our second season with an in-depth interview with Kathy McGaughey, a museum guard who gives us a glimpse of how guards pass the hours in galleries, discrimination and bias against front-line staff, and her suggestions for how museums can become more engaging in their communities.
Music credits: “Objective C#,” Admiral Bob, ccmixter.org