Underground History is a regular monthly feature on the 老夫子传媒 Exchange. The segment spotlights little-known aspects of Oregon's history through the lens of archaeology and is produced in collaboration with the . SOULA Director Chelsea Rose co-produces the segment.
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Underground History discovers 19th century Chinese salmon canneries -
Public historian, Finn J.D. John joins Underground History to discuss some of the stranger aspects of Oregon's past
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Chelsea Rose talks with renowned Egyptologist Arto Belekdanian -
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Averie Foster at Oregon OSHA talks about toxic substances that can be found in old stuff in museums... and homes
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Johanna Isaacson, who wrote the book Stepford Daughters: Weapons for Feminists in Contemporary Horror.
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A recent episode of Underground History highlighted one archaeologist鈥檚 effort to share the wonders of our National Park System in a new way: not through words, but with LEGO vignettes. -
Chelsea Rose from SOULA chats with Kimberly Wooten, a Historical Archaeologist who works in the Cultural Studies Office at Cal Trans, the California Department of Transportation. -
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鈥攁nd sometimes just gross鈥攖hings can make their way into museums or even our homes. -
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!
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October 11, 2023 marks the 100th anniversary of one of the most infamous crimes in Southern Oregon. This tale has train robbers, rumors of gold, dynamite, and all the intrigue of an old timey wild west crime overlaid on the backdrop of a rapidly modernizing world. Four innocent men brutally lost their lives on that day, and the ensuing manhunt captured the attention of the nation. -
Chelsea Rose interviews Bill, a.k.a. the "Bottle Guy." He is a retired Rangeland Management Specialist with the Oregon BLM and is the primary author of the Historic Glass Bottle Identification & Information Website.
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Rosie Grant dug into the culinary prowess of dead people, but without any actual physical digging. It turns out some people have favorite recipes inscribed on their gravestones when they die. SOU archeologist Chelsea Rose interviews her.
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Underground History has recently featured two individuals that have applied their creative vision to the world of archaeology. We spoke with mixed-media artist Sam Roxas-Chua about his time working with the Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology鈥檚 Oregon Chinese Diaspora Project (OCDP) while he was the artist in residency at the Portland Chinatown Museum (PCM), and musician Stephen O鈥橫alley about his recent event, You Origin, which transformed the Neolithic alignments of Carnac in Brittany into an immersive three-day musical event. While 鈥渁rteaology鈥� isn鈥檛 a word yet, my recent experiences have suggested that maybe it should be.
