Sweet Taste of Liberty, Real Tennis, Down to Earth, Renaissance CookingConstant Wonder • Season 2022, Episode 307
Nov 27, 2019 • 1h 40m
Episode Oringinally Aired on September 17, 2019
The Lost Story of an Enslaved Woman Who Sued for Restitution, and Won
Guest: W. Caleb McDaniel, Associate Professor, History, Rice University, and author, “Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America”
Henrietta Wood was the recipient of the largest known sum ever granted by a U.S. court in restitution for slavery, successfully suing Zebulon Ward, the man who had enslaved her, for $2,500. Her story was lost in history until a historian uncovered two interviews with Henrietta herself.
Real Tennis Is Not the Sport You Know
Guest: Camden Riviere, 2016 Real Tennis World Champion, world-ranked #1 since 2013, tennis pro, Tennis & Racquet Club of Boston
Real tennis a game that Shakespeare knew, and it was played at Versailles. It's a predecessor to modern tennis, but it's still played today.
Down to Earth: Single-Use Plastics
Guests: Rachel Mabey Whipple, member, Board of Directors, Nature Conservancy’s Utah chapter; Clint Whipple, Associate Professor, Biology, Brigham Young University
This husband and wife duo try to live responsibly in the spirit of Earth stewardship, but they say they’re not yet locked in to any snack bag replacements for Ziplocks, and give their reasoning. Convenient single-use plastics have biased us all about switching to alternatives.
Pass the Frog Pie: Behind the Scenes in a Renaissance Kitchen
Guest: Ken Albala, Professor, History, University of the Pacific, Stockton
A Renaissance kitchen was quite different from ours today, and they produced some fantastical feasts. We talk to a chef who has actually baked a black bird pie to find out what one was like.
Alcatraz Island
Guest: Sarah Anderson, Park Ranger, National Park Service on Alcatraz Island
Our segment producer, Jeff Simpson, speaks with Sarah Anderson, Park Ranger at Alcatraz Island National Park.
Get Your Family Telling Stories
Guest: Sam Payne, host, Apple Seed, BYUradio
Here's a great idea to get your family and friends telling stories.