Veteran Voices: The Oral History Podcast – Episode 20

Veteran Voices: The Oral History Podcast

John Barber, Kathy Swazuk, Melissa Marinaro | Memoir, Poetry, and Oral History On Episode 20 of Veteran Voices: The Oral History Podcast, we talk about writing veterans stories with author John Barber, poet Kathie Swazuk, and oral history curator Melissa Molinaro. On our October 2015 episode of Veteran Voices: The Oral History Podcast, we have a three conversations about veterans writing stories. First, Vietnam veteran John Barber talks about his book, Vietnam Requiem, which is featured on the Veteran Voices of Pittsburgh website; Vietnam veteran and poet Kathy Swayzuk’s reads from Wartorn Heart, reliving her experiences as an army nurse; and Melissa Molinaro of the Senator John Heinz History Center talks about the process of producing veterans’ oral history transcriptions. ____________________________________________________ This episode was recorded October 15, 2015. Host: Kevin Farkas. Audiography: Kevin Farkas. Guests: Bryan Chemini, John Barber, Kathy Swazuk, Melissa Marinaro. Music (available on Bensound.com): "Actionable," "Badass," "Betterdays," "Happyrock," "Cute." Music: (available on Soundcloud.com): Raccoon Uniforms ("Piano Simple 1"). Additional sound (available on Youtube.com): "Pentagon's 'Burn a Book Day': War memoir destroyed as 'security threat," "Caine Mutiny - Greenwald confronts Keefer," "A Conversation with Tim O'Brien on Writing & War," "Ron Kovic Speaking About Springsteen At the Kennedy Center Honors," "Regeneration (1997) - Writing war poetry," "The Veterans Writing Workshop at the Writers Guild Foundation," "Kenny McAnally - Life After Service: North Idaho Veterans Writing as Therapy." ©Veteran Voices: The Oral History Podcast/The Social Voice Project, Inc. All rights reserved. OTHER WAYS TO FIND THE PODCAST jQuery(document).ready(function() { jQuery('#slider_3642').owlCarousel({ responsive:{ 0:{ items:1 }, 480:{ items:2 }, 768:{ items:3 }, 980:{ items:4 }, 1200:{ items:4 }, 1500:{ items:4 } }, autoplay : true, autoplayTimeout : 5000, autoplayHoverPause : true, smartSpeed : 200, fluidSpeed : 200, autoplaySpeed : 200, navSpeed : 200, dotsSpeed : 200, loop : true, nav : true, navText : ['Previous','Next'], dots : true, responsiveRefreshRate : 200, slideBy : 1, mergeFit : true, autoHeight : false, mouseDrag : true, touchDrag : true }); jQuery('#slider_3642').css('visibility', 'visible'); sa_resize_slider_3642(); window.addEventListener('resize', sa_resize_slider_3642); function sa_resize_slider_3642() { var min_height = '50'; var win_width = jQuery(window).width(); var slider_width = jQuery('#slider_3642').width(); if (win_width < 480) { var slide_width = slider_width / 1; } else if (win_width < 768) { var slide_width = slider_width / 2; } else if (win_width < 980) { var slide_width = slider_width / 3; } else if (win_width < 1200) { var slide_width = slider_width / 4; } else if (win_width < 1500) { var slide_width = slider_width / 4; } else { var slide_width = slider_width / 4; } slide_width = Math.round(slide_width); var slide_height = '0'; if (min_height == 'aspect43') { slide_height = (slide_width / 4) * 3; slide_height = Math.round(slide_height); } else if (min_height == 'aspect169') { slide_height = (slide_width / 16) * 9; slide_height = Math.round(slide_height); } else { slide_height = (slide_width / 100) * min_height; slide_height = Math.round(slide_height); } jQuery('#slider_3642 .owl-item .sa_hover_container').css('min-height', slide_height+'px'); } var owl_goto = jQuery('#slider_3642'); jQuery('.slider_3642_goto1').click(function(event){ owl_goto.trigger('to.owl.carousel', 0); }); jQuery('.slider_3642_goto2').click(function(event){ owl_goto.trigger('to.owl.carousel', 1); }); jQuery('.slider_3642_goto3').