Archive Atlanta Victoria Lemos

This week, we’re talking about an Atlanta radio icon - WABE-FM. Located at 90.1 on your radio dial, the station has a fascinating history that dates back to the 1940s. So this week, we’re talking about radio history, the educational radio movement, who funded the station here in Atlanta, who it was for and how it became the public radio institution that we know and love today.   
 
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This week, in honor of the upcoming Peachtree Road Race, we are talking about the origin of the world’s largest 10K and the organization that sponsors it, the Atlanta Track Club. 
 
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Surprise! Yes - I am still on the podcast break and I will be back officially on June 14th with fun new episodes, but while I’ve been gone I was a guest on another amazing Atlanta podcast, Savory Stories. 
Savory Stories is a WABE podcast about Atlanta’s rich stories through the lens of cuisine and food history. It’s hosted by Chef Asata Reid and culinary historian Akila McConnell, and if Akila sounds familiar, she was a guest on Archive Atlanta way back in Episode 68 talking about Atlanta’s culinary history. 
On this episode, we talked about the history and food, past and present, of the west side neighborhoods of Westview, West End and Cascade Heights. This is one of my favorite guest appearances and so I really wanted to get it on my podcast feed to share it with more people!
Culinary History of Atlanta
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This week, we’re talking about Vine City. This neighborhood just west of downtown Atlanta has SO much history, I struggled to fit it all in; from quarries, early German immigrants, to the largest nursery operation in the city, Black amusement parks, so many historic homes, and a prominent role in the Civil Rights Movement, and Dr. King - you do not want to miss this.
 
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This week, I’m talking about Atlanta’s International Pop Festival, a concert held in July of 1969, the first of its kind in the South. And while it took place 20 miles south of Atlanta proper, everything about the festival was rooted in this city.
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This week, we’re talking about Italian artist Athos Menaboni. In 1950, Time Magazine declared Menaboni the heir of James Audubon, because of his bird paintings that spanned over 150 different species. But this isn’t just a story about art and animals - it’s also a love story, a story about finding your calling after the age of 40, and the unsung roles of spouses or partners in someone’s success. 
 
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