Before Spotify: the remarkable story of chautauquas

One question we explore on this podcast is that of antecedents: what came before podcasts?

This episode tells the wonderfully rich history of chautauquas - an enterprising means of bringing entertainment and informal education to small-town America. Chautauquas can be thought of as a kind of predigital Spotify.

Reference

James R. Schultz, The romance of small-town chautauquas (Univ. of Missouri Press, 2002)

Further listening

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Credits

• Sound production: Bart Hallmark
• Music: from Handel's Water Music, courtesy of the United States Marine Band and Marine Chamber Orchestra

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