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The stuff of history is all around us—it’s in what we eat and wear, where we live and play, and how we work and travel. The Object Project is a podcast about material culture and history, produced by history students of the University of North Carolina Wilmington, in Wilmington, NC, and Dr. Jennifer Le Zotte, assistant professor of US history and material culture.

  1. 07/28/2025

    Holidays: 1862 Reproduction C.S. Richmond Musket and New Years.

    Katelin Staton takes us along the story of a New Year's Eve tradition in Cherryville, North Carolina--firing off a reproduction Civil War musket. Come along to hear about tipsy mummers and nineteenth-century firearms.

    44 min

  2. 07/28/2025

    Holidays: Corned Beef and Cabbage

    In this season's second episode about St. Patrick's Day, Nick Shelley shares a family recipe for Corned Beef and Cabbage. This classic holiday nosh tells us more about the resilience of immigrants in America than the rolling hills of Éire.

    45 min

  3. 07/28/2025

    Holidays: Mardi Gras Souvenir Coin

    With a small souvenir coin, Madeline Rorie takes us back to the early days of America's most libertine holiday: Mardi Gras!

    51 min

  4. 07/28/2025

    Holidays: A Haymarket Gallows Pin

    Matthew Parker unpacks the story and meaning behind a rather dark holiday object--a small pin shaped like a a gallows, created in support of those unfairly convinced in the Haymarket Affair of 1886. In doing so, he introduces us to the once-radical history of Labor Day.

    47 min

  5. 07/28/2025

    Holidays: Thomas Kincade Special Edition Snow Globe

    Patrick McGovern's episode taps into the feeling of Christmas. . .and then historicizes it! He connects the creation of a now-kitsch item--the snow globe--to the hobby of collecting and the honing of a Gilded-Age Christmas aesthetic still resonant in our lives.

    46 min

  6. 07/28/2025

    Holidays: Times Square New Year's Eve Ball

    John Keyser's contribution to the "Holidays" season offers a story of human perception of time in the service of technology rife with fascinating material details of a very familiar object: the Times Square New Year's Eve Ball. Tune in to find out why we drop the ball to celebrate a passing year!

    48 min

  7. 07/28/2025

    Holidays: 1962 MLK Jr Vinyl Record

    Chandler Hicks offers a thematically consistent episode about a vinyl recording of a Martin Luther King, Jr., speech delivered to members of the District 65 Distributive Workers of America union. Marrying form and content, Hicks uses this record to discuss King's legacy in relation to Martin Luther King Jr., holiday.

    48 min

  8. 07/28/2025

    Holidays: Lunar New Year, 1912

    Haedyn Brewer delves deep into a 1912 Wells Fargo Chinese Lunar New Year Calendar. This podcast takes you on a global journey of immigration, geopolitical negotiations, and the financial settlement of the (former) Wild West.

    48 min
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About

The stuff of history is all around us—it’s in what we eat and wear, where we live and play, and how we work and travel. The Object Project is a podcast about material culture and history, produced by history students of the University of North Carolina Wilmington, in Wilmington, NC, and Dr. Jennifer Le Zotte, assistant professor of US history and material culture.

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  • Creator
    UNCW Public History
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2025
  • Episodes
    38
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © UNCW Public History
  • Show Website
    Object Project