To be forever remembered as Lt. Uhura, the ship’s Communications Officer, Nichelle Nichols was urged by Martin Luther King, Jr. and NASA to inspire future generation to see and do beyond the now. And that’s what she did.
Category: Within The Realm
A Giant Leap: A Tale of the Space Race
From Within The Realm to the Moon! Friend of the Show, Dewayne Knott, spins a tale of his life-long interaction with the space program! From exotic locations like an Iowa cornfield, a parking lot at Lackland Air Force Base and the coast of the Persian Gulf, he became part of America’s reach into space!
12th Street and Vine: Music Meant To Travel
Twelfth Street and Vine is the most famous intersection in Kansas City thanks to the song written by Lieber and Stoller, Problem is, it’s not there any more! We talk about the corner’s fame and why it disappeared.
It Talks In Cherokee: The First Telephone Service West Of The Mississippi
Ed Hicks had seen the telephone demonstrated at the St. Louis Exhibition and in 1885 concocted the plan to connect The Cherokee Capital of Tahlequah with the new bustling City of Muskogee by phone line. Traditional members of the tribe wanted to avoid additional incursions of American business and government in their territory, so they were generally opposed to the idea until they learned the new device spoke in Cherokee.
Check our Show Naotes for pictures of Sa-Giyah and Ed Hicks! https://withinpodcast.com/testimonial/show-notes-it-talks-in-cherokee/
Happy Jack
Sometimes we need to re-evaluate a situation so we can really see what’s going on. Jack McLemore was my 9th Grade science teacher, he had also been my older brother’s 9th grade science teacher. Let’s say they had a…special relationship. The older boys had nick-named Mr. McLemore “Happy Jack,” claiming he only smiled while dispensing punishment…and he smiled a lot. Convinced of Happy Jack’s cruelty and sure he had it in for me,,, well, hear the story for yourself.
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