Our Missouri Podcast

Welcome to Our Missouri, a podcast about the people, places, culture, and history of the 114 counties and independent city of St. Louis that comprise the great state of Missouri. Your host is SHSMO oral historian and lifelong Jefferson City resident Sean Rost, who earned his PhD from the University of Missouri specializing in twentieth-century US, Missouri, and African American history.

Engaging with subject matter experts, each episode focuses on a topic related to the state's complex history and culture, from publications about Missouri’s history to current projects undertaken by organizations to preserve and promote local institutions.  Join Rost as he explores what makes Our Missouri.

Our Missouri is free and generously provided thanks to the support of State Historical Society of Missouri members and donors. Books featured on the show are available for purchase through the SHSMO Richard Bookstore; purchases support the State Historical Society of Missouri.

New episodes are posted twice a month. You can also subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Stitcher.

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Episode 94: Oracle of Lost Causes - Matthew Christopher Hulbert (On the Bookshelf, Part 4)

In this episode, Matthew Christopher Hulbert joins host Sean Rost to discuss his new book, Oracle of Lost Causes: John Newman Edwards and His Never-Ending Civil War.

 

Episode Image: John Newman Edwards, date unknown [Nancy Ehrlich Collection (P0013), SHSMO]

Banner Image: Obelisk grave marker surrounded by fence on James Family Farm, ca. 1898 [Clay County, Missouri, Photograph Collection (P1112), SHSMO]

Episode 93: Newspaperwoman of the Ozarks - Susan Croce Kelly (On the Bookshelf, Part 3)

In this episode, Susan Croce Kelly returns to discuss her new book, Newspaperwoman of the Ozarks: The Life and Times of Lucile Morris Upton.

To listen to Susan's previous appearance on Our Missouri, check out Episode 21.

 

Episode Image: Woman using a typewriter, date unknown [Arthur Witman Photograph Collection (S0717), SHSMO]

Episode 92: John Bradbury & "My Own Commander" - Katie Seale/John Brenner (On the Bookshelf, Part 2)

In this episode, host Sean Rost is joined by SHSMO colleagues Kathleen Seale and John Brenner to discuss their memories of the late John Bradbury (1952-2023) as well as his recent book "'My Own Commander': The Civil War Journal of J. J. Sitton, 1863-1865." 

To listen to John Bradbury's earlier appearance on the podcast, please check out Episode 24.

 

Episode 91: A Man by Any Other Name - Joseph Beilein, Jr. (On the Bookshelf, Part 1)

To kick off the "On the Bookshelf" series, Joseph Beilein, Jr. returns to talk about his new book, A Man by Any Other Name: William Clark Quantrill and the Search for American Manhood.

 

Episode Image: Quantrill’s Raiders Reunion, ca. 1920 [B. James George Sr. Photograph Collection (P0010), SHSMO]

Banner Image: Quantrill’s Raiders Reunion, 1909 [B. James George Sr. Photograph Collection (P0010), SHSMO]

Episode 90: Ted & Pat Jones - Sean Rost (Historic Missourians, Part 7)

In this episode, host Sean Rost concludes the Historic Missourians series with a focus on philanthropists and conservationists Edward "Ted" Jones and Hilda "Pat" Jones.

 

Episode Image: Ted and Pat Jones at their home in Williamsburg, Missouri, date unknown [Courtesy of the Missouri Department of Conservation]

Banner Image:  Three unidentified men fishing in the Meramec River, ca. 1904 [State of Missouri Collection (P0018), SHSMO]

Episode 89: Charles & Elizabeth Schwartz - Elizabeth Engel (Historic Missourians, Part 6)

In this episode, SHSMO senior archivist Elizabeth Engel joins host Sean Rost to discuss her recent Historic Missourians biography of artists and conservationists Charles and Elizabeth Schwartz.

 

Episode Image: Charles and Elizabeth Schwartz with Canadian geese, undated. [Charles and Elizabeth Schwartz Papers (C2217), SHSMO]

Episode 88: Dewey Short - Hali Allen (Historic Missourians, Part 5)

In this episode, SHSMO archivist Hali Allen joins host Sean Rost to discuss her new Historic Missourians biography on the "Orator of the Ozarks," Dewey Short.

 

Episode Image: Dewey Short giving a speech, ca. 1950s. [Dewey Short Papers (C4515), SHSMO]

Banner Image: Dewey Short campaign speech, Galena, Missouri, ca. 1930s. [Dewey Short Papers (C4515), SHSMO]

Episode 87: Ralph Foster & RadiOzark - Haley Frizzle-Green (Historic Missourians, Part 4)

In this episode, SHSMO archivist Haley Frizzle Green joins host Sean Rost to discuss her upcoming Historic Missourians biography of Ralph Foster, and the traveling exhibit "Broadcasting the Ozarks: A History of RadiOzark Enterprises," which is on display at the Center for Missouri Studies in Columbia until December 2023.

 

Episode Image: Ralph Foster, no date [Image courtesy of the Ralph Foster Museum]

Banner Image: Ralph Foster and Jerry Hall, date unknown [KWTO Newsletters (R0834), SHSMO]

Episode 86: Arvarh Strickland - Bridget Haney (Historic Missourians, Part 3)

In this episode, Bridget Haney, SHSMO Historian, joins host Sean Rost to discuss her new Historic Missourians biography of Arvarh Strickland.

 

Episode Image: Arvarh Strickland, ca. 1987 [ Arvarh E. Strickland Papers (CA4995), SHSMO]

Banner Image: Read Hall on the University of Missouri campus, Columbia, Missouri, ca. 1915 [Missouri Postcard Collection (P0032), SHSMO]

Episode 85: Mary Jane Guthrie - Doug Genens (Historic Missourians, Part 2)

In this episode, Doug Genens, SHSMO Oral Historian, joins host Sean Rost to discuss his new Historic Missourians biography of Mary Jane Guthrie.

 

Episode Image: Rocheport Cave, one of Mary Jane Guthrie's bat collection sites, ca. 1900 [Rocheport, Missouri, Photograph Collection (P0089), SHSMO]

Banner Image: Swallow Hall on the University of Missouri campus, Columbia, Missouri, ca. 1900 [University of Missouri Photograph Collection (P0088), SHSMO]