Auburn History Club blends research, innovation to share history through WEGL radio hour

Auburn History Club co-presidents Sofia Foradori and Victoria Ashley are broadcasting the importance of history research through a new podcast partnership with WEGL radio.

Each week, they host “It’s All History to Me,” an hourlong broadcast on WEGL, Auburn’s student-run radio station, focused on history topics at the intersection of power and people. Ashley said the radio show helps Auburn history professors meet listeners where they are.

“We’re hoping to spread the message that history is relevant for everyone,” Ashley said. “It’s more of a public history research project where we’re getting professors to connect with the greater community and helping prospective students or history buffs see all the great stuff that’s going on at Auburn. A lot of people are genuinely interested in what our faculty have to say, and we wanted to give them a platform to do so.”

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Submitted by: Charlotte Tuggle