Episode 34: The New Athletes - College Varsity Esports with Dylan Wray transcript

Episode 34: The New Athletes - College Varsity Esports with Dylan Wray

Podcast produced by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) that features an interview with Dylan Wray, Esports Coordinator of the Varsity Program at UNT. Susan and Dylan discuss the transformation of videogame tournaments, associated business models, and the integration of various career fields into the world of Esports.
Date: March 18, 2020
Creator: University of North Texas. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Norman Riggsby, March 18, 2021 transcript

Oral History Interview with Norman Riggsby, March 18, 2021

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Norman Riggsby. Riggsby was drafted into the Army in October of 1943. He served as a bugler at Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi. In January of 1944, he was deployed to Scotland, then England, and assigned to the 29th Infantry Division, 175th Infantry Regiment. Riggsby trained on the anti-aircraft guns. He participated in the invasion of Normandy, landing at Omaha Beach. He describes the events and combat of this day, and how he got wounded. In July, Riggsby and his division participated in the Battle of St. Lô, where he was struck by a German Tiger tank shell, spending several weeks in a coma. He woke up back in England. He earned two Purple Hearts. In late 1945, Riggsby was assigned to the 759th Military Police Battalion in France. He served during the Nuremberg Trials and left Berlin in 1946.
Date: March 18, 2021
Creator: Riggsby, Norman
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Wesley Phelps interview with Charolette Taft, August 18, 2022] transcript

[Wesley Phelps interview with Charolette Taft, August 18, 2022]

Audio interview from the Wes Phelps Podcast Interviews Collection recorded during August 18th, 2022 in Glorieta, New Mexico. Phelps interviews Charolette Taft on her experiences as a Dallas spokesperson and activist in the 1970s during the emerging women's rights movement. Taft speaks on her involvement in the custody case of Mary Jo Risher, a lesbian woman who lost custody of her young son to her ex-husband. She continues to discuss her experiences running the Routh Street Women's Clinic in Dallas and her extensive political involvement in the Women's and Gay Rights movements. They continue on to discuss the modern implications of the overturning of Roe v. Wade and it's implications towards cases such as Texas v. Morales.
Date: August 18, 2022
Creator: Phelps, Wes
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Wesley Phelps interview with Josh Prager, August 18, 2022] transcript

[Wesley Phelps interview with Josh Prager, August 18, 2022]

Audio interview from the Wes Phelps Podcast Interviews Collection recorded on August 18th, 2022 in Maplewood, New Jersey. Phelps interviews author Joshua Prager on his research over Roe v. Wade and the involvement of lawyer Henry McCluskey in the life of Norma McCorvey, better known as Jane Roe. Prager discusses Henry McCluskey's identity as a gay man, his roll connecting Norma McCorvey to her lawyer Linda Coffee, his legal career, and his murder in 1973. They continue to discuss newspaper coverage of McCluskey's murder and rumors of his sexual identity which circulated following his death. Prager closes by discussing the overlap between the fight for Women's and Gay rights.
Date: August 18, 2022
Creator: Phelps, Wes
System: The UNT Digital Library