Lynx to the Past Podcast
1) Memphis, Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams: he's just like us! Before he was a famous playwright, he was just Tom—a young man escaping a shoe factory job, discovering his voice, and falling in love with theater and life in M...Show More
2) Rite of Spring- the origin story
Rites of Spring (originally named Rite of Spring) is an annual spring semester music festival held at Rhodes. These days, the events usually happen over two or three days: the first day has games and ...Show More
3) Southwestern During World War II
Step back in time with us to the 1940s. Picture air force cadets marching across campus, sororities tirelessly raising funds for war orphans, and classrooms buzzing with nationalistic fervor. WE WANT ...Show More
4) Making the Grade
Once upon a time in the 80s, a lazy trust-fund heir paid a New Jersey street hustler to take his place at prep school. While Palmer Woodrow III was off partying in Paris, Eddie Keaton (played by Judd...Show More
5) Diehl with the Devil
Charles Edward Diehl served as president of Southwestern (now Rhodes College) for 32 years, leaving his legacy on the college through its architecture and liberal arts values. In his time as president...Show More
6) Charlaine Harris: “A writer, more than anything else”
On the newest episode of Lynx to the Past, Maggie Kreis ’24 gets to fulfill every creative writing student’s dreams when she chats with alumna author Charlaine Harris, Class of 1973! A prolific writ...Show More
7) Cold War Kids: Chinese students in the 1950s and American Cold War politics
Kahlila Bandele continues to explore the history of international students on campus. On this episode, Maggie and Kahlila discuss the relationship between Chinese students in the 1950s and American C...Show More
Cold War Kids: Chinese students in the 1950s and American Cold War politics
08:37 | Apr 3rd, 2024
8) The Dilemma Dilemma
Dilemma was a student-lead symposium at Rhodes that began in the 1960s and continued on into the late eighties. The event brought experts across many fields to present on campus. In this episode, Mag...Show More
9) Rhodes and the Cuban Revolution - Part Two
A follow up episode to part one of "Rhodes and the Cuban Revolution." In this episode the team interviews Roberto Heros, one of the students from Cuba. Heros went on to become a notable cerebrovascula...Show More
10) Rhodes and the Cuban Revolution
On this episode Kahlila and Maggie are Havana good time discussing the 1959 Cuban revolution. You’ll hear government officials, Rhodes professors, students, and more sharing their thoughts on Fidel Ca...Show More