Hosted by Rhodes College · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 32 episodes
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The “Lynx to the Past” podcast produced by Rhodes College’s information services staff uses the college’s digital and physical archives to tell stories about campus history, mysteries, and legends.
Rhodes College hosts Lynx to the Past, a education show with 32 episodes published.
Moving a college is no easy feat, especially when the state supreme court gets involved. In light of Rhodes' recent 100-year anniversary in Memphis, join Kahlila and Kenan as they reflect on the journey that led us out o
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 Memphis. Young Willia
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 parties and the seco
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 YOU to tune in as Ka
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 Nelson) attended the
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, Diehl saw a fair s
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 writer, her series include
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 Cold War politics. One
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, Maggie Kreis talks with
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 cerebrovascular neurosurgeon. He i
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 Castro’s ascent to pow
If you ever find yourself in need of the time, and you’re okay with doing a little math to get it, look no further than the south wall of Rhodes Tower. There you will find a vertical sundial, designed and given to the co
Rhodes College and the city of Memphis have lost a dear friend in the passing of Bennett Wood, longtime friend of the college. Mr. Wood authored Rhodes 150, a Sesquicentennial Yearbook, which has become an invaluable res
Kenan and Maggie wrap up this season’s celebration of the women of Rhodes with two of our most notable: Jessie L. Clough and Floy K. Hanson. Joined by Bill Short, Rosie Meindel, and Brooke Schedneck, this episode takes a
A portrait of Anne Marie Williford hangs in the common room of the dorm that bears her name. But who was she? Kenan paints a picture of Dean Williford, drawing upon the palette of memories of Susan Williford Montgomery,
Maggie sits down for another chat with an important woman of Rhodes, Dean of Students Alicia Golston. Find out the one class she just would not take- and how that rewrote her life’s course. Follow the path that led Dean
Barret Library is very dear to us hear at Lynx to the Past, and the woman at the head of it is even more so. Maggie Kreis talks with Library Director, Darlene Brooks, in this episode.
Voorhees has been home to thousands of Rhodes students over the years—we wanted to get to know a little more about the namesake of the building, and what it was like in its beginnings.
Continuing our celebration of the women of Rhodes, Maggie got the chance to sit down with President Jennifer Collins and her Chief of Staff, Anne Beard. Listen to hear about their journey to Rhodes, what they’re dreaming
Happy Women’s History Month! To celebrate, we are starting a series all about the women of Rhodes College’s past and present. In this episode, we are diving into the lives of our first woman professor and Dean of Women,
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