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Visiting sites both well-known and overlooked, the Rooted Wisdom podcast reveals the people and places that shaped our history and considers how their stories continue to shape our lives today.
Unknown Host hosts Rooted Wisdom, a history show with 16 episodes published.
Everywhere you go in Annapolis is a piece of history, and all of that history is connected to the Black experience. Mecca and local historian Janice Hayse-Williams explore local Black history from the 1700s through today
Charity Folks—born in Annapolis MD 1757, and enslaved until her manumission in 1797—went on to become one of the wealthiest free Black property owners in Annapolis. Upon her death she passed property on to her children t
Past, present, and future are intertwined at the Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum. The permanent exhibit, which is currently being reimagined, and their year-long art exhibits explore the Black experience in Maryland and
As the State of Maryland’s official museum of African American heritage, the Banneker-Douglass-Tubman museum comprises a wealth of both physical resources and documentation of African American life in Maryland. Tony visi
Pouring through the stacks and vertical files at the local historical society while doing research for his senior project at American University, Anthony Cohen “found” the Underground Railroad in Montgomery County. Runaw
Off a wooded road in Germantown, Maryland sits Button Farm Living History Center. A project of The Menare Foundation, the 40 acre farm tucked inside of Seneca Creek State Park depicts 1850s plantation life and explores t
Over the course of six weeks during the summer of 2025, the Rooted Wisdom team worked with a group of Montgomery County Public School students in the Summer RISE initiative. After listening to interviews about the Harper
When Harper descendant, Faith Harper, steps through the threshold of the cabin that bears her family name—a structure that holds an important place in history—she sees “a home full of love.” Tony and Faith discuss what i
In good practice historians rely on multiple sources of information to piece together the history of a building or place. Rebeccah Ballo, historian and preservationist, describes this standard as a three-legged bar stool
A one and a half story log cabin sits tucked in the woods at Brookside Nature Center in Wheaton, MD. Prior to 1976, this cabin was a two-story house built in the 1870s in the post-emancipation free Black community of Jon
Tony sits down with Douglas Mitchell, Harriet Tubman descendant, to learn more after their visit at Ben’s 1o. Hear more from Douglas Mitchell in Epsiode 5—Ben's 10: Interrupted Connection. Learn more about the archeologi
On a biting cold mid-January day it’s a homecoming with no home. Harriet Tubman descendent, Douglas Mitchell, retraces Harriet’s footsteps along the wetland path of Dorchester County, Md. that his great-great-grand-aunt
800 holes dug and a coin from 1808 serves as a beacon to keep digging for Ben’s 10, the homeplace of Harriet Tubman’s father, Ben Ross. Tony sits down with archeologist Julie Schablitsky, to examine unearthed artifacts t
Tony and David Greaves, a biologist, nature photographer, and founder of Nature Under Your Nose, look and listen to the birds of the forest. David discusses his interest in nature from an early age and shares barriers he
Tony is joined by Atiya Wells, founder and executive director of Backyard Basecamp in Baltimore, whose mission is to reconnect Black, Indigenous, and People of Color to land and nature. Atiya herself is a naturalist, cer
Tony and Baltimore-based filmmaker Mecca Lewis head into the woods to discuss freedom seekers that used their knowledge of the landscape to aid in their liberation. Before descending into the forest, they talk about what
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Rooted Wisdom is hosted by Unknown Host. The show is categorised under History (culture) and has published 16 episodes.
Rooted Wisdom has published 16 episodes.
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