About this episode
The Hip Hop Archive at Harvard, the Pack Horse Librarians of Eastern Kentucky, the Lenny Bruce Archive, the Internet Archive and more surprising stories of preservation and civic life.
With host, Academy Award-winning actress, Frances McDormand.
The Kitchen Sisters Present Archiving the Underground, hour one of our two-part Keepers special. Stories of activist archivists, rogue librarians, curators, collectors and historians. Guardians of history, large and small. Protectors of the free flow of information and ideas. Keepers of the culture and the culture and collections they keep.
Interviews featured include: Dr. Marcyliena Morgan, founder of the Hip Hop Archive. 9th Wonder (aka Patrick Douthit), acclaimed hip-hop producer, DJ, and Nasir Jones Hip Hop Fellow who discusses setting the standards for the hip-hop canon. Henry Louis Gates Jr., the renowned Harvard professor and literary critic. Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive. Kitty Bruce, daughter of comedian Lenny Bruce, who details the creation and preservation of the Lenny Bruce Archive. And many more.
Produced by The Kitchen Sisters (Davia Nelson & Nikki Silva) with Nathan Dalton and Brandi Howell. Mixed by Jim McKee.
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