Rooted Wisdom Podcast Launch

In partnership with Beech Works, Adkins Arboretum will launch the Rooted Wisdom podcast with a listening party on Thursday, September 26, at 7 p.m. The event will be held in person at the Avalon Theatre in Easton, MD and available via livestream, viewable at rootedwisdom.org

The program includes the presentation of excerpts from the first three episodes of the new podcast and a panel discussion and Q&A with Rooted Wisdom host, historian Anthony Cohen and episode guests Mecca Lewis and David Greaves. Project collaborator George Burroughs of Beech Works will moderate.

In this new podcast series, Anthony Cohen, historian, Menare Foundation President, and explorer of the American past, sets out to find the stories of the Underground Railroad. Visiting well-known and overlooked sites, Rooted Wisdom reveals the people and places that shaped our history and considers how their stories continue to shape our lives today. Building off the 2022 Rooted Wisdom: Nature’s Role in the Underground Railroad Guided Experience, which explores how freedom seekers used their knowledge of and connection to nature to aid in escaping enslavement, the Rooted Wisdom podcast will extend to investigate the larger history of the Underground Railroad.

The event is FREE and open to all.

Registration for the in-person event is required and available here: https://adkins.donorshops.com/product/RW-podcast-launch/rooted-wisdom-p…

Registration for the virtual event is encouraged here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rooted-wisdom-podcast-launch-tickets-10037…

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