Document today, with context from our past, and learn moving forward.

Past Forward is a public podcast service dedicated to educational accessibility. 

Recommended
Episodes

Tarell Alvin McCraney
Chapters, EP521

Rebecca Skloot
The Grammar, EP234

Pico Iyer
How + Why, EP237

What They're
Saying

"If you think about preserving history, or you think about preserving culture, or uplifting culture, to a very large extent, you are talking about memory, you are talking about preserving memory."

Ann Burroughs
Chapters, EP551

"Fire is just immensely complex and managing it requires a lot of complex, thoughtful policy and a lot of agility. These are not things that institutions are known for."

Nick Mott and Justin Angle
The Fire Problem, EP525

"I came of age during the Asian American, the Black, the students of color movements. I came into this field with that burning mission to raise up underutilized or underserved people and voices."

Teresa Watanabe
Chapters, EP520

"I think we have to be able to think broadly enough and deeply enough to say what is it about a place and a people that will allow atrocious villainy to go on for hundreds and hundreds of years.

Natalie J. Graham
Adjust Accordingly, EP482

"Environmentalism and civil rights in 1979, two separate tracks. In some cases it took almost a decade, in some cases two decades to get the two movements to converge, and it's called environmental justice."

Dr. Robert D. Bullard
Engaging the World, EP406

Podcast
Programs

A program concerning the history and the lessons of civil rights violations carried out against communities or populations on the basis of an individual’s race, national origin, immigration status, religion, gender, or sexual orientation.

Supported by the California State Library.

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Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at Chapman University is leading the conversation on issues of humanity, unity and justice. 

These interdisciplinary conversations promote thoughtful dialogue; mindful reflection; social tolerance; awareness and respect; peace and kindness.

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Documenting process and purpose, this interdisciplinary series is an educational resource provided to discuss the evolution of visual, performing, and literary arts at the intersection of technology, science, history, and health.

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Medium History explores memories and moments through creativity and expression, capturing the cultural ethos of that time and place through storytelling and representation.

This program explores how creative mediums provide context for history beyond dates, and names, and figures.

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An education program that considers unresolved symptoms of The Fire Problem.

This special podcast series will examine and explain underlying challenges and vulnerabilities with our climate, environment, politics, and vegetation.

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Our Without… program provides an opportunity for community leaders to share stories about today, with context from our past, and learn moving forward.

Each guest has three minutes to record their Microcast episode. Special episodes are recorded for longer conversations.

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