The coffee mug from college. A potholder made in elementary school. Pair of salt and pepper shakers from generations past. On Refrangible we dive headfirst into stories about the things we make, use, save and carry, and what it tells us about our world. Join Producer in Residence Gianofer Fields and co-host Jonah Chester as they explore the stuff of everyday life.
Tune in below and subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts for a closer look at the material traces of our past.
We’d love to hear from you! Send us your questions, comments or tell us about an object that holds a special place in your world – cdmc@sohe.wisc.edu
Season 1-3
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Season 1
Episode 4: Our Bodies and The Lessons They Teach Us
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Episode 3: Sewing and the Art of Necessity
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Episode 2: Maypoles and Our Shifting Reality
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Episode 1: The Home Front
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Trailer: What is Material Culture?
Season 2
Episode 1: Clothing and Identity: Who Wears What, and Why?
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Episode 2: Clothing and Identity: Revisiting Our Past, One Stitch at a Time
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Episode 3: Commodifying Culture
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Episode 4: Uncomfortable Objects: Art and Death
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Season 3
Episode 1: What defines a “home” — and what happens when it’s taken away
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Episode 2: Troubling Objects and the Illusion of Luxury
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Episode 3: Domestic Classrooms: The Intersection of Home and School
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Episode 4: Childhood Toys and Our Connections to the Past
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About the Producer-in-Residence
Having worked at WBEZ: Chicago Public Media, Fields is an award-winning journalist and the creator, curator, and producer of Radio Chipstone, a radio program on WORT Community Radio in collaboration with the Chipstone Foundation.
This program is available through the generosity of Lydia A. Black and the Lydia Childs Eskridge Fund and the Chipstone Foundation