POWER: Planning for the People

POWER: Planning for the People

TVA planners sought to unify the engineering innovations of dam construction with progressive ideas of public access and romantic notions of outdoor scenery. On this episode, we talk with Avigail Sachs, author of the book The Garden in the Machine: Planning and Democracy in the Tennessee Valley Authority. In this episode we talk about how the New Deal influenced the architecture and planning professions, the role of the public in TVA planning, and the relationship between the built environment and ideals of pastoral landscapes. NO TIME FOR FEAR is created and hosted by Eira Tansey of Memory Rising, an archival consulting company. For more information, episode transcripts, and ways to support the podcast, please visit the NO TIME FOR FEAR [http://notimeforfear.net/] website.

POWER: TVA's White Collar Radicals

Young idealistic progressives were the backbone of TVA's entry-level white collar workforce. In this episode, we talk with historian and archivist Aaron Purcell, author of author of the book White Collar Radicals: TVA's Knoxville Fifteen, the New Deal, and the McCarthy Era. We discuss the larger political context of 1930s progressive and leftwing politics, the idealism of young Tennessee Valley Authority white collar employees, and how Cold War anti-Communist hysteria reached all the way back to the New Deal. NO TIME FOR FEAR is created and hosted by Eira Tansey of Memory Rising, an archival consulting company. For more information, episode transcripts, and ways to support the podcast, please visit the NO TIME FOR FEAR [http://notimeforfear.net/] website.

POWER: The Power of Quilts

The New Deal included more than just public works projects, it also included quilts. In this episode, we talk with historian and podcaster Janneken Smucker about how rural electrification influenced quilting, TVA quilts, and the New Deal's spirit of experimentation. Learn more about Janneken at Janneken.org [http://janneken.org/], where you can access a website devoted to her recent book, A New Deal for Quilts [https://newdealquilts.janneken.org/]. Janneken is also the host of Running Stitch [https://quiltalliance.org/runningstitch/], a QSOS Podcast, which draws on an archive of oral histories with quiltmakers, discussing the cultural history and contemporary quilt scene with guests. NO TIME FOR FEAR is created and hosted by Eira Tansey of Memory Rising, an archival consulting company. For more information, episode transcripts, and ways to support the podcast, please visit the NO TIME FOR FEAR [https://notimeforfear.net/] website.

POWER: Tennessee Valley Geography

The Tennessee Valley is more than just a watershed; it was the basis for the creation of extensive infrastructure. In this episode, we speak with Micah Rutenberg, who helps us gain a new appreciation of how the TVA influenced the creation of an energy commons through maps, design, appliances, and community relationships. Micah's forthcoming book, The Mechanized Landscape: Statecraft and Environment in the Tennessee Valley, can be pre-ordered now [https://a.co/d/430dAgp] and follow his work on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/buckminister_mueller/]. NO TIME FOR FEAR is created and hosted by Eira Tansey of Memory Rising, an archival consulting company. For more information, episode transcripts, and ways to support the podcast, please visit the NO TIME FOR FEAR [https://notimeforfear.net/] website.

POWER: The Human Toll of Infrastructure

To build the TVA infrastructure that would bring electricity to millions of homes in the Tennessee Valley, many other families lost their homes in the process. In this episode we look at how thousands of families were displaced due to the construction of TVA's dams and reservoirs. NO TIME FOR FEAR is created and hosted by Eira Tansey of Memory Rising, an archival consulting company. For more information, episode transcripts, and ways to support the podcast, please visit https://notimeforfear.net/.