The Diary: Recent Episodes
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The Diary is a podcast where we read from diaries from all sorts of people and places. Diary writing is a window onto the mind and culture of the writer that we will use to learn more about ourselves. Enjoy! Send us your questions or entries to thediaryemail@gmail.com.
Australia is known for its gold mining and this diary provides a look at daily life for a miner in the Ballarat mines in 1855. For more information about this diary go to: https://www.oldtreasurybuilding.org.au/diary-of-an-unknown-miner/
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Alice, a 16 year old girl from Gallatin Tennessee USA, describes what daily life was like during her rural town’s occupation by the Yankee soldiers and how her town was impacted by the war. She provides a unique perspective on how everyday people see wars and conflicts.
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The keepers at Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Kenya help orphaned Elephants by nursing them back to health and then reintegrating them into the wild. They keep daily diaries and we are reading a few from the entries spanning 2005 to 2020. Learn more about them at www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org.
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We journey back to Spain in 1952 where Mavis Gallant is traveling for the first time to Madrid and Barcelona. As she writes her novel, she recounts her everyday life in her diary.
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