PreserveCast

15/09/2025

Kate Livie is a Chesapeake educator, writer and social historian whose work explores the Chesapeake’s culture, history, traditions and environment.
Formerly the director of education and associate curator at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Livie serves as adjunct faculty in Chesapeake Studies at Washington College and as chairman of the maritime committee at the Maryland Center for History and Culture.

Her 2015 book, Chesapeake Oysters: The Bay’s Foundation and Future, won the Maryland Historical Society’s Marion Brewington prize for Maritime History. Livie contributes regularly to regional publications like Chesapeake Bay Magazine, Baltimore Magazine, and Edible Delmarva, and has hosted programs on Bay culture and history for MPT, NPR and the History Channel. Livie regularly lectures on topics exploring the intersection of Chesapeake environment and tradition at cultural institutions, colleges and non-profits throughout the region.

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08/09/2025

Dr. Melissa Reid is the executive director of the Taylor House Museum, located in historic downtown Berlin, Maryland. Dr. Reid’s doctoral research focused on community and artifactual literacies. Her work documented how historical stories of the local Black community were shared in the larger Berlin community. This research helps supports the mission of the Taylor House which is Telling the Stories of Berlin. Her family has roots in the Berlin area, going back several hundred years. She comes from a long line of storytellers. Town of Berlin Maryland Calvin B. Taylor House Museum

PreserveCast is an award-winning podcast about where historic preservation and technology meet. New episodes are released on Monday and available anytime on our website. PreserveCast is powered by Preservation Maryland and hosted by our Executive Director, Nick Redding.

25/08/2025

Historic foodways is a fan-favorite topic here on the podcast (pretzels, pizza, and many others) so we’re thrilled to have comedian, Emmy Award-nominated TV writer, podcaster, and author of Raw Dog, the Naked Truth About Hot Dogs, Jamie Loftus join us today! Jamie’s book is a blend of travelogue, culinary history, and critique of capitalism, revealing how the hot dog, a food often associated with low culture and affordability, has become deeply intertwined with American identity and commercialism.

PreserveCast is an award-winning podcast about where historic preservation and technology meet. New episodes are released on Monday and available anytime on our website. PreserveCast is powered by Preservation Maryland and hosted by our Executive Director, Nick Redding.

18/08/2025

When you think of pirates – you may think of far-off warm islands and tropical beaches or perhaps your mind goes to modern-day piracy off the dangerous horn of Africa – but you probably don’t think of the brackish waters of the Chesapeake Bay off the cost of Maryland and Virginia.

But, today’s guest, Dr. Jamie Goodall, has spent years studying that very story – and has recently published a compelling account of piracy on these now quiet waters.

Let’s set sail for Chesapeake Bay – but keep a clear eye because these waters be dangerous!

When you think of pirates – you may think of far-off warm islands and tropical beaches or perhaps your mind goes to modern-day piracy off the dangerous horn of Africa – but you probably don’t think of the brackish waters of the Chesapeake Bay off the coast of Maryland and Virginia. Dr. Jamie G...

11/08/2025

Today we’re joined by journalist and author Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson, talking about her critically-acclaimed book, Claire McCardell: The Designer Who Set Women Free, which came out in June of 2025 from Simon & Schuster. Dickinson’s first book has been hailed as an exceptional biography and an essential read that “puts the American fashion icon Claire McCardell back in the pantheon.”

PreserveCast is an award-winning podcast about where historic preservation and technology meet. New episodes are released on Monday and available anytime on our website. PreserveCast is powered by Preservation Maryland and hosted by our Executive Director, Nick Redding.

04/08/2025

Today we’re joined by The Campaign for Historic Trades’ Recruitment and Outreach Manager Jordan Riggs to talk about the Smithsonian Folklife Festival and The Campaign’s role in this year’s event, spotlighting the value of careers, training, and education in historic trades. This year's festival theme was Youth and the Future of Culture, which explored creativity, vitality, resilience, and intergenerational learning and exchange through the contributions and experiences of youth, including in building trades. The Campaign for Historic Trades, like PreserveCast, is powered by Preservation Maryland. The Campaign for Historic Trades Preservation Maryland

PreserveCast is an award-winning podcast about where historic preservation and technology meet. New episodes are released on Monday and available anytime on our website. PreserveCast is powered by Preservation Maryland and hosted by our Executive Director, Nick Redding.

28/07/2025

Today we’re talking with Nina Jean-Louis, a structural engineer passionate about bridging engineering, cultural heritage, and climate science to design culturally sensitive strategies that help communities safeguard their heritage sites from climate change impacts.

PreserveCast is an award-winning podcast about where historic preservation and technology meet. New episodes are released on Monday and available anytime on our website. PreserveCast is powered by Preservation Maryland and hosted by our Executive Director, Nick Redding.

21/07/2025

Today’s episode threads history through the needle of style as we welcome our first-ever fashion historian, Summer Anne Lee. Based in Brooklyn and teaching at the Fashion Institute of Technology, Summer joins us to talk fashion and the wardrobes of America’s commanders-in-chief with her forthcoming book, Presidential Fashion: An Illustrated History, set to be published by Yale University Press.

PreserveCast is an award-winning podcast about where historic preservation and technology meet. New episodes are released on Monday and available anytime on our website. PreserveCast is powered by Preservation Maryland and hosted by our Executive Director, Nick Redding.

14/07/2025

Trades Takeover is back! In this episode, Director of Historic Trades Natalie Henshaw speaks with John Chan, Principal and Executive VP for the Durable Slate Company. John is a nationally recognized expert in historic roofing and a passionate advocate for preserving traditional roofing methods. He started slate, tile and copper roofing at The Durable Slate Company while on college summer breaks in 1986 and joined the company full-time in 1989 after graduating from UCLA. After working through the ranks in the field, he became a principal of the company in 1992.

PreserveCast is an award-winning podcast about where historic preservation and technology meet. New episodes are released on Monday and available anytime on our website. PreserveCast is powered by Preservation Maryland and hosted by our Executive Director, Nick Redding.

07/07/2025

We’re sitting down with Thomas Campanella, historian and author of the new book, Designing the American Century: The Public Landscapes of Clarke and Rapuano, 1915–1965. Tune in as we talk about two unsung giants of American landscape and urban design.

PreserveCast is an award-winning podcast about where historic preservation and technology meet. New episodes are released on Monday and available anytime on our website. PreserveCast is powered by Preservation Maryland and hosted by our Executive Director, Nick Redding.

30/06/2025

Today we’re on with Benjamin Prosky, president of the Richard H. Jenrette Foundation, working to advance education, innovation, and stewardship in the fields of historic preservation, decorative arts, and historic landscapes. Listen in as Ben covers his preservation journey and the resources the Foundation stewards.

PreserveCast is an award-winning podcast about where historic preservation and technology meet. New episodes are released on Monday and available anytime on our website. PreserveCast is powered by Preservation Maryland and hosted by our Executive Director, Nick Redding.

23/06/2025

Join us as we sit down with Olive Theodore, founder of Walrus Boat Recycling, a nonprofit project centered around saving and upcycling boats, and the capital campaign manager of the Center for Wooden Boats, aiming to connect each of us to Seattle's living maritime heritage of building, exploring, and using small boats through hands-on experiences. Listen in as we cover all things maritime!

PreserveCast is an award-winning podcast about where historic preservation and technology meet. New episodes are released on Monday and available anytime on our website. PreserveCast is powered by Preservation Maryland and hosted by our Executive Director, Nick Redding.