Consolation Prize Podcast

19/04/2022

New today from Consolation Prize: Remember the Lusitania. In this episode, we travel back to 1915 to investigate the role of consuls in dealing with wartime disasters and the toll they took on them. Take a listen at the link in our bio!

19/04/2022

New today from Consolation Prize: Remember the Lusitania. In this episode, we travel back to 1915 to investigate the role of consuls in dealing with wartime disasters and the toll they took on them. Take a listen! https://consolationprize.rrchnm.org/remember-the-lusitania/

07/04/2022

Some art made by Irena Wiley 🖼

Irena sketched and used watercolor to record the people she encountered around the world. Many of her portraits feature mothers and children, who were often refugees seeking visas to travel to safety. These pieces were saved by Bill Adair. You can see them and more of Irena’s art at his website, irenawiley.com

📸: Gold Leaf Studios

01/04/2022

Irena, the artist, en studio.

Have you listened to our latest episode yet? It is a moving story of two artists: Irena Wiley, a diplomat's wife who recorded refugees and veterans she encountered, and Bill Adair, the man who saved her art.

📸: Wiley Family Photographs, Gold Leaf Studios.

29/03/2022

Irena Wiley was a diplomat’s wife and an artist who used art to reflect the humanity of people she met around the world. Her art was almost lost, until one man saved it. This is a special episode of Consolation Prize you're going to want to listen to! Link in bio.

29/03/2022

Irena Wiley was a diplomat’s wife and an artist who used art to reflect the humanity of people she met around the world. Her art was almost lost, until one man saved it. This is a special episode of Consolation Prize you're going to want to listen to now! https://consolationprize.rrchnm.org/the-art-of-diplomacy/

23/03/2022

Few women have had as an outsized impact on the U.S. foreign service as Madeleine Albright. May she rest in peace.

She came to the U.S. as an 11-year-old refugee and became a top diplomat in the Clinton administration.

08/03/2022

Our latest episode dropped this morning and it’s all about US-Vatican diplomatic relations! Did you know the US has had consuls to the Vatican since 1797? Or that the US played a role in the war for Italian unification? Or how the Vatican played a role in the US Civil War? Our episode might be titled States of Confusion, but this one is full of historical surprises. Give it a listen wherever you get your podcasts!

08/03/2022

We have a new episode for you this morning! Did you know that the US has had consuls to the Vatican since 1797? And that the US played a role in Italian unification? Listen now for that history and more!

https://consolationprize.rrchnm.org/states-of-confusion/

22/02/2022

Have you listened to our episode about the consular life of James Weldon Johnson yet? Be sure to check it out if you haven’t! Listen now at the link in our bio!

🖼: James Weldon Johnson painted by Laura Wheeler Waring, 1943. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. © Estate of Laura Wheeler Waring

17/02/2022

Have you already listened to our latest episode on James Weldon Johnson? If you have, we've got something new for you - a playlist of other podcast episodes related JWJ! Be sure to check them out.

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15/02/2022

We’re back! In our latest episode, we’re talking about someone you’ve probably heard about during . James Weldon Johnson was a songwriter and did a lot of work for the NAACP, but did you know he was also a consul in Nicaragua? Listen now at the link in our bio for more on that story!