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A.I. Practices at TUAS

Tell Us a Story is podcast about people, made by people, for people. In the world of media today it is often hard to know what is real and what is not. But when you are listening to our show you can trust that it is the real story of a real human being.

We do not knowingly use Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) to generate any content on this show. When selecting stock music or photos we do our best to ensure they are real photos and music, made by real artists. Now someday we may be fooled, but we do our best.

One of the places A.I. may be used in is the generation of transcripts for the production process. And to be honest this is pretty rare. The nature of the show and the way it is produced means that our hand written recording logs are much more useful than a transcript.

In the future we do hope to provide transcripts of our shows and it is highly likely that these will be some sort of speech to text engine that will certainly have an AI of some kind behind it.

The other area where A.I. is almost certainly buried is in the filters and tools we use to clean up and edit our audio. This is basically unavoidable at this point. We do not generate vocal tracks with A.I.

Finally, if, on the odd chance we decide to experiment with A.I. in other ways we will make it very obvious in the recording as well as the show notes. This show is really not the place for that but if a case arises that makes it relevant we will let you know.

Finding My Life’s work in Agnes Tyrrell’s Compositions

In this episode Jocelyn Swigger, Professor of Music at Gettysburg College and concert pianist, shares how the discovery of the composer Agnes Tyrrell led her to finding her life’s work in her 50’s. Her story reminds us to always be prepared for new opportunities in life.

Jocelyn’s website: https://jocelynswigger.com/

TEDx talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJouIL6uaoc

The premiere of the etudes is Saturday September 13 at 7pm in Paul Recital Hall on the second floor of Schmucker Hall, on the Gettysburg College campus. Admission is free. https://cglink.me/2fU/r2274992

For more information about Agnes Tyrrell start here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_Tyrrell

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Growing Up in the Segregated South

In this episode Dr. Bettye Baker shares her experiences growing up in Louisville, Kentucky during segregation. Bettye has been dedicated to promoting racial equality from a young age and shares her experiences of growing up in Louisville and her thoughts for the future.

Read the Time Magazine article Bettye references at: https://time.com/archive/6616992/kentucky-sweet-land-of-liberty/

While not part of our story today, you may be interested in the book written by Bettye’s late husband Lt. Col. (Ret) William Baker called “The Brownsville Redemption” about “Theodore Roosevelt’s wrongful disgrace of the all-black infantry in Brownsville, Texas in 1906.”

https://www.vulpine-press.com/the-brownsville-redemption

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Sharing Your Soup and Other Lessons of a Lifetime

In this episode Liliana Arias shares the joys and challenges of growing up in Columbia during the Columbian Internal Armed Conflict and how those experiences guided her after she met and married her husband, a Peace Corp volunteer, and moved to the United States. She also explores how she deals with prejudice and discrimination in new ways as she seeks to create change by starting first within herself.

Liliana’s artwork is inspired by her time growing up in Columbia and her return visits to spend time with friends and family.

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Show open and closing: Evil-flowers by Koi-discovery

Melodia Do Rio by Rudy Pusateri

Go With Your Heart

As we begin production of season two, we are presenting a bonus episode recorded in the summer of 2024. In this episode, the Mayor of Gettysburg Pennsylvania, Rita Frealing shares her multifaceted journey through life that ultimately led to her childhood dream of being mayor of Gettysburg coming true.

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Wrapping Season 1 and Plans For Season 2

First, a huge thank you to all the amazing people who shared their stories with us for the first season of Tell Us A Story. I hope you found them as thought provoking listening to them as I did producing them.

We are going to put a bow on this first season and call it done. It was a wild ride getting those first shows to you. Some times we were posting an episode and looking for a new guest for the next show in two weeks. That does keep things exciting as a producer.

We are currently in conversation with potential guests for the second season and are beginning to schedule recording sessions.

Our goal is to have the next season fully scheduled before we start releasing the new shows. Keep an eye on this website for more details as to when the next season will premier.

Until then, you can take second listen to your favorite episodes or catch up on any that you missed right here.

Life in Mongolia: My Journey in Peace Corps

When one hears about someone entering the Peace Corp it is often assumed that it is a young adult, probably just out of college. Darcy Maier had dreamed of being in the Peace Corp from an early age, shortly after its founding. But for Darcy the experience did not happen in her 20’s but instead in her 60’s.  Darcy shares her story of how this program is changing her and what it means to her as she is still actively participating in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia.

To learn more about her adventure please read her blog: https://mongolianyarns.wordpress.com/

If you would like to learn more about the Peace Corp visit their site: https://www.peacecorps.gov/

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Skating on Thin Ice: A Woman’s Life in Academia

Jan Powers is Professor Emerita of Interdisciplinary Studies and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Gettysburg College. In this story Jan shares the challenges she faced being a female in academia. Jan began her career as a college professor in the late 1960’s. Archaic rules from the depression era as well as the cultural biases of the time only served as motivation for her to push the boundaries in her forty-nine-year career in higher education. Jan’s passion for teaching and strong determination are clear throughout her story.

After retirement she did not slow down. For glimpse of her on-going activities read this article in the Gettysburg Connection.

Books by Jan Powers

Blossoms on the Olive Tree: Israeli and Palestinian Women Working for Peace

Kites over the Mango Tree: Restoring Harmony between Hindus and Muslims in Gujarat

Circles on the Mountain: Bosnian Women in the Twenty-First Century

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Show open and closing: Evil-flowers by Koi-discovery

Haratanaya Sree by Veena Kinhal

Growing Up as an Undocumented Immigrant

At age three Ivana Lopez Espinosa and her family entered the country as undocumented immigrants. In this story she chronicles some of her experiences, both uplifting and heartbreaking, that she encountered along the way. Some people placed roadblocks and discouragement in her path. Other people were her advocates and supporters that guided and encouraged her along the way. To date she has successfully earned her master’s degree at age 21 and is dedicated to being an advocate for others in the same situation she found herself in as a child.

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