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Rooted Wisdom

Rooted Wisdom

Written by: Beech Works
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Anthony Cohen, historian and explorer of the American past, sets out to find the stories of the Underground Railroad. Visiting sites both well-known and overlooked, the Rooted Wisdom podcast reveals the people and places that shaped our history and considers how their stories continue to shape our lives today.

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  • The Harper Cabin: A Story of Continuity
    Jan 8 2026

    Over the course of six weeks during the summer of 2025, the Rooted Wisdom team worked with a group of Montgomery County Public School students in the Summer RISE initiative. After listening to interviews about the Harper Cabin, the students visited the cabin with Tony to discuss the role of memory in our understanding of history.

    This is the fourth in a series of four episodes that explore the history of the Harper Cabin at Brookside Nature Center in Wheaton, MD.

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    38 mins
  • The Harper Cabin: The Harper Way
    Jan 8 2026

    When Harper descendant, Faith Harper, steps through the threshold of the cabin that bears her family name—a structure that holds an important place in history—she sees “a home full of love.” Tony and Faith discuss what it means to be a Harper and the love that is the Harper Way.

    This is the third in a series of four episodes that explore the history of the Harper Cabin at Brookside Nature Center in Wheaton, Md.

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    34 mins
  • The Harper Cabin: Lineal Aspirations
    Jan 8 2026

    In good practice historians rely on multiple sources of information to piece together the history of a building or place. Rebeccah Ballo, historian and preservationist, describes this standard as a three-legged bar stool; the physical, the paper trail, and the oral histories. Tony and Rebeccah investigate the historical context of preservation and how that last leg of the bar stool makes the documentation of the Harper Cabin so special.

    This is the second in a series of four episodes that explore the history of the Harper Cabin at Brookside Nature Center in Wheaton, MD.

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    36 mins
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