About Us:
Kara Heitz, Host & Producer
Kara is a historian and educator who engages in cultural history storytelling through a variety of media formats. She teaches American history at the Kansas City Art Institute. She also runs a media production company, Clio’s Scroll Productions, that creates historically-focused documentary films and podcasts. You can view her website at karaheitz.org
Emily Milner, Editor
Emily Milner is an artist and videographer living in Kansas City. Ranging from documentary filmmaking to music videos to theatrical projection design, her art practice is heavily rooted in collaboration with musicians and sound artists. You can reach her at milner.emily.j@gmail.com.
Music by: Clelia Walking
Creative Consultant: Suzanne Hogan
Sponsored by: The Geary County Historical Society
Funded by grants from: Humanities Kansas and The Sunflower Foundation
Intro Song: “Smiles” recorded by the Joseph C. Smith Orchestra, 1918. Courtesy of Library of Congress, National Jukebox.
Outro Song: “The 1919 Influenza Blues” recorded by Essie Jenkins, 2005. Courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.