Students in HIST 210: Podcasting Studio turned Bushnell University’s campus history into a public listening experience. Each team developed a podcast-in-progress, then paired selected audio with captioned photographs, archival documents, and small displays that invited visitors to listen closely. The resulting Listening Lab treated institutional memory as both celebration and mirror. Rather than presenting a smooth march through familiar milestones, students asked how change emerged from ordinary people, small decisions, and contested spaces. Headphones made the encounter personal: visitors moved through the room at their own pace, hearing student narration while studying the evidence behind each story. Stephen Andes designed the assignment to connect historical research, argument, oral communication, and exhibition practice. The project demonstrated how podcasting can move scholarship beyond the classroom, making complex campus histories accessible without flattening their tensions. It also gave students experience shaping evidence into stories meant for a real audience beyond their own classroom.
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