Alma College Histories & Mysteries Presents: Cattlegate

We are proud to present Cattlegate, a limited series exploring the history and impact of the PBB disaster in St. Louis, MI. In this episode, we feature an interview with Jane (Keon) Jelenek who has been a leader in the Pine River Superfund Citizen Advisory Committee, and has worked tirelessly to promote the Velsicol clean-up and tell the story of the PBB disaster. (Note this interview has been cut somewhat for time, but the full interview is available at Central Michigan University)

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Schedule

April 27 Cattlegate, Chapter 1 (featuring an interview with Dr. Brittany Fremion)

May 4 The Oral History of Gary Smith (conducted by Luke Carlson, November 2019)

May 11 The Oral History of Jane (Keon) Jelenek (conducted by Nicole Brabaw, February 2019) May 18 Cattlegate, Chapter 2 (featuring an interview with Dr. Ed Lorenz) May 25 Cattlegate, Chapter 4 (featuring an interview with Diane Russel)

May 30 The Oral History of Joe Sanger (conducted by Dr. Fremion, February 2019)

June 6 Reflecting on Cattlegate (featuring an interview with Dr. Benjamin Peterson)

Thank you

Thank you to Dr. Fremion, her students, and the staff of the Museum of Cultural & Natural History at Central Michigan University for their assistance and access to oral Michigan PBB Oral History Project. Also, thank you to Drs. Fremion and Lorenz for conducting interviews. Finally, thank you to the Ukrainian musician Coma-Media who provides all of the music for the Histories & Mysteries podcast.

Funding & Collaborators

The Cattlegate series was funded by a generous grant from the Michigan Humanities Council and was recorded in the Greg Hatcher Learning Commons at Alma College.

The Michigan PBB Oral History Project was funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Science, NIH, as part of the Michigan PBB Registry at Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health and Hercules Exposome Research Center, and collaboration with the University of Michigan's Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD), PBB community partners, and CMU History, Public History, and Cultural Resource Management students.

Credits

Kathleen Gregones Presenter, Researcher, and Podcast Coordinator

Alexander Kennedy Presenter and Researcher

Mallory Fenskie Presenter and Researcher

Benjamin Peterson Engineer, Producer, and Advisor