Hedi Lamarr Rudd shares a story about her father LaVelle, the enormous impact he had on her life and the lasting impression he made on everyone who knew him. We talk about how to tell the stories of complicated people we love and learn why LaVelle's family called him the black Moses of Madison. (We close out this episode with some original music from LaVelle's band, 'Upheaval'.) Richard Jones Jr steps away from the technical end of the podcast to join us at the microphone to tell us about why he started Oddly Arranged Media.
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We listen to a story Hedi Lamarr Rudd told at UW Continuing Studies Writers' Institute, explore the themes in the story and discuss how she crafted the story.
Richard Jones Jr joined us to talk about the origin story of his business, Oddly Arranged Media.
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