{"id":2417,"date":"2019-03-29T12:34:47","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T16:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/?p=2417"},"modified":"2023-04-07T14:06:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T18:06:00","slug":"wilcox-in-dominican-republic-podcast-part-1-no-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wilcox-in-dominican-republic-podcast-part-1-no-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilcox in Dominican Republic Podcast Part 1 &#8211; No Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tMost of the Peace Corps Community Archives are textual documents and other visual media.\u00a0 However, not all volunteers wrote their letters home; many sent audio tapes back and forth, and for some it was their main form of communication.\u00a0 This audio production is based on the Geer Wilcox collection.\u00a0 Wilcox served in the Dominican Republic from 1963 to 1965.\u00a0 This production spans the first half of the collection, and you can look forward to the second half in April.<\/p>\n<p>In the tapes, Wilcox discusses his efforts and frustrations in realizing his Peace Corps and personal goals while working with the National School for the Blind.\u00a0 But, we want to know all about your experiences, as well!\u00a0 If you&#8217;ve ever felt stuck in the Peace Corps, or at work, or in another kind of big project, tell us all about your experience in the comments!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Play&#8221; button is located to the far left of the audio bar.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2417-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/bender-lib.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/03\/Wilcox-Podcast-Part-1-reduced.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/bender-lib.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/03\/Wilcox-Podcast-Part-1-reduced.mp3\">http:\/\/bender-lib.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/03\/Wilcox-Podcast-Part-1-reduced.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Music in this audio production was written by Kevin MacLeod.\u00a0 The tracks used are &#8220;Notanico Merengue&#8221; and &#8220;Laid Back Guitars.&#8221;\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most of the Peace Corps Community Archives are textual documents and other visual media.\u00a0 However, not all volunteers wrote their letters home; many sent audio tapes back and forth, and for some it was their main form of communication.\u00a0 This audio production is based on the Geer Wilcox collection.\u00a0 Wilcox served in the Dominican Republic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,524,34,36,85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1960s","category-blog-post","category-dominican-republic","category-education","category-southamerica"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2417"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6776,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2417\/revisions\/6776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}