<p><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="537" data-permalink="https://archivesincontext.archivists.org/2020/03/10/season-3-episode-2-finding-aid-to-my-soul-part-1/micaela-blei/#main" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/archivesincontext.archivists.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/micaela-blei.jpg?fit=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="400,400" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Micaela Blei" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/archivesincontext.archivists.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/micaela-blei.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/archivesincontext.archivists.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/micaela-blei.jpg?fit=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1" class=" wp-image-537 alignleft" src="https://i0.wp.com/archivesincontext.archivists.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/micaela-blei.jpg?resize=294%2C294&#038;ssl=1" alt="Micaela Blei" width="294" height="294" />Listen to compelling stories about archives from <strong>A Finding Aid to My Soul</strong>, a storytelling event at <em><a href="https://www2.archivists.org/am2019">ARCHIVES*RECORDS 2019</a>, </em>sponsored by SAA’s Committee on Public Awareness (COPA). The event was hosted by <a href="https://www.micaelablei.com/">Micaela Blei</a> (pictured), two-time Moth Grand Slam Story Champion and former director of the Moth’s Education Program, who coached the ten storytellers in advance of the event, and also told a story of her own.</p>
<p>Part 1 features stories from <strong>Micaela Blei</strong>; <strong>Arielle Petrovich</strong>, instruction and outreach archivist at the University of Notre Dame; and <strong>Kira Lyle</strong>, grad student at the University of South Carolina.</p>
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<h4>Episode Extras</h4>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXKPYfzEcqk">Watch another story</a> by Micaela Blei on teaching the Oregon Trail, and stay tuned for parts 2 and 3 of A Finding Aid to My Soul.</p>


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Season 3, Episode 3: Finding Aid to My Soul, Part 2

Archives in Context is a podcast about archives and the people behind them. Members of the podcast team include Mary Caldera, Adreonna Bennett, Conor Casey, Lauren Kata, Emily Mathay, Camila Zorrilla Tessler, Carmela Furio, Kate Greenberg, and Hannah Stryker. All opinions expressed in this podcast are our own and are not reflective of a particular institution.