This Sunday, nearly 200 million people worldwide will watch the Super Bowl—or at least the commercials. The big names. The big moments. The endless stats. We celebrate the stars we’re told to remember. This year, as fans talk legacy and greatness, I find myself thinking about the players whose stories never became part of football’s official mythology. I’ve been a Seahawks fan since the Steve Largent and Jim Zorn days, and I love watching Jaxon Smith-Njigba turn a catch into

Every public history project carries limits. Recognizing them is not a failure—it is an ethical obligation.  Reflecting on the Food, Family, and Tradition program, several areas invite deeper attention. While the event centered on community voices, the final panel did not fully represent the diversity of Over-the-Rhine. Time constraints and limited community interactions—due to time constraints—in the neighborhood shaped who could participate. Gender diversity was also constr

Public history is not only about what we know—it is about how we come to know it, and who is invited into that process. Foodways offer a particularly powerful entry point for this work because its experiential, remembered, and shared across generations. The Food, Family, and Tradition program, developed in collaboration with the Over-the-Rhine Museum, was grounded in the idea of shared authority. Rather than presenting a finished narrative, the program invited community membe