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Conversation about fieldwork in Muolhoi village

Description: Khupzakham Ṭhiek, Chairman of the Ṭhiek Pahnam Association, gives consent to record the Ṭhiek language for research and documentation purpose with the hopes to establish and develop the language. Recorded in Muolhoi village.
Date: August 21, 2023
Duration: 41 seconds
Creator: Infimate, Marina L.
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Elicitation of affirmative and negative clauses

Description: Vanlal Tluong Bapui, President of the Hmar Literature Society, responds to English prompts in Ṭhiek as part of an elicitation session on affirmative and negative clauses.
Date: August 21, 2023
Duration: 1 minute 29 seconds
Creator: Infimate, Marina L.
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Elicitation of transitive clauses

Description: Vanlal Tluong Bapui, President of the Hmar Literature Society, responds to English and Hmar prompts in Ṭhiek as part of an elicitation session to identify pronouns and person-indexation markers in transitive sentences.
Date: August 21, 2023
Duration: 1 minute 27 seconds
Creator: Infimate, Marina L.
Partner: UNT College of Information

Performance of a traditional song

Description: Vanlal Tluong Bapui, President of the Hmar Literature Society, sings a traditional Ṭhiek song. He explains this song was traditionally sung while children play.
Date: August 21, 2023
Duration: 30 seconds
Creator: Infimate, Marina L.
Partner: UNT College of Information

Performance of a traditional song

Description: Vanlal Tluong Bapui, President of the Hmar Literature Society, sings a traditional Ṭhiek song. He explains this song was traditionally sung as a lullaby.
Date: August 21, 2023
Duration: 24 seconds
Creator: Infimate, Marina L.
Partner: UNT College of Information

Personal narrative of Vanlal Tluong Bapui

Description: Vanlal Tluong Bapui, President of the Hmar Literature Society, gives consent for recording him and briefly introduces himself. He discusses Ṭhiek's status as an endangered language and the urgency of documenting and preserving Ṭhiek. He describes his book "Ṭhiek Ṭawng," explaining that it is the only known publication in Ṭhiek, and represents his contribution towards preserving the language.
Date: August 21, 2023
Duration: 2 minutes 27 seconds
Creator: Infimate, Marina L.
Partner: UNT College of Information

Reading of an excerpt from "Ṭhiek Ṭawng"

Description: Vanlal Tluong Bapui, President of the Hmar Literature Society, reads an excerpt from his book "Ṭhiek Ṭawng" on the origin and history of Ṭhiek.
Date: August 21, 2023
Duration: 3 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Infimate, Marina L.
Partner: UNT College of Information

Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods

Description: Animesh Laobangdisa describes his experience during the 2022 Assam floods.
Date: October 21, 2022
Duration: 6 minutes 01 second
Creator: Barman, Animesh
Partner: UNT College of Information

Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods

Description: Banoni Dibragede describes her experience during the 2022 Assam floods. The speaker is a housewife who is 34 years old at the time of recording.
Date: October 21, 2022
Duration: 9 minutes 23 seconds
Creator: Barman, Animesh
Partner: UNT College of Information

Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods

Description: Ritesh Langthasa describes his experience during the 2022 Assam floods. The speaker is a government worker who is 48 years old at the time of recording.
Date: October 21, 2022
Duration: 9 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: Barman, Animesh
Partner: UNT College of Information
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[Wesley Phelps interview with Chris Haight, October 21, 2022]

Description: Audio interview from the Wes Phelps Podcast Interviews Collection recorded on October 21st, 2022 in Houston, Texas. In this interview, Chris Haight discusses the lives and deaths of John Griffin and Tommy Lee Tremble, two gay men who were close friends and roommates in Dallas in the 1980s. Haight discusses their negative treatment through newspaper coverage following their murders and the significance of applying humanity to their cases. Haight continues on to describe the trial and arrest of R… more
Date: October 21, 2022
Duration: 40 minutes
Creator: Phelps, Wes
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Conversation about animal sacrifice rituals

Description: Tashi Dorji and Dorji Phuntsho discuss rituals involving animal sacrifice in Dukti village. In the past, it was customary for every household to raise a pig to be killed for ritual purposes. They say that now, over a decade later, they have stopped raising pigs for sacrifice.
Date: May 21, 2022
Duration: 9 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation about Ladam rituals in Dukti village

Description: Tashi Dorji and Dorji Phuntsho discuss the different rituals performed in Dukti village related to Ladam involving restricting both locals and outsiders from visiting the mountain Tshong Tshongma between plantation and harvesting of crops. The entry to Tshong Tshongma closes on the 10th day of the third month of the Tibetan calendar. If someone does enter this area during the restricted months, it brings heavy rain, winds, and landslides to the area.
Date: May 21, 2022
Duration: 12 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Episode 69: The True Cost of Human Trafficking with Dr. Kim Robinson

Description: Podcast produced by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) that features an interview with clinical psychologist Dr. Kim Robinson. Susan and Dr. Robinson discuss how working as a psychologist in the military caused her to focus on child sexual abuse and human trafficking, as well as warning signs and advice for recognizing victims of human trafficking.
Date: April 21, 2021
Duration: 48 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: University of North Texas. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Conversation in Fatehpur village about land issues, village, farming, harvest, and fisheries

Description: This is a conversation between three people in Fatehpūr village in the Maū district of UP. The conversation begins with some land issues in Fatehpūr and then moves on to modern-day farming issues faced in the village. Then the speakers move on to discussing the prospects of fisheries and then to the climate of Fatehpūr, which is relatively colder because of the Fatehpūr Ratōh Lake.
Date: November 21, 2020
Duration: 20 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation on issues of agricultural produce, and about relatives

Description: This is a conversation in Ḍhilaī̃ village, situated nearby Fatehpūr, in the Maū district of UP, taking place in the Eastern dialect of Azamgarhi. The conversation begins with some issues in the selling of the current year’s harvest of paddy. Then the speakers move on to talking on matters of relatives.
Date: November 21, 2020
Duration: 25 minutes 38 seconds
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Episode 54: Lone Star Chemistry with Dr. Diana Mason

Description: Podcast produced by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) that features an interview with Dr. Diana Mason, Professor Emeritus at UNT's Department of Chemistry. Susan and Dr. Mason discuss the correlation between students' arithmetic skills and their success in chemistry courses. They also discuss Dr. Mason's live chemistry demonstrations, Governor Abbott's commissioning of her as an Admiral in the US Navy, and her role in the Daughters of the American Revolution and in many community pro… more
Date: October 21, 2020
Duration: 52 minutes 11 seconds
Creator: University of North Texas. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Episode 11: Dr. James Goodnow Pt. 2 (Day Trippers)

Description: Interview with Dr. James Goodnow for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) podcast. Susan speaks with him about his work as co-chair of the Day Trippers Special Interest Group. Dr. Goodnow explains the background of this OLLI at UNT group and the types of trips they'll be taking this semester.
Date: February 21, 2019
Duration: 14 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Supak, Susan & Goodnow, James D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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