A PODCAST
NEW STORIES
FOR DURANGO’S
HISTORY BOOKS
There’s a story we like to tell about this part of the world.
It’s a story we’ve been telling for a long time.
There’s a story we like to tell about this part of the world.
It’s a story we’ve been telling for a long time.
What if we told you…
…that the history of Durango wasn’t made by just white men?
…that our stories don’t fit neatly on postcards and travel brochures?
It’s time to remember the all people who made Durango a magic city.
It’s time to tell our whole history.
…that the history of Durango wasn’t made by just white men?
It’s time to remember all the people who made Durango a magic city.
…that our stories don’t fit neatly on postcards and travel brochures?
It’s time to tell our whole history.
Sharing the whole history of Durango with the world
The Magic City of the Southwest is a documentary podcast series revealing often-overlooked histories of the Four Corners region. We focus on diverse, working-class communities that have been excluded from the public discourse for more than a century.
You can subscribe to The Magic City wherever you get your podcasts or listen here.
The project is produced by Adam Burke, Kirbie Bennett, and Jamie Wanzek in partnership with KSUT Public Radio and with support from the City of Durango’s Creative Economy Commission. Archival images come from the Animas City Museum and the Center for Southwest Studies. These audio stories grew out of a group of local history enthusiasts who recognized that these stories need to be shared.
We are Magic City Studios.
Sharing the whole history of Durango with the world
The Magic City of the Southwest is a documentary podcast series revealing often-overlooked histories of the Four Corners region. We focus on diverse, working-class communities that have been excluded from the public discourse for more than a century.
You can subscribe to The Magic City wherever you get your podcasts or listen here.
The project is produced by Adam Burke, Kirbie Bennett, and Jamie Wanzek in partnership with KSUT Public Radio and with support from the City of Durango’s Creative Economy Commission. Archival images come from the Animas City Museum and the Center for Southwest Studies. These audio stories grew out of a group of local history enthusiasts who recognized that these stories need to be shared.
We are Magic City Studios.
In 1881, the same year Durango was established, an artist from New York named J.J. Reilly visited the area on assignment to document the Southwest. One of his woodblock illustrations depicted an expansive view of Durango. The caption reads, “Durango, The Magic City of the Southwest.” Past the gnarled and torn trees in the foreground, you can see a city coming into being. We think a city brave enough to tell its whole history is a magic city indeed.
