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“Reading the Reckoning: Tiya Miles” — Tiya was interviewed on WNYC’s The Takeaway. “What I wanted to do in this book was to actually look at the earliest moments of Detroit’s formation and look at it in a different way to try to see the people who were actually being exploited whose labor was being stolen in the process of developing this place,” says Miles.”  February 2018.

Tiya talked with T Hetzel about researching long term projects, what is missing from historical record, and street names. She also read from The Dawn of Detroit: A Chronicle of Slavery and Freedom in the City of the Straits. Listen to their discussion. January 2018.

“Strange Fruit: That Ghost Was Not A ‘Mistress’“ — Tiya discusses ghost tourism and representations of slavery with Kaila Story and Jaison Gardner, hosts of “Strange Fruit” (NPR Louisville). October 2017.

‘To the Best of Our Knowledge: Uncovering the Buried History of Savannah’s “Ghost Tours”’ — Tiya discusses ghost tourism and representations of slavery with Steve Paulson, host of “To The Best of Our Knowledge” (Wisconsin Public Radio). October 2017.

‘“I Got Indian in My Family”: An Another Round Takeover’ — Tiya discusses the relationship between Native Americans and Black people on the topic of tracing one’s roots and Native heritage on podcast episode 88 of ”Another Round.” Tiya’s segment begins around the 13:04 minute mark. Recorded in April 2017.

Tiya joined host Gerald Prokopowicz on the podcast Civil War History to discuss the “notion of the ghost tour” at Civil War sites. Listen to the podcast episode from December 2016.

“How Ghost Tours Often Exploit African-American History” — Tiya talked with Here & Now’s Robin Young about her new book “Tales from the Haunted South: Dark Tourism and Memories of Slavery from the Civil War Era.“

“How Ghost Tours Often Exploit African-American History” — In October 2015, Tiya talked with Here & Now’s Robin Young about her new book “Tales from the Haunted South: Dark Tourism and Memories of Slavery from the Civil War Era.“  This interview was revisited in 2016.

“This Michigan woman was a conductor on the Underground Railroad” — Tiya discusses the heroic role Laura Smith Haviland played in the anti-slavery movement in Michigan and the Midwest on Michigan Public Radio in July 2014.

“The History of Belle Isle” — Tiya was interviewed on WDET-FM’s “The Craig Fahle Show” regarding the history of Detroit’s Belle Isle park. February 2013.