Suzanne Escott
Gas Rush
This series consists of original digital audio interview recordings and selected CD listening copies relating to the Carrie and Michael Kline's documenting the wide spectrum of citizen opinion about natural gas extraction (Fracking / hydraulic fracturing) in Northcentral West Virginia mainly during 2014 and 2015. The interviews were drawn upon for use in the 8-minute audio feature Pay Dirt. Originals are housed with the Michael and Carrie Nobel Kline Collection at the Berea College Special Collections and Archives.
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National Capital Contracting
Sandy Putorek interviewed Suzanne Escott at her home in Martins Ferry, Ohio. Escott reflects on her upbringing in Martins Ferry, her family’s English heritage, and her diverse career, including 20 years in the Navy, where she worked at the Pentagon and traveled extensively. After retiring, she pursued oil painting, creative writing, and community engagement. Escott discusses her science fiction writing inspired by ideas of humanity’s extraterrestrial origins and environmental cycles, her experiences with local economic shifts from steel and coal to oil and gas industries, and her views on alternative energy. She also shares her involvement in the Unitarian Church, her philosophical outlook on religion and life, and her retirement activities, which include painting, playing Scrabble, and developing a virtual bed-and-breakfast project.
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