Cover image of Mid-Americana: Stories from a Changing Midwest

Mid-Americana: Stories from a Changing Midwest

Mid-Americana explores the history and identity of the Greater Midwest through the lives and stories of individual people. Our second season, Immigration, features eight stories from people who left t... Read more

Podcast cover

Home Is Not a Safe Place: Irene Maun

Home Is Not a Safe Place: Irene Maun

Irene Maun is originally from the Marshall Islands, descended from a Micronesian royal family. Like many Marshallese, sh... Read more

28 May 2021

55mins

Podcast cover

Journey into the New: Dominique Serrand

Journey into the New: Dominique Serrand

Dominique Serrand is Co-Artistic Director for The Moving Company, a traveling theatre company based in Minneapolis, Minn... Read more

13 Jan 2021

49mins

Podcast cover

Conversations with America: Abdirizak Abdi

Conversations with America: Abdirizak Abdi

At age six, Abdirizak Abdi fled civil war in his native Somalia. He lived in a refugee camp in neighboring Kenya, then i... Read more

16 Dec 2020

54mins

Podcast cover

I Reached for Books: Hem Rizal

I Reached for Books: Hem Rizal

Hem Rizal is an M.A. candidate in public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. He was born in Bhutan and migrated to Nep... Read more

2 Dec 2020

46mins

Most Popular Podcasts

Podcast cover

Always in the Gray Areas: John-Paul Chaisson-Cardenas

Always in the Gray Areas: John-Paul Chaisson-Cardenas

John-Paul Chaisson-Cardenas is an educator, social worker, and justice advocate currently pursuing a PhD in Educational ... Read more

18 Nov 2020

1hr

Podcast cover

America Looks Like Scotland!: Zoe Bouras

America Looks Like Scotland!: Zoe Bouras

Zoe Bouras is a Communications and Development AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteer in Service to America) with the Immigration P... Read more

11 Nov 2020

45mins

Podcast cover

Stick to Your Roots: Pavel Polanco-Safadit

Stick to Your Roots: Pavel Polanco-Safadit

As a kid in the Dominican Republic, Pavel Polanco-Safadit fell in love with piano and spent hours each day perfecting hi... Read more

21 Oct 2020

50mins

Podcast cover

America Has Its Own Ghosts: Kao Kalia Yang

America Has Its Own Ghosts: Kao Kalia Yang

Kao Kalia Yang is an author, public speaker, and teacher. She was born in the Ban Vinai Refugee Camp in Thailand and set... Read more

7 Oct 2020

51mins

Podcast cover

The Gospel of Seed and Soil: Liz Garst

The Gospel of Seed and Soil: Liz Garst

Liz Garst grew up in Coon Rapids, Iowa, in a family of agricultural pioneers. Her grandfather Roswell helped convert Mid... Read more

15 Jan 2020

59mins

Podcast cover

Flip the Sky: Bob Leonard

Flip the Sky: Bob Leonard

Bob Leonard is News Director for KNIA/KRLS, where he also hosts the podcast In Depth. He also writes for The New York Ti... Read more

1 Jan 2020

53mins

“Podium: AI tools for podcasters. Generate show notes, transcripts, highlight clips, and more with AI. Try it today at https://podium.page”