*To Note: ALONG THE SEAM was formerly named The Memory Generation. In this first season, you will hear Rachael use that title in the intro and outro.*

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Rabbi Dr. Ariel Burger is the author of Witness: Lessons from Elie Wiesel’s Classroom. He is a writer, an artist, and teacher whose work integrates education, spirituality, the arts and strategies for social change. He was a lifelong student of Elie Wiesel, the esteemed Nobel Peace Prize Winner who most famously authored the memoir Night. In this conversation, Ariel and Rachael talk about the integration of creativity into stories from the past, about memory as an educational tool, and the difference of engaging in our world as a witness versus a spectator.
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*To Note: ALONG THE SEAM was formerly named The Memory Generation. In this first season, you will hear Rachael use that title in the intro and outro.*

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In this episode, Rachael is joined by Aziza Hasan to talk about navigating difficult conversations, specifically in context to Israel and Palestine. Aziza grew up in Amman, Jordan to a Palestinian father and an American mother. She is an experienced mediator and conflict transformation practitioner and is the executive director of NewGround, a community-building organization based in Los Angeles that creates, connects and empowers Jewish and Muslim Change-makers in America. She was named an influencer by the Chronicle of Philanthropy, earned the “President’s Volunteer Service Award” in 2006 under President George W. Bush and served on President Obama’s Advisory Council on Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.


Aziza in The Along The Seam Newsletter:
• A Reflection for Yesterday

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*To Note: ALONG THE SEAM was formerly named The Memory Generation. In this first season, you will hear Rachael use that title in the intro and outro.*

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Michael Coppage is a Cincinnati-based conceptual artist who has recently gained national attention with his recent project "BLACK BOX” : a community impact project aimed at demystifying black men and women and creating authentic experiences that replaces bias and preconceived notions related to the term “Black.” In this episode, he sits down with Rachael for a conversation about creating artwork that is aimed at bringing the audience in for an authentic conversation about the role of racism in America and what it means to be a free person in a society that is increasingly sensitive about the role of language and the perception of identity.
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*To Note: ALONG THE SEAM was formerly named The Memory Generation. In this first season, you will hear Rachael use that title in the intro and outro.*

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Rachael Cerrotti sits down with oral historian Stephen D. Smith for a conversation about testimony and the retelling of war-torn memories. For 12 years, Stephen served as the Finci-Viterbi Executive Director of USC Shoah Foundation, the archive founded by Steven Spielberg to document the Holocaust and genocide. He recently left  that role to be the Executive Chairman and co-founder of StoryFile, the world’s first AI conversational video platform that brings video alive. In addition, Stephen founded the UK Holocaust Centre in England, cofounded the Aegis Trust for the prevention of crimes against humanity and genocide and was the project director responsible for the creation of the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre in Rwanda. He is a theologian by training, has authored several books, produced several documentary films and was the inaugural UNESCO Chair on Genocide Education. 

Rachael & Stephen recorded this conversation on February 24, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.  
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*To Note: ALONG THE SEAM was formerly named The Memory Generation. In this first season, you will hear Rachael use that title in the intro and outro.*

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Julie Lindahl is a multi-national author, educator, and democracy activist living in Sweden. Following a six-year journey in Europe and Latin America in which she discovered her grandparents' role in the Third Reich, she wrote her memoir, The Pendulum: A Granddaughter’s Search for Her Family’s Forbidden Nazi Past.  Her work demonstrates how facing dark historical truths and taking responsibility for them, whether at a family or national level, can lead to a brighter future.

Over the years, Julie and Rachael have collaborated many times on storytelling projects. Their most well known project was produced by Boston's NPR Station in 2017 and was titled Beyond Sides of History.
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Julie in The Along The Seam Newsletter:

• What Does It Mean To These Young People?

• A Reflection For Yesterday

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*To Note: ALONG THE SEAM was formerly named The Memory Generation. In this first season, you will hear Rachael use that title in the intro and outro.*

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Lois Lowry is a beloved American author. She has written more than 50 books throughout her career and has twice been awarded the Newbery Medals for “the most distinguished contributions to American literature for children."  She won for her books Number the Stars in 1990 and The Giver in 1994. Lois’ books vary in content and style yet deal with many of the same general themes including the importance of human connections. They tell stories about the effects of loss on a family and the role that we humans play in the lives of our fellow beings.

This conversation was recorded on March 4, 2022 in Lois' home in Falmouth, Maine. Lois shares stories about her life as the daughter of a career military officer in the midst of World War II, the experience of losing her son at a young age, and the profound impact her stories have had on people from around the world. Grief as a place of deep connection is present in this episode.

An unedited version of conversation was released in 2024 as the lead up to the second season. To read how this conversation has grown in relevance for Rachael over the two years since it was recorded, you can find an essay published on the Along The Seam newsletter.
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Lois in The Along The Seam Newsletter:

• I Thought There Was Only Us, I Thought There Was Only Now

• Tree. Table. Book.

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**To Note: ALONG THE SEAM was formerly named The Memory Generation. In this first season, you will hear Rachael use that title in the intro and outro.**

Along The Seam (originally The Memory Generation) is a new podcast that hosts conversations about the inheritance of memory and intergenerational storytelling. It is hosted by author and documentary storyteller Rachael Cerrotti and produced in partnership with USC Shoah Foundation. 

This show is a follow-up to Rachael's first podcast titled We Share The Same Sky. We Share The Same Sky is a 7-part narrative show that tells the story of Rachael's decade-long journey to retrace her grandmother's war story. 

Learn more at: www.alongtheseam.com

It’s been 20 years since 9/11 — a day that changed the world. For some people, it is a memory that marks the before and after and for others it is a memory constructed by stories. In this episode of The Memory Generation, we speak with Alice M. Greenwald who is the President and CEO of the 9/11 Memorial & Museum about how the stories of 9/11 are in a state of transition from memory to history. We also highlight the story of Holocaust survivor Miriam Tauber and her interviewer Nancy Fisher who were set to film Miriam's testimony on that Tuesday morning 20 years ago in New York City. This episode explores topics such as spiritual resistance and the incredible response following the horrific attacks of that day.

In his three years as an Uber driver, Juan Zambrano gave over 16,000 rides to more than 20,000 people. But, one passenger stood out the most — a Holocaust survivor named Morris Price. The short conversation between these two people left a lasting impact on Juan and inspired a dive into family history. This episode of The Memory Generation is all about connection and how we have no idea what type of impact our stories have on the strangers around us.

What happens when your family is exiled? When the land that is yours becomes not yours? And when the story your family has lived has for a century been denied?

In this episode of The Memory Generation, we are exploring the history of the Armenian Genocide with the stories of two Armenian-American men — filmmaker Dr. Michael Hagopian and renowned historian  Dr. Richard Hovannisian — each who have made invaluable contributions to the field of Armenian Genocide studies. Through Michael’s testimony and a conversation with Richard, we explore the identity of the diaspora community, the importance of recording personal histories, and the powerful feeling of returning home.