Campfire Chronicles: Stories After Dark

Campfire Chronicles: Stories After Dark

By Kelsey D. GarmendiaFiction
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Campfire Chronicles: Stories After Dark episodes

  • Is This Thing On?

    Tonight at the campfire, we discuss how you can move on from an abusive household when no acknowledgment from the abuser is given. Reading from Disenchanted for Tale Thursday. 

    1 hr 11 min
  • Systemic Oppression Breeds Generational Trauma

    At the campfire today, we discuss how systemic racism towards indigenous and people of color still have impact on the generations who's ancestors survived the atrocities. We also mourn the loss of an additional 715 children found at another Indian school in Canada and how these schools impacted the natives still struggling to protect their culture today. For Tale Thursday, we picked up from where left off last week with Disenchanted. 

    50 min
  • The Loneliness of Growing Older

    Today by the campfire, we discuss growing older and losing loved ones, the loss of more indigenous children in Canada and a woman's right to choose. We also read two additional sections of Disenchanted for Tale Thursday.

    1 hr 39 min
  • ERCOT Is The Worst
    Talking about how teaching children empathy can make for a better society, a government who cares and an electrical grid that works in Texas. Reading two additional sections from Disenchanted for Tale Thursday.
    1 hr 9 min
  • Forgiving Does Not Mean Forgetting
    Tonight at the campfire, we discuss the concept of forgiving and why it’s different for each person, why it’s important for mental health, and most importantly, allowing your past to shape you, not control you. Reading two sections from Disenchanted for Tale Thursday.
    49 min
  • No One Is Illegal on Stolen Land
    Honoring my ancestors and mourning the loss of 215 indigenous children by telling their story. Reading an excerpt from Charles A. Eastman’s book, The Soul of the Indian.
    26 min
  • Lamenting Corporate America
    Tonight at the campfire, we talk about leaving corporate America, taking care of your mental health and the struggles of being a working a mom. Reading “An Open Letter To My Baby Boy” for Story Sunday.
    21 min
  • What Defines Womanhood?
    At the campfire tonight, we talk about gender identity and what it means to be a women in the United States today. Reading from “Two-Story House” for Tale Thursday.
    21 min
  • Women In America
    At the campfire today, let’s talk about what being a woman in the US means. Stick around for a short non-fiction piece after to hear a small fraction of that experience.
    15 min
  • The Truth Is Out There
    We’ve landed on Mars! Let’s sit down by the campfire and talk about the possibilities and this triumph in science. Reading from The Planetarium for our #StorySunday.
    19 min

About Campfire Chronicles: Stories After Dark

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Keeping us connected, one story at a time. Campfire Chronicles is here to bring stories like you’ve never heard to the table. Grab some s’mores and stay warm by the campfire while we take you to…