What do we gain from gathering? In this episode, we’re thinking about how coming together can change us. We’ll hear about a citizen-led clean-up movement in India, a Bay Area artist who forms an unlikely friendship with a church in Colorado, and a student who experiences the power of connection at a living museum on Stanford campus.

Producers: Isabella Tilley, Tanvi Dutta Gupta, Regina Ta, Adesuwa Agbonile, Aparna Verma, Victoria Yuan, Patricia Wei, Hannah Scott, Jenny March

Featuring stories produced by Tanvi Dutta Gupta, Regina Ta, and Adesuwa Agbonile. The stories feature the work of the Experience Sankofa Project (Venus Morris, Mizan Alkebulan-Abakah, Sizwe Andrews-Abakah), the artwork of Stanford professor Enrique Chagoya, and the grassroots-organized Ugly Indian Movement in Bangalore, India. Also featured in these stories are the voices of Frank Omowale Satterwhite, Jeanette Smith-Laws, Dereca Blackmon, and Persis Drell.

“Le Songe d’Halcohii” - Sunhiilow - From There to Here

“Awakenings” - Ketsa

“Clouds at the Gap” - Blue Dot Sessions - Zander

“Throughput” - Blue Dot Sessions - Holyoke

“Louver” - Blue Dot Sessions - Holyoke

“Willow Belle” - Blue Dot Sessions - Little Rock

“Soothe” - Blue Dot Sessions - Bodytonic

“Songe d’Automne” - Latché Swing