Mosaic

Mosaic

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Mosaic episodes

  • Ep. 10: Estela’s Unexpected Journey
    Estela came to the United States by chance and only planned to stay a couple of months. Nearly fifteen years later, she lives here with her husband, two kids, and an active deportation order against her.
    21 min
  • Ep. 8: The Portuguese Kids
    Three friends from Fall River, Massachusetts, use the struggles of second generation Portuguese Americans as inspiration for careers in comedy (contains a handful of instances of mild swears).
    24 min
  • Ep. 6: The Brothertown Fight For Recognition
    After settling in Wisconsin, members of the Brothertown tribe are forced to give up their reservation to avoid a government ordered removal to present-day Kansas, setting in motion an unforeseen legal battle their ancestors will fight more than a century later.
    21 min
  • Ep. 5: Journey To Brothertown
    Betrayed by his mentor Eleazar Wheelock and wary of all colonists, Samson Occom forms a new American Indian tribe in the mid-1770s and leads his followers on a journey further west.
    14 min
  • Ep. 4: The Betrayal Of Samson Occom
    The impact of early European immigration on Native Americans in New England is examined through the story of Samson Occom, a brilliant Mohegan Indian from Eastern Connecticut who gains fame on two continents before his story takes a dramatic and unexpected turn.
    19 min
  • Ep. 3: Roger Williams And The Pequot War
    It's May of 1637, and English armies are preparing to attack a large Pequot fort in Connecticut colony. What happens next will change the relationship between indigenous tribes of New England and colonists forever. And it's all thanks to Roger Williams.
    24 min

About Mosaic

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Mosaic is a podcast that explores immigration and identity in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, a region that traces the history of American immigration back to the early days of colonization.