Our Americana

A tornado forever changes the rural town of Greensburg in the most unexpected way. And we separate ideas and movements from the constraints of politics.

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Written, edited, and produced by Josh Hallmark
Research Assistance by Torey Griffith

Music by Saito, Chris Zabriskie, Kai Engel, David Mumford, Lee Rosevere, Idmonster / Courtesy of Free Music Archive

A rural town, known as The Troll Capital of the World, unites over the attempted banning of a book reading and its very close-to-home consequences.

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Written, edited, and produced by Josh Hallmark
Research by Vanessa York, Nicola Jezequel, Shannon DeFilippas, Jennifer Menges

Guests: JoEllen Graber, Amy Lyle, and Sarah
Library recordings from: Carly Fisher, Jane Burns, and Julie Plotkin

Featuring "Legend of the Wild Horse" by Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton
Other music by Lee Rosevere, Borrtex, Ketsa, Derek Clegg, Chris Zabriskie / Courtesy of Free Music Archive

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We head to South Florida to take a very candid look at the struggles of drug addiction and recovery through the lens of a listener.

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Music by: El Perro del Mar, Chris Zabriskie, Lee Rosevere, and Freya Ridings

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Hot off the heels of #VanLife, we stick to the open road and explore American Roadside Attractions. Manatees, vacuums, Big Fish, and some listener stories.

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Music by: Drake Stafford, Broke For Free, Three Chain Links, Maxim Kornyshev, Will Bangs, and Cloudjumper

Josh catches up with the four #VanLifers who he chatted with last July. Jennifer and Josh talk about the privilege of experience. Alex finds solace and liberation in a disconnected life. And we find out whether Giddi and Jace made it back out onto the road after having their baby.


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Seth tries to uncover how exactly the epidemics began and continue to occur. Jesse comes through recovery and starts the long road to creating a new life for himself. Holli, once a beacon for hope in Austin, struggles with the intersections of religion, media, and welfare; and then ultimately loses hope, herself.


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We pause the story in Austin, to talk more personally about HIV.

Music by Chris Zabriskie & Luke Pigott.


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In a small, rural Indiana town, what started as a drug epidemic became an HIV crisis. Government, religion, public health, the community, and the media coalesce in their various attempts to help a town in peril.

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