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An unfiltered look at the toughest job you'll ever love. Each episode features true stories about the Peace Corps, told by returned volunteers reflecting on the thrilling highs, the debilitating lows,... more
FAQs about Peace Corps Stories: The Unofficial Podcast:How many episodes does Peace Corps Stories: The Unofficial Podcast have?The podcast currently has 15 episodes available.
October 22, 2020Episode 22 - Michelle Obama and the Soviet YMCAThere are many ways to learn about the local culture as a Peace Corps volunteer, but often the best lessons happen by accident rather than by design. In this episode we hear two stories out of the Ukraine, from Victoria Walker and Allison Miller, who made strong impressions on the locals, but maybe not for the reasons they would have chosen....more16minPlay
September 24, 2020Episode 21 - Circus of LoveShawna Miller finds much more than love when the circus comes to her little Honduran town....more15minPlay
August 14, 2020Episode 20 - The Mutt And The MachetePets and animals tend to play outsize roles for Peace Corps Volunteers. As companions who, like us, don’t speak the local language, they can make the experience a lot easier. For Helen Alesbury, her dog was at the center of one of her most memorable moments in her time in El Salvador....more17minPlay
July 28, 2020Episode 19 - The Chinese Sushi IcebreakerAt some point, every volunteer finds themselves too far from a bathroom at the time they need it most. For Denver Governor, that moment turned out to be one of the most important....more11minPlay
July 16, 2020Episode 18 - A Shakespearean Crime in ZimbabweBob Nolan considers what “justice” means when confronting one of his students and friends in Zimbabwe....more14minPlay
July 04, 2020Episode 17 - Guyanese Fish FlopAll it took was a fish and a flip flop for Gabriella Miyares to find common ground with her host mother in Guyana....more9minPlay
June 27, 2020Episode 16 - The Watermelon CoupKevin Kwok remembers his gardening efforts in Mali, cut short by a military coup in 2012 that sent him home early....more8minPlay
December 19, 2016Episode 15 - Peter's $#!{{? DayPeter Clark (Kyrgyzstan, 2009-2010) recalls a challenging day on the playground early in his service, and we take a look back at the scatological memories that defined his service as emcee of the Peace Corps Story Slam in the final episode of Season 1....more9minPlay
December 02, 2016Episode 14 - A Gambian FuneralRyan Smith (The Gambia, 2007-2009) sees how a community deals with death during his first months in the Peace Corps....more13minPlay
November 18, 2016Episode 13 - Sometimes you just have to vomitJulie Behrens (Honduras, 2004-2006) takes her first work trip and almost makes it home in one piece....more14minPlay
FAQs about Peace Corps Stories: The Unofficial Podcast:How many episodes does Peace Corps Stories: The Unofficial Podcast have?The podcast currently has 15 episodes available.