In this episode, we take a trip through the childhoods of four women from different backgrounds who grew up in the Midwest of the 60s through the 90s. We explore some of the best aspects of their childhoods in the Midwest, including lots of physical space to play and family support that helped them navigate their way through various Midwestern landscapes. But we also examine darker moments of growing up in a region that included many homogeneous communities where difference was sometimes not well tolerated.