Use Your Words

In this podcast Sonnie will be joined by her dad, Josh, and grandpa, Steve, to talk about her family's past life and emotional geography.  She talks about their jobs, hobbies and beliefs.

In this episode, Thomas explores connections between his family- the Strickler's- and himself.

In this episode, Molly takes a look at her paternal family: starting from the beginning when they came to America. From marriage scandals to lawsuits, Molly uncovers things she never knew about her family.  With interviews from her father and grandfather, Molly makes great discoveries.

In this episode, Will talks to his dad about living in a very small town known as Colonial Beach. He talks about what it was like to live knowing pretty much everybody in the town and what it was like to spend a childhood there. Also, he discusses how living in a small town environment might have affected his lifestyle/ personality today.  He talks about having a German mother and how that affected him as a child and much more details about Germany.

In this episode, Caroline talks to her mom and grandmother about where they have lived.  Caroline's family has connections to previous cities and homes, but they have lived in many different homes they feel as if some homes don't have as strong connections as other homes. Caroline's family has more connections to experiences and memories with each other then they feel with the homes that they have lived in.

In this episode, Taylor talks to his mom who grew up in McConnelsville Ohio, and how she grew up living in a small town, and a farm. She talks about what it's like to live in a small town with older siblings, as well as how she sees reflexivity in Taylor today. Taylor asks questions about how she came into Richmond as well as how she gets nostalgic when visiting her old city of McConnelsville.

In the FIRST EVER episode of "Use Your Words" Rebekah and Sam discuss their decision to rebrand The Harkness podcast. Additionally, they share detailed information about their students' newest project on emotional geography-- the study of how geographic themes influence a person's behavioral psychology.

Katie and Abigail connect The Boy in the Striped Pajamas with their study of WWII through the theme of sacrifice.

In this thoughtful episode, Katharine and Caroline walk with Ellie Wiesel through his difficult battle with faith during his Holocaust experience. These girls deal with a tough topic with sensitivity and introspection, connecting Wiesel's experience to history and their own relationship with faith.

Wills and Ethan look into  what people do to survive and examples of ways certain aspects of survival make us act. Join them as they discuss WWII, Night(The memoir by Elie Wiesel), and personal experiences to bring you a podcast full of learning emotion and discussion.