2021 Best Narrative Nonfiction Podcast Award winner at Tribeca Film Festival and Jackson Wild Film Festival. This is the story of the guardians of the Okavango water system and their monumental task: conserve a remote, near pristine environment facing threats from all sides. This podcast follows what happens when worlds connect, and at times collide, with the common goal of protecting a place
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Welcome to From the Margins to the Center, an original House of Pod production that unapologetically amplifies voices of marginalized folks. In this first short-run season we highlight women of color podcasters here in our home state of Colorado. These incredible humans will share their best stories, biggest moments on the mic, and a glimpse into their experiences within the audio industry.
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(3 translated) Mil vozes de Tempué (português)
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Devido a conflitos civis, minas terrestres, estradas danificadas e uma pista de aterragem abandonada, uma vila com o nome de Tempué está desconectada do resto de Angola. Ao longo das mudanças de liderança, a vila protegeu os rios e lagos que correm ali próximo. Estando agora perante uma oportunidade de se reconectar com o resto de Angola – e com o …
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(5 translated) On the Edge of Home - Setswana
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Okavango Delta ke sekao sa gore go ka nna jang ha batho ba tsaa tsia dikhumo tsa tholego. Le thokometswe ka fa molaong ke legotla la UNESCO. It’s the world’s 1,000th UNESCO World Heritage site. Ke naga e tletseng diphologolo ka mehuta, jaanong seo se dira gore e nne sekgantshwane sa Bojanala lehatshe ka bophara. Mme gase banni bothe ba akolang katl…
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Becca and Jeanette laugh about an "amateur audio" moment and share an exciting educational opportunity for creators of color in Colorado. Based on the popular From the Margins to the Center podcast incubators for women of color, this shorter workshop teaches the powerful fundamentals of audio storytelling -- focusing on story development, sound, an…
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Uninterrupted & Unedited with Michelle Jackson
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Michelle Jackson talks to us about her award-winning episode, A Candid Conversation about Race in America. We talk about racism and uprisings, editorial choices and recognition, and Michelle inspires us to make our own spaces at the table as creators of color. This episode includes tape from Michelle is Money Hungry Follow Michelle on Twitter and I…
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Moving Beyond the Mic with Natasha Pepperl
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Natasha Pepperl joins us to share her journey in producing the missing podcast--one that she needed to hear as a woman of color and first time foster parent. As a 2020 graduate of the AMPed podcast incubator for women of color, Natasha began this show during the pandemic. Along with her sister Rachel, Natasha has moved beyond the microphone to buil…
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Sara Blanchard joins us today to share the "why" behind Dear White Women (DWW) podcast and inspires us to be heart-led as we deepen our commitment to social justice and anti-racist action. Listen to hear Sara’s personal story of reclamation as a biracial Japanese woman. This episode includes tape from Dear White Women Podcast listen & subscribe her…
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Jo Ann Allen joins us for our first episode of From the Margins to the Center. Jo Ann is the creator and host of Been There Done That, the show that tells the real life stories of the Baby Boom Generation. In this episode, we talk about the benefits of podcasting as an audio companion, creating a platform, and an invitation to bring ourselves into …
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This is From the Margins to the Center, an original production from House of Pod that unapologetically amplifies voices of marginalized folks. We want to build a better world through better listening. In this prologue to the show, Rebecca Mendoza Nunziato and Jeanette Harris-Courts share origin stories, industry critiques, and their hopes and dream…
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In the final episode of this season, we ask the biggest question of all; the one that persists beneath many of the world’s most pressing headlines, and haunts us in the face of a global climate crisis. How do we protect our home? And Is this question in and of itself — impossible? Utopian? Patronizing? Neo-colonial? An answer emerging from a place …
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In Eastern Angola, a group of lakes might occupy some of the least visited corners of the planet. They feel like a world without industrial development, proof that humans can’t be so bad if there are still places like this. It’s so good, that maybe...the best thing to do to protect it is stay out? For hundreds of years, the demon-like dragon Mukisi…
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Koketso Mookodi, also known as Koki, is a Motswana who didn’t learn about the Okavango Delta until she found herself living in the Delta in her 20’s, being stalked by a female lion and working in a luxury tourism lodge. As her journey through the region unfolds, Koki realizes what kind of change is possible for the people of Botswana; and what Kerl…
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The Okavango Delta is what happens when people pay attention to the environmental wealth of a place. It’s the world’s 1,000th UNESCO World Heritage site. And for its animals and its immeasurable feeling of wilderness, it is a major tourism destination. But not all residents have been included in its success. What starts with a hippo hunt continues …
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In some Angolan traditions, magic is not just something people sit around campfires and talk about late at night, it lives in customs and day-to-day life. Owls are believed to see death. And snakes are agents of the devil. So what happens when a team of scientists and local Angolan guides embark on the largest wildlife survey in Angola’s recent his…
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Due to civil conflicts, landmines, broken roads, and a decommissioned runway, a town called Tempué is cut off from the rest of Angola. As powers rise and fall, the town has guarded the rivers and lakes that run near it. Now facing an opportunity to reconnect to the rest of Angola -- and the world -- what will the people of Tempué decide to do? And …
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A population of elephants in Angola lives in hiding, and only a few villages know their secret. But one big hint to their whereabouts stands tall in the main rotunda of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. If the NGOWP team can find them, these elephants might be the key to smoothening some of the human wildlife conflict in Southern …
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A team of scientists and tribes members embark on an epic four-month National Geographic expedition to follow a trickle of water 1,500-kilometers across Southern Africa. As their journey unfolds, they realize their real quest will take trust, a team, and an alliance with a legendary snake-like demon named Mukisi. Show notes: To learn more, visit ww…
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