Coming Home Podcast will reveal how existing cultures of collective living interact with forces of capitalism and supremacy, and create solutions to housing unaffordability, marginalization of BIPOC & LGBTQIA2S+, mental health crisis, and heightened social isolation. This podcast will highlight the stories from people who live collectively as a practice of staying connected to our common humanity.
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Our mission is to preserve and share humanity's stories in order to build connections between people & create a more just and compassionate world.
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Episode Notes As Vancouver’s renters continue to be renovicted at the whim of densification developments and a speculative housing market, the city's appetite to tear houses down continues. Renters are evolving to create new ways of belonging to a city that is constantly displacing them. In this Episode, we speak with Raj, a multidisciplinary impro…
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Can collective living provide a radically different standpoint from which to reflect on the cultural forces at play in present day Vancouver? On the pilot episode of Coming Home Podcast, George and Travis speak with Julia, a teacher and musician in Vancouver, Canada, to learn about her personal and philosophical reasons for living collectively. Rem…
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We begin with "Episode 0", the foundation of Season 1. Co-Hosts George & Travis weave together lived experiences, histories, and inspirations that inform what collectivity means to them. In this episode, the Coming Home Podcast Team shares who we are, where we are, and how we want to approach learning about collective living together. Meet Our Co-H…
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"You become an expert on deception..."Jerry Piazza, a 64-year-old student in the adult literacy program at the Rancho Cucamonga Public Library, talks to Allen Callaci, the literacy librarian, about navigating life without the ability to read. They talk about his decision to go to tutoring and publicly reveal his struggle.…
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Len Berk's Poem "The Day the Price Went Up."
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StoryCorps participant Len Berk recorded his poem, "The Day the Price Went Up." Listen to his StoryCorps interview here: http://bit.ly/1oGD20RBy StoryCorps
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Jenny Millinger interviews her mother, Myra, about her experiences working at the Ford Foundation.By StoryCorps
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George Takei speaks with his husband Brad Altman in the Japanese American National Museum about his memory of internment camp during World War II.By StoryCorps
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In a 2011 conversation recorded in New York City, John King talks to Alan Osterweil, John's elementary school teacher at PS 276 in Brooklyn. Together, the recall the sudden death of John's mother when John was in Alan’s 4th grade class. On January 1, 2016, John King becomes U.S Secretary of Education, succeeding Arne Duncan.…
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The first major engagement of the Vietnam War was fought 50 years ago this month in the la Drang Valley. In this Veterans Day episode of the StoryCorps podcast, we hear three stories from and about men who served in Vietnam. The stories tell about what happened while they were deployed overseas as well as the battles they fought once they returned …
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In this podcast, we present two stories with ties to Halloween.By StoryCorps
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In this week’s podcast, stories about people meeting some of their heroes—both famous and not.By StoryCorps
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In this week’s podcast, three stories from our OutLoud initiative — which collects stories of the LGBTQ community — about what happens when you decide to come out, or not.By StoryCorps
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In this podcast, we present two stories about hostage situations that had very different endings.By StoryCorps
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Three stories about being in the right place at the right time, and making the most of it.By StoryCorps
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StoryCorps 440: On the Other Side of Death
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StoryCorps and the National September 11 Memorial and Museum are recording one interview for each person lost on 9/11/2001. In this episode, you'll hear from family and friends remembering their loved ones, including the first official victim of the attacks, NYFD Chaplain Father Mychal Judge.By StoryCorps
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