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Changing Our Stories is a podcast about transformation. Forged in the Mountain West, it's a virtual campfire under the stars. Here we gather to reflect on where we came from… and imagine where we’re headed next.
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From public radio station KUER and journalist Andrea Smardon, Next Door Strangers is a 6-episode series about finding connection in a time of division. We don’t know if this is going to work, but we’re hoping you can help. Each episode ends with a challenge where we ask you to think about your part in all of this, and maybe even change things. It might take you out of your comfort zone, but maybe that’s exactly what we need right now.
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Picture this: People are gathered around in the living room talking about politics. Or religion. You know, the big stuff that it seems like nobody agrees on. The people in the room don’t agree either, but they aren’t fighting. Believe it or not, this scene is taking place in living rooms across the country.…
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It’s become an all too familiar story: a conservative firebrand is invited to speak at a college campus known for embracing free speech and contrasting views, a place like UC-Berkeley or NYU. Then, the campus erupts in protests. It some cases, it ends up being more like a fight than an exchange of ideas. Sometimes the protests turn violent or event…
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Common beliefs are what hold many groups together. So it’s no surprise that differing viewpoints within a group often cause fear or threaten the status quo. Episode 4 focuses on Maxine Hanks, a Mormon feminist who was excommunicated from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1993. Years later, she returned to the church that rejected h…
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There’s a place where we all start to figure out which tribes we belong to. The decisions we make there feel like life or death. And, in a way, it is — those choices really will affect us for years to come, as we continue to decide where we belong and where we don’t. This place is, of course … high school. In this episode, we ask: “Can you unite an…
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We’ve covered how tribalism is wreaking havoc in our lives, but tribes are also a source of strength. They’re how humans have organized themselves to survive for thousands of years. We explore the idea that maybe better, stronger tribes are what we really need to repair the social fabric.By Andrea Smardon
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People on the left and right may disagree on many things, but they generally agree that tribalism is bad for our country. This episode looks at how we are affected by tribalism in our modern lives and whether there is any hope of getting beyond it.By Andrea Smardon
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Maybe you’ve heard that we are a divided country. Maybe you experience it in your life. Over the course of six episodes, Next Door Strangers is going to peer into people’s lives, getting to the bottom of what divides us and more important, finding ways to connect. We don’t know what we’ll find, but we hope you will join us. Subscribe wherever you g…
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This is a bonus episode in our series LGBTQ Off The Grid, where we break from our usual format to listen to the wisdom of the crowd. We put the call out to people from all over Utah to send us voice memos. This is what they have to say to the young LGBTQ person who feels alone.By Andrea Smardon
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In the last episode of our series LGBTQ Off The Grid, a family turns a Mormon tradition on its head to find fellowship.
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In the latest installment of our series LGBTQ Off The Grid, a lone transgender person in Brigham City finds community in a coven of witches.
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Our series LGBTQ Off The Grid explores the far corners of Utah where lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender people, and those questioning their sexuality are often isolated and unseen. In this story, a gay Navajo man decides to leave the reservation to escape the loneliness.
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This season, LGBTQ Off The Grid, explores the far corners of Utah where lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender people, and those questioning their sexuality are often isolated and unseen. In this story, a formerly homeless man tries to help young people in Southern Utah.By Andrea Smardon
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Coming soon on Changing Our Stories podcast, LGBTQ Off the Grid, a series exploring the far corners of the Mountain West where lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender people and those questioning their sexuality are often unseen.By Andrea Smardon
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A woman loses her political party and her religion, but finds her voice.
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It started with a phone blitz to Senator Orrin Hatch’s office, and now a 24-year-old woman is heading up a new organization for political accountability in Utah.
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An author of erotic poetry loses her desire to pen verses after the election of Donald Trump.
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One of the founders of Mormon Women for Ethical Government tells the story of how her commitment to God has been put to the test since the inauguration of President Trump.
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After the November election, a group of stay-at-home moms in Salt Lake City wanted to go to the protest marches, but found it too difficult with young kids. Then they found their own way to be politically active.
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"The errand of angels is given to women." So says a song about the Mormon Relief Society. But what would an angel do after the election of President Donald Trump? One Utah woman finds her answer.
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They describe it as an awakening. They say it’s deeply personal, and that life will never be the same. The next season will be devoted entirely to changes in the lives of Utah women since the election.
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Every other Friday in the Mormon town of Provo is drag night. Men who were once missionaries transform themselves into the Divine Sister Misters.
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After decades of separation, a woman has an unexpected reconciliation with her abusive ex-husband.
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When an undocumented immigrant creates a work of art, she comes to realize that she is drawing her own border crossing.
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A gay man leaves his hometown because he doesn’t feel welcome. After more than two decades away, he returns to find a new center for LGBT people under construction.
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One women has worked her whole life to be a physics professor, but now she's thinking of giving that up to run for office.
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While some Americans seem to have resigned themselves to living in different worlds from their compatriots, one woman feels compelled to get out of her bubble.
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Since the election, we've heard a lot about what divides us, but what happens when we come together? This episode starts with some sweet dates that traveled across the world in a suitcase and ends with two men confronting the religious divide in Utah.
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Changing Our Stories is a podcast about transformation. Forged in the Mountain West, it's a virtual campfire under the stars. Here we gather to reflect on where we came from… and imagine where we’re headed next. Each episode is an intimate, true story about what it takes to make meaningful change.
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