Podcasts by Our Americana
Our Americana is a podcast that explores unique small towns across America and examines the stories that impact, cultivate, and challenge community.
New episodes coming in August 2023.
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See you in August! from 2023-02-22T17:53:23
Our Americana returns, with 8 new episodes, starting August 14, 2023.
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Small Town Spotlight: Longview, WA (Lemonade) from 2018-09-13T16:02:56
A man ahead of his time, built an entire town around the timber industry. A century later, the town is building itself around and in support of a local nuisance. Finding comedy in stress, it turns ...
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A Sense of Space | Port aux Basques, Newfoundland from 2018-08-30T15:21:05
A four-person support group, for parents of children with autism, inspires an entire community to become Canada's first Autism-Friendly Town.
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4.4: Roadside Attractions (Monuments) from 2018-08-02T13:00
In this collaboration with The Story Behind podcast, we explore the story behind Roadside Attractions. We take a look at how three Roadside Attractions have impacted and been impacted by community:...
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Majority Vote | Pittsfield, New Hampshire from 2018-03-30T00:18:25
When a rural town's only high school is in jeopardy, the community comes together to change it in some very radical ways. And then the school, in turn, changes the community.
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The Tornado | Greensburg, Kansas from 2018-03-15T14:30
A tornado forever changes the rural town of Greensburg in the most unexpected way. And we separate ideas and movements from the constraints of politics.
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The Reading | Mount Horeb, Wisconsin from 2018-03-01T15:33:20
A rural town, known as The Troll Capital of the World, unites over the attempted banning of a book reading and its very close-to-home consequences.
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Season 4: Prologue from 2018-02-28T18:58
Our Americana returns tomorrow, with 12 new stories about community in Small Town America. #FindYourPlace in America.
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Austin, Indiana (An Interlude): A Personal Story from 2017-10-31T05:19:16
REBROADCAST: Josh recounts his personal survival story from a sexual assault that resulted in contracting HIV. It highlights America's complicated relationship with both sexual assault and health c...
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Season 3 Outro from 2017-09-11T20:13:18
We close off season 3 with updates. Updates on past guests, updates on Josh, and previews for his other podcasts.
Updates on:Benny - Salem , OregonBrit Webb - Marfa, TexasRosie & Kate - Chinco...
Hometown Stories: Jen (Palm Beach, Florida) from 2017-07-28T14:33:22
We head to South Florida to take a very candid look at the struggles of drug addiction and recovery through the lens of a listener.
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S03|E11: A Year of Podcasting (Nina Innsted, Chris Braaten, Deana Marie) from 2017-07-06T19:32:16
In our final celebration of other podcasts, we talk Detroit with Nina Innsted, Bakersfield with Chris Braaten, and Philly with Deana Marie.
Music by: Custodian of Records, Zachary Wilson, Ryan...
S03|E10: A Year of Podcasting (WY, LA, OK w/ Jeremy Collins&Holly Hall) from 2017-06-18T19:30:40
Our Americana continues celebrating its first birthday by honoring podcasting. In the second of a three part series with various podcasters, Josh sits down with Jeremy Collins (Podcasts We Listen T...
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S03|E09: A Year of Podcasting (North Carolina w/ Steven Pappas) from 2017-06-08T22:21
Our Americana celebrates its first birthday by honoring podcasting the best way we know how: through origin and community. In the first of a three part series with various podcasters, Josh sits dow...
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S03|E08: Roadside Attractions (The World's Biggest Fish) from 2017-06-01T04:43
Hot off the heels of #VanLife, we stick to the open road and explore American Roadside Attractions. Manatees, vacuums, Big Fish, and some listener stories.
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S03|E07: In America (#VanLife2) from 2017-05-19T16:39
Josh catches up with the four #VanLifers who he chatted with last July. Jennifer and Josh talk about the privilege of experience. Alex finds solace and liberation in a disconnected life. And we fin...
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#VanLife (Rebroadcast) from 2017-05-03T21:14
A rebroadcast of S02|E05 and a primer for this week's forthcoming episode.
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The Next Right Thing | Austin, Indiana (Part 2) from 2017-04-29T02:15
Seth tries to uncover how exactly the epidemics began and continue to occur. Jesse comes through recovery and starts the long road to creating a new life for himself. Holli, once a beacon for hope ...
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A Personal Story | Austin, Indiana (Interlude) from 2017-04-20T00:20
We pause the story in Austin, to talk more personally about HIV.
Music by Chris Zabriskie & Luke Pigott.
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Five Percent | Austin, Indiana (Part 1) from 2017-04-01T01:21
In a small, rural Indiana town, what started as a drug epidemic became an HIV crisis. Government, religion, public health, the community, and the media coalesce in their various attempts to help a ...
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The Quiet Zone | Green Bank, West Virginia from 2017-03-22T04:59
In a town with no radio or cellular waves, with no wifi or cable, life is wonderfully quiet. We examine our strange relationships with technology and meet a woman who suffers from electromagnetic s...
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Microcommunities | Fairfield, Iowa from 2017-03-14T00:34
In a rural Iowa town rooted in Transcendental Meditation and home to the microcommunity movement, community-building and intention have been redefined.
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Bruno | Longville, Minnesota from 2017-02-28T07:49
A northern Minnesota town, struggling to find its economic identity, gets a little help from an unlikely resident and his uncanny routine. Plus, turtle racing.
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Salem, Oregon (Benny Bills) from 2017-02-14T17:45
(Original Broadcast: 11/25/16) In 2013, hundred dollar bills started mysteriously appearing throughout Salem, Oregon; in diaper boxes, tip cups, people's cars. This is the story of the mysterious p...
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The Karen&Ellen Letters Preview from 2017-02-08T01:46
Take a minute (or seven) to check out the newest podcast to join the Our Americana Podcast Network:
The Karen & Ellen Letters are found correspondence between two teenage girls and their land...
Season Three Preview from 2017-02-06T22:55
"America is what happens when a community comes together to overcome what feels insurmountable."
Our Americana returns on February 28 with 13 episodes over 14 weeks: 9 new towns, roadside att...
Gold River, British Columbia: Part II (Of Stars) from 2017-01-24T19:30
(Original broadcast: 9/22/16) This episode concludes the story of Luna the Whale and his time in Gold River. The town comes together to save Luna, and the town struggles in the wake of his absence...
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S02|E07: Petoskey, Michigan (Holiday Open House) from 2016-12-02T02:24
This week is Petoskey's Holiday Open House. In our Season Two Finale, I checked in with some old and new friends as they prepare for the big event; including the event coordinator and the local jou...
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Hometown Stories: Adrienne (New Bern, North Carolina) from 2016-11-30T03:37
Our Americana listener Adrienne walks us through her hometown. We talk about how tragedy shaped her, politics and conversation in North Carolina, and life in a town full of memories. Plus, a song a...
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Benny Bills | Salem, Oregon from 2016-11-26T03:55
In 2013, hundred dollar bills started mysteriously appearing throughout Salem, Oregon; in diaper boxes, tip cups, people's cars. This is the story of the mysterious person hiding them, and how thei...
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Morgantown, West Virginia (Sister, Take the Back Door) from 2016-11-09T23:13
(Original broadcast: 7/7/16) Morgantown is a place that defies expectations. Nestled in the lush, green foothills of the Appalachians, is the town that is home to West Virginia University, a large...
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(BONUS) Gold River Minisode from 2016-11-01T20:16
In this exclusive minisode, we return to Gold River and chat with Donna, Mike, Suzanne, and Eugene about the relationships between humans and wild animals.
Eugene dives deep into some o...
S02|E05: North American Highways (#VanLife) from 2016-10-27T02:55
It's how this whole thing started. When we set off on the open road that May evening, we knew our lives were about to change; we had no idea exactly how. We had no idea exactly how much, how wonder...
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(BONUS) Madrid Minisode from 2016-10-13T21:10
In this mini Madrid follow-up, Connie talks about how homeschooling her son became a community undertaking. We also get a brief look at Madrid's rich history and what happened when Hollywood tried ...
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M.I.S.T. | Madrid, New Mexico from 2016-10-12T01:54
A high desert ghost town is revitalized as an unincorporated, off-the-grid artists' community. In this ungoverned, un-policed town of 219, law enforcement consists of a self-appointed, five-person ...
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Of Stars | Gold River, British Columbia (Part 2) from 2016-09-23T01:19
This episode concludes the story of Luna the Whale and his time in Gold River. The town comes together to save Luna, and the town struggles in the wake of his absence and the lessons learned.
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Luna the Whale | Gold River, British Columbia (Part 1) from 2016-09-15T20:55
In 2001, the small town of Gold River was adopted by a baby orca. Over the next five years, Luna the Whale would both unite and spark debate amongst the previously segregated town. And he would put...
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S02|E02: Gold River, British Columbia: Part I (Luna the Whale) from 2016-09-15T19:10
In 2001, the small town of Gold River was adopted by a baby orca. Over the next five years, Luna the Whale would both unite and spark debate amongst the previously segregated town. And he would put...
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Berkshares | Berkshire County, Massachusetts from 2016-09-09T20:57
In the season two premiere we head to rural Berkshire County, where the coalescence of agriculture, city weekenders, and a regional currency helped create and spread the farm-to-table movement.
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Origins: I Know Places from 2016-08-18T23:35
This week, we're taking a travel break and talking about the origins of Our Americana, getting a preview of the next few episodes, and heading back to some of our favorite conversations and getting...
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Marfa is Over | Marfa, Texas from 2016-08-11T20:53
What happens when the town you live in, your home, your culture, your community, becomes a trend? And then, what happens when people declare that trend dead? This week we go to the tiny West Texas ...
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In the Shadow of New York | City Island, New York from 2016-08-03T18:38
This week we head to a small and sleepy island town, that somehow exists in quiet isolation in the shadow of New York City.
In this episode, you'll meet a New York mother who wanted her...
Serial Killers, Ghosts, and Bigfoot | San Lorenzo Valley, California from 2016-07-26T23:09
Deep in the Santa Cruz mountains is a cluster of towns...
San Lorenzo Valley is an area where people believe in bigfoot, where they believe that ghosts haunt the woods, where during the ...
Sister, Take The Back Door | Morgantown, West Virginia from 2016-07-07T22:43
Morgantown is a place that defies expectations. Nestled in the lush, green foothills of the Appalachians, is the town that is home to West Virginia University, a large coal-mining population, and W...
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We Found Busytown | Port Townsend, Washington from 2016-06-23T00:48
On the peninsula of a peninsula, in the northwest of the Northwest, there is a town whose citizens pride themselves on being masters of trade; and that trade is less commodity and more currency. So...
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Foodtrucks&Ponies | Chincoteague, Virginia from 2016-06-11T01:39
The island of ponies... and food trucks.
Chincoteague is a small island off the coast of Virginia that is inhabited by wild ponies. You may remember the book "Misty of Chincoteague" - Ye...
Returning Small | Petoskey, Michigan from 2016-06-02T17:48
It seemed only right that the first episode of Our Americana's podcast be about Petoskey. It was our favorite stop on the trip, and a place we've come to speak of us our own personal eden: that pla...
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