Our Americana

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Sinopsis

Our Americana is a podcast that explores unique small towns across America and examines the stories that impact, cultivate, and challenge community.

Episodios

  • S02|E04: Madrid, New Mexico (M.I.S.T.)

    12/10/2016 Duración: 50min

    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 Intervention and Safety Team. This town and its governing by volunteerism will change the way you think about law enforcement, guns, ethics, and their impact on community.This week's guests:Connie Mayhew: Connie owns and operates Madrid's one and only roadside attraction, a donation-based photo park. Mike T: Mike is the self-appointed head of a volunteer security team, in a town with no police.Our Americana is produced & hosted by Josh Hallmark. Learn more at www.ouramericanapodcast.comSponsor Our Americana at www.patreon.com/ouramericana -or- www.ouramericanapodcast.comFeatured Music: Dave Depper - Perspective; Charles Atlas - Demus; Nowhere Home - Happy The Playground Chimes; Alex Fitch - Secret Place Music available at: www.freemusicarchive.com

  • S02|E03: Gold River, British Columbia: Part II (Of Stars)

    23/09/2016 Duración: 50min

    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. This week's guests: Jamie James: Jamie is a member of the Mowachaht / Muchalaht First Nation tribe. He became Luna's caretaker and closest friend in Gold River. Donna Schneider: Donna was a chef on the Uchuck, a regional cruise ship based in Gold River. Donna was one of the first people to encounter Luna and, against all odds, developed a friendship with the orphaned whale. Eugene Amos: Eugene is also a member of the Mowachaht / Muchalaht First Nation tribe. He moved to Gold River after the passing of his grandmother and almost immediately encountered another tragedy. But through a strange prophecy and the arrival of Luna, his views of the world and his relationships changed. Michael Parfit & Suzanne Chisholm: Michael and Suzanne were sent to Gold River, by Smithsonian, to cover the story of Luna. They stayed on thr

  • S02|E01: Berkshire County, Mass. (Berkshares)

    09/09/2016 Duración: 43min

    In the season two premiere, we... encounter some growing pains and quality control issues while using fancy new equipment ...we also head to a rural county in the Berkshires, where the coalescence of agriculture, city weekenders, and a regional currency helped create the farm-to-table movement. /This week's guests: Alice Maggio: Alice is the Local Currency Program Director at the Schumacher Center for New Economics, where she is further developing Berkshire County’s own local currency, BerkShares. www.berkshare.org /Andy Pruhenski & Abby Webster: Abby and Andy are Berkshires natives and own and operate a housewares store in downtown Great Barrington, One Mercantile. www.one-mercantile.myshopify.com /Our Americana is produced & hosted by Josh Hallmark. Learn more at www.ouramericanapodcast.com //Sponsor Our Americana at www.patreon.com/ouramericana -or- www.ouramericanapodcast.com //Featured Music: Dave Depper - Perspective; Keshco - Waterback; Podington Bear - Golden Hour;Zachary Wilson - Depths o

  • S01|E07: Marfa, Texas (Marfa is Over)

    11/08/2016 Duración: 01h05min

    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 art mecca, in the middle of nowhere, to find out.It was 2010 when Huffington Post declared that Marfa was the next big tourist destination. And by 2015, they’d said it was over; that Marfa had killed itself, become a victim of itself. When I read that 2015 headline and other scathing OpEds. in various media outlets, I couldn’t help but think of our time there. That it was more than just a trendy destination: It was a town, a community, people’s home, a history that reached far beyond the scope of being labeled cool and then uncool. This week's guests: John Patrick | John is a co-founder of Communitie Marfa. He and his partner create sustainable art and apparel. John is passionate about art, and the integrity of art. // LeAna & Glen Clifton | LeAna & Glen have lived in Marfa since 2007. They moved there from

  • S01|E06: City Island, New York (In The Shadow of New York)

    03/08/2016 Duración: 01h25min

    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 kids to have the free and easy childhood she had in 1970s Oregon; the man who saved his family home by turning his father's hoarding into a business of selling nostalgia; and a young man who has used his political career to help revitalize the island he grew up on.But just as I was about to finish the episode, something happened. A community came together to help save one of their own, in the most touching way.//This week's guests: Jessica Wolk-Stanley | Jessica is an illustrator and the creative dynamo behind The Friendly Robot Studio, headquartered on City Island in the Bronx. She and hard-working robots specialize in fun and silly illustrations for the children's and teenage market. If you ask very nicely though, she also does character design, caricatures, hand-lettering, comics, logos and even maps. // Dan Treiber | Dan i

  • S01|E05: San Lorenzo Valley, California (Serial Killers, Ghosts, & Bigfoot)

    26/07/2016 Duración: 01h35min

    Deep in the Santa Cruz mountains is a cluster of towns...I think we all have that place; that place you run away to, to escape from the real world. This was mine.I grew up about an hour and a half from the San Lorenzo Valley. And when I needed to escape and just be with my thoughts, I drove through the woods and up into the mountains to this eight mile stretch of one-lane highway. That, over time and through various visits, I'd come to realize had a rich, rich history and folklore.This is an area where people believe in bigfoot, where they believe that ghosts haunt the woods, where during the 70s and 80s close to a dozen serial killers buried bodies and found victims. It's a place where people believe a spaceship is buried under the mountain that creates electromagnetic abnormalities. And despite all these weird things, it's a loving place with a strong community, where people look out for each other. //This week's guests: Kenn SugiyamaKenn and I have been friends since I was eighteen. He was one of my first

  • S01|E04: Morgantown, West Virginia (Sister, Take The Back Door)

    07/07/2016 Duración: 01h16min

    Sister, take the back door.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 West Virginia's oldest gay bar. Against all odds, this gay bar, Vice Versa, has become the center of Morgantown's thriving and connected community. This week we talk to three "sisters" who refuse to be silenced.This week's guests:Asra Nomani - A former reporter for the Wall Street Journal, and the author of “Standing Alone: An American Woman’s Struggle for the Soul of Islam.” Asra was recently the subject of the PBS documentary, "The Mosque in Morgantown" and lead the Pearl Project, a faculty-student investigation into the murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.www.asranomani.comChristina B. Morgan - A Morgantown native and the drag host at Vice Versa, West Virginia's oldest gay bar. www.youtube.com/user/SpoeyspoAri May Lilli - A twenty year old trans girl who has documented he

  • S01|E03: Port Townsend, Washington (We Found Busytown)

    23/06/2016 Duración: 01h10min

    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. Some call it Busytown, others refer to it as Lynchian; we called it home for a month, while Andrew renovated Vantasia.Today we head to Port Townsend, and tell stories of tazing deer, a boat race to Alaska, a family who dresses as superheroes, feasting on roadkill, and me slowly losing my mind in a cabin in the woods.Our Americana is hosted by Josh HallmarkSponsor Our Americana at www.patreon.com/ouramericana -or- www.our-americana.com/podcastThis week's guests: Erica Dirksen, Matthew Nienow, and Xep CampbellMusic by: Dave Depper, Will Bangs, Alex Fitch, Podington Bear, and DR

  • S01|E02: Chincoteague, Virginia (Foodtrucks & Ponies)

    11/06/2016 Duración: 49min

    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" - Yeah, that Chincoteague. In this episode I chat with 3 pairs of Millennials (all of whom are foodies): A couple who runs a gourmet doughnut truck, sisters-in-law who recently arrived on the island and are still trying to find their footing there, and best friends who have spent most of their lives on Chincoteague. We talk about the food trucks craze, the importance of your local mailman, and, of course, those ponies.This week's guests:Brea Reeves & Ben Wangwww.sandyponydonut.comRosie & Kate Moothttp://www.picotaqueria.com/Laura Davis & Morgan Rosshttp://tideandthyme.com/More info available at: www.our-americana.com | Support this podcast at: www.patreon.com/ouramericana | Hosted by: Josh Hallmark //Music: Perspective by Dave Depper; I'll Miss You by Will Bangs; Serenity by Podington Bear; Starling by Podington Bear; P

  • S01|E01: Petoskey, Michigan (Going Small)

    02/06/2016 Duración: 01h11min

    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 place you hope to end up. In this episode, I chat with five Millennials who have recently moved (or returned) to Petoskey about what it was like leaving the big city for a small and rural town. We discuss the perks and challenges of small town living, dissect the paradigm shift of young people returning to small towns, and try to figure out what makes Petoskey such a magical place. Plus, lots of Gilmore Girls references. // This week's guests:Zoe Marshall-Rashid, 32Zoe grew up in Petoskey and recently moved back after living in San Francisco, New York, and Mexico. Upon her return, she opened a dance studio in town: www.ZoeDance.net | Kalin Sheick, 28Kalin grew up outside of Detroit, traveling to Petoskey every summer as a child. Last year she and her husband decided to make Petoskey home. Kalin runs a boutique floral

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