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A podcast about something Americans don't like to talk about--economic class. No matter where we fall on the economic ladder, everyone has a story.

1500 Stories Jennifer R. Myhre, Ph.D.

    • Maatschappij en cultuur

A podcast about something Americans don't like to talk about--economic class. No matter where we fall on the economic ladder, everyone has a story.

    Twinning

    Twinning

    1500 Stories take a break from the gloom and doom of class and economic inequality in the U.S. to share the stories of people who are twins, in this sweet and entertaining bonus episode written and edited entirely by interns for the project.

    • 34 min.
    Even the Engineers Are Renting Part Two

    Even the Engineers Are Renting Part Two

     
    This episode is the second of a two-parter about the housing crisis in the Silicon Valley and San Francisco Bay Area.  It focuses on stories at both end of the housing crisis--home owners and the unhoused.
     

    • 48 min.
    Even the Engineers Are Renting Part One

    Even the Engineers Are Renting Part One

    This episode is the first of a two-parter about the housing crisis in the Silicon Valley and San Francisco Bay Area.  It explores stories of how expensive it is to live here, how overcrowded housing gets a result, and how the high cost of living makes it difficult to get ahead.

    • 36 min.
    Farming while Black or Brown Part 2

    Farming while Black or Brown Part 2

    Agrarian realities today look a lot more like industrial realities, thanks to the rise and dominance of commercial agriculture. And like all industrial realities, farmwork is shaped by the indignities of racism and poverty in the U.S.

    • 28 min.
    Farming while Black or Brown Part 1

    Farming while Black or Brown Part 1

    Those first two episodes in this mini-series about farm work and the agrarian myth asked us to move beyond our images of red barns and silos to understand with more nuance the challenging realities of contemporary farm work, even for Wisconsinites who grew up on family farms.  These next two episodes explore what it means to farm while black or brown, or more precisely what it means to do farm work while black and brown.  Because the stories of Black and Latinx 1500 Stories respondents who grew up doing farm work aren’t stories about family farms.  They are stories about laboring in the fields for commercial agriculture.

    • 31 min.
    Beyond Red Barns and Silos Part 2

    Beyond Red Barns and Silos Part 2

    This episode looks behind Americans imaginings and stereotypes about rural life--what scholars call the agrarian myth--to see the realities underneath.  The realities of rural life turn out to be a lot more complex than our stereotypes. 

    • 43 min.

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