13 episodes
Essay Americana Stephen Ludwig: Writer, speaker, and podcaster
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- Society & Culture
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4.7 • 14 Ratings
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Essay Americana provides insight into American life in the late 20th and early 21st centuries covering work, relationships, history, leadership, self-identity, philosophy, politics, and psychology.
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Hero?
This essay is part of the series, "Asphalt Blackboard: Life Lessons from America's Highways." It examines how we are socially programed to respond to a crisis and what it means to be a hero.
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Stranger Relief at Thanksgiving
In this time of COVID-19, social distancing, and sheltering in place, why not look at family dynamics in the form of a major holiday?
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Comic Book Blues
Art, pop culture, comic books, movies, tv, and compulsive behavior. This episode deals with all that, as well as taking a hard look at when we cut out parts of ourselves in order to "fit in" and what it means to reclaim parts of our personality we should have never let go.
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What's a Life Worth?
This month's essay looks at the fundamental question--how we determine the value of a life.
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Hallowed Ground
What do we hold sacred? What is truly hallowed ground? A massive church that's been turned into a disco and two battlefields are the backdrop for this interesting essay about what we value and why.
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Nurse Logs
What do we owe the past? This essay, the third from “Asphalt Blackboard: Life Lessons form America’s Highways” series, explores that question from the only temperate rain forest in the world.
Customer Reviews
Authentic
Thoughtful yet raw, insightful observations and truths. Here is a man who engages ideas with integrity, without all that judginess.
Great way stop and reflect once a month.
I look forward to this every month.
Interesting observations
Steve Ludwig is one of the more observant people around, which in itself means little for a podcast, but he’s able to take what he sees and craft it in an interesting story laced with insight into how we act and think.