25 episodes

ALONG THE SEAM is a podcast from author Rachael Cerrotti where she explores topics of inherited memory, family history and intergenerational storytelling with guests from all corners of the globe. Along The Seam is the examined place in between past and present, our old selves and new selves, and moving from one space towards another. It’s the grey. The nature. The paradox. The grief. The question. The place of binding connection.The project was developed during Rachael’s role as the inaugural Storyteller in Residence for USC Shoah Foundation with support from her colleague Stephen D. Smith. The show was first released in 2021 and then re-conceptualized and re-released in 2022 under the name The Memory Generation. Rachael is currently working on the second season which is being supported by fellowships with New America and The Witness Institute.Sign up for the Along The Seam newsletter to get episodes and more writing from Rachael here: www.substack.com/@alongtheseamThe first season is now streaming and has 18 episodes. The second season is underway. Learn more at: www.alongtheseam.com

Along The Seam Rachael Cerrotti

    • Society & Culture
    • 4.9 • 34 Ratings

ALONG THE SEAM is a podcast from author Rachael Cerrotti where she explores topics of inherited memory, family history and intergenerational storytelling with guests from all corners of the globe. Along The Seam is the examined place in between past and present, our old selves and new selves, and moving from one space towards another. It’s the grey. The nature. The paradox. The grief. The question. The place of binding connection.The project was developed during Rachael’s role as the inaugural Storyteller in Residence for USC Shoah Foundation with support from her colleague Stephen D. Smith. The show was first released in 2021 and then re-conceptualized and re-released in 2022 under the name The Memory Generation. Rachael is currently working on the second season which is being supported by fellowships with New America and The Witness Institute.Sign up for the Along The Seam newsletter to get episodes and more writing from Rachael here: www.substack.com/@alongtheseamThe first season is now streaming and has 18 episodes. The second season is underway. Learn more at: www.alongtheseam.com

    Barak Sella - Identity, Not Ideology

    Barak Sella - Identity, Not Ideology

    Barak Sella is an educator, activist, writer, researcher, and one of the leading Israeli experts on US-Israel relations and World Jewry. Born in Texas, Barak moved to Israel in 1994, exactly one year before the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, the Israeli Prime Minister who was most dedicated to making peace with the Palestinians. This event deeply affected him and became an inseparable part of his socialization in Israeli society. Ten years later, as a soldier in the Israeli Defense For...

    • 1 hr 48 min
    Derrick McQueen - Dream Dreams

    Derrick McQueen - Dream Dreams

    Rev. Dr. Derrick McQueen is a pastor, a theologian, a singer, a gifted storyteller and someone whose life is full of intercultural and interfaith dialogue and relationship. Derrick has his phD in homiletics which is the art of preaching as well as in the New Testament. His work is very much rooted in the belief that preaching is persuasive speech and that the way we communicate our stories is just as important, if not more, than what the story is about. In this conversation (recorded on ...

    • 51 min
    Kenny Andejeski - Connection To Place

    Kenny Andejeski - Connection To Place

    Kenny Andejeski is curiously committed to better understanding everything that unites, divides and compels us to participate in this social experiment called life. He sees the world through an entrepreneurial lens that is focused on connecting people with ideas, resources, places, and one another to foster the community required to effectively address the inequities, challenges and opportunities of our time. Kenny currently runs why [here] matters, a social enterprise that supports clients in...

    • 25 min
    Micaela Blei - Small Moments Matter

    Micaela Blei - Small Moments Matter

    Micaela Blei, PHD has been teaching, studying and performing true, personal storytelling worldwide since 2012. She is a two-time Moth GrandSLAM winner and former founding Director of Education at The Moth. Her storytelling has been called “heartbreaking and hilarious” and can be heard on The Moth Radio Hour and podcast, Family Ghosts, Risk! and many others. Her memoir, “You Will Not Recognize Your Life,” will be released in late 2024 as an Audible Original. Micaela is a senior story editor an...

    • 59 min
    Lois Lowry - Give Sorrow Words (unedited)

    Lois Lowry - Give Sorrow Words (unedited)

    “I'm sorry, sir. I don't understand exactly. Maybe I'm not smart enough. I don't know what you mean when you say ‘the whole world’ or ‘generations before him.’ I thought there was only us. I thought there was only now.” “There's much more. There's all that goes beyond – all that is Elsewhere – and all that goes back, and back, and back. I received all of those, when I was selected. And here in this room, all alone, I re-experience them again and again. It's how wisdom comes. And how we shape ...

    • 1 hr 23 min
    Bonus Episode: We Share The Same Sky

    Bonus Episode: We Share The Same Sky

    Enjoy the first episode of Rachael Cerrotti's first podcast - We Share The Same Sky. This is a 7-episode narrative series that takes you into Rachael's decade long journey to retrace her grandmother's wartime history. The show was listed as one of the best podcasts of 2019 by HuffPost, received a literary award from The Missouri Review, was a reader's choice for Vulture Magazine and listed as a "Show We Love" by Apple Podcasts. You can listen to the whole series by searching "WE SHARE THE SAM...

    • 21 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
34 Ratings

34 Ratings

priyakh ,

Lest We Forget

It’s so important to be able to hear and preserve these stories. The USC Shoah Foundation does an excellence job at creating very strong imaginary in this podcast. Very well produced and so valuable.

Babyboomer53 ,

Benjamin Ferencz interview.

Ben is my Uncle, my Dad’s “oldest” brother. While in Florida last week I spent time with Uncle Benny to share family history. He is not only the last living Prosecutor of the Nuremberg Trials, he is the last of his 4 siblings still with us. Although in failing health, he has not waned from his belief that Law can triumph over war. His “Law Not War” signage adorns the entrance to his home. I encourage peace loving people around the world to hear his voice on this podcast, watch his documentary “Prosecuting Evil” and study some of his writings on the Benferencz.org web site. Uncle Benny has always been wise beyond his years, years that are just now at 101 just catching up to him.

Natalia.Smith13 ,

Thoughtful podcast!

This podcast is great for those looking for a thoughtful look at generational memory! Great listen in the car and highly recommend

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