Along The Seam

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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.

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The first season is now streaming and has 18 episodes. The second season is underway. Learn more at: www.alongtheseam.com

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Micaela Blei - Small Moments Matter

Apr 03 2024 59 mins

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Lois Lowry - Give Sorrow Words (unedited)

Mar 20 2024 83 mins

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Bonus Episode: We Share The Same Sky

Jan 27 2023 21 mins

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 an

Elana Israel

Jan 27 2023 46 mins

On the final episode of this first season of Along The Seam, Rachael is joined by her cousin Elana Israel to talk about their grandmother, Hana Dubova. Hana was the matriarch of their family. She was a joyful, fun, spirited grandmother who also was the sole Holocaust survivor in their family. Rachael spent more than a decade researching and retracing Hana's survival story and turne

Juan Zambrano

Jan 15 2023 12 mins

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Phuc Tran

Dec 28 2022 30 mins

Phuc is an award-winning author, high school Latin teacher and tattoo artist based in Portland, Maine. His memoir Sigh, Gone was published in 2020 and is a coming-of-age story that explores growing up in rural Pennsylvania as a punk rock Vietnamese refugee. In this conversation, we talk about his realities being the only Vietnamese family in an all-white town, family abuse, sensiti

Mira Ptacin

Dec 16 2022 32 mins

Mira Ptacin is a writer, educator and activist who lives on an island in Maine with her husband, two children and a whole bunch of rescue animals. She teaches creative writing at Colby College, leads memoir workshops to incarcerated women at the Maine Correctional Center, and is a frequent contributor to the New York Times. She has written two books - The In-Betweens: The Spiritual

Dubbs Weinblatt

Dec 05 2022 35 mins

In this episode of Along The Seam, we explore memory through a contemporary queer experience. Dubbs Weinblatt is the founder of Thank You For Coming Out which is an improv show, podcast and soon-to-be book that aims to create a space of belonging for the queer community by uplifting and celebrating stories of coming out and coming into oneself. During this conversation, we talk abo

Gina Martin

Nov 25 2022 30 mins

On this episode of Along The Seam, we are exploring memory loss through the lens of Alzheimer’s and Dementia. What happens when a family member loses their memory – and with it, their ability to relate with their community and their sense of self? We are joined by Gina Martin. Gina has been a force in the photography world for decades and spent 21 years working for National Geo