Fireside with Blair Hodges

Oct 28 2024 30 ep. 65 mins 91

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Interviews about culture, religion, and more with brilliant people who will fan the flames of your curiosity.

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Family Proclamations: “Border Separations," with Efrén Olivares

Oct 28 2024 71 mins

Trump's 2018 zero tolerance policy which separated immigrant children from their parents at the border with no plan for reuniting them shocked the American conscience. And even though he claimed to cease the practice within weeks, zero tolerance is rooted in American law that dates back 100 years and remains on the books today. It can easily happen again. Efrén Olivares was on t

“Return of the Childless Cat Ladies, ” A Family Proclamations Mini Episode

Oct 14 2024 88 mins

In this mini episode, historian Peggy O'Donnell Heffington returns to talk about how women without children became a focal point of the 2024 presidential election. Plus: Listener Voicemail Bonus preview of the terrific podcast, "Refamulating."

Family Proclamations: “Thread of Courage," with Catherine Joy White

Sep 30 2024 72 mins

As a Black woman growing up in England, Catherine Joy White sometimes felt out of place at home and also disconnected from the place of her Jamaican ancestors. Until she began connecting with the stories of remarkable but often forgotten Black woman from history. Their stories helped her re-envision what beauty means, how silence can also be strength, and what courage looks like. S

S’mores (Bonus Episode)—Tara Boyce on Hope

Sep 26 2023 53 mins

She dreamed of being a mother. Reality had a wakeup call for her.

Joy, with Ross Gay

Apr 17 2023 70 mins

Not your happy-go-lucky discussion of joy here. Ross Gay brings something different.

Invisible, with Meghan O’Rourke

As a silent epidemic of chronic illnesses afflicts tens of millions of Americans, Meghan O’Rourke calls for revolution.

Transitions, with Susan Stryker

Mar 06 2023 95 mins

A trans scholar makes history writing trans history.

Mission, with Kathryn Gin Lum

The word “heathen” has fallen out of use, but the racist ideas behind it persist in the White American imagination.

Shell Play, with Toni Jensen

America's legacy of firearm violence through the eyes of a Métis woman.

Hope, with Tom Whyman

A father wonders if it's ethical to bring children into this world.