In the midst of the pandemic, Neelay embarks on a cross country road trip to take a break from the stresses of life and to explore more of the country around him. However, as his excursion takes him deep in the Midwest, he encounters protestors at Nebraska’s state capital that radically change his worldview. With a tight knit community right in front of him, fighting for their people back in their home country, he ponders the status of the Asian American community today and its presence across a...
Dec 20, 2023•10 min•Season 1Ep. 1
DCI Discovered is the story of a corporate lawyer who found traditional success in her career, realized she wasn’t where she wanted to be, quit her job, and found an innovative program at Stanford to help get her back on track.
Dec 20, 2023•13 min
E'Jazz Mason was a straight-A student from New Orleans when life threw him a curve ball he couldn't catch. This is a story is about adversity, breaking the rules, and finding your way.
Dec 20, 2023•16 min•Season 1Ep. 1
In the spring of 2020, Stanford University made the decision to cut 11 of their varsity teams due to financial issues and lack of success. This episode follows the men’s wrestling team and their coaches in the months following the decision to cut their team as they navigate the challenges of fighting for their spot back.
Dec 20, 2023•11 min
Food insecurity and other environmental issues disproportionately impact low-income, disinvested neighborhoods, but urban agriculture has the potential to promote equity, green space, and food access in these areas. The story of the NYC-based urban agriculture initiative "the Green Bronx Machine," will show us how. This episode was written and produced by Sophia Manolis and Lisiane Nemlin with support from Laura Joyce Davis and the Stanford Storytelling Project's course "Stories to Save Our Plan...
Jun 30, 2023•14 min
Whether we want to believe it or not, we are inextricably bound to our food systems. Thousands of miles away from the continental US, the story in Guam ultimately teaches us how embracing traditional Indigenous values may heal our relationships with people, place, and power. Join us in unraveling the history of Guam's food Systems and learn how the island community came together to organize for food sovereignty. This episode was produced by Natasha Zia Charfauros and Lizbeth Luevano with support...
Jun 30, 2023•13 min
Have you ever considered the impacts that walking can have on our cities? In this episode, we explore the history of the car in America, its effects on urban design and community health, and learn from Brooklyn Open Streets activist Clara Smith and Professor Dehan Glanz how walkability can improve the health, street safety, and sustainability of American Cities. This episode was produced by Catherine Dickerman and Connie Hong with support from Laura Joyce Davis and the Stanford Storytelling Proj...
Jun 30, 2023•15 min
With wildfires and rising sea-levels, climate change is terrifying to think about on a global scale. That’s why this episode takes it local, as we learn why we’re so disconnected from our local ecologies, what it means to reconnect with the seemingly invisible ecological web that ties our cities, cookies, and urban wildlife together. This episode was produced by Arusha Patil and Chloe Cheng with support from Laura Joyce Davis and the Stanford Storytelling Project's course "Stories to Save Our Pl...
Jun 30, 2023•14 min
We've been told to go vegetarian to help the climate, but what if we can reduce meat-related emissions without sacrificing our palates? In this episode, we learn about two cow feed supplements that inhibit methane, how they came to be, and how they are changing the role of agriculture in fighting climate change. Walk with us through the entire lifecycle of two impactful climate innovations, from problem discovery, to solution, to real-world product in farmers’ hands. This episode was produced by...
Jun 30, 2023•15 min
Agriculture, and especially cattle ranching, is a chief user of land and resources around the world, and frequently a choice is made to clear land and reduce biodiversity. What if it wasn't this way - what if agriculture had the potential to produce food and heal the planet? This episode was produced by Alex Strong and Jett Carruth with support from Laura Joyce Davis and the Stanford Storytelling Project's course "Stories to Save Our Planet." Complete show notes can be found at www.storytelling....
Jun 30, 2023•15 min
In this episode, Aadya and James explore the importance of insects and how we can bring them back with native plants. To find native plants: https://www.nwf.org/NativePlantFinder/Plants This episode was produced by Aadya Joshi and James Varah with support from Laura Joyce Davis and the Stanford Storytelling Project's course "Stories to Save Our Planet." Complete show notes can be found at www.storytelling.stanford.edu.
Jun 30, 2023•13 min
In just 10 weeks, Stanford students learn how to craft and create Broadcast-quality narrative podcast episodes from start to finish. The Winter 2023 class was taught by Stanford lecturer and managing editor Laura Joyce Davis, and includes stories that explore the benefits and pitfalls to our reliance on technology, the connection between language and culture, and what our bodies communicate about our ancestral and personal histories.
Apr 18, 2023•13 min
In just 10 weeks, Stanford students learn how to craft and create Broadcast-quality narrative podcast episodes from start to finish. The Winter 2023 class was taught by Stanford lecturer and managing editor Laura Joyce Davis, and includes stories that explore the benefits and pitfalls to our reliance on technology, the connection between language and culture, and what our bodies communicate about our ancestral and personal histories.
Apr 17, 2023•11 min
In just 10 weeks, Stanford students learn how to craft and create Broadcast-quality narrative podcast episodes from start to finish. The Winter 2023 class was taught by Stanford lecturer and managing editor Laura Joyce Davis, and includes stories that explore the benefits and pitfalls to our reliance on technology, the connection between language and culture, and what our bodies communicate about our ancestral and personal histories.
Apr 17, 2023•12 min
In just 10 weeks, Stanford students learn how to craft and create Broadcast-quality narrative podcast episodes from start to finish. The Winter 2023 class was taught by Stanford lecturer and managing editor Laura Joyce Davis, and includes stories that explore the benefits and pitfalls to our reliance on technology, the connection between language and culture, and what our bodies communicate about our ancestral and personal histories.
Apr 17, 2023•13 min
Little Tokyo is a small neighborhood in Downtown Los Angeles. Since 1905, it has been home to generations of Japanese Americans. Today, gentrification is threatening to destroy everything these families have built. This episode tells the story of one community's struggle for survival and the ways in which historical development has both fractured and solidified its people. For some, home is a bed one sleeps in. For us, home is Little Tokyo.
Dec 20, 2022•30 min
Journey Through Generations by Arundathi Nair by Stanford Storytelling Project
Dec 20, 2022•28 min
The town of Rhinelander Wisconsin has a curious obsession: the Hodag, a fearsome green beast that a lumberjack allegedly discovered there in 1893. Entranced by the legend, Isabella and Sam travel to Rhinelander to uncover what’s behind the Hodag— and to decide if they should believe, too. Music in this story is provided by Blue Dot Sessions (An Unknown Visitor, Vernouillet, Color Country, Darn that Weasel, Still Nite, Gamboler, and The Bus at Dawn) as well as Hodag Hunters by Ben Burnell and And...
Dec 19, 2022•21 min
After months apart, a mother and daughter pick an unlikely reunion activity: a pilgrimage. Follow them as they take a journey up coastal Scotland and deepen their understanding of themselves and their relationship.
Dec 19, 2022•25 min
This is the story of a mother fighting grief after the loss of her daughter, and navigating what it means to be Indigenous within a criminal justice system that tries to take away her voice. These are her words. To learn more about Skye, visit: https://justiceforskyejim.com/ and for resources on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women visit: https://theskyewomanproject.com/ .
Dec 18, 2022•27 min
Come on a journey to understand our fascination with sea monsters and what they inspire in humans. In particular, hear about the Icelandic Lagarfljótsormur, the water monster that sparked a 13 person commission of the Icelandic government to investigate its existence.
Dec 17, 2021•34 min
What does it mean to protest and are there ways to do so that bring creativity to the forefront along with the issues? Listen to how those who were on the front lines of the WTO protests in Seattle used puppetry to get their ideas and demands across to those in power.
Dec 17, 2021•29 min
A story about people experiencing homelessness and their path to reconnection with their loved ones. Listen to learn why no matter where you are and what your journey in life has been, you will always be someone’s somebody.
Dec 17, 2021•26 min
Every year, a small group of Stanford Students are awarded grants to complete audio stories under the teaching, training, and mentorship of the Stanford Storytelling Project. These are the stories that came out of that process from 2020 to 2021.
Dec 17, 2021•22 min
What are you supposed to do after a noose is found on your campus? Stanford’s answer to that question was, in part, to invite The Experience Sankofa Project, a living museum on black history to campus. This story details what the Project can teach us about racism, activism, and (maybe most importantly), community. Producer: Adesuwa Agbonile Featuring: Venus Morris, Dereca Blackmon, Mizan Alkebulan-Abakah, Sizwe Andrews-Abakah, Frank Omowale Satterwhite, Jeanette Smith-Laws, Persis Drell Music: “...
Jun 09, 2020•20 min
Producer: Daniel Helena Alexander In the summer of 2019, I fly to Israel with a single goal in mind. I want to play a song. But not just any song. I want to play a Klezmer song. This podcast follows my journey meeting Jewish musicians and dealing with family tragedy to compose a personal song. “Music doesn’t lie.” You'll agree when you hear how beautiful, haunting, and inspiring Klezmer music can be. Music: “Miter Der Lerrer” by Di Gasn Trio “Schwartz Doina and Al’s Dances” by Daniel Hoffman “Sa...
Dec 20, 2019•25 min
Producer: Sophie McNulty In her late thirties, Lanie, Sophie’s mom, became a born again Christian. Christianity gave her life meaning and happiness. When Lanie found God, “All the heaviness was just lifted.” Sophie, an atheist, struggles to find purpose in her own life. In this story, Sophie sets out to determine if what saved her mother could save her, too. Music: The Healing (Sergey Cheremisinov) Precisamos de um plano (rui) Valantis (Blue Dot Sessions) Waves (Pictures of the Floating World) M...
Dec 20, 2019•29 min
Producer: Ethan Lo What’s the point of all of this? It’s a question we've all asked ourselves. For child-refugees who’ve come to America (and their descendants), attempting to answer this question is inevitably tied with wondering why fate, God, or whatever higher power they believe in has given them opportunities that those who came before them did not have.If you’ve ever asked yourself what it is that you need to be doing in life, this story is for you. You don’t have to come from a refugee ba...
Dec 20, 2019•18 min
Producer: Julie Fukunaga What does it mean to (be queer) and come of age on the internet? In the past ten years, the queer games movement has exploded. Around the world, more and more people feel like they can make free and simple and strange games - ones that speak to queer stories and experiences. But it wasn’t always this easy. Some queer gamers used the earliest, clunkiest internet to find each other in crisis, to find friends, community, and a lifeline support in a time when no one was payi...
Dec 20, 2019•16 min
Producer: Elena Press In the summer of 2019, I took off on a cross-country road trip to discover my father’s mysterious hippie past. Though I grew up with a dad who worked as an accounting professor, all throughout my childhood I heard stories of my dad building log cabins in Washington Woodlands, running a granola coop and my half-sister born on the kitchen table. Join me as I travel across time and space to uncover the truth of it all and learn from “the reality teacher.” Music: Unthunk Monpla...
Dec 20, 2019•23 min
