Showing results for "I Was There . . ." in Social Sciences

I WAS THERE! is a living history series featuring lively conversations with eyewitnesses to significant modern events. Our guests are common individuals who through the hand of fortune or fate found themselves in the uncommon front row seat of witnessing or participating in extraordinary moments in time. Here they share their fascinating, unfiltered accounts on a variety of topics with the rest of us, and whether their historical encounters were brief or lengthy, this humble podcast strives to make them all memorable.

Pushing back against a system which feels designed to keep parents isolated and exhausted, Latched Mama founder Melissa Wirt shows moms how to build a supportive “village” to bring joy and connection back to motherhood. Melissa Wirt thought she had everything—her own company and a...

A place where military veterans can come together and share stories of their careers. In hopes of continuing the connection, bond and brotherhood and prevent further veteran suicide.

Telling the stories of veterans and soldiers that you won't get to hear anywhere else, from perspectives to which you've probably never had access.

A great story can transport you to another place far across the globe. It can let you feel the way heat strikes from that particular latitude, smell the smoke of foreign trees burning, or experience the awkward confluence of two cultures meeting. To pull you in is the nature of a story. This podcast’s purpose is to reveal places you don't know and are not familiar while with, ultimately showing you lives and perspectives that are not your own. Expect to be challenged, to possibly breakthrough some of the walls surrounding your opinions, and to grow a little closer to the world around you.

In this eight-episode series, take a trip into the countercultural movements swirling through West Virginia in the 1970s and 80s. Jamie Zelermyer and her mother Karen investigate the shocking disappearance of their friend Marsha “Mudd” Ferber and explore her evolution from suburban housewife to back-to-the-land hippie to drug-dealing bar owner. As mother and daughter venture deeper into the mystery of Marsha’s disappearance, the two process their own history: Jamie reflects on her nontraditional upbringing and Karen reckons with the joyful and complicated consequences of her decisions. ...

Join hosts, Fig and Repete, as they bring in some great aviation raconteurs to relate the glamorous, hilarious, poignant, tragic, and incredible tales of aviation. You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll laugh ’til you cry, but you’ll never be bored!