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Actor and award-winning travel writer Andrew McCarthy's featured story recounts his quest to uncover his family's Irish history while 25 other prominent writers tell their own heartfelt stories of connection. Spanning the globe, these stories offer personal takes on journeying home, whether the authors are actively seeking long-lost relatives, meeting up with seldom-seen family members, or perhaps just visiting the old country to get a feel for their roots.

Although content in their temple high up in the mountains, Tiny Dragon realises that something feels incomplete. So it is that they decide to make a journey together, to new and distant lands. As they encounter dangers and challenges, they learn that everything they need is already inside them and that change, though sometimes scary, is possible and, with patience, can lead to better things.

How we see the world is a lot about how we treat ourselves. It's kind of like our personal relationship with ourselves is a bit of a mystery for many. But here's the interesting part: finding peace, joy, and love in our lives often starts with understanding and improving this self-relationship.I'm Aileen—a mom, daughter, sister, friend—and I'm excited to be there for you as you explore and discover more about yourself. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A series of commentaries created for those men and women ready for their personal relationship with God.

Growing up in Montana, Chris La Tray always identified as Indian. Despite the fact that his father fiercely denied any connection, he found Indigenous people alluring, often recalling his grandmother's consistent mention of their Chippewa heritage. When La Tray attended his grandfather's funeral as a young man, he finally found himself surrounded by relatives who obviously were Indigenous. "Who were they?" he wondered, and "Why was I never allowed to know them?"

A gripping and empathetic work of reportage, Free reveals what awaits them and the hundreds of thousands of others who are released from prison every year: the first rush of freedom followed quickly by institutionalized obstacles and logistical roadblocks, grinding bureaucracies, lack of resources, societal stigmas and damning self-perceptions, and the sometimes overwhelming psychological challenges. Veteran reporter Lauren Kessler, both clear-eyed and compassionate, follows six people whose diverse stories paint an intimate portrait of struggle, persistence, and resilience.

Hosted by General Manager Mark Edwards The Journey Hometown Journal dives into community issues in this public service program.

Journey Back Home is your passport to authentic African experiences, where we share honest stories, practical advice, and real inspiration to help you navigate the journey back home.Whether you’re moving back from the diaspora, curious about starting fresh on the continent, or simply looking to connect with stories of resilience and possibility, this podcast is for you. Each episode dives into personal journeys, cultural insights, and the challenges and wins of building life, business, and community back home.Expect engaging conversations with returnees, entrepreneurs, and changemakers, as ...

In this intriguing volume, Elbert Hubbard takes us on an intimate tour through the homes of remarkable women who left their mark on history. Exploring the residences of authors, poets, social reformers, and other esteemed figures, Hubbard delves into how their environments could have shaped their lives and work. This book is a unique blend of biography and insightful commentary on the subjects life and creative output. Featured women include Elizabeth B. Browning, Madame Guyon, Harriet Martineau, Charlotte Bronte, Christina Rossetti, Rosa Bonheur, Madame De Stael, Elizabeth Fry, Mary Lamb, ...

In Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors, Elbert Hubbard guides us through the residences of prominent authors, poets, and social reformers, offering a unique perspective on how their environments might have shaped their work. These engaging essays blend biography with Hubbards insightful commentary on the subject and their body of work. The fifth volume in a series of 14, it delves into the lives of well-known English authors including William Morris, Alfred Tennyson, John Milton, Samuel Coleridge, Lord Byron, and Benjamin Disraeli.

Elbert Hubbard takes you on a fascinating journey to the homes of iconic American statesmen and explores how their environments might have shaped their ideologies and actions. This insightful series blends biography and opinion, providing a unique perspective on figures like George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Alexander Hamilton, and more. Discover the lives and legacies of these influential individuals through Hubbards contemplative essays. This is the third volume in a riveting 14-book series.

Join Elbert Hubbard as he takes us on intimate tours of the homes of renowned authors, poets, social reformers, and other luminaries. Uncover how their environments might have shaped their thoughts and actions. Each short essay serves as a unique blend of biography, reflection, and Hubbards personal insights into the subjects and their body of work. In this series, we delve into the lives of historys most influential teachers, including Moses, Confucius, Pythagoras, Plato, King Alfred, Erasmus, Booker T. Washington, Thomas Arnold, Friedrich Froebel, Hypatia, Saint Benedict, and Mary Baker Eddy...

Join Elbert Hubbard as he takes us on an intriguing journey, visiting the homes of renowned authors, poets, social reformers, and other distinguished personalities. In these engaging short essays, part biography and part critique, Hubbard reflects on the lives of eminent artists, including Raphael, Leonardo, Thorwaldsen, Velasquez, Cellini, and Whistler. He explores how their environments might have shaped their work and personal lives. This is the sixth volume in a captivating series of 14 books.

Journey with Elbert Hubbard as he takes you on a tour of the homes of some of the greatest musicians in history. Part biography, part exploration of these musicians environments, Hubbards essays give insights into how their surroundings might have shaped their genius. Be transported to the homes of Richard Wagner, Paganini, Frederic Chopin, Robert Schumann, Sebastian Bach, Felix Mendelsohn, Franz Liszt, Ludwig van Beethoven, George Handel, Giuseppe Verdi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Johannes Brahms. This captivating series is part discussion, part reflection, and entirely fascinating. This is...

Join Elbert Hubbard as he journeys to the homes of some of the most influential figures in history, from authors and philosophers to politicians and poets. This podcast combines elements of biography, interview, and commentary as Hubbard converses with living subjects about their work and muses about the possible influences of the homes of those who have passed. In this first installment of a 14-volume series, Hubbard reflects upon his own life and those of influential figures like George Eliot, Walt Whitman, William Wordsworth, Charles Dickens, and Thomas Edison, among others.

SBS Assyrian's series My Journey to My New Home reveals the personal experiences of refugees and migrants, who risked their lives by embarking on the journey from their homeland to Australia. Despite the trauma and hardships they endured, they managed to build successful lives in their new country through resilience and hard work.

In the vein of Educated and Hillbilly Elegy comes a young woman’s memoir chronicling her harrowing journey from despair to salvation that showcases the depths and resilience of the human spirit and empowers readers on their own paths toward healing, forgiveness, and redemption. Carrie...

"For Judo Champion from Rio's Slums, Long Olympic Journey Leads Back Home" is from the Sports section of The New York Times. It was written by John Branch and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST A “provocative and deeply reported look into the emerging field of deradicalization” (Esquire), told through the stories of former militants and the people working to bring them back into society What are the roots of radicalism? Journalist Carla Power came to...

On June 17, 2015, 12 members of the historically black Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina welcomed a young white man to their evening Bible study. He arrived with a pistol, 88 bullets, and hopes of starting a race war. Dylann Roof’s massacre of nine innocents during their closing prayer horrified the nation. In Grace Will Lead Us Home, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jennifer Berry Hawes provides a definitive account of the tragedy’s aftermath.