Setting New Sights
“I’m stubborn,” reflects Steve Baskis. “When my mind tells me not to do something because I’m afraid or nervous, I tend to tell myself to do it.” What happens when you lose something fundamental to how you function in the world in a single second? For ex-infantryman Steve Baskis wounded in Iraq, it meant staying on the bright side, looking forward, and never giving up. Learn more about Steve here
Music: If Walls Could Talk by Jacob Bain & Nis Kotto • Wake Up! by Kai Engel • July by Kai Engel • Crystal Echoes by Sergey Cheremisinov • Primary Colors by Ken Christianson • The Architect by Cleod9 • Delivered by Brendan O’Connell • Tracks provided by Free Music Archive or with permission from the artists.
The Land That Never Has Been Yet
Today, we are sharing one of our favorite podcasts– Scene on Radio. Over the course of twelve episodes, host John Biewen and collaborator Chenjerai Kumanyika explore a theme both evergreen and immediately urgent: democracy in America. Fitz talks with John about the recent season and shares the trailer.
From Scene On Radio: “Our season-long series will touch on concerns like authoritarianism, voter suppression and gerrymandering, foreign intervention, and the role of money in politics, but we’ll go much deeper, effectively retelling the story of the United States from its beginnings up to the present. Through field recordings and interviews with leading thinkers, we’ll tell under-told stories and explore critical questions like—How democratic was the U.S. ever meant to be, anyway? American democracy is clearly in crisis today, but . . . when was it not? Along the way, there’s a good chance that we’ll complicate, maybe upend, our listeners’ understanding of American history.”
Music: TNT by Brendan O’Connell • Tracks provided with permission from the artists.
The Shorts– Hide-N-Seek
“I do not remember the ‘first time’ we played hide-n-seek in the barn,” recalls producer Cordelia Zars, “it just always happened.” How do you stay positive when you’re hiding from a pandemic and wildfire smoke with no end in sight? For Cordelia, reflecting on her favorite childhood game brought her some perspective.
Music: If Walls Could Talk by Jacob Bain & Nis Kotto • Snowmen by Kai Engel • Walking Barefoot on Grass by Kai Engel • 550 by John Berry • Delivered by Brendan O’Connell
Tracks provided by Free Music Archive or with permission from the artists.
Credimus
Bailey, Colorado is a rural town in the Rocky Mountains. “Bailey is boating hell. There is no water around us at all,” says high school teacher, Steve Hanford. Now imagine 13 high school students building a triple-hulled canoe from scratch and racing it on the ocean. Despite the critics who said they couldn’t, the students and teachers believed in their own power to succeed.
Music: If Walls Could Talk by Jacob Bain & Nis Kotto • Sonic Roads by Cleod9 • Freaks by Bradley Carter • Happy Little Dance by Ken Christianson • All Together by Cleod9 • The Architect by Cleod9 • Delivered by Brendan O’Connell • Tracks provided by Free Music Archive or with permission from the artists.
The Shorts — Twindom
Sarah Lann and her twin sister, Becca, had their lives planned out together. They’d raise their kids hiking, berry-picking, and stargazing together. But after their plans went astray, they scheduled a backpacking trip together on the John Muir Trail to stay connected despite the different path their lives had taken.
Music: If Walls Could Talk by Jacob Bain & Nis Kotto • Title by Artist (hyperlinked) • One Day by Bradley Carter • Snowmen by Kai Engel • The Last Wild Mountain by Bradley Carter • Firediary by Ken Christianson • Delivered by Brendan O’Connell • Tracks provided by Free Music Archive or with permission from the artists.
