Our Americana

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Our Americana continues celebrating its first birthday by honoring podcasting. In the second of a three part series with various podcasters, Josh sits down with Jeremy Collins (Podcasts We Listen To) and Holly Hall (The Most Wonderful Wonder) to talk about the strange transition from New Orleans to Casper, Wyoming; and how a country band with a love of dark history created one of the most unique podcasts out there. Music by: Welcome Little Stranger David Szesztay Kosta T Hyson Charles Atlas Vi-Fi

Our Americana celebrates its first birthday by honoring podcasting the best way we know how: through origin and community. In the first of a three part series with various podcasters, Josh sits down with Steven Pappas of the Is This Adulting? podcast to talk very candidly about his North Carolina upbringing, mental health, religion, evolving ideology, and what it means to be a progressive southern boy. Music by: Dave Depper, Will Bangs, Milky-Chu, Jon Watts, Johnny_Ripper, and Evgeny Grinko

Hot off the heels of #VanLife, we stick to the open road and explore American Roadside Attractions. Manatees, vacuums, Big Fish, and some listener stories. Music by: Drake Stafford, Broke For Free, Three Chain Links, Maxim Kornyshev, Will Bangs, and Cloudjumper

Josh catches up with the four #VanLifers who he chatted with last July. Jennifer and Josh talk about the privilege of experience. Alex finds solace and liberation in a disconnected life. And we find out whether Giddi and Jace made it back out onto the road after having their baby. Sponsor the show: www.patreon.com/ouramericana www.paypal.me/ouramericana

A rebroadcast of S02|E05 and a primer for this week's forthcoming episode.

Seth tries to uncover how exactly the epidemics began and continue to occur. Jesse comes through recovery and starts the long road to creating a new life for himself. Holli, once a beacon for hope in Austin, struggles with the intersections of religion, media, and welfare; and then ultimately loses hope, herself. Sponsor the show at www.Patreon.com/OurAmericana -or- www.PayPal.com/me/OurAmericana

We pause the story in Austin, to talk more personally about HIV. Music by Chris Zabriskie & Luke Pigott. Sponsor the show at www.Patreon.com/OurAmericana -or- www.PayPal.com/me/OurAmericana

In a small, rural Indiana town, what started as a drug epidemic became an HIV crisis. Government, religion, public health, the community, and the media coalesce in their various attempts to help a town in peril.

In a town with no radio or cellular waves, with no wifi or cable, life is wonderfully quiet. We examine our strange relationships with technology and meet a woman who suffers from electromagnetic sensitivity so bad, she spent a year living in a Faraday cage. To learn more or sponsor the show: www.ouramericanapodcast.com

In a rural Iowa town rooted in Transcendental Meditation and home to the microcommunity movement, community-building and intention have been redefined.

A northern Minnesota town, struggling to find its economic identity, gets a little help from an unlikely resident and his uncanny routine. Plus, turtle racing. To learn more or sponsor the show: www.ouramericanapodcast.com

(Original Broadcast: 11/25/16) In 2013, hundred dollar bills started mysteriously appearing throughout Salem, Oregon; in diaper boxes, tip cups, people's cars. This is the story of the mysterious person hiding them, and how their generosity became contagious.

Take a minute (or seven) to check out the newest podcast to join the Our Americana Podcast Network: The Karen & Ellen Letters are found correspondence between two teenage girls and their landlord, over a three year period, from the '80s. This podcast is the reading of those letters and a re-telling of my journey to validate their authenticity. Plus, a weekly roundtable of guest commentators. www.karenandellen.com

"America is what happens when a community comes together to overcome what feels insurmountable." Our Americana returns on February 28 with 13 episodes over 14 weeks: 9 new towns, roadside attractions, a follow-up on #VanLife, and an update episode.

(Original broadcast: 9/22/16) This episode concludes the story of Luna the Whale and his time in Gold River. The town comes together to save Luna, and the town struggles in the wake of his absence and the lessons learned.

(Original broadcast: 9/15/16) In 2001, the small town of Gold River was adopted by a baby orca. Over the next five years, Luna the Whale would both unite and spark debate amongst the previously segregated town. And he would put this isolated Vancouver Island community on the map and at the forefront of an even bigger conversation about what happens when conservation and humanity collide. Featured Music: Dave Depper, Lee Rosevere, Cloudjumper, Sergey Cheremisinov, Aaron Mist

In this hastily edited, year-in-review episode, I break from tradition to muse on Our Americana’s journey as a podcast and answer some FAQs, look into season three and Our Americana’s new projects, highlight some of 2016’s best podcasts, and share my countdown playlist of 2016's best songs. See you all in February.

This week is Petoskey's Holiday Open House. I checked in with some old and new friends as they prepare for the big event; including the event coordinator and the local journalist covering it. Special thanks to Sufjan Stevens, who was raised in Petoskey, for providing the holiday soundtrack. This week's guests: Kalin Sheick, Matt Mikus, Katie Potts, Andi Symonds, and Zoe Marshall-Rashid. Our Americana is produced & hosted by Josh Hallmark. Learn more at www.ouramericanapodcast.com Sponsor Our Americana at www.patreon.com/ouramericana Featured Music: Sufjan Stevens - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas; Sufjan Stevens - Silent Night; Sufjan Stevens - Put The Lights On The Tree; Sufjan Stevens - I'll Be Home For Christmas; Petoskey High School Steel Drum Band - Deck The Halls; Petoskey High School Steel Drum Band - Sleigh Ride; Seth Partridge - Snow Falling On A Quiet Valley; Rue Royale - Deck The Halls; The Nancies - Song For A Winter's Night Music available at: www.freemusicarchive.com