We saw it on the news. The images still haunt us.
Two years ago this month, a desperate sea of humanity rushed the Kabul airport as the American military started mass evacuations in Afghanistan. Many were left behind to face the Taliban, while some escaped to countries like Iran and Pakistan.
For over 80,000 refugees, America is now home. Their lives continue, but our news feeds have moved on, blasting stories about today’s crisis-du-jour. Now these evacuees live beside us, trying to make ends meet, find housing, gain acceptance, adapt to a new culture, and become valued members of our communities.
In Stranger Becomes Neighbor, we follow them. And we meet the Americans who have chosen to help their new neighbors. Like the stay-at-home mom who convinces a neighbor to rent out their basement to a pregnant Afghan woman, then finds herself helping to deliver the baby. Like a young widow who served in a secret pro-American unit of the Afghan military and now struggles to find childcare so she can work at Walmart.
Their stories – and the heartbreaking stories of loved ones left behind – inspire us to discover the hope and triumph of the human spirit.
What can one person do to help a stranger?
We find out on a new podcast from KSL Podcasts, the people who brought you Cold and The Letter.
Coming soon, Stranger Becomes Neighbor
If you love quilting and sewing, this is the podcast for you! Carolina Moore has been quilting and sewing for over 30 years and in that time has fallen in love with the quilting tools we use – the notions! Each episode is an interview with a notion designer. Learn the history behind some of your favorite notions, and learn about some new notions you won’t be able to live without! Show Notes available at iLoveNotions.com.
Carolina Moore is an award winning quilter, pattern designer, author, and notion inventor living in San Diego, California. Find her at AlwaysExpectMoore.com
The witch has held a place firmly in our imagination for centuries – from whispered warnings in folklore to pop-culture driven heights. But what does it mean to be a witch now?
Presenter India Rakusen, creator of the podcast 28ish Days Later, is on a journey to find out.
A homebrew D&D podcast for the new millennium! From the creators of “The Strahdcast” comes a heartful coming-of-age horror set in small-town New England at the turn of Y2K. Join popular girl Kayla, metalhead Jesse, new kid Russell, and entrepreneur Stoner Jon at Henry Harrison High School on New Year’s Eve 1999 as the clock ticks down to midnight, after which nothing in the quirky town of Havenborough, MA will ever be the same.
Join comedians and authors Sara Pascoe and Cariad Lloyd in their Weirdos Book Club – a space for the lonely outsider to feel accepted and appreciated. You don’t even have to read the book to join in!
Assisted by their comedian and writer friends, each week they’ll discuss a book that is special, stimulating and y’know – weird. Welcome to your new book club!
Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!
Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub
For ad-free listening, more weird and wonderful bonus content and to support the podcast, sign up to our Patreon at patreon.com/c/weirdosbookclub
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Welcome to a collection of some of NPR’s best podcast episodes and features from across the Black experience. Some might make you laugh. Some might make you feel inspired. Others might make you uncomfortable. And some might make you feel all of that in the same five-minute span. This is NPR, noir.
Check out the exclusive Black Stories, Black Truths merch line, and be sure to follow all of these shows for more great content, wherever you get your podcasts.
Norm Hitzges ranks as a sports talk show legend having spent 48 continuous years on the air in Dallas. Now begins his next chapter with his new podcast “Just Wondering…”
From major interviews to waxing philosophical, join Norm every day as he talks sports, travel life or…anything he’s just wondering about.
The 615 House is a digital home for influential artists, songwriters and other creatives on the cutting edge of Nashville culture. Our podcast is an intimate conversation about creativity, art and authenticity with people who make the music that you listen to every day. We give our audience a peek behind the curtain of what it takes to break in the new Nashville – the ups and downs, creative heartaches and triumphs – and all of the life along the way.
Welcome to From Scratch Cookery! I’m Wendy Hornback. Whether you’re a beginner cook or just want to learn more, I’m here to transparently share my successes and failures along with some easy recipes and even some fun food history all to help you grow your from scratch cookery skills one step at a time.
Join me on Instagram, my handle is @wendyhornback and check out my website – fromscratchcookery.com!
(Don’t forget to download and subscribe so fresh episodes will be dropped into your library every Thursday morning!)
Lauren is a Baby Boomer and Minnah is a Gen Z. From the beginning, movies have reflected and defined the culture within a generation. But outside of that generation, how is the film interpreted and received, and what can one generation learn from another through movies? That’s what you’ll find out when you listen to Movies That Made Her…But Not Me.
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