Hosted by Stan Berteloot · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 101 episodes
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Stan Berteloot hosts Back in America, a society show with 101 episodes published.
Alison Gieschen spent thirty years on a farm, raising horses, raising kids, living in a house her husband Dan built by hand. Then they sold all of it, the furniture, the horses, the house, and moved onto a 43-foot sailbo
Jeff Kruszyna has raised over a hundred million dollars for Christian conservative causes. He does it with paper letters that arrive in your mailbox. Twenty years ago, watching the second plane hit the second tower on a
Bryan Mark Rigg failed first grade twice. Today he's a Yale and Cambridge-trained historian, a former Marine Corps officer, and the author of six books on World War II that have rewritten what we thought we knew about th
William Henry Seward was supposed to be president. In 1860, he was the favorite for the Republican nomination until he lost it to a lesser-known prairie lawyer named Abraham Lincoln. Then, while Lincoln sat silent in Spr
Clifford Brown was a partner at a Beverly Hills law firm when he saw a newspaper ad that changed his life. He gave up most of his income, left his house over the ocean, and joined the U.S. Agency for International Develo
A man's house catches fire. He tells police he ran through the flames saving his belongings. Then detectives pull the data from the pacemaker in his chest. His own heartbeat tells a different story. Andrew Guthrie Fergus
Eric Robinson spent twelve years in Christian ministry before leaving the pulpit for the FBI. For twenty-four years, he served as a special agent and SWAT operator, working counterterrorism, human trafficking, crimes aga
Recorded on February 25th at the Alliance Francaise in New York, this special French-language episode features Rabbi Delphine Horvilleur in conversation with Emmanuel Saint-Martin at an event organized by French Morning
A French teenager arrives in Iowa for a year as an exchange student. He falls in love. He spends the next 25 years in France building a career, a family, a life. Then in 2016, his wife gets a job offer in the US, and the
"What we take for granted is opportunity. Opportunity is just the door being open. Once it's open, you're going to have challenges. But the door is open." Meet Norman Randolph, from Randolph's Shoe Care Service in Hights
Recorded live in New York City, this Back in America conversation goes straight at a taboo: employment protection for highly paid engineers. Tech entrepreneur and author Oliver Coste argues that strict dismissal rules in
Dr. Jon Edwards, ICCF Grandmaster and the 32nd World Correspondence Chess Champion, lays out how elite players win by working alongside AI. He explains why openings run on massive databases, how seven piece tablebases en
In 1944, a young Black GI shot a white lieutenant on the Ledo Road—and vanished. Months later, Herman Perry reappeared deep in the Indo-Burma jungle, living with a Naga headhunter village, married to the chief’s daughter
Is our education system ready for AI—or still grading with yesterday’s rules? In this episode of Back in America, Stan talks with Shahid, an award-winning fractional CTO and CISO with 35+ years in regulated industries, f
In this episode of Back in America, I sit down with Clayton Weimers, Executive Director of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) USA, to talk about the state of press freedom in America and beyond. From the decline of local jo
“Leave all your hope, family, and dreams behind.” That’s the banner Darryl Burton saw when he first walked into Missouri State Penitentiary—infamously known as the “bloodiest 47 acres in America.” He was 22. He was innoc
In this episode, Stan speaks with Prof. Maurice Wallace of Rutgers University about the enduring impact of James Baldwin, the evolution of Black American vernacular, and the complex relationship America has with its hist
For over a century, a small group of dedicated cowboys has upheld a fading American tradition: the Highwood Mountains cattle roundup. In this episode of Back in America, we explore Only Roundup Remains, a documentary cap
A green card interview is supposed to be the last step before legal residency—but what if it’s actually a setup? This episode of Back in America features filmmakers Sam and David Cutler Kreutz discussing their short film
What does the First Amendment mean in a modern, diverse America? In this episode of Back in America, host Stan Berteloot speaks with Knox Thames, an international human rights lawyer, advocate, and author with over 20 ye
Jeff Kruszyna
1 appearance on this show
Clifford Brown
retired Senior U.S. Foreign Service Officer · USAID
1 appearance on this show
Eric Robinson
former FBI agent, SWAT operator, firearms instructor, pastor · Federal Bureau of Investigation
2 appearances on this show
Stan Berteloot
1 appearance on this show
David McCloskey
bestselling espionage novelist, former CIA analyst · CIA
1 appearance on this show
Scott Stevens
1 appearance on this show
Lisa Robertson
owner and founder · I Am Yogi Studios
1 appearance on this show
Prof. Robert Spitzer
Constitution and Gun Control Expert · SUNY Cortland
3 appearances on this show
Eric Marsh
MD, PhD · Neenah
2 appearances on this show
Richard Heinberg
Senior Fellow · Post Carbon Institute
2 appearances on this show
John Michael Greer
Way of the Secret Temple
2 appearances on this show
Mark Charles
public theologian, author, and advocate for Indigenous rights
2 appearances on this show
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