Essay Americana
Silent Bronze
Feb 12, 202511 minS0
<p>What do we learn from our grandparents that we didn't get to know? This essay explores those questions of what we get when we ask if they would be proud of how we turned out. </p>
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Essay Americana provides insight into American life in the late 20th and early 21st centuries covering work, relationships, history, leadership, self-identity, philosophy, politics, and psychology.
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What is Essay Americana about?
Essay Americana provides insight into American life in the late 20th and early 21st centuries covering work, relationships, history, leadership, self-identity, philosophy, politics, and psychology.
What has Essay Americana covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Silent Bronze" (12 February 2025, 11 minutes), "Hero?" (10 November 2021, 13 minutes), and "Stranger Relief at Thanksgiving" (22 March 2020, 29 minutes).
How often does Essay Americana publish?
Essay Americana publishes roughly every few months, with episodes averaging 15 minutes across 14 episodes.
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Booking probability for Essay Americana is 19%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Essay Americana requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Essay Americana's contact route on record: verified email.
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Essay Americana is a society podcast with 14 episodes published.
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Essay Americana
Hero?
Nov 10, 202113 minS0<p>This essay is part of the series, "Asphalt Blackboard: Life Lessons from America's Highways." It examines how we are socially programed to respond to a crisis and what it means to be a hero. </p>
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Stranger Relief at Thanksgiving
Mar 22, 202029 minS2<p>In this time of COVID-19, social distancing, and sheltering in place, why not look at family dynamics in the form of a major holiday? </p>
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Comic Book Blues
Oct 1, 201929 minS0<p >Art, pop culture, comic books, movies, tv, and compulsive behavior. This episode deals with all that, as well as taking a hard look at when we cut out parts of ourselves in order to "fit in" and what it means to...
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What's a Life Worth?
Jul 26, 201917 minS0<p>This month's essay looks at the fundamental question--how we determine the value of a life. </p>
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Hallowed Ground
Jun 6, 201913 minS0<p>What do we hold sacred? What is truly hallowed ground? A massive church that's been turned into a disco and two battlefields are the backdrop for this interesting essay about what we value and why. </p>
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Nurse Logs
May 5, 201913 minS0<p >What do we owe the past? This essay, the third from “Asphalt Blackboard: Life Lessons form America’s Highways” series, explores that question from the only temperate rain forest in the world.</p>
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Follow the Leader
Mar 23, 201915 minS0<p>Leadership. It's the Holy Grail of the business world. It took a cold day in whitewater to teach how Americans' view leadership and a possible new approach. </p>
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Unplugged
Mar 5, 201913 minS0<p>Changes to rural Montana, the Great American Road Trip, and becoming unmoored from you daily life all teach something about modern American life. </p>
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Feb 21, 201913 minS0<p>A memorial service serves as the backdrop for a reflection on church culture and who gets to stand behind the alter. </p>
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Holding onto Humanity
Feb 7, 20199 minS0<p>We see the end results on the television, but what's it like to cover a major tragedy? </p>
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Walking on Sunshine
Jan 29, 201910 minS0<p>iTunes and Spotify have robbed us of something, but have they given us something in return? This essay explores the power of music, nostalgia, and technology and how each impacts the other and what it might mean to...
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Hush
Jan 15, 201910 minS0<p>An evening at a nightclub with a journal ends up providing insight into what night clubs teach us about ourselves—the good, the bad, and our society as a whole. </p>
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Essay Americana: Walk in the Rain
Jan 5, 201912 minS1<p>Essay Americana captures snapshots of American life in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Topics covered include work, relationships, history, leadership, self-identity, and others.</p> <p>This episode looks at...
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