Episode 18 - Possibly the Complications
Before he ever saw the ICE Warrant ordering his removal from the United State, Victor Herrera describes this one point in his life as an immigrant in ...
Iconoclast of Things
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Iconoclast of Things is about people so committed to the beauty of the thing they imagine that they’re doing whatever they can to build it. People working to build a home, a business or a life they believe may already be lost, but still working because of the beauty, grace, and humanity of the place they imagine.
Episode 17 - The Book I Read
When I was in fourth grade, there was this box in the back of our classroom. It was filled with multi-colored tabs with stories and questions printed ...
Episode 16 - Looking through windows: a 4,000 mile walk to say I love you. Then 8,000 miles more
This is the story of how Unbound, one of the midwest's largest non-profits, was formed from the vision of a man with a very different take on charity ...
Episode 15 - Washington Bullets: The Martyrdom of Father Stanley Rother
On September 23rd Father Stan Rother will be the first American born martyr beatified by the Catholic church. Though it’s the story of Father Stan Rot...
Episode 14 All of God's Money - A Sofa, A Mass, and The 27th Out
This is the first time I’ve uttered out loud these words: my lady has cancer.
Episode 13 - I'll Be You; The Autistic, The Abolitionist, and The English Paper
In 1917 a german man named Charles Huffman was making fabric dye in five gallon enamel pots in a vacant store in Chicago. He named his product RIT dye...
Episode 12 - An Interview with Mayor Sly James
If you want to know what it’s like to sit behind Mayor Sly James’ desk, best not ask him; he’d have to find about 20 minutes in his schedule to clear ...
Episode 11 - Breaking Rocks in the Hot Sun Part 2
To look at the future of Harrison Street DIY Skatepark, I need to be explicit about a few things: First, they did build on land they have permission t...
Episode 10 - Breaking Rocks in the Hot Sun, Part 1
For 30 months, a crew of volunteers have been building the Harrison Street DIY skate park in an abandoned cul de sac in Kansas City’s Columbus Park Ne...
Episode 9 - Run Baby Run
Since 2011 I've run a few thousand miles along the Indian Creek and Blue River Trail. I run this trail because it's safer here than running on the sur...