Changing Our Stories podcast

Changing Our Stories is a podcast about transformation. Forged in the Mountain West, it's a virtual campfire under the stars. Here we gather to reflect on where we came from... and imagine where we’re headed next. Each episode is an intimate, true story about what it takes to meaningful change. Hosted and produced by Andrea Smardon, an award-winning reporter and contributor to National Public Radio.

Crowdsourcing Isolation 04/10/2018

Crowdsourcing Isolation This is a bonus episode in our series LGBTQ Off The Grid, where we break from our usual format to listen to the wisdom of the crowd. We put the call out to people from all over Utah to send us voice memos. This is what they have to say to the young LGBTQ person who feels alone. /episode/index/show/changingourstories/id/6465625

Rainbow Mutual 03/14/2018

Rainbow Mutual In the last episode of our series LGBTQ Off The Grid, a family turns a Mormon tradition on its head to find fellowship. /episode/index/show/changingourstories/id/6364798

Transgender in Brigham City 03/07/2018

Transgender in Brigham City In the latest installment of our series LGBTQ Off The Grid, a lone transgender person in Brigham City finds community in a coven of witches. /episode/index/show/changingourstories/id/6338156

Two Spirit 02/28/2018

Two Spirit Our series LGBTQ Off The Grid explores the far corners of Utah where lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender people, and those questioning their sexuality are often isolated and unseen. In this story, a gay Navajo man decides to leave the reservation to escape the loneliness. /episode/index/show/changingourstories/id/6310300

Waterfalls in Red Rock Country 02/21/2018

Waterfalls in Red Rock Country This season, LGBTQ Off The Grid, explores the far corners of Utah where lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender people, and those questioning their sexuality are often isolated and unseen. In this story, a formerly homeless man tries to help young people in Southern Utah. /episode/index/show/changingourstories/id/6283051

Season 3 Preview 02/14/2018

Season 3 Preview Coming soon on Changing Our Stories podcast, LGBTQ Off the Grid, a series exploring the the far corners of the Mountain West where lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender people and those questioning their sexuality are often unseen. /episode/index/show/changingourstories/id/6259871

To Be Heard 06/08/2017

To Be Heard A woman loses her political party and her religion, but finds her voice. /episode/index/show/changingourstories/id/5429711

Woman vs. Cardboard Cutout 05/31/2017

Woman vs. Cardboard Cutout It started with a phone blitz to Senator Orrin Hatch’s office, and now a 24-year-old woman is heading up a new organization for political accountability in Utah. /episode/index/show/changingourstories/id/5406448

The End of Poetry 05/24/2017

The End of Poetry An author of erotic poetry loses her desire to pen verses after the election of Donald Trump. /episode/index/show/changingourstories/id/5384397

A Calling 05/17/2017

A Calling One of the founders of Mormon Women for Ethical Government tells the story of how her commitment to God has been put to the test since the inauguration of President Trump. /episode/index/show/changingourstories/id/5363876

Playdates with Purpose 05/09/2017

Playdates with Purpose After the November election, a group of stay-at-home moms in Salt Lake City wanted to go to the protest marches, but found it too difficult with young kids. Then they found their own way to be politically active. /episode/index/show/changingourstories/id/5340538

The Errand of Angels 05/02/2017

The Errand of Angels "The errand of angels is given to women." So says a song about the Mormon Relief Society. But what would an angel do after the election of President Donald Trump? One Utah woman finds her answer. /episode/index/show/changingourstories/id/5319783

Season 2 Preview 04/26/2017

Season 2 Preview They describe it as an awakening. They say it’s deeply personal, and that life will never be the same. The next season will be devoted entirely to changes in the lives of Utah women since the election. /episode/index/show/changingourstories/id/5302632

Episode 7: Missionary to Drag Queen 02/23/2017

Episode 7: Missionary to Drag Queen Every other Friday in the Mormon town of Provo is drag night. Men who were once missionaries transform themselves into the Divine Sister Misters. /episode/index/show/changingourstories/id/5111189

Episode 6: Monster to Man 02/16/2017

Episode 6: Monster to Man After decades of separation, a woman has an unexpected reconciliation with her abusive ex-husband. /episode/index/show/changingourstories/id/5089684

Episode 5: Drawing the Border 02/09/2017

Episode 5: Drawing the Border When an undocumented immigrant creates a work of art, she comes to realize that she is drawing her own border crossing. /episode/index/show/changingourstories/id/5068342

Episode 4: Making a Home 02/01/2017

Episode 4: Making a Home A gay man leaves his hometown because he doesn’t feel welcome. After more than two decades away, he returns to find a new center for LGBT people under construction. /episode/index/show/changingourstories/id/5046225

Episode 3: Particle to Wave 01/25/2017

Episode 3: Particle to Wave One women has worked her whole life to be a physics professor, but now she's thinking of giving that up to run for office. /episode/index/show/changingourstories/id/5023797

Episode 2: Outside the Bubble 01/18/2017

Episode 2: Outside the Bubble While some Americans seem to have resigned themselves to living in different worlds from their compatriots, one woman feels compelled to get out of her bubble. /episode/index/show/changingourstories/id/5002557

Episode 1: Together 01/11/2017

Episode 1: Together Since the election, we've heard a lot about what divides us, but what happens when we come together? This episode starts with some sweet dates that traveled across the world in a suitcase and ends with two men confronting the religious divide in Utah. /episode/index/show/changingourstories/id/4982263

Changing Our Stories Preview 01/05/2017

Changing Our Stories Preview Changing Our Stories is a podcast about transformation. Forged in the Mountain West, it's a virtual campfire under the stars. Here we gather to reflect on where we came from… and imagine where we’re headed next. Each episode is an intimate, true story about what it takes to make meaningful change. /episode/index/show/changingourstories/id/4966113

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