Middle America
Summary: “Middle America” is a podcast and radio show using history, storytelling, and music to discuss the world that surrounds us. Narrated by the fictional protagonist Wendell Bauer, episodes give both true history of the Central Illinois area and fictional memoir of a resident. Locally created music complements the stories to provide further emotional impact and insight.Topics discussed by “Middle America” thus far have included Illinois abolitionists, the French origins of the Midwest, philanthropist Lydia Moss Bradley, Chicago’s earliest settlers, Prohibition-era gangsters, and comedian Richard Pryor, among others. Along the way there are outlaws, adventure, murder, mutiny, loss, charity, love, and finally progress. www.patreon.com/midamericapod www.facebook.com/midamericapod www.instagram.com/midamericapod www.twitter.com/midamericapod midamericapod.bandcamp.com middleamericapod@gmail.com
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- Artist: Wendell Bauer/Jared Grabb
- Copyright: © 2023 Jared Grabb
Podcasts:
DIY - Punks in Peoria and Our Misfit Family
Distilling - Almiran Cole and Ownership
Domesticity - Betty Friedan and the Problem That Has No Name
Toxic - Matt Hale and Cultural Poison
Seeker - Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, Becoming, and Unbecoming
On End - John Kinzie, Thomas Forsyth, and War's Cry
Sermon – Robert Ingersoll and Good, Free Days
Leap – Richard Pryor and the Power of Belief
Monuments - Lydia Moss Bradley and What We Make of Loss
Names – Le Rocher Saint-Louis and Shadows Cast
Versions – Simon Trefzger Jr. and Rising Sons
Underworld – Bernie Shelton and Loss of Innocence
Larger Love - Mary Brown Davis and Devotion
Middle America - Fort Crevecoeur and Where I Began
Middle America Trailer - Episodes Begin Jan. 15, 2019
