Changing Our Stories podcast
21 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 6 years ago - ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsChanging 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.
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Episodes
Crowdsourcing Isolation
April 10, 2018 17:17 - 10 minutes - 5.04 MBThis 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.
Rainbow Mutual
March 14, 2018 14:48 - 10 minutes - 13.9 MBIn the last episode of our series LGBTQ Off The Grid, a family turns a Mormon tradition on its head to find fellowship.
Transgender in Brigham City
March 07, 2018 03:30 - 9 minutes - 12.6 MBIn the latest installment of our series LGBTQ Off The Grid, a lone transgender person in Brigham City finds community in a coven of witches.
Two Spirit
February 28, 2018 02:09 - 10 minutes - 14.5 MBOur 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.
Waterfalls in Red Rock Country
February 21, 2018 00:04 - 10 minutes - 14.1 MBThis 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.
Season 3 Preview
February 14, 2018 15:39 - 1 minute - 1.52 MBComing soon on Changing Our Stories podcast, LGBTQ Off the Grid, a series exploring the far corners of the Mountain West where lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender people and those questioning their sexuality are often unseen.
To Be Heard
June 08, 2017 06:50 - 16 minutes - 22.9 MBA woman loses her political party and her religion, but finds her voice.
Woman vs. Cardboard Cutout
May 31, 2017 19:45 - 14 minutes - 19.9 MBIt 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.
The End of Poetry
May 24, 2017 04:44 - 12 minutes - 17.5 MBAn author of erotic poetry loses her desire to pen verses after the election of Donald Trump.
A Calling
May 17, 2017 05:22 - 11 minutes - 16 MBOne 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.
Playdates with Purpose
May 09, 2017 14:48 - 9 minutes - 12.5 MBAfter 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.
The Errand of Angels
May 02, 2017 15:58 - 12 minutes - 17.5 MB"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.
Season 2 Preview
April 26, 2017 22:01 - 3 minutes - 1.47 MBThey 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 7: Missionary to Drag Queen
February 23, 2017 14:08 - 14 minutes - 20.1 MBEvery other Friday in the Mormon town of Provo is drag night. Men who were once missionaries transform themselves into the Divine Sister Misters.
Episode 6: Monster to Man
February 16, 2017 01:00 - 16 minutes - 22.6 MBAfter decades of separation, a woman has an unexpected reconciliation with her abusive ex-husband.
Episode 5: Drawing the Border
February 09, 2017 01:04 - 10 minutes - 13.8 MBWhen an undocumented immigrant creates a work of art, she comes to realize that she is drawing her own border crossing.
Episode 4: Making a Home
February 01, 2017 23:14 - 8 minutes - 11.6 MBA 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 3: Particle to Wave
January 25, 2017 18:49 - 8 minutes - 11.1 MBOne 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 2: Outside the Bubble
January 18, 2017 16:14 - 16 minutes - 22 MBWhile 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 1: Together
January 11, 2017 16:00 - 18 minutes - 8.65 MBSince 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.
Changing Our Stories Preview
January 05, 2017 20:20 - 1 minute - 1.73 MBChanging 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.