Episode 4: A Tale of Two Rivers is a journalistic reflection on some of the ways that immigration and food insecurity are enmeshed.
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This is an audio drama podcast episode about the making of a podcast episode: "Cedar Rapids" is based on the oral history of a family living in that Eastern Iowa city. The family arrived there in 2006, after escaping civil strife in Burundi in the mid-1990s, and then spending eleven years in a Tanzanian refugee camp.
The play explores what happens when a privileged, well-intentioned podcast host appropriates and manipulates his guests' narratives in order to, in his mind, make a positive impact. Though food insecurity may seem incidental in this story, the play intends to subtly illuminate connections between immigration and food insecurity.
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Initially, we hadn't planned to create episodes that, like this one, unpack and contextualize our audio dramas. But as our creative process unfolded, we began to understand that context is vital in understanding how all the stories in this season fit...
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A single mom, her elderly uncle and her nine children teeter on the edge of losing the home that has been in their family for seventy years. From Curious Audio, this immersive audio drama is the first of a 2-part look into the struggle of a...
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