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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.

Andrea Smardon


    • Apr 10, 2018 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 10m AVG DURATION
    • 21 EPISODES


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    Crowdsourcing Isolation

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2018 10:58


    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.

    Rainbow Mutual

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2018 10:05


    In 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

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2018 9:11


    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.

    Two Spirit

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2018 10:31


    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.

    Waterfalls in Red Rock Country

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2018 10:15


    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.

    Season 3 Preview

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2018 1:06


    Coming 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.

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    To Be Heard

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2017 16:41


    A woman loses her political party and her religion, but finds her voice.

    Woman vs. Cardboard Cutout

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2017 14:31


    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.

    The End of Poetry

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2017 12:43


    An author of erotic poetry loses her desire to pen verses after the election of Donald Trump.

    A Calling

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2017 11:39


    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.

    Playdates with Purpose

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2017 9:04


    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.

    The Errand of Angels

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2017 12:44


    "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

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2017 3:11


    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 7: Missionary to Drag Queen

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2017 14:38


    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 6: Monster to Man

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2017 16:26


    After decades of separation, a woman has an unexpected reconciliation with her abusive ex-husband.

    Episode 5: Drawing the Border

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2017 10:04


    When 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

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2017 8:28


    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 3: Particle to Wave

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2017 8:04


    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 2: Outside the Bubble

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2017 16:02


    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.

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    Episode 1: Together

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2017 18:49


    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.

    Changing Our Stories Preview

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2017 1:06


    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.

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