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Collecting stories to make a difference. These first-person stories are part of the Welcome Project, an audio and video collection at Valparaiso University. Visit us as welcomeproject.valpo.edu.

Welcome Project at Valparaiso University


    • Jul 18, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
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    Immutable Fact

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2023 15:34


    “I'm a man. I'm a trans man. I also want to do gender the way, like, butch lesbians do.” Find a transcript for this story at welcomeproject.valpo.edu and listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.

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    Listen Up! I Know Dirt

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2023 55:13


    Listen Up! from Welcome Project Radio brings you a story or two along with discussion of that story from co-director Allison Schuette and co-host Willow Walsh. This week's stories are "I Know Dirt" and "Eliminated by Technology." Find these stories and their transcripts at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.

    Listen Up! Valpo Mayoral Candidate Hannah Trueblood

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2023 61:23


    Listen Up! from Welcome Project Radio brings you a story or two along with discussion of that story from co-director Allison Schuette and co-hosts Willow Walsh and Reagan Skaggs. This week's story is "We Were Them," and we'll be listening to the story with Valpo mayoral candidate Hannah Trueblood. Find "We Were Them" and the transcript at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.

    Listen Up! Game Changer

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2023 59:58


    Listen Up! from Welcome Project Radio brings you a story or two along with discussion of that story from co-director Allison Schuette and co-hosts Willow Walsh and Reagan Skaggs. This week's stories are "Game Changer" and "That Fear Creeping Up." Find these stories and their transcripts at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.

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    Listen Up! Black History Month

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2023 58:59


    Listen Up! from Welcome Project Radio brings you a story or two along with discussion of that story from co-director Allison Schuette and co-hosts Willow Walsh and Reagan Skaggs. This week's stories are "Residential Segregation and Racial Inequality" and "Black Mecca." Find these stories and their transcripts at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.

    Listen Up! I Get My Food from the Food Bank

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2023 58:13


    Listen Up! from Welcome Project Radio brings you a story or two along with discussion of that story from co-director Allison Schuette and co-hosts Willow Walsh and Reagan Skaggs. This week's story is "I Get Food from the Food Bank" and we're also talking about a TikTok clip from Jack Corbett of Planet Money, "There are so many houses, and that is someone's fault." Find "I Get Food from the Food Bank" and many other stories and their transcripts at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.

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    Listen Up! Unionizing Starbucks

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2023 56:44


    Listen Up! from Welcome Project Radio brings you a story or two along with discussion of that story from co-director Allison Schuette and co-hosts Willow Walsh and Reagan Skaggs. This week we're doing something new – Allison is interviewing Reagan about her effort to unionize a Starbucks store in Valparaiso. Find our stories and their transcripts at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.

    Listen Up! Forgive And Boundaries

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2023 60:54


    Listen Up! from Welcome Project Radio brings you a story or two along with discussion of that story from co-director Allison Schuette and co-hosts Willow Walsh and Reagan Skaggs. This week's stories are "Because I Can Forgive" and "Hold My Boundaries." Find these stories and their transcripts at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.

    Because I Can Forgive

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2023 3:15


    “I can understand him so much more now as an adult but as a child it was very hurtful.” Edited by Rebecca Werner. Find a transcript for this story at welcomeproject.valpo.edu and listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.

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    I Belong In Art – Radio Edit

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2022 2:57


    "Most of my childhood that I actually really remember is in the United States, so I am still struggling to find a home." Edited by Nick Ladeau. Find a video version of this story and its transcripts at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.

    Not At The Expense Of Being Myself

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2022 17:51


    "...they wanted to fit in… they loved the idea of community… I mean, I think everybody wants that sense of belonging." Edited by Rebecca Werner. Find a transcript for this story at welcomeproject.valpo.edu and listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.

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    Listen Up! Responding To A Report

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2022 54:53


    Listen Up! from Welcome Project Radio brings you a story or two along with discussion of that story from co-director Allison Schuette and Welcome Project co-hosts Willow Walsh and Reagan Skaggs. This week's stories are "Responding to a Report" and "Barrier Number One." Find these stories and their transcripts at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.

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    Listen Up! To Have A Yacht In Valpo

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2022 54:40


    Listen Up! from Welcome Project Radio brings you a story or two along with discussion of that story from co-director Allison Schuette and Welcome Project co-hosts Willow Walsh and Reagan Skaggs. This week's stories are "Outside In Instead of Inside Out" and "To Have a Yacht in Valpo." Find these stories and their transcripts at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.

    Listen Up - Assimilating to a New Culture

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2022 94:05


    Listen Up! from Welcome Project Radio brings you a story or two along with discussion of that story from co-director Allison Schuette and Welcome Project co-hosts Willow Walsh and Reagan Skaggs. This week's stories are "Shocked" and "Assimilating to a New Culture." Find these stories and their transcripts at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.

    I Know Dirt

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2022 4:42


    "I'm not living in any subdivision, never." Edited by Nick Ladeau. Find this story and its transcript at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.

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    Assimilating to a New Culture

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2022 4:26


    “I think one of the greatest things about coming into a new culture and assimilating to it is the fact that you actually understand your culture better.” Edited by Nick Ladeau. Find this story and its transcripts at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.

    Listen Up! OUTober

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2022 58:08


    Listen Up! from Welcome Project Radio brings you a story or two along with discussion of that story from co-director Allison Schuette and Welcome Project co-hosts Willow Walsh and Reagan Skaggs. This week's stories are "It's Not You, It's Your Gender" and "I See Myself as a Bridge." Find these stories and their transcripts at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.

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    Divorce Themselves from Gary

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2022 4:43


    “We had this huge exodus and the population went from majority white to majority black.” Find this story and its transcript at welcomeproject.valpo.edu and listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.

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    Listen Up! Concerned Latins Organization

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2022 58:13


    Listen Up! from Welcome Project Radio brings you a story or two along with discussion of that story from co-director Allison Schuette and Welcome Project aficionado Willow Walsh and Reagan Skaggs. This week's story, "The Concerned Latins Organization," is of historian Emiliano Aguilar sharing the history Latinx communities in Northwest Indiana. Find these stories and their transcripts at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.

    Listen Up! Remember Where You Came From

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2022 60:02


    Listen Up! from Welcome Project Radio brings you a story or two along with discussion of that story from co-directors Allison Schuette and Liz Wuerffel along with our guest, Jp Avila. This week's stories are "Remember Where You Came From" and "My Father Had to Take on Two Jobs." Find these stories and their transcripts at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.

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    Listen Up! On Being Neighbors

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2022 57:29


    Listen Up! from Welcome Project Radio brings you a story or two along with discussion of that story from co-director Allison Schuette and Welcome Project aficionado Willow Walsh and Reagan Skaggs. This week's stories are "Kept Quiet and Nodded" and "Not Something that You Force." Find these stories and their transcripts at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.

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    Listen Up! Farm Stories

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2022 58:57


    Listen Up! from Welcome Project Radio brings you a story or two along with discussion of that story from co-director Allison Schuette and Welcome Project aficionado Willow Walsh and Reagan Skaggs. This week's stories are "Some of the Best Ground in the World," "Division Road," and "Home for Good, I'm Sure." Find these stories and their transcripts at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.

    Listen Up! Fixing vs Healing

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2022 57:32


    Listen Up! from Welcome Project Radio brings you a story or two along with discussion of that story from co-director Allison Schuette and Welcome Project aficionado Willow Walsh and Reagan Skaggs. This week, Allison is bringing in a text into conversation, along with a story from our Invisible Project initiative – Made Us Feel Low. Find these two stories and their transcripts at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.

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    Fallen on Hard Times

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2022 2:42


    “They just get thrown out on the streets.” Edited by Amanda Yonushatis. This is part 3 of a 3-part story for our Invisible Project collection, which aims to make visible local experiences of homelessness. Find this story and its transcript at welcomeproject.valpo.edu and listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.

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    It's Cold, It's Rough

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2022 2:44


    “That's what will kill you quick – that ground temp will pull the heat away from your body.” Edited by Amanda Yonushatis. This is part 2 of a 3-part story; it's part of our Invisible Project collection, which aims to make visible local experiences of homelessness. Find this story and its transcript at welcomeproject.valpo.edu and listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.

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    How Did This Happen?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2022 2:50


    “That whole transition from having a nice house to being homeless – it was a shock.” Edited by Amanda Yonushatis. Part 1 of this story comes from our Invisible Project collection, which aims to make visible the experiences of homelessness in our community. Find this story and its transcript at welcomeproject.valpo.edu. Tune into our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.

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    Listen Up! Bicultural In A Deaf Home

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2022 56:54


    Listen Up! from Welcome Project Radio brings you a story or two along with discussion of that story from co-director Allison Schuette and Welcome Project aficionados Willow Walsh and Reagan Skaggs. This weeks stories are "Bicultural in a Deaf Home" and "Words Have Power." Find these two stories and their transcripts at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.

    Every Day Is Questionable

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2022 3:53


    "Living in your car... it's not a home." Story by Connor O'Hagin; edited by Amanda Yonushatis. This story comes from our Invisible Project collection, which aims to make visible the experiences of homelessness in our community. Find this story and its transcript at welcomeproject.valpo.edu. Tune into our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.

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    We're Not That Far Along

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2022 58:23


    Listen Up! from Welcome Project Radio brings you a story or two along with discussion of that story from co-director Allison Schuette and Welcome Project aficionado Willow Walsh, along with two guests – Dana Darr and Libby Middendorf! This week, the crew is responding to a street protest following the Supreme Court's Roe v Wade decision, and shares audio from that as well as excerpts from two Welcome Project stories: Find these two stories and their transcripts at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.

    To Have a Yacht in Valpo

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2022 3:34


    "Today and tomorrow are going to be frigid – zero degrees again." A story by Eric Beaubreau. Edited by Amanda Yonushatis. Find this story and its transcript at welcomeproject.valpo.edu Listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.

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    Listen Up! PRIDE

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2022 60:19


    Listen Up! from Welcome Project Radio brings you a story or two along with discussion of that story from co-director Allison Schuette and Welcome Project aficionado Willow Walsh. In celebration of Pride, Allison and Willow are diving into their own stories and the many friends and role models who helped them better understand themselves.

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    Listen Up! Let There Be Cake

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2022 61:08


    Listen Up! from Welcome Project Radio brings you a story or two along with discussion of that story from co-director Allison Schuette and Welcome Project aficionados Willow Walsh and Reagan Skaggs, along with a guest – Welcome Project co-director Liz Wuerffel! This week we're celebrating Pride month by listening to "Let There Be Cake." Please excuse the quality – we were traveling so had to record over Zoom. You can find the transcript for "Let There Be Cake" at welcomeproject.valpo.edu. It was produced by Lisa Zandy. Thanks, Lisa!

    Listen Up! We Are A Unit

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2022 57:36


    Listen Up! from Welcome Project Radio brings you a story or two along with discussion of that story from co-director Allison Schuette and Welcome Project aficionado Willow Walsh and Reagan Skaggs. This week's stories are "We Are a Unit" and "Very White Looking." Find these two stories and their transcripts at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.

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    Listen Up! Still Working On The Revolution

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2022 54:01


    Listen Up! from Welcome Project Radio brings you a story or two along with discussion of that story from co-director Allison Schuette and Welcome Project aficionado Willow Walsh and Reagan Skaggs. This week's stories are "Please, God, Let It Rain" and "Still Working on the Revolution." Find these two stories and their transcripts at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.

    Listen Up! Hijab Is Not Just This Cloth

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2022 56:04


    Listen Up! from Welcome Project Radio brings you a story or two along with discussion of that story from co-director Allison Schuette and Welcome Project aficionado Willow Walsh! This week's stories are Never Felt Pressured to Wear It and Hijab is Not Just This Cloth. Find these two stories and their transcripts at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.

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    Very White-Looking

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2022 3:39


    “I remember having to make a distinct choice of who I was going to hang out with.” In this week's story, the storyteller describes what it was like growing up Mexican-American, looking white, and choosing to identify with her white peers during middle school and high school. Find this stories and its transcripts at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.

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    Listen Up! Fall Through The Cracks

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2022 58:06


    Listen Up! from Welcome Project Radio brings you a story or two along with discussion of that story from co-director Allison Schuette and Welcome Project aficionado Reagan Skaggs. This week's stories are "Not Just Another Student" and "Fall through the Cracks." Find these two stories and their transcripts at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.

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    Listen Up! Residential Segregation And Racial Inequality

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2022 58:32


    Listen Up! from Welcome Project Radio brings you a story or two along with discussion of that story from co-director Allison Schuette and Welcome Project aficionado Willow Walsh, along with a guest – Beth Schuette! This week's stories are "Racial Segregation and Racial Inequality" and "The Strike at Froebel." Find these two stories and their transcripts at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.

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    I Didn't Want To Be The Stigma Anymore

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2022 5:06


    “I tried to make it as much about love, and the fact that I love you so much, I'm going to call you out on your bullshit.” This Welcome Project story was edited by Nick Ladeau. Find more at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app. Here's a link to the transcript: https://welcomeproject.valpo.edu/2022/04/12/i-didnt-want-to-be-the-stigma-anymore/

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    Listen Up! Naming Can Be Powerful

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2022 58:03


    Listen Up! from Welcome Project Radio brings you a story or two along with discussion of that story from co-director Allison Schuette and Welcome Project aficionados Willow Walsh and Reagan Skaggs. This week we have a guest in the house! Our stories are "Naming Can Be Powerful" and "We're Not That Far Along." You can find these particular stories and their transcripts at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.

    Never Felt Pressured To Wear It

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2022 4:00


    “I don't always like to make my identity so easy for people.” Find more at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app. Find the transcript here: https://welcomeproject.valpo.edu/2022/03/29/never-felt-pressured-to-wear-it/

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    Listen Up! Curious In A Very Positive Way

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2022 56:47


    Listen Up! from Welcome Project Radio brings you a story or two along with discussion of that story from co-director Allison Schuette and Welcome Project aficionado Willow Walsh, along with a guest – Beth Schuette! This week's stories are Curious in a Very Positive Way and Seeking Some Level of Normalcy. Find these two stories and their transcripts at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.

    Listen Up! Black History Month

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2022 59:58


    Listen Up! from Welcome Project Radio brings you a story or two along with discussion of that story from co-director Allison Schuette and Welcome Project aficionado Willow Walsh. This week's stories are Remember Where You Came From and Hitting Home. You can find the video version of these stories and transcripts at welcomeproject.valpo.edu

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    Listen Up! Coming To Gary

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2022 59:25


    Listen Up! from Welcome Project Radio brings you a story or two along with discussion of that story from co-director Allison Schuette and Welcome Project aficionado Willow Walsh and special guest Kat Peters. This week's stories are How We Ended Up Coming to Gary and Not Newcomers. Find these stories and more at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.

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    Listen Up! We Were Them

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2022 59:05


    Listen Up! from Welcome Project Radio brings you a story or two along with discussion of that story from co-director Allison Schuette and Welcome Project aficionados Willow Walsh. This week's stories are We Were Them and What It's Like to Be in that Position. Find these stories and more at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.

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    Starting To Change

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2022 3:10


    "As I got older...my freedom to be outside was definitely different." ~ a Welcome Project Flight Paths story ~ Edited by Olivia Brown Find the transcript here: https://welcomeproject.valpo.edu/2022/01/25/starting-to-change/ Listen or watch more stories at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or tune into our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.

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    Listen Up! End Of Year Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2022 58:32


    We wrapped up 2021 with a End of Year Show where co-director Allison Schuette and Welcome Project aficionados Willow Walsh and Reagan Skaggs chat about spirituality and the holiday season. Find us at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.

    Listen Up! You Pay For It In The End

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2021 57:32


    Listen Up! from Welcome Project Radio brings you a story or two along with discussion of that story from co-director Allison Schuette and Welcome Project aficionados Willow Walsh and Reagan Skaggs. This week's stories are "You Pay for It in the End" and "Fascinated by the Steel Mills." Find these stories and more at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.

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    Some of the Best Ground in the World

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2021 3:35


    “Nowadays, most of these farms have ripped all the fences out and they can take the 40-acre fields and they make them into 200 and 300.” ~ Edited by Nick Ladeau for the Welcome Project ~ You can find the transcript to this story here: https://welcomeproject.valpo.edu/2021/12/15/some-of-the-best-ground-in-the-world/

    The Region Is A Puzzle

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2021 3:36


    “That's a really big catalyst for the competition that we see in the region – because everybody's so close together, they don't want to be associated with the other one.” Edited by Chris Gere for the Welcome Project. Find more at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app. Here's a link to the transcript: https://welcomeproject.valpo.edu/2021/12/07/the-region-is-a-puzzle/

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    Listen Up! Threatened By My Expression

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2021 61:30


    Listen Up! from Welcome Project Radio brings you a story or two along with discussion of that story from co-director Allison Schuette and Welcome Project aficionados Willow Walsh and Reagan Skaggs. This week's stories are "Why Do You Look Like Such A Little Boy" and "Threatened By My Expression." Find more at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.

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