Podcasts about family lost

On this episode of The Letters and Layers Podcast, I am very excited to share my interview with Nikkya Hargrove, author of Mama: A Queer Black Woman's Story of a Family Lost & Found. This was a rich and thoughtful conversation, and I hope you listen to the end.Nikkya Hargrove is a LAMBDA Literary Nonfiction Fellow and has written about adoption, marriage, motherhood, and the prison system for The Washington Post, the Guardian, the New York Times, Scary Mommy, and Shondaland. She has worked for social impact nonprofits providing support to underserved communities throughout her professional career. She graduated from Bard College and lives in Connecticut with her wife and three children.Mama: A Queer Black Woman's Story of a Family Lost and Found follows Nikkya's journey as she makes the decision to raise her half sibling, Jonathan, after he was born to her mother, who had a crack cocaine addiction and spent time incarcerated while Nikkya was raised by her grandparents. The book traces Nikkya's path toward custody and adoption, her family's perspective on her queerness, and the way she finds love and forms a family.Connect with Nikkya: https://www.nikkyamhargrove.com/https://www.instagram.com/nikkyahargrove/?hl=enhttps://www.instagram.com/obodoserendipitybooks/I'll be going on an extended break soon! The June 15th episode will be the last until we return with new episodes on August 1st.I started a blog! Visit (www.thelettersandlayers.com) and subscribe to the newsletter at the bottom of the homepage. I'd love to offer answers to your questions, real-time life updates and recommendations, and mental health/wellness insight and resources.As always, please share and recommend, and thank you so much for the support!EMAIL: contact@thelettersandlayers.comNew podcast Instagram! @thelettersandlayerspod. Give us a follow!I appreciate you!

Allegra Huston is the author of "Love Child: A Memoir of Family Lost and Found", the novels "A Stolen Summer" and "Say My Name," and many screenplays including the award-winning short film "Good Luck, Mr. Gorski," which she also produced. In 2019 she published how-to books on “the stuff nobody teaches you,” including "How to Read for an Audience" by Allegra and "How to Edit and Be Edited" by Allegra and James Navé. Allegra's and James' most recent collaboration is a book for authors, "Write What You Don't Know." "At major turning points in our lives, the circumstances are rarely perfect for us to make the next move or decision about what to do next. The obstacles may be vast, but it's at this point that you 'throw your hat over the fence,' or in other words, 'just go for it!' “In my experience, most people don't know what they are good at—what they are naturally good at. So sometimes you have to find one or kind of create one for yourself. You have got to put food on the table and send your kid to school. So, there are those reasons. I think if we are good girls or boys, we try to fulfill the expectations that are inevitably held for us. If we're bad girls and bad boys, we're fighting against those expectations. But in either case, we're still being driven by other people's expectations. It often takes time, maturity, mistakes and even unhappiness to lead you to what you really want to do–to start to find what it is that makes you excited in the morning, that makes you want to be doing whatever it is that you want to do.”  

Mama: A Queer Black Woman’s Story of a Family Lost and Found — Nikkya Hargrove — Algonquin Books — 9781643751580 — Hardcover – 240 pages — October 15, 2024 — $29.00, ebook versions available at lower prices “The book is deeply moving and shows how one woman managed to differentiate herself from her mom, find […] The post Nikkya Hargrove: Mama: A Queer Black Woman's Story of a Family Lost and Found first appeared on WritersCast.

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In the brutal drought of the late 1990s, many farmers were forced to walk away from the land.Dave McGiveron was determined to get back on it, but he wanted to do it different. With the help of his partner Bianca, a facebook page, and 150 dedicated farmers, he's doing exactly that, through Our Cow.  

Warning: this episode contains descriptions of violence.A massive scam targeting older Americans who own timeshare properties has resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars sent to Mexico.Maria Abi-Habib, an investigative correspondent for The Times, tells the story of a victim who lost everything, and of the criminal group making the scam calls — Jalisco New Generation, one of Mexico's most violent cartels.Guest: Maria Abi-Habib, an investigative correspondent for The New York Times based in Mexico City.Background reading: How a brutal Mexican drug cartel came to target seniors and their timeshares.For more information on today's episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.

In this episode of The Decade Investor Podcast,  Kolin talks about the Vanderbilt family & their rise to riches followed by a quick downfall in less than 100 years. This story is a prime example of wealth can be passed down to future generations but it is not always preserved with future generations. The Vanderbilt story is a great lesson on the necessity of financial literacy with future generations to help them understand how to keep wealth that is already built. Be sure to follow Decade Investor on all socials & join the FREE weekly newsletter!TwitterInstagramWeekly Newsletter

A family in Sally's Cove was forced out of their home on Saturday, when heavy rains led to flooding. Marilyn Roberts, her adult daughter, and her granddaughter were in a hotel this morning, but they don't know what comes next.

Christy McCay and I are cousins who didn't know one another existed until we were adults, when our parents, full-blooded siblings, met for the first time. We talk about finding new family, the surprising role of genetics in shaping personality, and the importance of staying open and staying connected with family. We talk about adoption, about having kids and about losing our mothers, who both died in the past three years. 

In hour one, we start the show with heavy hearts and pay tribute to our colleague, friend and important member of the 560 WQAM family - Michelle Fuentes. While remembering Michelle all show long, we're also joined by Marlins infielder Joey Wendell to preview MLB Opening Day and the Marlins season opener. 

 A group of strangers recently got to work to help a child celebrate his birthday. AND When a careless driver ran a red light and caused an accident, it left a family reeling. Now, the surviving family members need all the prayers they can get to help move forward in the face of this terrible tragedy. To see videos and photos referenced in this episode, visit GodUpdates! https://www.godupdates.com/9-year-old-s-birthday-party-on-new-year-s-eve/ https://www.godupdates.com/ran-a-red-light-and-caused-accident/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Asha and Non speak with restaurateur Tan Chun Liang, founder of eatery Red Red Botak Head.

Coming up on todays edition of the Locked On Raiders Podcast, the Raiders, the NFL and the Pro Football Hall of Fame lost a member of the family on Thursday when Ray Guy passed away at 72, we will talk about Guy, plus hear some sound from some folks that were near and dear to Ray Guy, I will give you my keys to victory for the Raiders on Sunday and your calls and text to close out the show. Sponsored by : BetOnlineToday's Episode is brought to you by BetOnline. BetOnline has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Prediction Strike This episode is brought to you by PredictionStrike – the world's FIRST sports stock market. You can now invest in professional athletes, just like stocks! It's a lower risk alternative to sports betting, and athlete prices move based on performance AND supply and demand.Built BarBuilt Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON15,” and you'll get 15% off your next order.LinkedInLinkedIn Jobs helps you find the candidates you want to talk to, faster. Post your job for free at LinkedIn.com/LOCKEDONNFL Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coming up on todays edition of the Locked On Raiders Podcast, the Raiders, the NFL and the Pro Football Hall of Fame lost a member of the family on Thursday when Ray Guy passed away at 72, we will talk about Guy, plus hear some sound from some folks that were near and dear to Ray Guy, I will give you my keys to victory for the Raiders on Sunday and your calls and text to close out the show.  Sponsored by : BetOnline Today's Episode is brought to you by BetOnline. BetOnline has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts!  Prediction Strike This episode is brought to you by PredictionStrike – the world's FIRST sports stock market. You can now invest in professional athletes, just like stocks! It's a lower risk alternative to sports betting, and athlete prices move based on performance AND supply and demand. Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON15,” and you'll get 15% off your next order. LinkedIn LinkedIn Jobs helps you find the candidates you want to talk to, faster. Post your job for free at LinkedIn.com/LOCKEDONNFL Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pathfinder, Linda, visits the Owen family, operators of Lost Creek Outfitters. to learn the ins and outs of Big Game outfitting. Learn more at https://lostcreekoutfitters.com/

At the start of 2020 my family was the richest family in the neighbourhood. Now, they're the poorest and it's all because of me. How did that happen? Stay tuned until the end of the video to find out.I laid on my bed staring up at the ceiling. My room was every teenage boy's dream. I had a top of the range computer with the latest gaming equipment and the best sound system money could buy, but I was still bored. You would think that living in this huge mansion would be great, but I missed my friends and my old life.I thought about how much fun I used to have when we lived at our old house. I was always out on my bike with my friends or playing soccer on the field. But ever since we had moved here I never got to hang out with any of my friends, they all lived too far away.Suddenly a knock at the door broke me from my thoughts,“Come in.”The door opened and in walked Jeeves our butler.“Yes, Jeeves?”“Excuse me Sir, dinner is about to be served.”“Ok, thank you, I'll be down in a minute.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Not every slave experienced family separation, but the prospect of it affected every enslaved person. Children could be separated from their parents and husbands could be separated from their wives. Help Me to Find My People :The African American Search for Family Lost in Slavery by Heather Andrea Williams explores how people dealt with this reality. It is a sad, yet remarkable story. Not every enslaved person held out for family reunification, but a surprising number did. For decades after the Civil War, people put information wanted ads in newspapers hoping to find long-lost families. Those ads are what inspired Professor Williams to write this book. I call it a genealogical dilemma because very few people did find their families again after the Civil War. The movements of enslaved peoples through sales weren't well documented. These two realities mean that Black descendants of enslaved people likely have family they do not know about but cannot easily find when tracing their roots. Hopefully, that won't deter you from efforts at genealogy work. For me, it only serves as an inspiration to start looking. Music Credit PeaceLoveSoul by Jeris (c) copyright 2012 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/VJ_Memes/35859 Ft: KungFu (KungFuFrijters)

Fleeing Vietnam, Lauren Vuong's family almost died. Settled in the U.S. all she wanted was to fulfil her parents' dream of finding their rescuers. This is the story of one family's quest for survival, and the kindness of the strangers who helped them. Presenter: Mobeen Azhar Producers: Louise Morris and May Cameron Film clip: Finding the Virgo/Barre Fong/Lauren Vuong/ Barre Fong Designs

It's been over four years since Caitlin Denison went missing after flying to Midland, Texas, from Reno, Nev., with an unknown man. There have been no leads and no trace of her since then, but a new detective has picked up the case and her family is hoping new evidence will emerge. NewsWest9 Reporter Jonathan Polasek tells us about Caitlin's disappearance and the investigation. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's been over four years since Caitlin Denison went missing after flying to Midland, Texas, from Reno, Nev., with an unknown man. There have been no leads and no trace of her since then, but a new detective has picked up the case and her family is hoping new evidence will emerge. NewsWest9 Reporter Jonathan Polasek tells us about Caitlin's disappearance and the investigation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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In September 2020, a St. Louis couple took a trip to Lake Centralia in Illinois for a weekend getaway. When they arrived, their dog Zeus jumped in the lake and lapped up the crystal-clear water. The dog died after exhibiting textbook symptoms of toxic algae poisoning. Harvest Public Media reporter Dana Cronin explains why toxic algae is a growing concern, and why Missouri and Illinois don't regularly test their lakes.

Maria Kendall took a break from her job as a cafe manager in 2020 when she decided to do some house hunting on the real estate website Zillow. She looked for a new home in Marshalltown, a city of about 28,000 in Iowa between Des Moines and Cedar Rapids.It's where she lived for more than 20 years and where her own children grew up. Maria was ready for a new house with her boyfriend and the three children with special needs she fosters. As Maria swiped through real estate, she spotted her mom's house for sale.She immediately called her sister Socorro “Coco” Ontiveros in California, who waswith their mom, Natalia Esteban. Maria asked in Spanish when their mom decided to sell the house. After a pause, Coco answered. “What are you talking about?” Coco said.Natalia had not decided to sell the house. Yet, there it was, listed for sale on a real estate website.“And if she wouldn't have seen it on Zillow, who knows?” says Larry Colton, Maria's boyfriend.It turned out someone else took control of Natalia's house through an unfamiliar property law that's on the books in Iowa as well as throughout the Midwest.It's called a quiet title action. In most instances, it's used to settle questions over who owns a piece of property.People may file quiet title actions to resolve boundary disputes or to resolve who owns property after someone dies. But some worry that problems in the law can result in the exploitation of homeowners, particularly in communities like Marshalltown where many residents are immigrants or don't speak fluent English.Experts tell the Midwest Newsroom that shortcomings in the way Iowa's quiet title law is written include vague language that defines how someone can argue that the property belongs to them. Another is the way people are notified – or, as in Natalia's case, are not notified – that there's a dispute involving ownership of their property.“We would never have found out the house was sold,” Maria says, shaking her head. “My mother would have come back to Iowa in the summer and she would have [found] out she doesn't have a house.”Natalia and her then-husband bought the Marshalltown house in 2001. When the couple divorced, Natalia became the sole owner of the house. In 2018, Natalia moved to California but returned to her home in Marshalltown every summer.Maria raises her voice in disbelief as she recounts how someone could have tried to sell her mother's house, which had been filled with memories and family photos from their life in Mexico, without anyone knowing.“It was very frustrating,” Maria said. “Like Larry said, scary thinking that [my mom] was going to lose the only thing that she has left.”Maria goes on: “My mother is retired, but because she did not work so long in the United States, her retirement is very small. So losing the only thing that can help her to make [a] better quality of life… It was very devastating for her.”‘Something nefarious'When someone goes to court for a quiet title petition, they must prove they have an interest in the property. One problem is, the law doesn't define exactly what a person's interest has to look like, and real estate experts are worried the law may be exploited.“It just seems like there is something nefarious going on,” Drake University law professor Natalie Lynner says about the Marshalltown case.The quiet title law requires a petitioner – the person arguing they have an interestin the property in question – to notify the most recent owner of the house of what's happening. But if the petitioner says the most recent owner can't be found, then their next route is publishing a notice of the quiet title in a newspaper of record. A person named Catherine Gooding petitioned for Natalia Esteban's house claiming it was abandoned. In the court documents, she said that the house had been abandoned, she had a tax sale certificate and that she had been in ownership of the house since 2018. That was the interest Gooding showed. (The Esteban family disputed each of these assertions, including that Gooding had only applied for a tax sale certificate, not been granted one. The city did not have any abandonment claims documented.) Gooding told the court she could not find Esteban to notify her of the action.So, as the law requires, she published her notice on three different dates in the Marshalltown Times-Republican: Oct. 7, 14 and 21, 2020. It's a skinny article with small print addressing Natalia as “you,” and letting her know she has been named as a defendant in the Iowa District court for Marshall County.Since Natalia wasn't in Iowa at the time nor does she speak English, she didn't know to attend the court hearing. Which meant Gooding won the case by default, and therefore, ownership of the house.Lynner thinks the quiet title law could be enhanced to put a greater burden on petitioners to notify property owners.“But we wouldn't just allow quiet title actions to be decided on default without a more robust showing that the parties certainly cannot be found,” Lynner said.A Midwest Newsroom investigation found that Gooding has acquired more than 40 properties in and around Marshalltown, about a third of them through quiet title petitions. Many of those properties she acquired after a 2018 tornado and the derecho in August 2020.Phone calls to a listed number for Catherine Gooding went unanswered, although a text message response referred the Midwest Newsroom to Marshalltown City Hall. Gooding's attorney said neither he nor Gooding wished to comment on this report.And although Gooding is following the proper legal procedure to file a quiet title petition, city officials are concerned that the diverse population of Marshalltown may be taken advantage of. Residents have a wide range of language skills, education levels and immigration statuses and not all of them read an English-language newspaper, let alone the public notice section. Michelle Spohnheimer, the director of Marshalltown housing and community development, says she's worried about the uptick in quiet title petitions, particularly after 2018 tornados and a derecho damaged a stretch of Marshalltown housing. “When you take kind of all those different aspects together, you've got a lot of population that has that potential to be in a position where, you know, they just don't have what they need as resources behind them to know, ‘Oh, this is something that I can fight or I can challenge? Or how to go about getting somebody to help me in the right way,'” she says.Spohnheimer says at least three other families have reached out to the city recently with claims similar to the Esteban family's. In those cases, she recommended hiring private attorneys.Spohnheimer says she believes what's happening in Marshalltown could be happening in other areas.She says she and other officials within the housing department try to make sure the diverse populations settling in Marshalltown are educated about homeownership. On top of making sure homeowners understand their rights, Spohnheimer says she has also consulted with the police department by letting them know some signs of suspicious activities, including if people are trespassing on property that isn't their own.The Estebans aren't aloneIt's challenging for Iowa to keep track of how many times house titles have been changed using the same methods as what happened to Natalia Esteban. According to the Iowa Judicial Branch, there is no code in its system that specifically indicates petitions for quiet title. It can only keep track if the clerk's docketing comments include “quiet title” or a variation of the procedure's language. Therefore, it is possible there are more quiet title cases in Marshalltown than what the Midwest Newsroom received in a records request.From 2018 to mid-2021, the Iowa Judicial Branch noted Marshalltown's county, Marshall, had about 55 quiet title petitions filed. Muscatine County, which has a similar population size, had 28 in the same time period.With similar quiet title laws in the books in Missouri, Nebraska and Kansas, homeowners from marginalized communities in the Midwest may be at risk of being targeted,[18] according to Mike White, a real estate attorney based in Kansas City. He says that over the course of 50 years, he has encountered multiple quiet title cases. While not involved in the Esteban case, White does say the process can be confusing.“I'd say the average person knows absolutely nothing about quieting titles or even what the title is,” he says. ”So yeah, they're at a tremendous disadvantage.”White adds there's not much in quiet title laws throughout the Midwest to specifically protect non-English speakers or people who don't know the system that well. All states' quiet title laws have relatively short descriptions.White recommends all homebuyers receive legal advice to make sure they can avoid situations like the Estebans.On her own termsMaria Kendall and Larry Colton ended up going to court for Natalia Esteban and eventually won the title back. They find themselves fortunate to have been able to hire a lawyer and have the time to win the house back in court. After the previous default judgment was set aside, the Estebans' attorney filed to dismiss the case.The Estebans and Gooding eventually reached a settlement and the judge dismissed the case with prejudice – meaning Gooding cannot file the same claim again in court.When Natalia asked about her Marshalltown home, Maria says she was sad her family heirlooms from Mexico were gone. She asked for pictures of her grandchildren she had framed in the house, but Maria reminded her they didn't have them anymore.“I think sentimental stuff is worth more than money. So for her, it was like, she was going more through like, ‘What about the picture of this, this and that?' Well, nothing you can do mom. Be grateful that you got your house back,” Maria says.It was hard for Natalia to let go of the house, but she eventually decided to sell t

Maria Kendall took a break from her job as a cafe manager in 2020 when she decided to do some house hunting on the real estate website Zillow. She looked for a new home in Marshalltown, a city of about 28,000 in Iowa between Des Moines and Cedar Rapids.It's where she lived for more than 20 years and where her own children grew up. Maria was ready for a new house with her boyfriend and the three children with special needs she fosters. As Maria swiped through real estate, she spotted her mom's house for sale.She immediately called her sister Socorro “Coco” Ontiveros in California, who waswith their mom, Natalia Esteban. Maria asked in Spanish when their mom decided to sell the house. After a pause, Coco answered. “What are you talking about?” Coco said.Natalia had not decided to sell the house. Yet, there it was, listed for sale on a real estate website.“And if she wouldn't have seen it on Zillow, who knows?” says Larry Colton, Maria's boyfriend.It turned out someone else took control of Natalia's house through an unfamiliar property law that's on the books in Iowa as well as throughout the Midwest.It's called a quiet title action. In most instances, it's used to settle questions over who owns a piece of property.People may file quiet title actions to resolve boundary disputes or to resolve who owns property after someone dies. But some worry that problems in the law can result in the exploitation of homeowners, particularly in communities like Marshalltown where many residents are immigrants or don't speak fluent English.Experts tell the Midwest Newsroom that shortcomings in the way Iowa's quiet title law is written include vague language that defines how someone can argue that the property belongs to them. Another is the way people are notified – or, as in Natalia's case, are not notified – that there's a dispute involving ownership of their property.“We would never have found out the house was sold,” Maria says, shaking her head. “My mother would have come back to Iowa in the summer and she would have [found] out she doesn't have a house.”Natalia and her then-husband bought the Marshalltown house in 2001. When the couple divorced, Natalia became the sole owner of the house. In 2018, Natalia moved to California but returned to her home in Marshalltown every summer.Maria raises her voice in disbelief as she recounts how someone could have tried to sell her mother's house, which had been filled with memories and family photos from their life in Mexico, without anyone knowing.“It was very frustrating,” Maria said. “Like Larry said, scary thinking that [my mom] was going to lose the only thing that she has left.”Maria goes on: “My mother is retired, but because she did not work so long in the United States, her retirement is very small. So losing the only thing that can help her to make [a] better quality of life… It was very devastating for her.”‘Something nefarious'When someone goes to court for a quiet title petition, they must prove they have an interest in the property. One problem is, the law doesn't define exactly what a person's interest has to look like, and real estate experts are worried the law may be exploited.“It just seems like there is something nefarious going on,” Drake University law professor Natalie Lynner says about the Marshalltown case.The quiet title law requires a petitioner – the person arguing they have an interestin the property in question – to notify the most recent owner of the house of what's happening. But if the petitioner says the most recent owner can't be found, then their next route is publishing a notice of the quiet title in a newspaper of record. A person named Catherine Gooding petitioned for Natalia Esteban's house claiming it was abandoned. In the court documents, she said that the house had been abandoned, she had a tax sale certificate and that she had been in ownership of the house since 2018. That was the interest Gooding showed. (The Esteban family disputed each of these assertions, including that Gooding had only applied for a tax sale certificate, not been granted one. The city did not have any abandonment claims documented.) Gooding told the court she could not find Esteban to notify her of the action.So, as the law requires, she published her notice on three different dates in the Marshalltown Times-Republican: Oct. 7, 14 and 21, 2020. It's a skinny article with small print addressing Natalia as “you,” and letting her know she has been named as a defendant in the Iowa District court for Marshall County.Since Natalia wasn't in Iowa at the time nor does she speak English, she didn't know to attend the court hearing. Which meant Gooding won the case by default, and therefore, ownership of the house.Lynner thinks the quiet title law could be enhanced to put a greater burden on petitioners to notify property owners.“But we wouldn't just allow quiet title actions to be decided on default without a more robust showing that the parties certainly cannot be found,” Lynner said.A Midwest Newsroom investigation found that Gooding has acquired more than 40 properties in and around Marshalltown, about a third of them through quiet title petitions. Many of those properties she acquired after a 2018 tornado and the derecho in August 2020.Phone calls to a listed number for Catherine Gooding went unanswered, although a text message response referred the Midwest Newsroom to Marshalltown City Hall. Gooding's attorney said neither he nor Gooding wished to comment on this report.And although Gooding is following the proper legal procedure to file a quiet title petition, city officials are concerned that the diverse population of Marshalltown may be taken advantage of. Residents have a wide range of language skills, education levels and immigration statuses and not all of them read an English-language newspaper, let alone the public notice section. Michelle Spohnheimer, the director of Marshalltown housing and community development, says she's worried about the uptick in quiet title petitions, particularly after 2018 tornados and a derecho damaged a stretch of Marshalltown housing. “When you take kind of all those different aspects together, you've got a lot of population that has that potential to be in a position where, you know, they just don't have what they need as resources behind them to know, ‘Oh, this is something that I can fight or I can challenge? Or how to go about getting somebody to help me in the right way,'” she says.Spohnheimer says at least three other families have reached out to the city recently with claims similar to the Esteban family's. In those cases, she recommended hiring private attorneys.Spohnheimer says she believes what's happening in Marshalltown could be happening in other areas.She says she and other officials within the housing department try to make sure the diverse populations settling in Marshalltown are educated about homeownership. On top of making sure homeowners understand their rights, Spohnheimer says she has also consulted with the police department by letting them know some signs of suspicious activities, including if people are trespassing on property that isn't their own.The Estebans aren't aloneIt's challenging for Iowa to keep track of how many times house titles have been changed using the same methods as what happened to Natalia Esteban. According to the Iowa Judicial Branch, there is no code in its system that specifically indicates petitions for quiet title. It can only keep track if the clerk's docketing comments include “quiet title” or a variation of the procedure's language. Therefore, it is possible there are more quiet title cases in Marshalltown than what the Midwest Newsroom received in a records request.From 2018 to mid-2021, the Iowa Judicial Branch noted Marshalltown's county, Marshall, had about 55 quiet title petitions filed. Muscatine County, which has a similar population size, had 28 in the same time period.With similar quiet title laws in the books in Missouri, Nebraska and Kansas, homeowners from marginalized communities in the Midwest may be at risk of being targeted,[18] according to Mike White, a real estate attorney based in Kansas City. He says that over the course of 50 years, he has encountered multiple quiet title cases. While not involved in the Esteban case, White does say the process can be confusing.“I'd say the average person knows absolutely nothing about quieting titles or even what the title is,” he says. ”So yeah, they're at a tremendous disadvantage.”White adds there's not much in quiet title laws throughout the Midwest to specifically protect non-English speakers or people who don't know the system that well. All states' quiet title laws have relatively short descriptions.White recommends all homebuyers receive legal advice to make sure they can avoid situations like the Estebans.On her own termsMaria Kendall and Larry Colton ended up going to court for Natalia Esteban and eventually won the title back. They find themselves fortunate to have been able to hire a lawyer and have the time to win the house back in court. After the previous default judgment was set aside, the Estebans' attorney filed to dismiss the case.The Estebans and Gooding eventually reached a settlement and the judge dismissed the case with prejudice – meaning Gooding cannot file the same claim again in court.When Natalia asked about her Marshalltown home, Maria says she was sad her family heirlooms from Mexico were gone. She asked for pictures of her grandchildren she had framed in the house, but Maria reminded her they didn't have them anymore.“I think sentimental stuff is worth more than money. So for her, it was like, she was going more through like, ‘What about the picture of this, this and that?' Well, nothing you can do mom. Be grateful that you got your house back,” Maria says.It was hard for Natalia to let go of the house, but she eventually decided to sell t

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James Navé here, your host of Twice 5 Miles Radio. I'm pleased to welcome author and editor Allegra Huston to the microphone. Allegra is the author of "Love Child: A Memoir of Family Lost and Found" and the novel "Say My Name," as well as numerous screenplays. In addition, she has been a book editor and writing lecturer for many decades. In this informative conversation titled Imaginative Storm Memoir Writing, Allegra offers a slew of valuable insights into writing a memoir like your story starts when equilibrium is disrupted. Another helpful tip when writing your memoir is to decide where your story starts or ends, then write scenes that skip around in your story rather than trying to write straight through from beginning to end. What is Imaginative Storm Memoir Writing? Imaginative Storm Writing is a method of writing Allegra and I have developed over the past 20 years working together as creative collaborators. The Imaginative Storm writing work encourages you to stay in your rational mind and invite your stormy imaginative minds to lead the writing dance with your rational minds. It works every time. Allegra says, "When you write from the Imaginative Storm, the benefit is you're not supposed to write well; you write to see what happens. Because you're not self-conscious and stilted, your writing comes out surprisingly fresh and original and intriguing — and you want to keep going." If you have little experience in memoir writing, this conversation will give you a good start on building your knowledge base. However, if you are a seasoned writer, you'll appreciate Allegra's thoughtful and in-depth view of what is required to bring your memoir from an idea to completion. As I said, Allegra and I have spent years developing the Imaginative Storm Writing Project. Even after all this time, I'm constantly surprised and informed by the new ideas and thoughts she always has to offer. Enjoy the show.

Michael Moderow's drug addiction was tearing his family apart. Dr. Jim Burns continues his conversation with Michael's parents, Joe and Karen, about his tragic accident...

Michael Moderow's drug addiction was tearing his family apart. Dr. Jim Burns continues his conversation with Michael's parents, Joe and Karen, about his tragic accident...

Joe and Karen Moderow had “the perfect life” – at least that's what their friends and neighbors used to think.

Joe and Karen Moderow had “the perfect life” – at least that's what their friends and neighbors used to think.

Michelle meets Megan and Sam from Dumfries, the parents of Robyn, who was born profoundly deaf. Michelle learns of their journey from Robyn's birth through to her being fitted with a cochlear implant and then onto the miracle moment when she uttered her first word. Michelle's envy is difficult to hide as she hears of Helen's recent proposal of marriage from her partner Thomaas – involving a very high tree climb, a sky bench and half an apple. And we meet Rose from Beauly who went on a life changing journey of discovery – in search of the Canadian father she had dreamed of meeting.

In the wake of Daffodil Day, sports writer Kieran Cunningham remembers his brother Paddy who died from cancer aged 26

This is a lost tape from deep in the vault! This is Episode 11 of The Bachelorette from last season that didn't get released at the time due to editing issues (the issue being that Colin is bad at it). Enjoy this extra content we have owed you for a while. How heavy was that fake taxi? Is this hometown week what it feels like being on the set of a movie with no budget? Or is this like taking a walk through someone's covid dream version of their hometown? What happens to Brendan when the carnival leaves town? Were the hometowns planned by Michelle at summer camps? Does Ben belong to a reality TV nepotism network? What do you have to do to get a man to cry on national television? Does Colin know a lot about prison? (no)

Allegra Huston is the author of Love Child: A Memoir of Family Lost and Found, the novel A Stolen Summer (paperback 2019), and many screenplays including the award-winning short film Good Luck, Mr. Gorski, which she also produced. In 2019 she co-founded Twice 5 Miles, to publish how-to books on “the stuff nobody teaches you.” The first two titles are How to Read for an Audience by Allegra and How to Edit and Be Edited by Allegra and James Nave’ – both are the only books available on these subjects.

When you decide to take your family to live on a sailboat in the middle of the ocean, do you practice, teach everyone survival tactics, or plan at all? Not if you're the Robertson family! Surprisingly everything went well until a pod of killer whales sank their ship 200 miles off the coast of the Galapagos, leaving them adrift in the open ocean... Have a story we should hear? Email us at StaceyAndJonah@gmail.com

Today I tells the story of Coca-Cola, a $226 billion company that was purchased for $2300. This tale about Coke is a reminder to black business owners to never let go of their assets because you never know what the company is going to be worth a couple of generations later. Be sure to subscribe to FinancialJuneteenthTV.com

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Allegra Huston worries that "we try to fulfill the expectations that are inevitably held for us, or we're fighting against those expectations. But in either case, we're still being driven by other people's expectations." Allegra is the author of Love Child: A Memoir of Family Lost and Found, the novel "A Stolen Summer," and many more books and screenplays, including the award-winning short film "Good Luck, Mr. Gorski."

Michael and Michelle Doran, along with their two children, had dealt with being overweight for years. They felt stuck physically and mentally. When their cousin told them about Isagenix, they initially dismissed it. But after trying numerous diets and exercise regimens, only to lose the weight and gain it back again, they decided to find out more. Once the Dorans started Isagenix, they were hooked. After only one year of using the products and incorporating more physical activity into their lives, they ended up losing nearly 350 pounds as a family!* Listen in as they share the fitness tips, tricks, and tools they use to stay motivated and get results. *Weight loss should not be considered typical. A two-phase 2016 study published by researchers at Skidmore College showed an average weight loss of 24 pounds after 12 weeks. The study evaluated the use of Isagenix products in men and women for weight loss followed by weight maintenance. As part of the weight loss phase, the participants took part in a calorie-controlled regimen of Shake Days and one Cleanse Day per week. During the weight maintenance phase, the subjects who continued the calorie-controlled program using Isagenix products better maintained their weight loss in comparison to those who transitioned to a traditional diet after 52 weeks. For more information on the study, see IsagenixHealth.net.  

Discover the rise and fall of the Vanderbilt family, once America's richest with a net worth equivalent to $185 billion today. Learn about their opulent lifestyle, generous philanthropy, and explore how they managed to lose their vast fortune. Plus, find out how Anderson Cooper is connected to this illustrious family. Tune in to today's Weird History Explainer for a fascinating story. #Vanderbilts #richestfamily #America #luxurioushomes #lavishparties #philanthropy #networth #money #AndersonCooper #WeirdHistoryExplainer #riches #1800s Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Casa de Paz provides shelter and essentials to immigrants newly released from the Aurora detention center. Then, Tamara Estes’ family lost five of eight of their homes to the Spring Creek Fire. Next, why new restrictions in China are impacting recycling plants in Colorado. Finally, what to do if someone steals your license plates.

In this episode, Natalia, Neil, and Niki debate the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Masterpiece Cakeshop case, Donald Trump’s use of the presidential pardon, and the American tradition of separating families. Support Past Present on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pastpresentpodcast Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show: The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple in the Masterpiece Cakeshop case. Neil referred to Tisa Wenger’s book Religious Freedom: The Contested History of An American Ideal and Sarah Posner’s Nation article about the conservative Christian advocacy group Alliance Defending Freedom. President Trump has legal scholars thinking about whether a president is legally permitted to pardon himself. Natalia cited this Washington Post article by Lawrence Tribe, Richard Painter, and Norman Eisen arguing a president cannot pardon himself. Niki cited Bob Bauer’s Lawfare article about the larger demagogic nature of Trump’s presidency. The Trump administration has intensified a policy separating families at the U.S.-Mexico border. Niki cited historian Martha Jones’ Medium slideshow about the history of separating enslaved families. Natalia cited historian Walter Johnson’s book Soul by Soul: Life Inside the Antebellum Slave Market and Niki recommended historian Heather A. Williams’ Help Me to Find My People: The African American Search for Family Lost in Slavery. In our regular closing feature, What’s Making History: Natalia talked about Hilary Levey Friedman’s USA Today article, “Good Riddance to the Miss America Pageant, But Did We Have to Lose Fitness Too?” Neil discussed the German TV show Deutschland 83, now available on Hulu. Niki recommended Yoni Appelbaum’s Atlantic article, “Which America Is Trump Celebrating?”

Jon Snow is back on TV. Well, Kit Harrington is. What is the Game of Thrones star’s new series, Gunpowder, like? Spoiler alert: there’s some gore. Plus Modern Family has settled into its new home on Channel Seven. Is it as funny as ever in its ninth season? In this week’s Binge List, WHO magazine’s Clare Rigden and Gavin Scott also discuss their Eurovision fandom, dissect Lost in Space and Love, and shine a light on hidden gem Next of Kin. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Allegra Huston has written screenplays, journalism, and one previous book, Love Child: A Memoir of Family Lost and Found. After an early career in UK publishing, including four years as Editorial Director of Weidenfeld & Nicolson, she joined the film company Pathé as development consultant. She wrote and produced the award-winning short film Good Luck, Mr. Gorski, and is on the editorial staff of the international art and culture magazine Garage. www.allegrahuston.com

Join us as we discuss the disappearance, and subsequent murder of the Cowden family. We just want to entertain you til you die..Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/Crimedollspodcast)

Family is everything, to a lot of people. This week we discuss two disappearances that ended in the murders of two families of four; decades apart. Part one: Mcstay Family who went missing in 2010 only to be found a few years later... and a cloud of mystery that surrounds the circumstances of their deaths. Join our Patreon! NEWLY LAUNCHED!!!Still fiddling with everything, but join! Tier is only 1 dollar to help us produce the show, and provide better content.https://www.patreon.com/CrimedollspodcastSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/Crimedollspodcast)

We Are Family - Lost and Found

Our guest today, Heather Williams, Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania, is the author of Help Me Find My People: The African American Search for Family Lost in Slavery.

One of the most callous and tragic aspects of slavery in the United States was the slave owners’ practice of dividing families: children were taken from parents, husbands and wives were separated, brothers and sisters too. Why was this practice initiated? How did it impact families? Did the slaveowners feel any responsibility or remorse? And, after the Civil War, how did families scattered across the south try to reconnect? Our guest today, Heather Williams, Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania, has written a moving book about on the subject, Help Me Find My People: The African American Search for Family Lost in Slavery.

Part 2 of Douglas's story. Photo courtesy Douglas Robertson

Benjamin Allen saw the oncoming car speeding straight toward him at deadly speed. As his head crashed into the windshield—for a split-second—he felt indescribable peace. It was an out-of-body, near-death experience. He was 20 years old. Decades later, he’s still dealing with life and death. His life was devastated by the death of his wife and two children from HIV through a blood transfusion. Today he helps people learn to grieve and live life after loss.

Steve Cooper talks with actor Daniel Roebuck. Daniel has many film credits including having starred in blockbusters like The Fugitive, US Marshals,and final Destination, as well as popular titles including Agent Cody Banks and it's sequel, That's What I Am, Money Talks, Flash Of Genius and so many more and he has also starred in dozens of TV Movies. Perhaps his most famous turn was his critically acclaimed portrayal of Jay Leno in The Late Shift. He stepped into another pair of famous shoes when he played Garry Marshall in Behind The Camera; Mork and Mindy, The Unauthorized Story. Other Movies for television include A Family Lost, A Glimpse Of Hell, Murder At The Presidio, Shredderman Rules, A Borrowed Life, Quints and many others. His voice over work includes Christmas Is Here Again (a film he also produced),The Haunted World Of El Super Beasto and the groundbreaking video game, L.A. Noire. As a television guest star, he has played countless characters. Some of his most memorable are a cop who literally turns into a pig on Grimm, a Romulan on Star Trek, Next Generation, a gun toting hostage taker on NYPD Blue, a cranky studio owner on Sonny With A Chance and a grieving father on Glee. He played other memorable roles on New Adventures of Old Christine, NCIS, Ghost Whisperer, CSI, Boston Legal, CSI Miami, Law And Order, Desperate Housewives and Hot in Cleveland. The theater remains his first love and he has continued that passion in the Los Angeles area. He appeared in the world premiers of Sarcophagus and Crooks. He has also starred in No Time For Sergeants, Here Lies Jeremy Troy, Arsenic and Old Lace and The Man Who Came To Dinner among others. In 2006 he founded The Saint Francis Stage Company.

One of the greatest horrors of slavery was the breakup of families. A new book tells another chapter in that story" how separated families attempted to find each other and reunite" before and after the Civil War. And we will learn about some of those efforts from Heather Andrea Williams, author of "Help Me to Find My People: The African American Search for Family Lost in Slavery."

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The theme for July is Momtrepreneurs! One of the greatest gift you can receive living in the United States is the opportunity to own your own business. Whether it is home based, a brick and mortar store, or an internet business, everyone has the opportunity to be successful in their pursuit of this American Dream. In today's economy more moms are looking for ways to be enterprising and be more independent when it comes to taking care of themselves and their families. Nothing can be more challenging and rewarding for today's women than having the ability to pursue a successful business career while at the same time being there for their loved ones. Allegra Huston was born in London and raised in Ireland, Long Island, and Los Angeles. She has worked with Chatto & Windus publishers in London and Weidnfeld & Nicolson, where she was Editorial Director from 1990 to 1994. She has been a freelance writer and editor for more than ten years; her work has appeared in The Times, the Independent, the Tatler, and Harper's Bazaar (all in the UK), in French Vogue, and in the U.S. in People, the Santa Fean, and Mothering. As a momtrepreneur - she recently wrote a book titled Love Child - A Memoir of Family - Lost and Found, which came out in April 2009. Please call 347.327.9995 to join Allegra and I live on the air on Tuesday 7/7/09 from 10-11 am CDT as we discuss her life's journey through some of the most wonderful, challenging and yet educational time in her life which shaped her to be the woman she is today!

The theme for the month of June is Women Empowerment- Working Mom - The Balancing Act of Motherly Love and Career. Nothing can be more challenging and rewarding for today's women than being able to pursue a successful career while at the same time being there for their loved ones. Allegra Huston was born in London and raised in Ireland, Long Island, and Los Angeles. She has worked with Chatto & Windus publishers in London and Weidnfeld & Nicolson, where she was Editorial Director from 1990 to 1994. She has been a freelance writer and editor for more than ten years; her work has appeared in The Times, the Independent, the Tatler, and Harper's Bazaar (all in the UK), in French Vogue, and in the U.S. in People, the Santa Fean, and Mothering. Her book Love Child - A Memoir of Family - Lost and Found just came out in April. Please call 347.327.9995 to join Allegra and me on the air!