Podcasts by Roam Schooled

Episode 12 Reaired: The Genie is Out of the Bottle from 2018-02-28T08:55:28

Don't be shocked or surprised, Roam Schoolers.

The email came in yesterday: "On Friday evening, administrators were informed of threats made against the school on social media by a hig...

Episode 25: The Life of a Lie from 2018-02-13T08:00

We remember the lies we tell. Sometimes they stick with us for a lifetime. For guest Cheryl Strayed, lies were among the baggage that blocked her happiness until a long backpacking trip afforded he...

Episode 24: To Serve Man? from 2018-01-29T23:37:57

We asked hundreds of people about how they encounter the animals they may (or may not) eat. So many conversations, all over the map. We chose these two: A farmer and a meat thinker. Meet Kyrie Eppl...

Episode 23: Home Musonda from 2018-01-14T20:50:22

In our Roams, we've met some people with widely varying concepts of home. Some, like Musonda, have taken an incredible journey to get there. The twists and turns in his story are, well, amazing. Listen

Episode 22: We Made Santa The Jerk from 2017-12-18T21:00

In this episode we unpack some of the parcels Santa might not want us to consider, including a conversation with the creator of “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer” AND a rapper in Northern Canada ...

Episode 21: The Terrible Gift from 2017-12-06T18:00

In this episode we take back “giving” - a term awash with holiday smarm. We dive deep into the nuance and complications of gifts and explore the nature of generosity with some listener stories and ...

Episode 20: The Press VS The Prez PART 2 from 2017-08-28T17:00

We continue our look at the real relationship between the Fourth Estate and the People in PART 2. We interview a public figure (Governor Kate Brown), we go behind the scenes at the New York Times ...

Episode 19: The Press VS The Prez PART 1 from 2017-08-10T16:00

We go deep into the relationship between the Prez and the Fourth Estate, spending time with two world-renowned journalists who share one common experience: being publicly scorned by a sitting presi...

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Episode 18: Turn of a Friendly Clown - Fear and Memory from 2017-07-18T18:00

In this episode we start with the basic question of WHAT scares us, what exactly fear IS, and what our bodi...

Episode 17: Dukes of Hamburg from 2017-06-30T04:00

Flags: more complicated than we thought. Roam Schooled explores how God entered the pledge, flags, and currency. Special guests TBTL's Luke Burbank and Andrew Walsh think back to Pledge-related p...

Episode 16: What Kind of Bird Are You? from 2017-06-08T16:00

Dana asks “what happens to Pets owned by people who can't take care of them?” Dad goes in search of the answer with Special Officer Ulli Neitch. What kinds of human animals will they encounter?
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Episode 15: The Smell of the Ballpark from 2017-05-13T16:00

Love at first sight: two strangers meet at a baseball game game and become best friends.

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Episode 13: Reptiles Can't Train Genies from 2017-03-14T16:00

In a second episode about guns and the Second Amendment, we take unexpected turns, launching forward from the basic premise that the genie is out of the bottle. We go deep with two brothers who los...

Episode 12: The Genie Is Out of the Bottle from 2017-02-13T02:44:33

Roam Schooled approaches the seemingly impossible, polarizing issue of guns, the Second Amendment, and gun control by reframing the questions, turning them upside down, looking deep, and looking wi...

Episode 11: Get Out of My Space from 2017-01-02T04:02:19

In this episode we wonder why it is SO annoying when someone gets in your space, and we find our answer after talking with Dr. Temple Grandin, professional cuddler Samantha Hess, author Courtenay H...

Episode 10: Roam Springer Luddite from 2016-11-28T00:46:29

Episode 10: Roam Springer Luddite by Jim Brunberg

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Episode 8: Hippie Muggle Jesus from 2016-09-20T05:21:54

(Special, feature length episode). Being an easy rider is not always easy. The hippie scene is more than our senses at first convey. Our intrepid conversant investigators spend a day with Wavy Grav...

Episode 7: Your Days Are Numbered from 2016-06-28T19:26:42

The girls turn seven in this episode. Seems like we spend a lot of time both contemplating the moment of our birth and pondering how we will die. Birthdays and End of Days are a running theme as w...

Episode 6: How Did I Get Here? from 2016-05-05T01:11:55

Jim and the girls jet to New York in search of an answer that leads not just to Ellis Island, but to Vietnam, and back through the years to an exceptionally complicated moment in time.

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Episode 5: You Are Welcome from 2016-04-04T23:53:18

“What the heck is the Statue of Liberty there for?” And with that, we’re off, roaming the complicated landscapes of American identity, American dreams, American history and American politics. A fir...

Episode 4: The Lone Wolf from 2016-02-10T00:43:15

Sometimes you choose to go it alone. Sometimes, this solitude is inflicted on you. In this episode we talk with people who are either born, or have spent considerable time apart from the pack. Listen

Episode 3: Beyond Believing from 2016-01-04T20:07:03

Roam Schooled travels to the Southwest and talks to people about beliefs that are beyond science. We meet a renowned Bigfoot expert Thom Powell, Phoenix Lights filmmaker/author Dr. Lynne Kitei, mus...

Episode 2: Worth the Risk from 2015-12-08T15:40:09

We listened as risk takers (a trapeze artist, a habitual gambler, a naked DJ, an extreme rock climber, a stuntman) address just what is at stake in their risks, and we examined our own thrill-seeki...

Episode 1: Remember Me? from 2015-10-27T16:01:54

In our debut episode, we went in search of answers to seemingly simple questions: Why do people have tombstones? What is memorialization? From the tangible sculpted rock face of the Crazy Horse Mem...