1500 Stories take a break from the gloom and doom of class and economic inequality in the U.S. to share the stories of people who are twins, in this sweet and entertaining bonus episode written and edited entirely by interns for the project.

Even the Engineers Are Renting Part Two

Jun 10th, 2021 48m 23s

This episode is the second of a two-parter about the housing crisis in the Silicon Valley and San Francisco Bay Area. It focuses on stories at both end of the housing crisis--home owners and the unhoused.

Even the Engineers Are Renting Part One

May 27th, 2021 36m 18s

This episode is the first of a two-parter about the housing crisis in the Silicon Valley and San Francisco Bay Area. It explores stories of how expensive it is to live here, how overcrowded housing gets a result, and how the high cost of livin

Farming while Black or Brown Part 2

May 13th, 2021 28m 3s

Agrarian realities today look a lot more like industrial realities, thanks to the rise and dominance of commercial agriculture. And like all industrial realities, farmwork is shaped by the indignities of racism and poverty in the U.S.

Farming while Black or Brown Part 1

Apr 22nd, 2021 31m 6s

Those first two episodes in this mini-series about farm work and the agrarian myth asked us to move beyond our images of red barns and silos to understand with more nuance the challenging realities of contemporary farm work, even for Wisconsini

Beyond Red Barns and Silos Part 2

Apr 8th, 2021 43m 40s

This episode looks behind Americans imaginings and stereotypes about rural life--what scholars call the agrarian myth--to see the realities underneath. The realities of rural life turn out to be a lot more complex than our stereotypes.

Beyond Red Barns and Silos Part 1

Mar 25th, 2021 22m 5s

In the first of a four episode mini-series exploring the myths and realities of farm work in the U.S., we go beneath the surface of what social scientists refer to as the agrarian myth to share the more complex experiences of people who spent t

There Is No Such Thing as Middle Class

Mar 11th, 2021 33m 15s

In this third and final episode of a mini-series about middle-classness in the U.S., we explore the curious contradiction that while many Americans prefer to identify as middle class, many also question whether the middle class even exists anym

The Happy Medium

Feb 25th, 2021 32m 17s

In the second episode of a three part mini-series exploring the appeal of “middle-classness” as a label, we hear from ordinary Americans about what middle-classness means to them. Middle-classness isn’t just a matter of not being poor or not b

Not Rich Not Poor

Feb 11th, 2021 28m 24s

Not Rich Not Poor is the first of a three episode mini-series exploring the appeal of “middle-classness” as a label. No matter how much money Americans have, many still insist on the label of middle-class. In the mini-series, we hear from ord

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1500 Stories Trailer

Jan 10th, 2021 2m

The 1500 Stories podcast cracks open the uncomfortable subjects of money and economic class. 1500 Stories is an art and digital storytelling project about economic inequality in the United States and its host, Jen Myhre, is an artist and socio

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