Essay Americana provides insight into American life in the late 20th and early 21st centuries covering work, relationships, history, leadership, self-identity, philosophy, politics, and psychology.
What do we learn from our grandparents that we didn't get to know? This essay explores those questions of what we get when we ask if they would be proud of how we turned out.
10 Nov 2021
Hero?
This essay is part of the series, "Asphalt Blackboard: Life Lessons from America's Highways." It examines how we are socially programed to respond to a crisis and what it means to be a hero.
22 Mar 2020
Season 2, Ep. 1 Stranger Relief at Thanksgiving
In this time of COVID-19, social distancing, and sheltering in place, why not look at family dynamics in the form of a major holiday?
1 Oct 2019
Comic Book Blues
Art, pop culture, comic books, movies, tv, and compulsive behavior. This episode deals with all that, as well as taking a hard look at when we cut out parts of ourselves in order to "fit in" and what it means to reclaim parts of our personality we should have never let go.
26 Jul 2019
What's a Life Worth?
This month's essay looks at the fundamental question--how we determine the value of a life.
6 Jun 2019
Hallowed Ground
What do we hold sacred? What is truly hallowed ground? A massive church that's been turned into a disco and two battlefields are the backdrop for this interesting essay about what we value and why.
5 May 2019
Nurse Logs
What do we owe the past? This essay, the third from “Asphalt Blackboard: Life Lessons form America’s Highways” series, explores that question from the only temperate rain forest in the world.
23 Mar 2019
Follow the Leader
Leadership. It's the Holy Grail of the business world. It took a cold day in whitewater to teach how Americans' view leadership and a possible new approach.
5 Mar 2019
Unplugged
Changes to rural Montana, the Great American Road Trip, and becoming unmoored from you daily life all teach something about modern American life.
21 Feb 2019
Memorial Service
A memorial service serves as the backdrop for a reflection on church culture and who gets to stand behind the alter.
7 Feb 2019
Holding onto Humanity
We see the end results on the television, but what's it like to cover a major tragedy?
29 Jan 2019
Walking on Sunshine
iTunes and Spotify have robbed us of something, but have they given us something in return? This essay explores the power of music, nostalgia, and technology and how each impacts the other and what it might mean to you.
15 Jan 2019
Hush
An evening at a nightclub with a journal ends up providing insight into what night clubs teach us about ourselves—the good, the bad, and our society as a whole.
5 Jan 2019
Essay Americana Episode 1
Essay Americana captures snapshots of American life in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Topics covered include work, relationships, history, leadership, self-identity, and others.
This episode looks at the positive consequences of unlearning a well intentioned lie all mothers tell their children.
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