Our Stories Matter

About Our Stories Matter

Brought to you by Trauma Informed Learning Alliance, Our Stories Matter is a podcast celebrating the complex lived experiences of activists and healers by sharing their inspiring stories. Our Stories Matter centers on healing through activism, art, poetry, film, music, breath, movement, and more. Each guest brings a unique story, but one with the global theme of community healing and liberation through storytelling. As journalist Lauren Gilger profoundly states, “the power of the story will save us all.” Follow @TraumaInformedLA on Instagram for updates!

Publisher

Our Stories Matter Podcast

Category

health & fitness · religion & spirituality · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

24 May 2020

Latest episode

14 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

4 of 97 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   14 Jun 2026

   Beyond the Binary: A Voice from Gaza - Choosing Nuance in a World that Demands Sides

   💔 How do you choose peace, humanity, and coexistence in the face of devastating grief? In this episode of Campus Voices: Civil Engagement in an Era of Division from Our Stories Matter, Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, Gazan-American writer, peace advocate, Founder of Realign For Palestine, and Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, shares a deeply personal conversation about grief, identity, extremism, coexistence, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Proudly pro-Palestine and pro-peace, Ahmed speaks...

2. 

   7 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Beyond the Binary: The Silent Majority What Students Feel—But Don’t Say

   Journalists Maya Sulkin and Frannie Block of The Free Press discuss free speech and self-censorship on college campuses with host [Host Name] in this interview.

3. 

   31 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Beyond the Binary: Standing Together A Muslim–Jewish Alliance Against Hate

   Dr. Ayal Feinberg and Anila Ali discuss rising antisemitism and the power of Muslim-Jewish alliances against hate on college campuses in this interview.

Inside a recent episode

Beyond the Binary: The Silent Majority What Students Feel—But Don’t Say

Published 7 Jun 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] It is to graduate having contended with really serious ideas in a serious way and in a respectful way. So I think all of the things we're talking about are a little bit downstream of like, What is a university even for? Yes. I mean, such a good point. And yeah, I had a student who even said, do we have to take a different perspective? And, you know, these students and they're going to be therapists. I mean, these are students who want to be therapists. And I said, you are going to have clients that have different perspectives and you cannot project your own. You have to hold space even with different views. […]

Who has been a guest on Our Stories Matter

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Maya Sulkin
• Frannie Block
• Ayal Feinberg
• Anila Ali
• Heidi Basch-Harod

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

55 ratings

Contact Our Stories Matter

Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.