Middle America
by Wendell Bauer/Jared Grabb
June 16, 2021 3:00 pm
“Middle America” is a podcast and radio show using history, storytelling, and music to discuss the world that surrounds us. Narrated by the fictional protagonist Wendell Bauer, episodes give both true history of the Central Illinois area and fictional memoir of a resident. Locally created music complements the stories to provide further emotional impact and insight.Topics discussed by “Middle America” thus far have included Illinois abolitionists, the French origins of the Midwest, philanthropist Lydia Moss Bradley, Chicago’s earliest settlers, Prohibition-era gangsters, and comedian Richard Pryor, among others. Along the way there are outlaws, adventure, murder, mutiny, loss, charity, love, and finally progress. www.patreon.com/midamericapod www.facebook.com/midamericapod www.instagram.com/midamericapod www.twitter.com/midamericapod midamericapod.bandcamp.com middleamericapod@gmail.com
Recent Episodes
DIY - Punks in Peoria and Our Misfit Family
3 years agoDistilling - Almiran Cole and Ownership
3 years agoDomesticity - Betty Friedan and the Problem That Has No Name
3 years agoToxic - Matt Hale and Cultural Poison
3 years agoSeeker - Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, Becoming, and Unbecoming
3 years agoOn End - John Kinzie, Thomas Forsyth, and War's Cry
3 years agoSermon – Robert Ingersoll and Good, Free Days
3 years agoLeap – Richard Pryor and the Power of Belief
4 years agoMonuments - Lydia Moss Bradley and What We Make of Loss
5 years agoNames – Le Rocher Saint-Louis and Shadows Cast
5 years ago