The Hopeful Locals #6: Cowboy Country
As L.A. burns behind me, I drive deeper into cowboy country through Wyoming to Montana, trying to untangle the many contradictions of the country I call home.This is Episode 6 of The Hopeful Locals, a...
27 Touko 23min
The Hopeful Locals #5: Visionaries of The Wind River, Part 2
The hope holds strong in this second episode about people working for change on the Wind River Reservation.It is brought to you by Tink Media, Podcast The Newsletter, and our supporters on Patreon and...
20 Touko 36min
The Hopeful Locals #4: Visionaries of the Wind River, Part 1
This is Episode 4 of The Hopeful Locals (Episode 7 if you’re a paying subscriber and get bonus episodes!). You’re getting this episode ad-free because the people in it deserve not to be interrupted by...
12 Touko 45min
The Hopeful Locals #3: Erika
This is Episode 3 of The Hopeful Locals for free subscribers (Episode 6 for paying subscribers). Our storyteller today is Erika Warren-Yarber. She’s the COO of the Wind River Development Fund and the ...
4 Touko 39min
The Hopeful Locals #2: On the Road Again
This is Episode 2 of my series, The Hopeful Locals. It’s a direct continuation of Episode 1, so if you haven’t heard that, I’d go start there.Huge thanks to my husband, Paul Dreux Smith, for making th...
24 Huhti 22min
The Hopeful Locals #1: A Portrait of the Artist as a Middle-Aged Woman
This is the prologue to my new series, The Hopeful Locals, and I hope you’ll enjoy it. The story continues on Friday. Huge thanks to Dengue Fever, Paul’s band, for letting me use the recording from th...
22 Huhti 27min
Introducing 'STORIES by Lea Thau'
Hi friends, I’m back! New episodes start dropping Tuesday! Also, heads-up: I’ll be changing the name of this podcast from Strangers to STORIES by Lea Thau on Monday. That hurts a little, I know – for ...
17 Huhti 3min
