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American Epistles<\/span><\/i> is a true gem of a podcast. Susan Otchere brings history to life through the letters she has discovered and shares with listeners. These letters, as well as other oral sources, tell the story of the U.S. through the experiences of the \u201cordinary\u201d people who lived it. Susan puts the letters into context, so the listener has a clear understanding of the moment the writer is living through before reading extensively from the letters.<\/span><\/p>\n

The podcast covers topics in multi-episode series. This format allows Susan to go deep into any given subject. Episode titles include \u201cThe Great Migration,\u201d \u201cWomen\u2019s Welfare Work in WWI,\u201d and \u201cFreedom Summer \u201964.\u201d There was an extensive series on \u201cElinore Rupert\u201d\u2014the Wyoming homesteader, and another on Chinese immigration has just begun.<\/span><\/p>\n

American Epistles<\/span><\/i> comes highly recommended as a true original that approaches history from an angle we rarely hear from\u2014the immigrant who just arrived at Ellis Island or the WWII soldier writing to his sweetheart back home. Susan is a wonderful host discovering <\/span>\u201cour country, one letter at a time.\u201d <\/span><\/i>Her clear voice is perfect for narrating these stories, some of which can be quite painful to listen to and use language that could sound jarring if treated less sensitively.<\/span><\/p>\n

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  American Epistles is a true gem of a podcast. Susan Otchere brings history to life through the letters she has discovered and shares with listeners. These letters, as well as other oral sources, tell the story of the U.S. through the experiences of the \u201cordinary\u201d people who lived it. Susan puts the letters into context, so the listener has a clear understanding of the moment the writer is living through before reading extensively from the letters. The podcast covers topics in multi-episode series. This format allows Susan to go deep into any given subject. Episode titles include \u201cThe Great<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":12012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[402],"tags":[2627,2628,434,2629,598,2630,2631],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n