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En Route

by Jonathan Hirsch

So much of our lives are spent in transit, moving from where we've been to where we're going. And every once in a while we're lucky enough to have adventures that alter the course of our lives. On this podcast we share stories of transition, of transit, longing, and living. Hosted by Gabrielle Lewis, and produced by the team that brings you the audio documentary series ARRVLS.

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Episodes

  1. Thank You, White Schoolchildren

    For our recent episode "Felix The Different", Felix Neals chronicles his journey from being a quiet child in a small subdivision bordering the everglade swamp on the outskirts of Miami in the 1930's, to dodging harassment from the KKK while in college in Pocatello, Idaho. I met up with felix…

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  2. What Version of Human Are You?

    For our recent episode "Mama I'm A Girl", Marlo Mack of the podcast How To Be A Girl, tells the story of raising her transgender daughter. At the end of our conversation, we wanted to know how Marlo has grown through the process of discovery of her child's identity, how her daughter has…

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  3. New York To Be Frank

    A friend called today asking me how I like New York City. I wanted to tell her how I really felt: That Frank Sinatra can go fuck himself, “If you can make it there, you’ll make it anywhere,“ as if residing here is like making love on a waterbed that’s half-full or half-empty; That New York City…

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  4. Meeting Ethan

    When he was 15 years old, Jonathan Hirsch met a met in a superhero costume on a train. 15 years later, he found him again. Ethan's side of the story can be hear in episode 1 of ARRVLS: "The Blazing Echidna" at: http://www.arrvls.com Hosted by Gabrielle Lewis Produced by Gabrielle Lewis & Jonathan...

  5. Drawer of Eviscerating Instruments

    John Svenson traveled the world as a mountaineer. He settled in the remote town of Haines, Alaska, where he built his home and started an art gallery called Extreme Dreams. In addition to local metalworkers, glass blowers, painters, and other craftspeople, John has a drawer filled with odd and...

  6. Photo vs. Image

    It was a chilly afternoon on The Highline, an outdoor park off 8th Avenue in Manhattan, when I came across Jean Andre Antoine. He noticed the camera around my neck and we started talking about the vintage polaroid camera he walks around New York photographing people with. The conversation turned…

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  7. Vinny The Fish Man

    Sometimes I am reminded of how there are, if you look closely enough, remarkable people on every street corner. A couple of weeks ago, I was walking through the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn with my friend Melody. In front of a polish food and fish market, a large basin filled with live…

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  8. Matthew Silver Farts Hearts

    Many New Yorkers will instantly recognize Matthew Silver's face; even some people outside of New York who have caught wind of the viral video for which he was the subject, will recognize the scarcely dressed bearded eccentric dancing in the 42nd street subway station or Union Square Pavillion,...

  9. They Made Em Like Buicks Back In The Day

    I met David outside a restaurant in Soho. Many years ago, David was t-boned by a Domenico Tour Bus on the corner of Lorimer and Driggs in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn. He narrowly survived, and found that remarkably after the accident, his life became easier. He was less concerned…

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  10. En Route, Episode 38, Day 30: Saturn Returns

    "Saturn Returns", the final episode of the month long mini series "Saturn" is available through the link in the bio, at arrvls.com . Check it out! #podcast #storytelling #saturn #migration #transformation #change A photo posted by ARRVLS (@arrvls) on Dec 30, 2014 at 10:09am PST

  11. Day 29: Budapest Metro

    The last episode of #saturn is tomorrow. 30 shows in 30 days. All before my 30th birthday on Wednesday. It's been a wild ride. Thanks for listening. You can catch them all through the link in the bio. Saturns by @kristiprokopiak . #podcast #migration #transformation #change #enroute #storytelling...

  12. Day 28: Albanian Dreams

    "Bad things will happen, but we must learn to embrace them." Day 28 of the month-long series Saturn, which chronicles my #Arrvls story for 90 seconds each day, is available through the link in the bio. #podcast #migration #transformation #change #documentary A photo posted by ARRVLS (@arrvls) on...

  13. Day 27: I Heart Paris

    "I heart Paris" day 27 of the month-long series Saturn, which chronicles my #Arrvls story for 90 seconds each day, is available through the link in the bio. #podcast #migration #transformation #change A photo posted by ARRVLS (@arrvls) on Dec 27, 2014 at 7:28pm PST

  14. Day 26: Leaving San Francisco

    "Leaving San Francisco". Day 26 of the month-long series Saturn, which chronicles the first 30 years of my life for 90 seconds each day, is available through the link in the bio. #podcast #storytelling #migration #transformation #change #sf #vanishingsf #moving A photo posted by ARRVLS (@arrvls)…

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  15. Day 25: Transformation

    "We were married in a redwood grove,"

  16. Day 24: Choir of Saturday Night

    "We waited in restless lines, the stain of wine covering our teeth" day 24 of the month-long series Saturn is available through the link in the bio. #podcast #ARRVLS #story #migration #transformation #change #storytelling #sanfrancisco #tenderloin A photo posted by ARRVLS (@arrvls) on Dec 24…

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  17. Day 23: Jonathan Ikkyu Hirsch

    "Jonathan Ikkyu Hirsch was born on December 31st, 1984" day 23 of the month-long series "Saturn", which chronicles my #ARRVLS story for 90 seconds a day, is now available through the link in the bio. #regram from @iantuttle, from our last day in the #tenderloin. #sf #podcast #poetry #documentary...

  18. Day 22: Valerie Loreen Chavez

    "Valerie Loreen Chavez was born in the city of El Paso." Day 22 of the month-long series "Saturn", which chronicles my #ARRVLS story for 90 seconds each day, is now available through the link in the bio. Check it out! #podcast #story #love #lovestory #poetry #sanfrancisco #sf #elpaso #migration...

  19. Day 21: Recovery

    "I learned that the driver of the SUV hit three other bicyclists" day 21 of the month-long series "Saturn", which chronicles my #ARRVLS story for 90 seconds each day, is available through the link in the bio #podcast #migration #transformation #change #story #survival #sf A photo posted by ARRVLS...

  20. Day 20: Indian Summer

    "I came to and a woman was kneeling over me." Day 20 of the month-long series "Saturn " which chronicles my #ARRVLS story for 90 seconds each day, is now available through the link the link in the bio. Check it out! #podcast #documentary #migration #transformation #change #survival #story…

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  21. Day 19: Remarkable People

    "'I like to think of myself as a remarkable person' China said" Day 19 of the month-long series "Saturn" which chronicles my #ARRVLS story for 90 seconds each day, is available through the link in the bio. Check it out! #podcast #documentary #storytelling #migration #transformation #change A…

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  22. Day 18: Lonely Teardrops

    "I let my sadness sleep" day 18 of the month long series is now up and available through the link in the bio.#ARRVLS #podcast #migration #transformation #change A photo posted by ARRVLS (@arrvls) on Dec 18, 2014 at 9:55am PST

  23. Day 17: New York Dream

    "I'm standing on the 7th avenue side of #timessquare " day 17 of month-long series "Saturn", which chronicles my #ARRVLS story for 90 seconds each day, is available through the link in the bio. Check it out! #podcast #documentary #migration #transformation #change #enroute #saturn A photo posted…

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  24. Day 16: Change

    "One minute I wanted to be a writer, the next a musician, the next a librarian." Day 16 of the month-long series "Saturn", which chronicles my #arrvls story for 90 seconds each day, is available through the link in the bio. #podcast #migration #transformation #change #storytelling A photo posted…

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  25. Day 15: Rebirth

    "I don't know if it's there in all births, but it was there in yours" day 15 of the month-long series "Saturn", which chronicles my #arrvls for 90 seconds each day, is available through the link in the bio. #podcast #storytelling #migration #transformation #change #arrvls A photo posted by ARRVLS...

  26. Day 14: I Am God

    "A part of me is still that 16 year old boy" day 14 of the month-long series "Saturn", which chronicles my #arrvls story for 90 seconds a day, is available through the link in the bio. Check it out! #podcast #migration #transformation #change #storytelling #saturn #enroute A photo posted by…

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  27. Day 13: What Love Is

    "Isn't that what love is?" Day 13 of the month-long series "Saturn", Christmas chronicling my #arrvls story 90 seconds a day, is available through the link in the bio. Check it out! #migration #transformation #change #podcast #regram from: @mayalucia1 A photo posted by ARRVLS (@arrvls) on Dec 13,...

  28. Day 12: Darshan

    "We were all falling in love: men, women, and children." Day 12 of the month-long series "Saturn" is up and available through the link in the bio. Check it out! #podcast #documentary #storytelling #arrvls #enroute #saturn #migration #transformation #change A photo posted by ARRVLS (@arrvls) on…

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  29. Day 11: Illusion

    "How can you speak with authority, about one who claims authority over you?" Day 11 of the month-long series "Saturn" is up! Click on the link in the bio to listen. #arrvls #enroute #saturn #migration #transformation #change #podcast A photo posted by ARRVLS (@arrvls) on Dec 11, 2014 at 6:04am PST

  30. Day 10: Charisma

    "Charisma is real. It can shuttle a person into your heart." Day 10 of the month-long series Saturn is now up and available through the link in the bio. Check it out! A photo posted by ARRVLS (@arrvls) on Dec 10, 2014 at 6:00am PST

  31. Day 9: Am I The Universe?

    "I find myself grappling with the causes and mysterious ways of the universe itself." Day 9 of the month-long series "Saturn", chronicling my arrvls story for 90 seconds a day, is up via the link in the bio. Check it out! #enroute #saturn #podcast #migration #transformation #change #storytelling…

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  32. Day 8: My Vocabulary Did This To Me

    "I have wished at many times to replace my words with more common ones" day 8 of the month-long series chronicling my #arrvls story is now live and available through the link in the bio. #enroute #saturn #migration #transformation #change #podcast A photo posted by ARRVLS (@arrvls) on Dec 8, 2014...

  33. Day 7: Sundays

    "I never said a word about my sundays" day 7 of the month-long series "Saturn" is up and available through the link in the bio. Check it out! #Arrvls #enroute #migration #transformation #change #podcast #storytelling A photo posted by ARRVLS (@arrvls) on Dec 7, 2014 at 6:06am PST

  34. Day 6: Home

    "We moved 17 times in 18 years when I was a kid." Day 6 of the month-long series "Saturn", which chronicles my #Arrvls story for 90 seconds a day, is up and available through the link in the bio.#enroute #saturn #podcast #migration #transformation #change #sf A photo posted by ARRVLS (@arrvls) on...

  35. Day 5: A New Master

    "You're born. You live. You die. There must be more than this." Day 5 of the month long series chronicling my #Arrvls story is entitled "A New Master", and is now available through the link in the bio. Check it out! #migration #transformation #change #podcast #saturn #storytelling A photo posted…

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  36. Day 4: Birth

    "How can you tell when the fruit falls off the tree?" Day 4 of the month-long series Saturn, chronicling my #arrvls story is available through the link in the bio. #migration #transformation #change #birth #podcast #snow #enroute A photo posted by ARRVLS (@arrvls) on Dec 4, 2014 at 5:30am PST

  37. Day 3: Migration

    "On behalf of my friends, who have taken part, in the Hungarian Revolution." Day 3 of the month-long series "Saturn" is up on the link in the bio. This episode is entitled "Migration", and is dedicated to my father. #Saturn #storytelling #ARRVLS #enroute #migration #transformation #change…

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  38. Day 2: Awake

    "There is only black light. Between the stars." Day 2 of the month-long series "Saturn" chronicling my #ARRVLS story is live. #enroute #podcast #storytelling #kathmandu #migration #transformation #change A photo posted by ARRVLS (@arrvls) on Dec 2, 2014 at 6:00am PST

  39. Day 1: Saturn

    "What happens when a thirty year orbit comes to completion? Will I wander in the desert for 40 days? Will I come back a wise man?" My #Arrvls story for 90 seconds everyday leading up to my 30th birthday on New Year's Eve, and the official release of The show on January 1st, starts today. Visit…

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

So much of our lives are spent in transit, moving from where we've been to where we're going. And every once in a while we're lucky enough to have adventures that alter the course of our lives. On this podcast we share stories of transition, of transit, longing, and living. Hosted by Gabrielle Lewis, and produced by the team that brings you the audio documentary series ARRVLS.

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Jonathan Hirsch

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So much of our lives are spent in transit, moving from where we've been to where we're going. And every once in a while we're lucky enough to have adventures that alter the course of our lives. On this podcast we share stories of transition, of transit, longing, and living. Hosted by Gabrielle...

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En Route is created and hosted by Jonathan Hirsch.
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