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Our Connected Culture

by Andy "River" Peterson

A podcast about the sometimes unexpected ways people intersect created by Andy “River” Peterson. Our Connected Culture is a production of MidMountain, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, arts collective, and project in constant growth that believes in the power of people to reclaim space and caring for your neighbors — no matter how far away they are.You can support our work and get postcards of great art for as little as $5 a month by joining MidMountain by Mail! More info: midmountain.org/mail

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Episodes

  1. Arnolds Valley Through the Ages: Archeology, oral history, and beyond

    Welcome to another season of our connected culture, this one focused on unmasking the past to imagine better futures. I’m MidMountain Curator Andy “River Peterson inviting you to join us in the coming days and weeks to explore how we can learn from hard human history while growing the community…

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  2. Documenting the hard truths of history with filmmaker Frederick Murphy

    Welcome to another season of our connected culture, this one focused on unmasking the past to imagine better futures. Join us in the coming days and weeks to explore how we can learn from hard human history while growing the community we need to grow a kinder world together. We are again…

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  3. Imagining a Better American Future: From Abolition to Science Fiction, and beyond

    Welcome to another season of our connected culture, this one focused on unmasking the past to imagine better futures. Join us in the coming days and weeks to explore how we can learn from hard human history while growing the community we need to grow a kinder world together. We are kicking off…

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  4. Murder, She Sang: Using Creativity to Process Grief, from Murder Ballads to Helene Mutual Aid

    Two threads that wove through all of last year for us: coming together in creative community in the face of looming climate disaster and reclaiming Appalachian murder ballads. Those might seem like radically different subjects, but the overlap – for us, at least – was using art to grow resilience...

  5. Murder, She Sang: Murder Ballads, Southern Gothic Horror, and Reclaiming Haunted Regional History

    The Murder Ballads, Southern Gothic Horror, and Reclaiming Haunted Regional History Panel was originally hosted at Rockbridge Regional Library Glasgow with moderation by Debi Ratcliff in October 2024. The panel included MidMountain co-curator and creator of the Fatal Femme Agency musical history...

  6. Fascism in Film: Fando y Lis (1968)

    MidMountain's Andy "River" Peterson and Scalawag Magazine's Katie Hanzalik discuss fascist themes examined in Alejandro Jodorowsky's 1968 film Fando y Lis. Up next: Harold and Maude!

  7. Fascism in Film Preview: Meet the Spring 2024 MidMountain Fellows

    Get ready to join us for our virtual film club, the MidMountain Motion Picture Possum Passel, at 1pm on June 16 by learning more about co-host Katie "Magdalene" Hanzalik's Spring 2024 Fellowship and meeting the rest of that Cohort: The Laurel Hells Ramblers, The Timber Bridges, alexis sāga, John...

  8. Season 1, Episode 6: Terry Bisson reads "The Left Left Behind" and introducing the Motion Picture Possum Passel

    This episode of Our Connected Culture features more Terry Bisson in the form of his own narration of The Left Left Behind, his entry into PM Press’ Outspoken Authors series courtesy of the publisher. Plus, a preview of our new Motion Picture Possum Passel with Katie Hanzalik, Spring 2024...

  9. Season 1, Episode 5: Fire on the Mountain Book Club, Part 4

    In season one of Our Connected Culture we explore how late science fiction author Terry Bisson’s lifelong activism was central to how he imagined a better world in his 1988 novel Fire on the Mountain, using previously unreleased and archival audio of Bisson and as well as interviews with friends...

  10. Season 1, Episode 4: Fire on the Mountain Book Club, Part 3

    In season one of Our Connected Culture we explore how late science fiction author Terry Bisson’s lifelong activism was central to how he imagined a better world in his 1988 novel Fire on the Mountain, using previously unreleased and archival audio of Bisson and as well as interviews with friends...

  11. Season 1, Episode 3: Fire on the Mountain Book Club, Part 2

    In season one of Our Connected Culture we explore how late science fiction author Terry Bisson’s lifelong activism was central to how he imagined a better world in his 1988 novel Fire on the Mountain, using previously unreleased and archival audio of Bisson and as well as interviews with friends...

  12. Season 1, Episode 2: Fire on the Mountain Book Club, Part 1

    In season one of Our Connected Culture we explore how late science fiction author Terry Bisson’s lifelong activism was central to how he imagined a better world in his 1988 novel Fire on the Mountain, using previously unreleased and archival audio of Bisson and as well as interviews with friends...

  13. Season 1, Episode 1: How Terry Bisson Made Up Better Worlds

    In season one of Our Connected Culture we explore how late science fiction author Terry Bisson’s lifelong activism was central to how he imagined a better world in his 1988 novel Fire on the Mountain, using previously unreleased and archival audio of Bisson and as well as interviews with friends...

  14. Season One Trailer: How Terry Bisson Made Up Better Worlds

    In season one of Our Connected Culture we explore how late science fiction author Terry Bisson’s lifelong activism was central to how he imagined a better world in his 1988 novel Fire on the Mountain, using previously unreleased and archival audio of Bisson and as well as interviews with friends...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

A podcast about the sometimes unexpected ways people intersect created by Andy “River” Peterson. Our Connected Culture is a production of MidMountain, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, arts collective, and project in constant growth that believes in the power of people to reclaim space and caring for your neighbors — no matter how far away they are.You can support our work and get postcards of great art for as little as $5 a month by joining MidMountain by Mail! More info: midmountain.org/mail

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Andy "River" Peterson

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A podcast about the sometimes unexpected ways people intersect created by Andy “River” Peterson. Our Connected Culture is a production of MidMountain, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, arts collective, and project in constant growth that believes in the power of people to reclaim space and caring for your...

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