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Unrooted

by Julie Hotz

UN/ROOTED is a podcast about home... the places we find ourselves living in and moving through, literally and figuratively, expected and unexpected, temporarily and long term. We touch on belonging, homesickness, gentrification, borders, the history of the places we love, and a lot more.In season one we go on a cross country move, explore homesickness, embrace a new city, weather unexpected surprises, and become comfortable with uncertainty and new transitions. We have conversations about home with friends near and far and hear the home stories of people across the country and the globe. Cover art by Deborah Lee @jdebbiel

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Episodes

  1. Bonus #2: A Walk in the Desert - Choose Your Own Adventure

    The second in a series of guided walks/visualizations in order to help us find calm in the outdoors, during a time when we are collectively staying indoors more than ever due to COVID-19. This visualization takes us to the desert, the desert of your choice. Smell the sagebrush, listen to the…

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  2. Bonus: A Walk in the Woods - Alpine Lake

    Similar to a guided meditation, here is a guided walk in the woods, to a high alpine lake. In response to COVID-19, most of us are confined close to our homes, in our homes, or wherever we can find a place to hang tight. This means a lot less outdoors time for a lot of us, which can be really…

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  3. Part Six: Making Your Way Home (featuring Gale Straub)

    For all the show notes, including pictures of Gale and Lora, go to the episode landing page! UN/ROOTED is back from a little hiatus, a mid season hiatus! We’re picking back up where we left off, just after I’d moved to NYC I was looking for things to make the east coast feel like home, so, when…

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  4. Part Five: Homesick (featuring Vanessa Pamela Friedman)

    Most people have experienced some sort of homesickness. In this episode we talk about both short and long forms of homesickness as I arrive in NYC and settle into a full blown state of missing the west coast. We bear witness to a love story as Vanessa Pamela Friedman moves to the east coast and...

  5. Part Four: Movement (featuring Mary Ann Thomas)

    I don’t love packing or unpacking. But I love the in-between movement, the actual act of moving your body from one place to another. In this episode that touches on my drive from LA to NYC, we find a celebration of motion, movement, moving, migration, and all that comes along with it. In this...

  6. Part Three: Goodbye

    Episode three of UN/ROOTED is a love letter to anyone who has ever had to pack their stuff and move, to anyone who has ever had to watch friends leave, and to all the friendships that can transcend time and space. In this episode I pack up all my stuff, get ready to move from Los Angeles to NYC,...

  7. Part Two: Payahuunadü (with Jolie Varela)

    In this episode I’m delving into the "home of my heart". After pinpointing this home, we talk to Jolie Varela, founder of Indigenous Women Hike. She leads us through the history and landscape of her homeland, Payahuunadü, and tells about the Nüümü people, her journey along the Nüümü Poyo, and…

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  8. Part One: Where Home Begins

    As an adult, I’ve had trouble putting my finger on home, but last year really made me take a deeper look into the question of “Where is home?” The idea for this podcast was born out of struggling with the concept of home as I unexpectedly moved from Los Angeles to NYC last year. Instead of trying...

  9. UN/ROOTED Trailer

    Unrooted is a podcast about home—the places we find ourselves living in and moving through, literally and figuratively, expected and unexpected, temporarily and long term. We touch on belonging, homesickness, gentrification, borders, the history of the places we love, etc. In season one host…

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

UN/ROOTED is a podcast about home... the places we find ourselves living in and moving through, literally and figuratively, expected and unexpected, temporarily and long term. We touch on belonging, homesickness, gentrification, borders, the history of the places we love, and a lot more.In season one we go on a cross country move, explore homesickness, embrace a new city, weather unexpected surprises, and become comfortable with uncertainty and new transitions. We have conversations about home with friends near and far and hear the home stories of people across the country and the globe. Cover art by Deborah Lee @jdebbiel

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Julie Hotz

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UN/ROOTED is a podcast about home... the places we find ourselves living in and moving through, literally and figuratively, expected and unexpected, temporarily and long term. We touch on belonging, homesickness, gentrification, borders, the history of the places we love, and a lot more.In season...

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Unrooted is created and hosted by Julie Hotz.
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