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Part One

(2020)

Overview

In the United States, you may have been born in one state or even in a different country. You may go to school or work in another community, and then move somewhere else by choice or circumstance. What is it that ties us to these places and makes us call them home? And how does our state affect who we are and how we identify ourselves?

Cast

Episodes

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December 7, 2020

As a young, single mother of three, Joyce Thomas moved from St. Vincent to the United States after reading a newspaper …

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December 8, 2020

Doug is in his freshman year at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. A native Californian, he is learning to…

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December 9, 2020

Serving a life sentence at 17-years-old, Chris Wilson sat down and wrote out what he called his “master plan” of all th…

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December 10, 2020

Lisa Hansen grew up in Kentucky and says she has the accent to prove it. Eleven years ago, she moved to New Hampshire a…

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December 11, 2020

As a young quadriplegic law school graduate, living in a location with strong public transportation accessibility optio…

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December 12, 2020

Karen Eberle-McCarthy loves the Hudson River Valley community she has lived in for many years. A passionate member of t…

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December 13, 2020

Growing up in a shack in the Jim Crow South, Paul Gunter dreamed of someday owning his own home. Although his dream cam…

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December 14, 2020

A native of Rhode Island, Jack Welch has called the Ocean State his home for 82 years. The former teacher and principal…

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December 15, 2020

Growing up in a military family, Kelly Ault lived in twelve different states as a child. After college she was anxious …

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December 16, 2020

Born and bred Hoosier Randy Evans explains the value he places on his sense of belonging including his connection to th…

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December 17, 2020

Thirteen years ago, after finishing college in Minnesota, returning home to Texas, and then volunteering in Mexico, Nat…

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December 18, 2020

Nancy 3. Hoffman curates the world's only Umbrella Cover Museum on an island off the coast of Maine. Here, Nancy embrac…

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December 19, 2020

Sarah Smith's ancestors helped found the state of Missouri, so she has always felt strong roots connecting her to the l…

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December 20, 2020

Since apprenticing for a retired fiddler after college, Beth Rotto has grown into a cultural staple within her communit…

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December 21, 2020

Born in a refugee camp in Thailand, Xong Xiong moved to Wisconsin after her family couldn't return to Laos following th…

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December 22, 2020

Living on an island in the Mississippi River has always drawn Kathy Christenson to seek inspiration and peace from its …

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December 23, 2020

I-Shüan Warr grew up with a unique name in a multicultural family in a mostly white Tennessee suburb. Her mom is from T…

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December 24, 2020

Though Hanna Sizemore grew up wandering the mountains of West Virginia, her passion for understanding a larger universe…

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December 25, 2020

Clay Greenland's desire to help others as a paramedic drove his life but his son's suicide prompted a retreat from Tenn…

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December 26, 2020

Dereck Higgins has vivid memories of being harassed and attacked as a child. As an adult, he has managed the isolation …

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December 27, 2020

It was the past that brought Dave Varricchio to present-day Montana. Over the past 20 years, paleontology work in Big S…

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December 28, 2020

Mohinder Sangha moved to Northwest Washington in 1983, becoming the first Sikh person to start berry farming in the reg…

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December 29, 2020

Mexico-born Evaristo Mireles moved to Idaho decades ago as a teenager searching for a job. He has worked long hours wit…

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December 30, 2020

People come to Jackson, Wyoming for many different reasons: for Sven Taow, it was the promise of a high-paying summer j…

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December 31, 2020

Daniel Shellabarger lives in a cave in the breathtaking canyons outside Utah's Arches National Park. A middle-aged form…

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January 1, 2021

Chuck White and his family narrowly survived an EF5 tornado, escaping their house minutes before it, and his Oklahoma n…

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January 2, 2021

Floyd Ashley is a retired educator who has spent his life dedicated to the Navajo people. During his years as an activi…

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January 3, 2021

LaVona Evans was born in 1912 on the same day Arizona became a state. Naturally, she’s felt that her own identity has a…

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January 4, 2021

Patricia Lei Murray is a passionate advocate for preserving and sharing the culture of Hawai'i, her native island home.…