ABOUT THE PROJECT

Find X is a podcast about fracture in America and is seasoned with a dose of hope. When I (Syd Walter) use the word fracture I mean to describe the phenomenon of something underneath a problem. Almost like fracture is the wound under a scab. Fracture in this nation is deeply rooted and I am curious about those wounds. Throughout four episodes in four different states, Find X follows my detailed journeys as I explore the complexity of fracture through storytelling as storytelling can be common ground, not always battle ground, without denying us the dignity of our opinions and personhood.

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ABOUT THE TEAM

Syd Walter is the producer, interviewer and a lot of other jobs.

Saskia Gori-Montanelli has done all the amazing art.

PLACE

Place is always important to consider before you listen to a story. Why was that place chosen? Who was left out? Both are good questions to ask. These four states were chosen for my interest in the stories that were there, and connections I had to people so that I could dig around and pull up threads of story. Each episode focuses on a different place and a fracture identified there. Please note that places contain multitudes and the fractures identified are not in an attempt to say there are not more than just that one fracture. These fractures and places have been chosen based on interest and access, but does not mean that I have fully explored all the complexities, nor that all these fractures don’t exist in different ways in each state.

NEW YORK

The outside conception of Christianity in this country is becoming more aligned with harm. From working at a Church in Bronxville, New York, my conceptions of Christianity were forced to shift and it made me curious. I ended up not finding answers, but finding hope in what was fleeting.

SEATTLE

As a born and raised Seattleite, when I moved away, Seattle became even more inextricable from being connected to homelessness. The time this story takes place is in the midst of a battle on the Blake decision, which creates a moment to reckon with perceptions of home, safety, and the peoples lives who are at stake.

NEW ORLEANS

We live in a climate crisis constantly, but why has it become background noise until there is disaster? I had never been to New Orleans which is a ground zero for the impacts of climate change and once I left disaster could no longer be background noise. It became louder and harder to discern from all the people that I met and my own feelings of solastalgia.

CALIFORNIA

This is a story about my cousin, the failures of a healthcare system, and ultimately it is an ode to what it means to be as free as water. Hanna Rosa Hotchkiss, 1996-2021, Brave, Brilliant, Beloved.

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