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Phillip Sitter: I found peace in wartime visiting dear friend in Ukraine
Jul 2, 2024 – 12:23 -
Diane Kolmer: How a trip to Paris helped me heal from an eating disorder, find new purpose
Jul 2, 2024 – 13:51 -
Kory May: I forgot an essential item on vacation and learned an uncomfortable lesson
Jul 2, 2024 – 09:06 -
John Sorrell: How I found myself in the middle of a Turkish coup
Jul 2, 2024 – 08:35 -
Nicole Schrader: How this Iowan learned to make friends with her fear on vacation and in life
Jul 2, 2024 – 11:58 -
Deborah Svec-Carstens: How I built community through tragedy
Mar 20, 2024 – 15:21 -
Kenny Gaskin : How I help students find their voice as a Black teacher in Iowa
Mar 13, 2024 – 09:30 -
Jordan Brooks: How I use art to inspire and build a community
Mar 13, 2024 – 10:56 -
Erlin Kakkanad: My son's curiosity about skin color helped me embrace myself
Mar 13, 2024 – 15:49 -
Jim Sayers: How volunteering at an Iowa prison helped me build a community
Mar 11, 2024 – 16:46 -
Louise O'Donnell: As the oldest of 13 siblings, I know a lot about family
Nov 8, 2023 – 17:32 -
Ehsan Shaban: How an Afghan refugee found solace from a family in Iowa
Nov 8, 2023 – 11:25 -
Luisita McBurney: How I built my family in Des Moines after moving from the Philippines
Nov 8, 2023 – 14:58 -
Sonya Jackson: How my trailblazing grandma and great aunt shaped my life
Nov 8, 2023 – 11:46 -
Sam Blum: How I found family in crowds at metal concerts
Nov 8, 2023 – 15:46 -
Monica Leo: What a trip behind the Iron Curtain taught me about our similarities and differences
Sep 12, 2023 – 13:22 -
Keith Knapp: How I left Argentina just minutes before COVID-19 shuts country's borders
Sep 12, 2023 – 11:43 -
Olesya Holker: A life of travel led this Russian migrant to her husband in Las Vegas and later, Iowa
Sep 12, 2023 – 10:24 -
Shir Agha Safi: A child of war, I fled Afghanistan to Iowa for a better life.
Sep 12, 2023 – 14:54 -
Susan Sims: How I traveled through communist China with $200, a jar of peanut butter and 2 rolls of film
Sep 12, 2023 – 14:52 -
Sarah Trone Garriott: My first wedding was for a pair of satanists. What it taught me about love
Mar 3, 2023 – 14:17 -
Sam Freese: How I learned to love myself when faced with my husband's criminal charges
Mar 3, 2023 – 12:55 -
Anissa Deay: As a marriage becomes complicated, I lean on 'no man left behind'
Mar 3, 2023 – 10:59 -
Patrick J. Kearney: Small acts of love defined my relationship with my mother and her MS
Mar 3, 2023 – 09:52 -
Dan Douglas: How I found love nearly 9,000 away in Botswana
Feb 23, 2023 – 10:09 -
Guillermo Romano Ibarra: A debilitating bike crash emphasized the importance of a lasting friendship
Dec 20, 2022 – 16:53 -
Yenny Soley: Seeking political asylum, I had nothing in Iowa. Until I met two 'American moms'
Dec 20, 2022 – 15:56 -
Rusty Johnson: As a lifelong foster child, I leaned on the kindness of others to make it through
Dec 20, 2022 – 19:28 -
Stevie Lang: The kindness of a friend led me to therapy, and a life forever changed
Dec 20, 2022 – 13:03 -
Patsy Shors: A car ride from a stranger leads to a lifelong lesson in generosity
Dec 20, 2022 – 11:55 -
Billy Weathers: I have an obsession — Becoming the best artist and person I can be.
Nov 16, 2022 – 13:30 -
Cody Goodwin: How an Iowa journalist fell back in love with wrestling
Nov 16, 2022 – 16:40 -
Tim Johnson: A near-death experience led me to an obsession with feeding the world
Nov 16, 2022 – 13:14 -
Julie Burtnette: How I used imagination during tough times in life
Nov 16, 2022 – 16:10 -
Randy Brown: How a coach found new purpose after federal prison
Sep 26, 2022 – 22:11 -
Rick Kievits: I took advice that was too good to be true — and was deported.
Sep 26, 2022 – 13:03 -
Julie Gammack: Why I left my longtime job and the lessons I learned along the way
Sep 26, 2022 – 17:51 -
Kiranmai Yarlagadda: How I overcame shyness and insecurity to fight for my daughter — and myself
Sep 26, 2022 – 16:48 -
Galit Freylack: How a parental kidnapping led to decades of listening to my own bad advice
Sep 26, 2022 – 14:33 -
Brenda McGuire: Love unexpected
Sep 22, 2022 – 12:51 -
Akwi Nji: Coming home
Sep 22, 2022 – 12:58 -
Erik Domingue: Finding a new connection
Sep 22, 2022 – 14:44 -
Coral Thede: The Master Manifestor:
Sep 22, 2022 – 14:48 -
Robert Warren: From a crowded car to a rundown fishing lodge
Sep 22, 2022 – 16:32 -
Tony Dahlman: A birthday call from Saddam
May 8, 2022 – 11:29 -
Aymi Paradise-Flores: Paving the way
May 7, 2022 – 16:43 -
Jim Ramm: Embracing forgiveness as a Japanese American
May 7, 2022 – 15:18 -
Jeff Clothier: Learning from heartbreak
May 6, 2022 – 11:26 -
Blake Carlson: How Grandma’s eccentricities taught this Iowan to embrace his disability
May 6, 2022 – 08:54 -
Chad Elliott: From heartache to inspiration
Feb 23, 2022 – 12:43
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