Back in America

Trailer Back in America August 2020

These soundbites are taken from 12 episodes of Back in America, recorded between November 2019 and August 2020. They are representative of the diversity of the guests ...

August 30, 2020 / 08:11/E59Trailer

Housing Assistance Series 2/2: Carol Golden - Housing Initiatives of Princeton - US Politics, Social Issues and Housing Situation

This part two of a series on housing assistance. I am publishing these episodes at a time when nearly 25 million people reported they will not be able to pay rent in t...

August 6, 2020 / 26:12/E58

Housing Assistance Series 1/2: Louise Kekulah - From Liberia to Princeton

In July, according to the census bureau nearly 25 million people reported they had little to no confidence they would be able to pay rent in the next month and almost ...

August 6, 2020 / 27:08/E57

Lieutenant Colonel Bryan Price - Afghanistan, Counterterrorism, Seton Hall University... America will be (see episode note)

Join our exclusive mailing list! In this episode, I talk with Lieutenant Colonel Bryan Price about the current racial unrest, about meritocracy, the values, culture, a...

July 22, 2020 / 42:05/E56

Cecilia Birge - Anti-Asian racism during the Pandemic - Growing-up in Chinese Labor Camp - Student on Tiananmen Square protests

While President Trump has been calling the Coronavirus the Chinese virus and while the US is facing unprecedented protests against police violence and racial discrim...

July 6, 2020 / 36:04/E55

Marina Ahun — A Princeton Painter — From the Collapse of the Soviet Union to The Hardship of COVID-19

Marina Ahun's website: https://www.marinaahun.com/ Transcript

June 18, 2020 / 27:52/E54

Part 1 - Mark Charles - Native American 2020 candidate Asks does 'We The People' includes everybody?

Transcript Part 1/2 I am Stan Berteloot and this is Back in America, a podcast where I explore American's identity, culture, and values. My guest today is a candida...

June 4, 2020 / 28:24/E53

Part 2 - Mark Charles - Native American 2020 candidate Wants 'We The People' to Mean 'All The people'

Part 2/2 I am Stan Berteloot and this is Back in America, a podcast where I explore American's identity, culture, and values. My guest today is a candidate running a...

June 4, 2020 / 47:50/E52

19 Year-Old Princeton Student: Being Black in the US is Like Suffocating

The death of George Floyd, a black man who died on Memorial Day after he was pinned down by a white police officer, has sparked protests across the United States and...

June 3, 2020 / 19:08/E50

Update: A Native American Candidate to US Election - Subscribe to our Mailing list

Hello Back in America's fan! I hope that you are well and safe wherever in the world you are. This is a short update about the podcast and myself. The podcast is doing...

May 28, 2020 / 04:36/E49

John Michael Greer an American Druid on Americans Individualism, Societal Collapse, and the Values of the Frontier Period

Join our exclusive mailing list! In this episode, I speak with John Michael Greer (JMG) an author and blogger in the fields of nature spirituality, and the future of...

May 14, 2020 / 36:54/E44

Gil Lopez: Guerrilla Gardening in Queen, Resilient Communities and the Power of Radical Ideas

A few words before this episode. Gil who's interviewed here has been laid off since I recorded this episode and the NYC Compost Project and the curbside compost collec...

April 23, 2020 / 39:58/E43

Share My Meals - Princeton Non-Profit Keeps Restaurants Open During the Pandemic to Feed Those in Need

In this episode, I speak to Share My Meals's President and Co-Founder Isabelle Lambotte about her vision for Share My Meals Inc. The non-profit was initially created t...

April 16, 2020 / 29:04/E42

Jessica Baxter - Princeton High School Principal - Adjusting to remote learning during the coronavirus pandemic

I am Stan Berteloot and this is Back in America. Today I am speaking via Skype with Princeton High School Principal Jessica Baxter. Jessica, as most school leaders acr...

April 2, 2020 / 30:03/E41

Richard Heinberg: on building resilient communities - transitioning away from fossil fuels - Coronavirus - Collapse (effondrement)

Collapse means that our fossil fuel-based civilization, cannot sustain itself and will fail.

March 19, 2020 / 40:57/E40

John Lam: Boston Ballet Principal Dancer a Gay Vietnamese-American Reflects on his life Leading to Coming out, Marrying and Having two Kids

I am speaking with John Lam, the principal dancer at the Boston Ballet. John is joining me via Skype from his home in Quincy Massachusetts. His parents immigrated to ...

February 6, 2020 / 37:25/E33

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