The Shortest Distance
It’s easy to notice the distance between people - across a room, across the aisle, across the globe. Often the media, politicians, educators, and even our neighbors seem to emphasize difference, creating chasms between us. But what if the shortest distance between two people is actually, a story? Welcome to The Shortest Distance, StoryCenter’s podcast - sharing stories and conversations that explore the mysteries of human connection.
- Update frequency
- every 142 days
- Average duration
- 23 minutes
- Episodes
- 4
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2022
Season One, Episode Three: My Grandmother's Teaspoons
Storyteller Goli Hashemi and art student Lily Crawford, participants in our Stories of Home Material Memories project, meet for the first time in this recorded conversation about what it was like for…
Season One, Episode Two: Hummingbirds
Anne Haven, poet, professor of creative writing, and avid birder, shares memories of how she came to love the natural world and talks about producing an audio segment featuring her friend and fellow …
Season One, Episode One: Raíces/Roots
Marta V. Martinez, Director of the Rhode Island Latino Oral History Project, shares memories of growing up in El Paso, Texas and talks about what it was like to interview Victor Morente, who came to …
Teaser Episode: Fuse Beads
Amy Hill, StoryCenter’s Silence Speaks Director, frames her daughter’s obsession with a simple children’s craft as the backdrop for weaving her own pandemic experience together with a story contribut…