Podcast Episodes

We're Doing This Together (with Steve Cowan) | Episode 12

Season 1 Episode 12

Every Sunday night at 9:30 PM, my dad and I meet virtually to solve family history mysteries together — a tradition we've kept for over seven years, no matter where we are in the world. A tradition t…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Continue to Say His Name (with Kelley Dixon-Tealer and Alva Marie Jenkins) | Episode 11

Season 1 Episode 11

In 1865, Hawkins Wilson, a Texas freedman, wrote letters searching for the family he was torn from as a young, enslaved boy more than 24 years earlier. Though time and distance separated them, his ch…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

We'll Always Keep Searching (with Emily Paulson) | Episode 10

Season 1 Episode 10

When Emily Paulson learned that nearly 72,000 WWII heroes remained unidentified, she found her calling...

Through her role as a contractor at the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Emily combines trad…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

One Person's Trash | Episode 9

Season 1 Episode 9

When an unexpected email unearthed irreplaceable family heirlooms, it reminded me that people—including our own relatives—are often not quite what they seem.

My grandpa’s youngest sister, Aunt Madelei…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

L'dor V'dor - From Generation to Generation (with Howard Hochhauser) | Episode 8

Season 1 Episode 8

Serena never spoke of her life before she married into the Hochhauser family. They knew she was from Eastern Europe and, based on her age and immigration timing, had survived the Holocaust. But how s…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

And Then I Heard A Meadowlark Sing (with Sunny Morton) | Episode 7

Season 1 Episode 7

Genealogist Sunny Morton didn't even know someone was missing from her family tree until a single mention in an obituary led her to a Nun.

Sister Mary Bertilla. This single name sparked a search that …

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

This Gathering Place (with Shelly Cowan) | Episode 6

Season 1 Episode 6

Imagine sitting down at family dinner where a simple table becomes the heart of lasting traditions and deeper connections...

When my sister-in-law Shelly Cowan needed a bigger table for her five growi…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

Out of Obscurity (with Kevin Giddins and Camlyn Giddins) | Episode 5

Season 1 Episode 5

One child, 35 foster siblings, and an AncestryDNA test that changed everything...

In this moving episode, I sit down with Kevin Giddins and his filmmaker daughter Camlyn as they share their journey fr…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

The Whole Tree (with Sunny Mahe) | Episode 4

Season 1 Episode 4

From the sidelines of NFL stadiums to the heart of Tongan traditions... Meet Sunny Mahe, mother of ten and keeper of powerful family stories. In this intimate conversation with my dear friend, we exp…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

Bliss It Was In That Dawn To Be Alive (with Eric Allen) | Episode 3

Season 1 Episode 3

"They're going bad... these photos in your basement are actually eroding." When Eric Allen inherited thousands of family slides, he realized the urgent race against time to save precious memories.  A…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago