Commonspace, a collaboration by WHYY and First Person Arts, shares remarkable true stories that speak to the pressing issues of our time. Whatever tomorrow’s news cycle may bring, we’ll be here with real life stories to put it all into context. This Commonspace is your springboard for processing today’s headlines, and feeling a bit more connected to the world.
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Commonspace, a collaboration by WHYY and First Person Arts, shares remarkable true stories that speak to the pressing issues of our time. Whatever tomorrow’s news cycle may bring, we’ll be here with real life stories to put it all into context. This Commonspace is your springboard for processing today’s headlines, and feeling a bit more connected to the world.
From complicated pregnancies to raising children with special needs, these storytellers open up about being a mother in the face of difficult circumstances.
If achieving “The American Dream” is a game, how do you play the game? And what forces hold you back? Dr. Daniel Laurison expounds on wealth inequality and systematic class oppression.
Education, race, sex and age are only a few aspects that make up class in America. These storytellers recount their journeys using art to navigate the class system.
Many storytellers express their political and personal concerns through poetry. We look back on some of the best poems from Commonspace Season 1, including work from Ross Gay and Emi Mahmoud.
Commonspace, a collaboration by WHYY and First Person Arts, shares remarkable true stories that speak to the pressing issues of our time. Whatever tomorrow’s news cycle may bring, we’ll be here with real life stories to put it all into context. This Commonspace is your springboard for processing today’s headlines, and feeling a bit more connected to the world.
