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Humancraft Podcast

Human stories of persistence, growth, and creative power.

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Feb. 5, 2025

Exploring Identity After American-Indian Transracial Adoption

Susan Devan Harness is the author of "Bitterroot: A Salish Memoir of Transracial Adoption," a memoir describing her experience as a transracial adoptee removed from her American Indian home and adopted by a white family in M…
Jan. 27, 2025

Shining Light on Profound Aspects of the Mexican-American Experience

Reyna Grande is an award-winning novelist and memoirist. She is the author of the bestselling memoirs, "The Distance Between Us" and "A Dream Called Home," where she writes about her life before and after she arrived in the …
Aug. 28, 2024

Rediscovering Her Authentic Self and a Daughter Given Up After a Secret Teenage Pregnancy

Judy Liautaud is the author of two memoirs, the first titled “Sunlight on My Shadow: A Birth Mother’s Journey From Secrecy to Renewal,” and the second titled “South of Ordinary: A Moving Tale of Young Love and Self-Discovery…
Aug. 7, 2024

Finding Peace After Family Dysfunction, Abuse, and the Absence of a Legendary Filmmaker Father

Nicca Ray is the author of “Ray by Ray: A Daughter’s Take on the Legend of Nicholas Ray,” a blend of memoir and biography about her famous father and the impact of his absence in her life. She is also the author of poetry co…
July 17, 2024

Exploring Vietnamese-American Identity, Family Dynamics, and Two Vietnams

Christina Vo is a Vietnamese-American writer and the author of two memoirs, one titled “The Veil Between Two Worlds,” and the other a dual memoir written with her father called, “My Vietnam, Your Vietnam.” In our interview, …
July 3, 2024

Surviving Combat and Internal Battles

Ron Jansen is a Marine combat veteran and the author of a memoir titled, “An Otherwise Healthy Person: A Marine’s Story of Going to Fallujah and Fighting to Come Home.” In our interview, he discusses his deployment to Falluj…