Shows
Willoughby Hills with Heath Racela136. Sarah Kendzior's Last American Road TripSarah Kendzior’s new book is The Last American Road Trip, a chronicle of trips that she and her family have made across the vast U.S. beginning in 2016 and continuing through 2024. It’s an examination of American identity, the changes that the last decade have brought to our soil, how Americans retell our history, and how 2020 became the clarifying dividing line of our modern era.The book travels to towns along the Mississippi River, to the Ozarks, Route 66, the desert Southwest, underground caves, outlaw hideouts, and countless National Parks, all with the goal of taking an hone...2025-04-1753 min
Willoughby Hills with Heath Racela125. Author Sarah-SoonLing Blackburn on the Story of Chinese-AmericansSarah-SoonLing Blackburn is an author, educator, and speaker. She is the author of the new young reader book Exclusion and the Chinese American Story, part of the Race to the Truth series.In the book, Sarah dives into the histories of Chinese Americans who contributed to the gold rush, the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad, and sharecropping in the Mississippi Delta, while also looking at stories of discrimination and racism surrounding laws like the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.She joins Heath to discuss her research process, her upbringing as a mixed race child in several...2024-06-0653 min
Willoughby Hills with Heath Racela123. Reporter Sarah McCammon on Leaving the White Evangelical ChurchSarah McCammon is NPR national political correspondent, co-host of The NPR Politics Podcast, and covered the 2016 Trump campaign for the White House.Her new book The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church chronicles her personal faith journey, and similar paths of former Evangelicals who have since parted ways with the church.She joins Heath to discuss her upbringing in the white Evangelical church, what caused her to question what she was taught as a child, and the intersection of white Evangelicals and Trumpism. Get full access to Willoughby Hills...2024-04-2551 min
Willoughby Hills with Heath Racela121. Reporter Sarah Mock on American AgricultureSarah Mock is a seasoned agricultural reporter and author of two books: Farm (and Other F Words): The Rise and Fall of the Small Family Farm and Big Team Farms: Growing Farms Differently. She is also the host and producer of the new podcast from Ambrook Research: The Only Thing That Lasts.Sarah was raised on a farm in Wyoming and has had agriculture in her blood from an early age. But she’s also quick to dispel the myths around the American farm and farmers.Sarah joins Heath to separate fact from fiction about Am...2024-03-1450 min
Willoughby Hills with Heath Racela97. Architect Sarah Susanka on Living a 'Not So Big Life'Architect Sarah Susanka is the author of the Not So Big House series of books, which advocate for building smaller homes of a higher quality, rather than focusing solely on square footage. She joins Heath to discuss 25 years since the publication of her first book, the parallels between a Not So Big House and the New Urbanist movement, and her own architectural influences.Sarah also discusses her book The Not So Big Life, which uses her architectural principles as a lens for understanding our own behavioral patterns with the goal of improving time and stress management. 2023-03-3046 min
Willoughby Hills with Heath Racela37. Ratched's Jon Jon Briones (Quarantine Creatives)Jon Jon Briones stars in the new Netflix series Ratched, which is a suspenseful prequel to One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest set on the California Coast of the 1940s. Heath and Jon Jon discuss working with Ryan Murphy, Sarah Paulson, and Sharon Stone, plus growing up poor in the Philippines, performing in Miss Saigon all over the world including Broadway and the West End, and how his kids found their passion working in the entertainment business. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bo...2020-09-1750 min
Willoughby Hills with Heath Racela30. Actor and Singer Sarah Stiles (Quarantine Creatives)Tony award nominee Sarah Stiles is known for her work on Broadway, including in the stage adaptation of Tootsie. Her most recent project, the Netflix comedy series The Crew, was halted due to COVID-19. She talks to Heath about the new regulations in place when she returns to complete the series. She also discusses learning to puppeteer for Avenue Q, the differences between acting for stage and screen, and her debut EP "You Can Ukulele with Me," which is available on all music platforms. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with...2020-08-2444 min
Willoughby Hills with Heath Racela26. Author and Podcaster Sarah Kendzior (Quarantine Creatives)Sarah Kendzior is a St. Louis based author and anthropologist who has applied her studies of authoritarian regimes overseas to the current political climate in America. She talks to Heath about her new book Hiding in Plain Sight, which claims that "the Trump administration is a transnational crime syndicate masquerading as a government," plus her thoughts on what to expect with the fall elections, and how to still find hope. Sarah also cohosts the podcast Gaslit Nation. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bo...2020-08-101h 00