Peace Corps Stories: The Unofficial Podcast
Storytelling Podcasts
An unfiltered look at the toughest job you'll ever love. Each episode features true stories about the Peace Corps, told by returned volunteers reflecting on the thrilling highs, the debilitating lows, the near-death experiences and the crazy adventures that you may not hear about from the Peace Corps organization itself. The Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of New York City is a non-profit group based in NYC to bring people who have served in the Peace Corps, with their friends and family, together for charity and social events, as well as our annual Peace Corps Story Slam storytelling event. Find us on Facebook.
Location:
United States
Genres:
Storytelling Podcasts
Description:
An unfiltered look at the toughest job you'll ever love. Each episode features true stories about the Peace Corps, told by returned volunteers reflecting on the thrilling highs, the debilitating lows, the near-death experiences and the crazy adventures that you may not hear about from the Peace Corps organization itself. The Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of New York City is a non-profit group based in NYC to bring people who have served in the Peace Corps, with their friends and family, together for charity and social events, as well as our annual Peace Corps Story Slam storytelling event. Find us on Facebook.
Twitter:
@rpcvnyc
Language:
English
Contact:
917-543-4067
Email:
rpcv.nyc@gmail.com
Episodes
Episode 22 - Michelle Obama and the Soviet YMCA
10/22/2020
There are many ways to learn about the local culture as a Peace Corps volunteer, but often the best lessons happen by accident rather than by design. In this episode we hear two stories out of the Ukraine, from Victoria Walker and Allison Miller, who made strong impressions on the locals, but maybe not for the reasons they would have chosen.
Duration:00:15:08
Episode 21 - Circus of Love
9/24/2020
Shawna Miller finds much more than love when the circus comes to her little Honduran town.
Duration:00:14:08
Episode 20 - The Mutt And The Machete
8/14/2020
Pets and animals tend to play outsize roles for Peace Corps Volunteers. As companions who, like us, don’t speak the local language, they can make the experience a lot easier. For Helen Alesbury, her dog was at the center of one of her most memorable moments in her time in El Salvador.
Duration:00:16:07
Episode 19 - The Chinese Sushi Icebreaker
7/28/2020
At some point, every volunteer finds themselves too far from a bathroom at the time they need it most. For Denver Governor, that moment turned out to be one of the most important.
Duration:00:10:48
Episode 18 - A Shakespearean Crime in Zimbabwe
7/16/2020
Bob Nolan considers what “justice” means when confronting one of his students and friends in Zimbabwe.
Duration:00:13:16
Episode 17 - Guyanese Fish Flop
7/4/2020
All it took was a fish and a flip flop for Gabriella Miyares to find common ground with her host mother in Guyana.
Duration:00:08:36
Episode 16 - The Watermelon Coup
6/26/2020
Kevin Kwok remembers his gardening efforts in Mali, cut short by a military coup in 2012 that sent him home early.
Duration:00:07:26
Episode 15 - Peter's $#!{{? Day
12/18/2016
Peter Clark (Kyrgyzstan, 2009-2010) recalls a challenging day on the playground early in his service, and we take a look back at the scatological memories that defined his service as emcee of the Peace Corps Story Slam in the final episode of Season 1.
Duration:00:08:22
Episode 14 - A Gambian Funeral
12/2/2016
Ryan Smith (The Gambia, 2007-2009) sees how a community deals with death during his first months in the Peace Corps.
Duration:00:12:38
Episode 13 - Sometimes you just have to vomit
11/18/2016
Julie Behrens (Honduras, 2004-2006) takes her first work trip and almost makes it home in one piece.
Duration:00:13:23
Episode 12 - Josh makes a tough decision
11/4/2016
Josh Norman (Togo, 2000-2002) remembers a tough decision when he had to choose between a project and a person.
Duration:00:10:58
Episode 11 - Breaking the rules of partying in the Peace Corps
10/21/2016
Jane Garcia Buhks (Nicaragua, 2010-2012) and Robyn Fiedler (Nicaragua, 2011-2013) remember a night where they broke all the rules of partying, but they got through it together.
Duration:00:14:30
Episode 10 - The day I almost tasted heaven
10/7/2016
Sarah Porter (Macedonia, 2005-2007) discovers how sweet a little taste of home can be.
Duration:00:10:58
Episode 09 - Giving thanks in the shadow of 9/11
9/22/2016
Shawna Miller (Honduras, 2001-2003) saw the events of September 11 from a distance, but experienced a closeness she didn’t expect.
Duration:00:11:31
Episode 08 - If only I'd killed that chicken
9/9/2016
To Teresa Liu (East Timor, 2003-2005), why did the chicken cross the road? takes on life or death consequences.
Duration:00:09:36
Episode 07 - Much more than just the village crazy
8/26/2016
Jackie Gannon (Namibia, 2011-2013) remembers an eccentric character in town who scared Peace Corps staff but became one of her best friends.
Duration:00:11:28
Episode 06 - Internet in the Andes
8/9/2016
Greg Emerson (Peru, 2003-2005) tells the story of how a small village in the Peruvian Andes, without electricity, came to find the Internet.
Duration:00:11:36
Episode 05 - A 50-year Peace Corps journey
7/5/2016
Marian Rivman (Philippines, 1966-1968) talks about why she joined the Peace Corps in 1966, and how the experience continued to shape her life 50 years later.
Duration:00:11:11
Episode 04 - A dog falls in a latrine and finds himself
6/20/2016
Travis Tinney (Kyrgyzstan, 2009-2011) remembers Pinto, an unlucky dog who overcame significant obstacles on the path to redemption.
Duration:00:12:03
Episode 03 - The time I almost bled to death in Africa
6/12/2016
Rick Barley (Uganda, 2007-2010) remembers a close call in the heart of Africa.
Duration:00:15:16