Our Americana

Our Americana is a podcast that explores unique small towns across America and examines the stories that impact, cultivate, and challenge community. New episodes coming in August 2023.

Our Americana is a society podcast hosted by Studio BOTH/AND, with 32 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Studio BOTH/AND hosts Our Americana, a society show with 32 episodes published.

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  Episode #3

  Retrospective 3: Darkness

  Jul 24, 202650 minS6

  In Retrospective 3, Josh discusses how 24 harrowing hours changed his life and the course of True Crime Bullsh**. He discusses how an incident re-shaped his vision for the first episode of the podcast, and his view on true crime and its darkness. Plus, the impact of that first episode on listeners, and the impact of those listeners on Josh. 10th Anniversary Retreat https://www.bothand.fyi/event-details-registration/ten-year-anniversary-celebration TROVA TRIP to Galápagos Islands https://trovatrip.com/trip/south-america/ecuador/ecuador-with-josh-hallmark-jan-2027 TROVA TRIP to Costa Rica https://trovatrip.com/trip/central-america/costa-rica/costa-rica-with-josh-hallmark-nov-2026 SPONSORS • Boll & Branch: BollAndBranch.com/truecrimebs for 20% off. • Quince: Quince.com/TCBS for free shipping and 356-day returns with code TCBS.

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  Episode #2

  Retrospective 2: Investigations

  Jul 9, 202659 minS6

  Retrospective 2 takes us to the origin of the investigation; where Josh's interest in storytelling evolved into his obsession of needing to know everything. And it started in a surprising place: a bound book of correspondence between two teenage girls and their landlord. What started as comedic found writing, became a mystery that people could not let go. And as Josh made his way through it, while working on TCB, he learned about investigations and their repercussions. This is parts one and two of The Karen & Ellen Letters, Josh's first full-fledged investigation. 10th Anniversary Retreat https://www.bothand.fyi/event-details-registration/ten-year-anniversary-celebration TROVA TRIP to Galápagos Islands https://trovatrip.com/trip/south-america/ecuador/ecuador-with-josh-hallmark-jan-2027 TROVA TRIP to Costa Rica https://trovatrip.com/trip/central-america/costa-rica/costa-rica-with-josh-hallmark-nov-2026 Cast: Sara Stapleton as Karen Sara Kitcher as Ellen Jeff Powell as Mark Matt Peelen as Rob SPONSORS • Boll & Branch: BollAndBranch.com/truecrimebs for 20% off. • Quince: Quince.com/TCBS for free shipping and 356-day returns with code TCBS. • Schedule35: Schedule35.co with promo code TCBS for 15% off your first order.

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  Episode #1

  Retrospective 1: The Ignition

  Jun 5, 20261h 26mS6

  To celebrate 10 years in podcasting, we're spending the summer going back in time and both highlighting key episodes and telling the stories behind them; you’ll get new behind-the-scenes information about what was happening in life, in various investigations, and in the world that impacted these important episodes and their podcasts. You’ll learn how Josh started podcasting, how he started investigating Israel Keyes, some hilarious and terrifying stories from the road, and some really vulnerable and personal stories. We start our first retrospective at, duh, the beginning. Josh shares how both his podcasting journey and Keyes obsession began. He discusses his time in Seattle and on the Olympic Peninsula, how he ended up on the East Coast, his first deep-dive investigation (not Keyes) and how that led to his second (Keyes). And this kicks off an early episode of his very first show, Our Americana, entitled Van Life. TROVA TRIP to The Galapagos Islands: https://trovatrip.com/trip/south-america/ecuador/ecuador-with-josh-hallmark-jan-2027

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  Our Americana

  Small Town Spotlight: Longview, WA (Lemonade)

  Sep 13, 201820 min

  A man ahead of his time, built an entire town around the timber industry. A century later, the town is building itself around and in support of a local nuisance. Finding comedy in stress, it turns out, has been a decades-long tradition in Longview, Washington. Plus, the best way to survive a volcano eruption; and how fun, industry, and ecology can thrive in symbiosis. This is a Studio BOTH/AND production: www.ouramericanapodcast.com / www.bothand.fyi For an ad-free experience or to support the show: www.patreon.com/studiobothand Written, edited, and produced by Josh Hallmark Research by Vanessa York Guest: Patrick KubinMusic by Borrtex, Podington Bear, Broke for Free, Cheribum / Courtesy of Free Music Archive

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  Our Americana

  A Sense of Space | Port aux Basques, Newfoundland

  Aug 30, 20181h 9m

  A four-person support group, for parents of children with autism, inspires an entire community to become Canada's first Autism-Friendly Town. This is a Studio BOTH/AND production: www.ouramericanapodcast.com / www.bothand.fyi For an ad-free experience or to support the show: www.patreon.com/studiobothand Written, edited, and produced by Josh Hallmark Guests: Joan Chaisson, Cathy Lomond, Cindy Goudie-LaPolla, Wanda Merrigan, Candace Matthews Featuring "Welcome Home, Son" by Radical Face Other music by Lee Rosevere, Borrtex, Scott Holmes, Chris Zabriskie / Courtesy of Free Music Archive

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