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Middle America

By: Wendell Bauer/Jared Grabb
  • Summary

  • “Middle America” is a podcast and radio show using history, storytelling, and music to discuss the world that surrounds us. Narrated by the fictional protagonist Wendell Bauer, episodes give both true history of the Central Illinois area and fictional memoir of a resident. Locally created music complements the stories to provide further emotional impact and insight.Topics discussed by “Middle America” thus far have included Illinois abolitionists, the French origins of the Midwest, philanthropist Lydia Moss Bradley, Chicago’s earliest settlers, Prohibition-era gangsters, and comedian Richard Pryor, among others. Along the way there are outlaws, adventure, murder, mutiny, loss, charity, love, and finally progress. www.patreon.com/midamericapod www.facebook.com/midamericapod www.instagram.com/midamericapod www.twitter.com/midamericapod midamericapod.bandcamp.com middleamericapod@gmail.com
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Episodes
  • Middle America Trailer - Episodes Begin Jan. 15, 2019
    Jan 11 2019

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    "Middle America" is a podcast using history, storytelling, and music to talk about all of the issues and feelings brought on by the world around us. "Middle America" is an access point to everything under the sun. Please join me, Jared Grabb, on the journey. 

    The first full episode goes up on January 15, 2019, which is the 339th anniversary of Fort Crevecoeur, one of the earliest European settlements in the Midwest. This story set in a seemingly inconsequential small town in a fly-over state found its way into both Leonardo DiCaprio's "The Revenant" and Christian Bale's "Hostiles."

    Music in this trailer:
    Jared Grabb “Prison Bars (Middle America Version)” (originally recorded by Scouts Honor)

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    1 min
  • Middle America - Fort Crevecoeur and Where I Began
    Jan 14 2019

    1. This first full episode of "Middle America" on January 15, 2019 marks the 339th anniversary of Fort Crevecoeur, one of the earliest European settlements in the American Midwest. Elements of this story set in a seemingly inconsequential small town in a fly-over state found its way into both Leonardo DiCaprio's "The Revenant" and Christian Bale's "Hostiles."

    "Middle America" is a podcast using history, storytelling, and music to talk about all of the issues and feelings brought on by the world around us. "Middle America" is an access point to everything under the sun.  

    Music in this episode:
    Jared Grabb “Prison Bars (Middle America Version)” 
    Jared Grabb “That Ring (Instrumental Version)”
    Scouts Honor “I Lost Myself Even Before I Lost My Love”
    Jared Grabb “Untitled (Open Tuning Finger Chords 2017)”
    Jared Grabb “Two Paths”
    Jared Grabb “Middle America Ad Music”
    Jared Grabb “Untitled (Drop D Melodic 2017)”
    Scouts Honor “Highway Son”
    Jared Grabb “Prison Bars (Middle America Instrumental Version)”

    All music is written by and copyrighted by Jared Grabb, except "Prison Bars" and "Highway Son" which are written by Jared Grabb and Thomas J. Satterfield, and "I Lost Myself Even Before I Lost My Love" which is written by Jared Grabb, Kent Wagenschutz, and Bob O'Neil.
    All music is published by Roots In Gasoline (ASCAP).

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    24 mins
  • Larger Love - Mary Brown Davis and Devotion
    Feb 13 2019

    2. This episode starts to look at historic race and gender relations in Central Illinois through the life and work of the abolitionist Mary Brown Davis. Nat Turner's slave rebellion is discussed to give context (for more consider viewing the 2016 version of "The Birth of a Nation"). The narrator then discusses the idea of what it takes to give of yourself for another or to all.

    "Middle America" is a podcast using history, storytelling, and music to talk about all of the issues and feelings brought on by the world around us. "Middle America" is an access point to everything under the sun.  

    Music in this episode:
    Planes Mistaken for Stars “To All Mothers” 
    Angry Gods “Pressure Contained”
    Scouts Honor “Other Side of Town”
    Jared Grabb “Untitled (Lay Down Your Arms)”
    Jared Grabb “Untitled (Western and Thirds)”
    Jared Grabb "I Am The Dust (Middle America Version)"
    Jared Grabb “Middle America Ad Music”
    Jared Grabb “Goddamn Blessed Man”
    Jared Grabb “Untitled (Montrose Ramp)”
    Jared Grabb “Prison Bars (Middle America Instrumental Version)”

    All music besides "To All Mothers" and "Pressure Contained" is written by and copyrighted by Jared Grabb, except "Prison Bars" which is written by Jared Grabb and Thomas J. Satterfield, and "I Am The Dust" which is written by Jared Grabb, Thomas J. Satterfield, and Chris Mackey.
    All of Jared Grabb's music is published by Roots In Gasoline (ASCAP).
    Review assistance by Becca Taylor, Grant Reynolds, and Ezra C. Daniels.

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    26 mins

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