All Town, USA: Recent Episodes
All Town, USA
All Town, USA is a podcast that explores Alton, Illinois' significant history and evolving identity. We tell stories in search of ways to bridge divides across neighborhoods. This is about all of us. We are all town.
A conversation about the US Capitol riots from the perspective of four Black Americans from Alton.
A further look into how the Alton community is coping with the pandemic, and how we will move forward.
“I’ve been on this river my entire life and this river is definitely acting different than it used to.”
“And the only way that a community can be the very best that it can be is to get to know people. To share that dialogue. To share their dreams because we all have dreams and values and a lot of them are common dreams and values.”
“It’s the morals they instilled in us. Even as we went out out in the world we had a calling back. We knew what was right and wrong. that was established in Mexico.”
“It’s who we are and when you lose the connection with the past, it’s a terrible thing.”
"...back in the day we had a rich life out here. No money, but we had things we loved to do."
All Town, USA is a podcast that explores Alton, Illinois' significant history and evolving identity. We tell stories in search of ways to bridge divides across neighborhoods.