Homemade News

Homemade News correspondent Lori Galarreta delivers the uncomfortable truth about shipping. How fast is actually sustainable? How do humans process your package at ultraspeeds? Let us travel behind the scenes.

Hillary AND Donald. Here we go.

Homemade News special report! Vivien! becomes! American!!!!! (part one)

Baur Au Lac has a proud history of hospitality. They've been one of the leading hoteliers in Switzerland, their service is bar none, and their accommodations and impeccable. They've also recently catered their services even more to their clientele: they've made arrests the most luxurious experience of them all.

Robin Stanford's home is filled with items that tell stories. I pointed to a tapestry, and she said it was given to her grandfather, the mayor of Seattle, by the Chinese at the time. She's amassed so many gems, that word has gotten out. Specifically because, Robin collected rare Civil War photography, which she recently sold to the Library of Congress. And that's this week's Breaking News from the Past.

It's rare when a headline actually affects you. Here at Homemade News we report on stories all the time. But this one hit home a little too hard. The recent floods in Houston affected thousands of people -- including Jen's family. Her childhood home was completely flooded, and our homemade superhero flew home to help her family in a time of need. Shara spoke with Jen about the even while she was live on the scene.

Hasna Maznavi had a life-long dream to start a mosque. She didn't realize she'd be starting the first all women's mosque in the United States -- the Women's Mosque of America. Hasna and the mosque are changing the perceptions of Muslim women -- but she's also changing the way we the media talk about Muslim women.

Los Angeles interfaith rally = more jobs/fewer jails

Interfaith rally for more jobs/fewer jails

An iconic mushroom cloud is still resonating.

Kylie Oversen is not your average 26 year old. She's currently serving in North Dakota's congress, she's the head of the state's Democratic party, and she's finishing law school! We talk to the wonder woman about being a young, democrat woman in a sea of olds, the legislation she's currently trying to pass, and when she does laundry.

Lily journeyed to the end of the earth for three months through the National Science Foundation's Antarctic Artists and Writers Residency Program. The government program invites artists like Lily to depict the Antarctic environment and make it accessible to the general public. What's it like for your paints to freeze in the field? And is it too cold for hooking up with mad hot scientists?

On today's show we introduce a new candidate running for president. Her name is Hillary Clinton. We also talk about unisex clothing and the end of gendered shopping. And finally we talked to Lily Simonson an artist in residence with the National Science Foundation's Artists and Writers Program. Lily journeyed to Antarctica to depict the changing landscape of our most mysterious continent.