Zip Code Economies Podcast
1) Voices from Yakama Nation
Our latest conversations with members of Yakama Nation, a community on the eastside of the Cascade Mountains in Washington state, provided us with unique stories and perspectives on the interconnecte...Show More
2) The Virtuous Cycle of Hope: Season 1.5, Chapter Five
As we wrap up Zip Code Economies 1.5, we want to know how young people are faring. So we reconnect with Nefiso and Najmo Abdi, twin sisters we met as high schoolers from San Diego’s tight-knit Somali ...Show More
3) Warrior of Light: Season 1.5, Chapter Four
We reconnect with Mr. Sanchez, the 10th grade English teacher at Firebaugh High School, who is the definition of an essential worker in the pandemic. Racial and economic inequities have always existed...Show More
4) The Essence of Kuleana: Season 1.5, Chapter Three
If the intergenerational transmission of hope is a journey, Lahela Williams is an ideal guide. A Native Hawaiian, she discusses the effects of COVID-19 and the Black Lives Matter movement in Honolulu,...Show More
5) The Family You Choose: Season 1.5, Chapter Two
In our continued search for answers, we check in with Will Unga, a Pacific Islander raising his young kids in the predominately white, religious community of Salt Lake City. He walks us through his ex...Show More
6) Planting Tulips: Season 1.5, Chapter One
In the first episode of Zip Code Economies 1.5, we reconnect with someone who understands how to nurture hope in others, even during the most difficult times. Pastor Paul Bains is a tireless advocate ...Show More
7) Under Pain Lives Hope: Zip Code Economies 1.5 Trailer
Why do you still hope? That's the question we found ourselves asking in the middle of 2020 as the pandemic spread and our country reckoned with social injustice. To answer it, SF Fed CEO Mary Daly ret...Show More
8) 10: Your Zip Code Doesn’t Define Your Destiny
How can you change the narrative when the odds are stacked against you? We wrap up this season of Zip Code Economies back in San Diego, with a look at how education is creating new opportunities for n...Show More
9) 9: An Economy Like Water
On our last stop this season, we land in San Diego facing a chicken or egg dilemma: Do communities create economies? Or is it the other way around? To help us solve that puzzle, we talk to the manager...Show More
10) 8: Searching for Ohana
When you ask residents what makes Hawaii such a special place to live, one word comes up over and over again: “ohana.” But what is “ohana”? In this episode of Zip Code Economies, we return to Honolulu...Show More