Inherited

Inherited is back! This season, we put out a call for climate pitches from young storytellers—and they delivered. We were blown away by more than 70 submissions from over 20 countries worldwide. Of these, we selected 9 incredible stories to bring you this fall. Stay tuned for the season premiere on September 21st! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Georgia and Jules recap the last couple years of changes for the show and the climate movement, with help from climate activists Racheal Baker and Nik Evasco. Then, storyteller Jasmine Butler invites listeners into an immersive, Afrofuturist short story about humanity’s new relationship with other organisms. About the Storyteller: Jasmine Butler (they/them) is a queer southern cowboi who finds connection and purpose through storytelling, writing, and music. They graduated with a B.A. in Geography from Dartmouth College in 2021 and currently work as a Network Organizer for Powershift Network, a youth climate justice nonprofit. Jasmine is most interested in weaving stories of the past and present to showcase the long lineages of Black resistance and survival, particularly in the U.S. South. Outside of writing, Jasmine is an herbalism student, avid book collector and sometimes reader. Their work can be found on the Powershift blog as well as on their substack, Black, Blue and Green Futures. You can also find them on Instagram @jasmrenea and Twitter @__reee__. Inherited is a production of YR Media and Critical Frequency. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @inheritedpod, and check out our new website at yr.media/inherited. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Storyteller Maggie Wang reflects on silence, noise pollution, disability, and empty climate promises. Then, storyteller Jasmine Hardy reports on the environmental racism poisoning Oakland public schools. About the Storytellers: Maggie Wang is a J.D. candidate at Yale Law School. Her recent writing appears in Harvard Review, Poetry Wales, and bath magg. She is a Ledbury Emerging Poetry Critic, a Barbican Young Poet, and the reviews editor at SUSPECT, the journal of NYC-based literary nonprofit Singapore Unbound. Her debut poetry pamphlet, The Sun on the Tip of a Snail's Shell, was published by Hazel Press in September 2022. Jasmine Hardy is a writer, adventurer, and overall curious person. She graduated from Howard University in 2019; since then she has traveled the world, taught English in South Korea, and continued to pursue her passion for storytelling through words and audio. Her work mostly focuses on race and culture and can be seen in a number of publications, including The Bold Italic, The Tempest, and Essence magazine. You can also find her work and some of her creative writing on her website, and follow her on Instagram @jasminexhardy and Twitter @jasminehardy__. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mukta Dharmapurikar visits her grandparents’ sugarcane farm in western India to report on the young farmers affected by drought. Kenia Hale recounts a climate-fueled windstorm decimating her family’s yard in Cleveland, Ohio. About the Storytellers: Kenia Hale (she/her) is a writer, artist, and researcher from the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio. A grandchild of the great migration, Kenia graduated from Yale University in 2021, where she majored in Computing and the Arts. Her research interests examine the intersection between technology, environmental justice, and racial justice. A storyteller and collagist, Kenia loves writing and dreaming of new futures where Black folks can be freer than they are here, and has work published in The Hopper, Literary Cleveland, and Black Freighter Press (Fall 2022), among others. Read more about Kenia at keniahale.com. Mukta Dharmapurikar (she/her) is a freelance journalist and student at Harvard University who enjoys writing about climate change, health science, voter education, and identity. In 2022, her journalism portfolio won the $10,000 Scholastic and New York Times Gold Medal Portfolio Scholarship, and her writing has been recognized by the US Consul General in Hamburg through the Amerikazentrum International Journalism Program. In her free time, she enjoys playing tennis, reading, and hiking! Inherited is a production of YR Media and Critical Frequency. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @inheritedpod, and check out our new website at yr.media/inherited. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Neil Luczai invites us to join him in an experimental, embodied environmental movement meditation. Tife Sanusi interviews young African activists who have been excluded from the climate conversation as they witness its consequences play out at home. Plus, a special treat at the end. Neil Luczai (he/him) is a recent graduate based in New England making audio work around the threads that connect the arts, culture, and the environment. Tife Sanusi (she/her) is a Nigerian journalist and organizer whose work has been published in Teen Vogue, Huck, VICE, and more. She is also a BeyGOOD x Global Citizen fellow. Inherited is a production of YR Media and Critical Frequency. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @inheritedpod, and check out our new website at yr.media/inherited. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Denali Nalamalapu talks with queer parents of color about their decision to raise children in intentional, chosen community. YR Media Newsroom staffer Shaylyn Martos speaks to fellow CHamoru language learners from Guam and the Micronesian diaspora on reviving their Indigenous tongue and their personal connections to their island home. About the Storytellers: Denali Nalamalapu (she/they) is a queer, South Indian American writer, artist, and climate communicator. She currently lives in Washington, D.C. She is from Maine. Her family is from Andhra Pradesh, India. shaylyn martos (she/they) works to provide better representation of LGBTQ+ and Indigenous people in media. As an Associate Producer for YR Media's newsroom, shaylyn manages and mentors interns ages 14-24 in news production and audio commentaries. They also produce projects with outlets like NPR's All Things Considered and the Post Reports podcast. shaylyn was honored as the first Raul Ramirez Diversity in Journalism Fund intern to work with KQED's The Bay podcast — working as a production assistant and reporting her own episode on Stockton's Little Manila. They co-produce and co-host The Happy Hour Newscast and served as multimedia editor for SF State's Golden Gate Xpress. In 2019, shaylyn was honored as an NPR Next Generation Radio Mentee. Off the clock, they can be found reading speculative fiction, cooking their favorite CHamoru foods or playing Dungeons and Dragons with their adventuring party. Inherited is a production of YR Media and Critical Frequency. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @inheritedpod, and check out our new website at yr.media/inherited. Further reading/resources: Famalao’an Rights — an organization which fights for accessible reproductive healthcare and education on Guam, where women, trans folks and allies began fighting for basic rights in the 1980’s. The Guam Bus — a Fino’ Chamoru organization that promotes, educates and publishes books in our language. The same Guam Bus that holds our weekly lessons. Read our literature — like activist and human rights lawyer Julian Aguon, author of No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies and poet Craig Santos Perez, writer of the From Unincorporated Territory chapbook series and co-editor of many Micronesian and Pasifika anthologies. Take a moment to follow and share the work of social media groups — Nihi Kids is a youth-focused video series on culture and history. Check out Chamoru news media — journalists working for The Yappie, the Guam Daily Post, local Guam stations and even Vice. Expand your understanding of Pasifika climate activists and artists outside of the Marianas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to Inherited, a critically acclaimed climate storytelling show made by, for, and about young people. We share beautifully written, sonically immersive, and empathy-forward stories from within the youth climate movement and beyond.  This season, you can expect eight moving narratives from youth storytellers across the globe. From Taiwan, to Romania, Nigeria, Australia, Dominica, and the United States, our cohort of youth creators will transport and inspire you. Plus, we’ll share a behind-the-scenes craft interview with each storyteller, who’ll talk about their unique production journey and how the magic is made.  Our first episode drops Wednesday, July 19th. Don’t miss it! Inherited is a production of YR Media and distributed by Critical Frequency. For more information, head to our website at yr.media/inherited, and follow us on the socials @inheritedpod.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the Season 3 premiere of Inherited, host Shaylyn Martos introduces us to storyteller Camara Aaron, who shares a personal story of family loss, structural resilience, and survival in an era of climate change.  Camara, now 25, was only a child when she visited her grandmother’s unique house on the island of Dominica, in the West Indies. But when Hurricane Maria devastated the Caribbean in 2017, her grandmother died in the storm, leaving Camara to sift through her own hazy memories and reconcile a way forward.  Inherited is a critically acclaimed climate storytelling show made by, for, and about young people. We’re a production of YR Media and distributed by Critical Frequency.  For more information about our podcast, head to our website at yr.media/inherited, and follow us on the socials @inheritedpod.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the first of a series of behind-the-scenes bonus episodes, Inherited host Shaylyn Martos sits down with storyteller Camara Aaron, the creative force behind Season 3, Episode 1, “Mama’s House.” Together, they talk about her creative process, growth, and next steps.  [STORYTELLER] Camara Aaron is an Aries. She is also a writer and researcher, based in New York City and working in documentary film. Outside of documentary, Camara produces Griotte’s Beat, an interview podcast focused on Black women’s everyday contributions to justice. She also writes speculative fiction; her work can be found in the YA horror anthology The Black Girls Survives in this One (winter 2024 from Flatiron Books) and Torch Literary Arts. Camara is a first-generation Dominican-American (no, not from the Republic). She explores the histories and folklores of the West Indies in her storytelling. Her happy places are the holds section of the library, any uptown movie theater, and anytime she wins a board game. You can find her on Instagram @camaraife.  [HOST] ​shaylyn martos (she/they) works to provide better representation of LGBTQ+ and Indigenous people in media. As an audio auntie working with BIPOC youth at YR Media, she hopes to create pathways for young journalists of color to make their passions their livelihoods. They produced multimedia projects with NPR's All Things Considered and Next Generation Radio, the Washington Post's Post Reports and KQED’s The Bay podcast. She is the first rotating host for Inherited — establishing a position for emerging BIPOC journalists to host and co-produce each new season. shaylyn also makes time for themselves, reading speculative fiction, cooking favorite CHamoru foods and GM-ing Dungeons & Dragons campaigns. Inherited is a critically acclaimed climate storytelling show made by, for, and about young people. We’re a production of YR Media and distributed by Critical Frequency.  For more information about our podcast, head to our website at yr.media/inherited, and follow us on the socials @inheritedpod.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, storyteller Paloma Moreno Jiménez conjures a folkloric audio fiction about the cross-cultural, agricultural importance of corn, and its relationship with humanity. Her experimental, sound-lush story anthropomorphizes the “three sisters” crops – Maíz (Corn), Calabaza (Squash), and Frijol (Bean) – as real sisters, and follows the eldest, Maíz, as she shares the story of a fantastical journey into the spirit world with her grandchild on the other side.  Special thanks to Ace the Storyteller for contributing original music to this episode. Inherited is a critically acclaimed climate storytelling show made by, for, and about young people. We’re a production of YR Media and distributed by Critical Frequency.  For more information about our podcast, head to our website at yr.media/inherited, and follow us on the socials @inheritedpod.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Inherited host Shaylyn Martos sits down with storyteller Paloma Moreno Jiménez, the creative mind behind Season 3, Episode 2, “Maíz es Vida.” Together, they talk about Paloma’s real-life inspiration for her fantastical story, as well as the joys and challenges of entering the audio industry as a young producer.  Paloma Moreno Jiménez (she/they) is an audio storyteller and a queer immigrant from the Tijuana-San Diego borderlands. Paloma is passionate about using audio as a missing mic and platform for intergenerational stories from LGBTQ+, POC, and displaced communities. She has interned with WNYC’s Radiolab, WBEZ’s Art of Power, and the Women’s Audio Mission in Oakland. Since graduating from Stanford University, Paloma has reported and produced for Feet in 2 Worlds as well as NPR's Next Generation Radio at USC Annenberg. You can find Paloma on IG @paloalas. Inherited is a critically acclaimed climate storytelling show made by, for, and about young people. We’re a production of YR Media and distributed by Critical Frequency. For more information about our podcast, head to our website at yr.media/inherited, and follow us on the socials @inheritedpod.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today’s episode, storyteller Mo Isu traces the repetitive cycle of loss and rebuilding in the rural Niger Delta region of Nigeria as the country weathers extreme seasonal flooding. After meeting a flood survivor in his hometown of Lagos, Mo travels twelve hours to Lokoja – the town where Nigeria’s largest rivers converge – to explore how directly impacted flood survivors endure the region’s relentless cycle of damage and repair.  Inherited is a critically acclaimed climate storytelling show made by, for, and about young people. We’re a production of YR Media and distributed by Critical Frequency.  For more information about our podcast, head to our website at yr.media/inherited, and follow us on the socials @inheritedpod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Inherited host Shaylyn Martos sits down with storyteller Mo Isu, who dove deep into flooding patterns in his home country of Nigeria for Season 3, Episode 3: “Loss is on the Calendar.” Together, they talk about data-driven journalism, Mo’s growth as a writer and producer, and how his story came together.  Mo Isu is a writer and audio producer based in Lagos Nigeria. He covers stories that are human-led and guide people to moments of conflict, vulnerability and hope. He often describes himself as an empathy-driven 'griot,' using storytelling as a tool to drive people to care about someone or something. Much of his work is driven by his interest in making people feel less alone. He is currently freelancing as an audio producer and is interested in stories about society, ethics and culture. You can find him across the internet at @mo_isu_. Inherited is a critically acclaimed climate storytelling show made by, for, and about young people. We’re a production of YR Media and distributed by Critical Frequency. For more information about our podcast, head to our website at yr.media/inherited, and follow us on the socials @inheritedpod.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today’s episode, storyteller Emma Schulman explores the effects of climate-fueled natural disasters on already-susceptible domestic violence survivors in Colorado. She meditates on the nature of trauma, embedding with the team at SPAN, the Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence, to investigate how the 2021 Marshall Fire impacted the nonprofit’s most vulnerable clientele and staff.  Inherited is a critically acclaimed climate storytelling show made by, for, and about young people. We’re a production of YR Media and distributed by Critical Frequency.  For more information about our podcast, head to our website at yr.media/inherited, and follow us on the socials @inheritedpod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Inherited host Shaylyn Martos sits down with storyteller Emma Schulman, who traced the effects of natural disasters on survivors of domestic violence for Season 3, Episode 4: “One Day at a Time.” Together, they talk about Emma’s reporting process and growth in the YR Media newsroom.  Emma Schulman (she/her) is a Production Assistant in the newsroom at YR Media. In the newsroom, she writes a variety of different pieces on different topics, that range from LGBTQ+ rights to labor issues. She also had previous volunteer experience at KCSU radio. Emma is a student at CU Boulder and is majoring in political science. When she is not telling stories, she is doing kickboxing or reading comics.  Inherited is a critically acclaimed climate storytelling show made by, for, and about young people. We’re a production of YR Media and distributed by Critical Frequency. For more information about our podcast, head to our website at yr.media/inherited, and follow us on the socials @inheritedpod.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices