
E41: Afghanistan to Oklahoma
In 2021, Kabul was overtaken by the Taliban, prompting the evacuation of over 122,000 people from Afghanistan. Among them was Paiman. Today,...
Radio and PodcastLive Radio & PodcastsOpening Radio and Podcast...
Radio and PodcastLive Radio & PodcastsFetching podcast shows and categories...
Radio and PodcastLive Radio & PodcastsFetching podcast episodes...

Diary of a Nation is a podcast exploring the human experience.
Listen to Diary of a Nation, a Society & Culture podcast by Christina Zlotnick. Stream 42 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.
Browse this show under Society & Culture podcasts.
42 episodes are available for this podcast.
Explore Society & Culture podcasts, United States podcasts and English podcasts.

In 2021, Kabul was overtaken by the Taliban, prompting the evacuation of over 122,000 people from Afghanistan. Among them was Paiman. Today,...

Keith hopes to work again as a roofer and start his own business, but meth is in the way. Billie points to a passage in her Bible as she str...

Tiffany grew up with schizophrenia. She started having delusions at age 4 and hallucinations around age 8. As an adult, she earned a master'...

In 2011, Anthony Marquez deployed to Afghanistan with his dog Allie, who was trained to sniff out improvised explosive devices (IEDs). After...

Oklahoma is home to more historic All-Black towns than any other state. At its height, there were more than 50 such towns. Today, there are...

Correctional officers are exposed to violence, injury and death by virtue of their roles inside the prison system. They confront some of the...

Be advised. This interview contains graphic descriptions of war and death and violence and may not be suitable for all audiences. New Hampsh...

As a nurse practitioner, Karin Chen focuses on women’s health care. As a labor and delivery nurse, she has assisted children giving birth to...

Can you run a mile? How about 200 miles? Ed Clifford can. He's a second-generation musher who transitioned to ultra running when he turned 5...

Ever since I read the book Working by Studs Terkel, I've been interested in what people do for a living. The book is a collection of intervi...

Over the course of his careers as a police detective and an animal cruelty investigator, Steve Sprowl has seen the worst of humanity. He's a...

War causes so much needless suffering, and Russia’s war with Ukraine is one distressing illustration. New Hampshire resident Marianna Lundbe...

The New Hampshire high school teacher I interviewed for this episode did something quite rare in his profession. He quit during the school y...

Carolyn Plummer has worked as a comic for nearly 25 years, and she's in the process of filming a sitcom pilot, "Finding the Funny". Later th...

Fred Marple is to New Hampshire what Garrison Keillor is to Minnesota. That is to say, Fred has a vivid imagination. Fred is an author, play...

James Osborne is one of the coldest people to ever survive dry land hypothermia. He watched his friend die of the same fate during a winter...

A New York woman climbed four of the famed Seven Summits but lost her life in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. The core body temperatur...

The following episode contains explicit language and descriptions of disturbing incidents. My guest spent a decade in prison after he accept...

In New Hampshire, this summer was a banner season for mushrooms. Enthusiast Christine Gagnon with the Uncanoonuc Foraging Company recently l...

From opposing the death penalty despite the murder of his father to opposing nuclear power to defend the will of the people, the impact of R...

Worldwide, one person dies by suicide every 40 seconds. Steve Boczenowski's son, Jeffrey, died by suicide. So did my first boyfriend. Togeth...

A Saudi Arabian cat that immigrated to New Hampshire. A rooster that helped a teenager get to college. A dog that evaded cop cars and a heli...

Abortion is a constitutional right, though access in the US often depends on your resources and your zip code. New Hampshire activists Eilee...

Were he alive, Harold Ward would have celebrated his 100th birthday this year. As the oldest resident in town, he was the recipient of the B...

New Hampshire mother Carrie Cariello has five children. One of her sons has autism. She's a blogger and the author of two memoirs. Her exper...

The US has waged a $1 trillion war on drugs. Even though opioid addiction has faded from the news cycle, drug overdoses have surged during t...

Massachusetts engineer Peter Degen-Portnoy made the news when the Mars One mission named him as a semifinalist in a competition that intende...

Dr. Fred Grewe is a hospice chaplain, an author and a fellow podcaster. Over the past 15 years, he has served more than 3,000 people who hav...

Vera Rivard was just 16 when she swam the English Channel last year, nearly a century after her idol did the same. Vera's 13-year-old sister...

Part Two: In the final part of the interview, fighter pilot Capt. Hubert Buchanan discusses solitary confinement and various methods of comm...

The content in this episode is graphic and may be disturbing for some listeners. Former POW Capt. Hubert Buchanan was an Air Force fighter p...

A handful of landmark rulings over the past 25 years significantly advanced gay rights in the US. Despite that, institutions and individuals...

Breast cancer dramatically changed Irene Alton. Today, she's a 5-year survivor. Listen as she describes the events leading up to her diagnos...

Abenaki Native Mali Obomsawin is an activist. She's also a member of the folk band, Lula Wiles. In this interview, she discusses her activis...

Part Three: In the final part of the interview, Kati Preston discusses her associations with Israeli government officials and fellow Holocau...

Part Two: After the Holocaust, Kati Preston emigrates to Israel. She eventually becomes a highly-successful fashion designer, interacting wi...

The content in this episode is graphic and may be disturbing for some listeners. Holocaust survivor Kati Preston was just five years old whe...

The US is home to approximately 1.4 million transgender adults, yet most of us don't know anyone who is transgender. NH State Representative...

Randy Pierce knows life with and without eyesight. He's a husband, a dog lover, a runner, a mountain climber, and a motivational speaker. Ye...

Over the past three decades, makeup artist Kriss Blevens has enhanced the face of every single presidential candidate who has traveled to Ne...

Were it not for his incredible luck in winning a visa lottery slot, there's a good chance Somali immigrant Abdi Nor Iftin would instead be f...

Diary of a Nation is produced and hosted by Christina Zlotnick. Follow the podcast on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter at diaryofanation. Com...
You can listen to Diary of a Nation episodes online on Radio and Podcast. Open an episode and the site player will stream the available audio.
Diary of a Nation is listed as a Society & Culture show. The show language is listed as English.
This page lists 42 episodes for Diary of a Nation.