In 2019, a group of strangers came together to help house a man named Don Lowe. For five years, they worked to ensure that Don had a roof over his head and no challenges--stray cats, inner-group conflict, and Don himself--kept them from helping him. Dawn Circle is a story about the peculiarities of trying to do something good, and the power of it.

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Thank you to Ginny, Dennis, Maureen, Dysa, June, and Valerie for sharing your stories. To see a picture of Don and read an obituary written by a staff writer at Real Change, visit this link: https://www.realchangenews.org/news/2025/10/10/remembering-don-lowe-story-radiating-compassion

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Music is by Noah Kammer https://noahkammer.com/

Produced by Syd Walter https://www.storiesbysyd.com/

From the host of Teen-y, Syd Walter brings a brand new show titled: Find X.
Find X is a podcast about areas of fracture in the United States and the show follows Syd's journeys trying to uncover and work through reckoning with the future, fracture, and her place in it all.

This is a preview of the series which is live on all platforms.
Search "Find X" to listen to the whole series on any podcast platform, or visit the Find X website: www.findxproject.com

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Music from Tasty Morsels
Funding from Davis Projects for Peace
Storytelling by Syd Walter
Cover art by Saskia Gori-Montanelli
Full website to see the zine and images of everyone who was interviewed:
www.findxproject.com

What is most terrifying about college is the fear that I may be the only one who is afraid.

Today on this episode of Unsure is a show in three acts, all about the fear we live with and have left behind.

For more information about the podcast visit: www.teenypod.com

Editing, hosting, and producing by Syd Walter
Interviewees: Garner, Naomi, and Vivian

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Music:
Tasty Morsels
Infinte Bisous
Keyboard