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Public Spaces

Public Spaces chronicles two suburban émigrés' encounters with city people creating different kinds of local, public life.

Katie Couric's copying me

My life as a grounded—or mulched—southern cosmopolite

Jul 28 • Bryce Tolpen

26:59

Yes, but can it preach?

Tailoring my voting rights article for my Southern Black church

Jun 9 • Bryce Tolpen

18:54

First class, then justice follows

Elmahaba Center's work with Nashville's Arabic-speaking workers

Apr 28 • Bryce Tolpen

48:20

Copts between martyrs and migrants

Anthropologist Candace Lukasik on how Copts navigate today's Egypt & America

Feb 17 • Bryce Tolpen

18:37

Community organizing like Jesus

Gerrel Jones & Renew Birmingham change the culture

Feb 3 • Bryce Tolpen

Nine devotional innings in relief

A bullpen game pitched by my pride, my midlife crisis & my imposter syndrome

Nov 20, 2025 • Bryce Tolpen

My father's due process

Even after his death, he encourages me to fight

Aug 13, 2025 • Bryce Tolpen

1:11:22

Neighborhood public media

Video directors in Milwaukee and D.C. help communities shine

Aug 5, 2025 • Bryce Tolpen

My monstrous innocence

Political risk and the dark night of my conscience

Jul 10, 2025 • Bryce Tolpen

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