
A podcast about American culture, identity, and everyday life — seen through the eyes of an outsider. A South African foreign correspondent — who spent 20 years covering conflicts and change around the world, interviewing Mandela and presidents, and winning awards — moved to suburban Atlanta, looked around, and started taking notes. Searching for America is what she found. It's part cultural anthr... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 79 | Founded | 2 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | PoliticsNewsDocumentarySociety & Culture | |||

What can The Masters teach us about America’s $30+ trillion debt? Quite a lot. Augusta’s polished traditions, booming merchandise sales, and open-wallet culture offer a surprisingly sharp metaphor for Washington’s spending habits.
Robyn Curnow is a ... more
America is built on freedom. So why are there still more than 500 places where you can’t legally buy a drink?
In this episode of Searching for America, Robyn Curnow explores the strange, contradictory world of American drinking laws - from Utah’s st... more
American presidents love dogs. The optics are perfect: loyal, friendly, impossible to fact-check.
From White House photo ops to wartime morale, First Dogs have always helped sell the presidency.
And then came the no-dog presidency.
Which tells you... more
Atlanta's pollen season arrives like a political crisis: overnight, everywhere, impossible to breathe through. At Easter-time, I'm thinking about what renewal actually looks like when it's happening to you - not the soft-focus version, but the detona... more
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Delighted to have Robyn Curnow back on the airwaves. Thoughtful and insightful conversations and I appreciate the range of topics but common through-lines demonstrated by these first episodes.
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A largely reflective examination of American culture, identity, and everyday life seen through an outsider's lens. Episodes weave politics, media, technology, and social trends into a narrative that treats national quirks as a field study in culture, power, and belonging. The host's global perspective and storytelling approach—steeped in journalism and personal experience—often blends geopolitics with intimate observations of American rituals, from politics and nostalgia to sorority life and consumer culture. A notable strength is the ability to connect large-scale events to everyday human behavior, offering a distinctive, globally informed take on contemporary America that's both analytical and human-centered.
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Searching for America with Robyn Curnow launched 2 years ago and published 79 episodes to date. You can find more information about this podcast including rankings, audience demographics and engagement in our podcast database.
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