The Map 4 episodes
Your county, your city, your property — all on a map nobody printed out for you. Who governs what. Who can access what. And what happens when the map doesn’t work for everyone. Four episodes about the places, the tools, and the people building a cleaner version of both.
Where Do the
Monarchs Go?
March 23, 2026 · Series opener
An old man on a hill in Topanga. A butterfly farm. A native plant that’s gone. And a question that follows you home to Colorado Springs: who’s paying attention before the corridor closes?
The housing data nobody tracks. The names on the agenda. What you can actually do about it — tonight.
El Paso County — one agenda at a time.
Just what happened at the meeting, explained like a neighbor who actually read the paperwork. No spin. No drama. Just what you missed while you were making dinner.
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The Import Economy series episodes
The Expert’s Guide to Complete Incoherence
A guide through the fog of human communication — except we’ve removed the guide, misplaced the compass, and possibly set the map on fire.
Read on Amazon →Every story starts as a seed.
Story Seed Studios is a platform for stories that deserve to be told — civic, human, curious, and unexpected. Right now it’s one voice. The hope is that one day it becomes many.
Podcasts & Series
Audio storytelling about the places and systems that shape everyday life.
Books
Writing that ranges from civic to comic — because both matter.
Your Story, Someday
This platform is being built with room for other voices. If you have a story, we’d love to hear it.
Your voice belongs in that room.
We translate the government speak so you don’t have to become an expert to care. These meetings are public. The seats are empty. Showing up — even once — is how a community stays a community.
If you want to go further, we’d love to hear what you find. But the most important thing is simply this: the door is open, and it’s yours.
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