What Is Home. Made.?
Home. Made. is an original podcast from Rocket Mortgage®. It starts with a simple concept: Inside every home, there’s a story.
Hosted by Emmy award-winning journalist and author Stephanie Foo (This American Life, Snap Judgment), each episode of Home. Made. explores the meaning of home and what it can teach us about ourselves and each other.
Heart-wrenching, hilarious, thought-provoking and downright unexpected, take a journey into the diversity of home in America.
Join us for our second season as we explore the fundamental need for shelter and belonging that unites us all.
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S3 Episode 6: Chosen Family
Kim Ceurstemont always knew she wanted to be a mother. In her late 30s and still single, she opted to become pregnant through a donor.
Previous Episodes
Season 3
S3 Episode 5: Blind Surfer
As a teenager, Ling Pai had barely settled into her new home, in a new country, when she learned she was losing her sight.
S3 Episode 4: House Managers
Robert and Dareda owned 7 homes – including lakefront property and a 50-acre farm. And then it all came crashing down. But that didn’t quite spell the end of their opulent lifestyle....
S3 Episode 3: Baker
Jazzmyn Cramer and Chris Phillips arrived in Chama, New Mexico, with plans to build a home together. But in a flash, everything changed. Suddenly, Jazzmyn found herself alone, broke, and in a town where she knew no one.
S3 Episode 2: Found In The Fire
While Brandon Smith was in prison, he became a volunteer for Fire Camp and helped California tame its wildfires..
S3 Episode 1: The Birwood Wall
Explore the legacy of segregation in Detroit and a community’s efforts to preserve the Birwood Wall - built to keep Black residents out of white neighborhoods.
Season 2
S2 Episode 9: Electric Lady
Shana Turner was struck by lightning and survived, miraculously unharmed – or so everyone thought.
S2 Episode 8: Mattie And The Motorcycle
Growing up in the church, there were a lot of things Mattie Murrey was told she couldn’t do. But she was a rebel – and a daredevil, too.
S2 Episode 7: The Lady Is A Saddle Tramp
S2 Epiosde 6: One Thread At A Time
Two people find a sense of belonging through a shared hobby: sewing.
S2 Episode 5: The City I Live In
Two people learn to love their new homes.
S2 Episode 4: The Principal
When Michael Atkins’s daughter was born, he vowed to support his family and be the father he didn’t have growing up.
S2 Episode 3: Moving Out Of The Living Room
Ismael Chamu says he was homeless before he was even born.
S2 Episode 2: The Accidental Mayor Of Mobile City
Kenny Phillips once had it all.
S2 Episode 1: Rez Ball
Quiana Dishface knew that going to high school off the Navajo Nation was her best shot at going to college to play basketball.Season 1
S1 Episode 10: Boots On The Farm
After he returned from war, his PTSD almost killed him.
S1 Episode 9: My Roommate, The Ghost
This week, we’ll uncover two not-so-scary stories about haunted houses.
S1 Episode 8: Home After The Hurricane
Kim Ford loved her home in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans.
S1 Episode 7: The Artist Who Drew Himself Out Of Prison
When he was just 21 years old, Valentino Dixon was sentenced to 39 years to life for a murder he didn’t commit.
S1 Episode 6: Like Father...
Our relationships with our parents in childhood don’t always end up being what we would’ve hoped.
S1 Episode 5: Home. Alone.
Sometimes, the loneliness of being home alone can be a catalyst for connection.
S1 Episode 4: The Landlady
Shaheen goes in search of the woman who saved her family from homelessness - a woman known only as “the landlady.
S1 Episode 3: Why Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Struggling to find community in his family’s new home, Michael Wood-Lewis builds a social network to meet his neighbors.
S1 Episode 2: The Man And The Mountain
S1 Episode 1: Is There A Doctor In The Dollhouse?
Dr. Kwandaa Roberts faced a daunting midlife career change, juggling her thriving practice with her interior design business after a dollhouse she designed went viral on social media.
About Our Host, Stephanie Foo
Stephanie Foo is an Emmy-winning radio producer and writer, returning for her third season as host of Home. Made.
Learn More About Stephanie Foo.
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Blind Surfer
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Firefighter
Brandon Smith was raised by a family of public servants, a couple of wrong turns after college landed him in prison. While in prison he became a volunteer for Fire Camp, and helped California tame its wildfires. And it helped him find out where he belonged.
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Love, Loss & Baking
Jazzmyn Cramer and Chris Phillips arrived in Chama, New Mexico, with plans to build a home together. But in a flash, everything changed. Suddenly, Jazzmyn found herself alone, broke, and in a town where she knew no one.