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Season Finale: Episode 11

What does it mean to build a relationship with a place you’ve never lived—but that somehow still lives in you? With a nod to exploring the roots of our identity, we examine the notion of "home" through the lens of memory, migration, and meaning.

For many first-generation Americans, and particularly for Black Americans navigating the legacy of forced displacement, home is not always a fixed location. It can be a country your parents left behind, a village you’ve only seen in photos, or a continent you feel connected to in spirit but not necessarily in experience.