Miles from the Known

Host Christy Prosser reflects on the unexpected lessons of quiet moments found while traveling, before sunrise on a Namibian dune, drifting through the Mekong Delta, an empty Heathrow after a historic day, and returning to rural Georgia. Through these in-between miles, the episode explores how silence teaches belonging, presence, and the way travel can bring you back to yourself. This is Miles fro...

Christy Prosser follows a campaign trail not for policy but for the small human moments that reveal hope, fear, and endurance. From press pens to late-night convoys, she photographs the gestures and glances that show who we are. This episode explores how democracy lives in quiet acts, in the volunteers, janitors, and fleeting recognitions that make belonging possible. 🎧 Miles from the Known is a...

At Dune 45 before sunrise, Christy Prosser and a Sans tribesman climb red dunes and watch the sky change as he shares an ancient legend: the sun and moon once walked the earth. The episode follows the slow, tactile rhythm of the desert, the impala moving below, shifting sands, and the quiet power of an ancient, barren, red landscape. From the dunes to salt pans and a 900-year-old camelthorn tree,...

Every journey begins long before the first step. In this opening episode of Miles from the Known, Christy Prosser invites listeners into the moments that sparked a lifetime of travel and storytelling.  The quiet roads, the maps worn thin, and the question that follows every traveler: what are we really searching for? Through sound and reflection, this episode sets the tone for a season of human st...

Across the roads of Costa Rica and the hills of Tanzania, two strangers live out faith in quiet, unspoken ways. A man who crawls on his knees toward forgiveness, and a craftsman who builds coffins as an act of love. In this episode of Miles from the Known, Christy Prosser reflects on the beauty found in humility, service, and the small moments that become the stories we carry home. 🎶 Music by ASh...