Season 3 episode 5: What Culture Actually Means — And Why It Changes Everything

Season 3 episode 5: What Culture Actually Means — And Why It Changes Everything

July 6, 2026 · 35 min

About this episode

Miriam Raquel Sands explores the meaning of culture and its personal implications as a first-generation American.

This episode, we’re going somewhere I’ve been wanting to go for a while. We’re going deep into culture — what it actually means, where the word comes from, how it has been used and misused and weaponized and reclaimed. And then, inevitably, we’re going somewhere personal: my own culture, my own mosaic, and what it means to be first-generation born in the United States with a whole lot of layered, tangled, beautiful, complicated inheritance. Start at the Root: What Does “Culture” Actually Mean? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit raquelsands.substack.com

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