Archive - Meagan’s Substack

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Jun 23 •

Meagan McGovern

May 2025

You, too, can be a Harvard-trained Antifa resistance fighter

For free! Today! Go sign up!

May 24 •

Meagan McGovern

Onion bagels, a Chateau, and death by spork: Christmas with Maureen

Episode 10 of "Forever Wild"

May 21 •

Meagan McGovern

55:46

Bad Checks, Jail Cells, and the Australia That Never Was

May 13 •

Meagan McGovern

59:50

What do we want for Mother's Day?

Hint: It's not candles. Or a clean sink.

May 5 •

Meagan McGovern

April 2025

Episode 8: The Peddler's Ghost

Apr 15 •

Meagan McGovern

58:52

The Valley’s Keeper of Disposable Children

Episode 7: Forever Wild

Apr 8 •

Meagan McGovern

38:02

March 2025

The Oregon Detour: Poverty, Privilege, and a Car Full of Animals

In this episode of Forever Wild, sisters Meagan and Nora revisit the family’s chaotic move to rural Oregon in 1985—a time of beautiful landscapes, deep…

Mar 31 •

Meagan McGovern

1:07:57

Please show me your papers

What makes you a US citizen?

Mar 28 •

Meagan McGovern

Episode 5: Sisterhood

Nora and Meagan discuss how different they are, how alike, and how they ended up where they are.

Mar 22 •

Meagan McGovern

1:03:56

Episode four: The Game Show

Mar 22 •

Meagan McGovern

38:18

Spring is here again, and I’m thinking of planting fruit trees.

Mar 21 •

Meagan McGovern

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