{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Lost and Found: Caroline Topperman on Family, Identity, and the Search for Home","description":"Lost and Found: Caroline Topperman on Family, Identity, and the Search for Home The Not Old Better Show, Family History, Genealogy Interview Series Welcome to The Not Old Better Show on radio and podcast. Today\u2019s show is brought to you by Acorns. The Not Old Better Show. Acorns. ..I\u2019Acorns makes it easy for everyone to start saving and investing What does it mean to belong? Is home a place, a language, a history\u2014or something else entirely? Caroline Topperman thought she knew. She grew up speaking Polish, knowing her family\u2019s deep roots in the country, and believing that moving there with her husband would feel like coming home. But instead of familiarity, she found disconnection. Instead of certainty, she found questions. The result of that search is her stunning new book, Your Roots Cast a Shadow: One Family\u2019s Search Across History for Belonging. Caroline\u2019s story is not just about her journey\u2014it\u2019s about the generations before her who crossed borders and survived wars, about ancestors who built roads in Afghanistan, fought political battles in Poland, and escaped the horrors of World War II. It\u2019s about what gets passed down through family stories, and what gets lost in translation. She uncovered letters, documents, and even an entire book her grandfather wrote\u2014one referenced in The Holocaust Museum and Stanford\u2019s Hoover Institution. But she also found the gaps, the missing voices, the untold truths. And through it all, she wrestled with a question so many of us face: Do we ever truly find a home, or do we create it? This is an unforgettable conversation about identity, history, and the invisible ties that connect us to our past. If you\u2019ve ever wondered how much of your family\u2019s story shapes who you are today, this episode is for you. Let\u2019s welcome to The Not Old \u2013 Better Show, writer, entrepreneur, and world traveler, Caroline Topperman. And now, your host, the award-winning Paul Vogelzang. My thanks to Acorns for sponsoring today\u2019s episode. Acorns.  Acorns makes it easy for everyone to start saving and investing\u2014my thanks to Caroline Topperman and her time and patience and willingness to answer our questions.  My thanks to you our wonderful audience here on radio and podcast.  Be well, be safe, and Let\u2019s Talk About Better\u2122 The Not Old Better Show on radio and podcast. Thanks, everybody, and we\u2019ll see you next week. ","author_name":"The Not Old - Better Show","author_url":"https:\/\/www.notold-better.com\/","html":"