Podcasts about Mika

Julien Granel a mis 10 ans à percer sur jour au lendemain.Pourtant rien ne le prédestinait à devenir une des icônes pop de sa génération.Adolescent, il prend claque sur claque en découvrant Mika, Queen, Elton John ou encore David Bowie. Julien comprend que lui aussi, il l'a dans les tripes.Il rentre alors au conservatoire. Il y passe 14 ans et ressort avec une vision technique de la musique que n'ont pas tous les artistes, et qui lui permet de produire partout, tout le temps, au fil de ses idées les plus folles.Il se met alors à composer, chanter et tester sans relâche mais la sauce ne prend pas. 10 ans à se produire dans des CROUS, des jardins et des petits bars de villages.Son style trop original peine à se faire une place dans les playlists et les radios.Mais une rencontre avec Angèle va changer la donne.Elle l'embarque pour faire les premières parties sur sa tournée des zéniths. 60 dates dans les plus grandes salles de France que Julien va utiliser pour créer un show à son image et connecter enfin avec le public.Peu à peu, il devient maître dans l'art de transmettre son énergie débordante et déchaîne les foules.2024 est l'année de son explosion : Il enchaîne les dates, remporte une victoire de la musique, sort son plus gros tube et finit par faire de l'œil aux plus gros événements — qui se l'arrachent.Il devient l'artiste le plus programmé des festivals et fait une tournée pharaonique de 40 dates en 2 mois.Dans cet épisode Julien revient sur son début de carrière mouvementé :Les meilleurs apprentissages de ses années de conservatoireLa vie dans un tourbus et les coulisses d'une tournée monumentaleSes secrets pour créer sans limiteComment 3 mois à New York l'ont fait passer dans une autre dimensionCet échange est un shot de bonnes ondes/good vibes à consommer sans modération. Julien et son énergie contagieuse prouvent qu'avec de la persévérance et une vision affirmée, on peut imposer son style, même dans un univers ultra-codifié. De quoi vous inspirer à tracer votre propre chemin, coûte que coûte.TIMELINE:00:00:00 : Comment trouver son public quand on ne rentre dans aucune case, aucun style, aucune playlist00:16:27 : Garder une vie normale quand on passe la moitié de sa semaine dans un tourbus00:23:01 : Ce que lui apportent ses 14 ans de conservatoire encore aujourd'hui00:32:21 : Comprendre le modèle économique d'un artiste en 15 minutes00:44:36 : “Mon manager est fou : il a cru en moi quand je jouais encore dans des jardins”00:51:50 : Les secrets pour durer dans le temps01:05:13 : Associer chaque période de la vie à une chanson01:13:50 : “J'ai fait mon plus gros hit en 20 minutes”01:23:24 : Se servir de chaque rencontre pour grandir01:29:58 : Comment 3 mois à New York ont changé sa vie01:43:09 : Booster sa créativité en ne s'attachant à aucun style01:57:43 : Les points de bascule de la carrière de Julien02:10:24 : Enchaîner petits miracles et petits échecs jusqu'à ce que les planètes s'alignent02:17:51 : Ses morceaux les plus sous-côtésLes anciens épisodes de GDIY mentionnés : #405 - Nicolas Santi-Weil - Ami Paris & The Kooples - “Si tu n'arrives pas à en faire un client fais-en un ami”#458 - Eddy de Pretto - Artiste - Contre vents et marées#219 - Bob Sinclar - DJ - Mélanger des sons pour faire danser les gens#439 - Amanda Sthers - Écrivaine, réalisatrice, productrice - La liberté créative : se donner les moyens de ses ambitionsNous avons parlé de :Julien Granel au concert des InvinciblesJulien Granel à L'OlympiaJean-Charles de Castelbajac x Julien GranelLes BeastieBoysSabotage des BeastieBoysL'image de Julien devant les lettres de l'OlympiaPodcast - La MartingalePodcast - Combien Ça GagneLive Aznavour Olympia“Plus fort” - Julien GranelStudio MotorbassCariage House NYC“BB danse” feat. Theophilus London (clip tourné dans la Carriage House)Les SMAC - Scènes de Musiques ActuellesLéna SituationsCollectif More Women on StageMulticolorJam - Julien GranelPress Mute - EugénieEugénie sur InstagramWagram MusicVous pouvez retrouver Julien sur sur Instagram sur Youtube et sur toutes les plateformes d'écoute. N'hésitez pas à le DM si vous trouvez sur son porte-monnaie ;)Vous souhaitez sponsoriser Génération Do It Yourself ou nous proposer un partenariat ?Contactez mon label Orso Media via ce formulaire.Distribué par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Join Orpheus aboard the magical ship, the Argo, from Iolchus en route to Colchis in search of the Golden Fleece.  Jason leads the expedition, but can he keep his team of heroes and demigods united as they face untold dangers? For the full back story of the Golden Fleece, listen to our Aries episode. The constellation of Argo Navis was one of Ptolemy's 48 but now exists as a grouping of 3 constellations. Written and directed by Bibi Jacob. Sound and production by Geoff Chong. Featuring: Tercelin Kirtley as Orpheus, Ciaran Cresswell as Jason, Sophie Helsing as the Argo, Doug Rand as Heracles, David Stanley as Polydeuces and Glaucus, Kester Lovelace as Castor, Additional voices by Anton Antebi. Original guitar compositions by Fredi Shehadi: ‘Starfish' in the opening scene. ‘Sail Away' instrumental version as the Argo sails towards Lemnos and the full song with the credits: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FPRZQJVEeXg Original guitar compositions by Tercelin Kirtley: ‘Hoffman 1968' when the Argo sets sail. ‘Solovibrato' when Orpheus is grieving Eurydice. ‘Fastest Cars' in Lemnos. ‘Fire' when they meet King Cyzicus. ‘Fragix' when Orpheus talks about his lyre. We recorded in the SACD podcast studio, Paris and the Argo was recorded in Mikaël Sundin's studio in Stockholm. Thank you Micke!

Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world. Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's episode. Yesterday, aircraft from Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan airdropped dozens of pallets of humanitarian aid in the northern and southern Gaza Strip. This morning, Israel says more than 120 truckloads of food aid were distributed by the UN and aid agencies in the Gaza Strip on the first day of a partial pause in fighting. Berman explores how Israel's currently softened position is playing out on the global stage and compares it to previous cycles in which Israel allowed more aid into the Strip. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is set to press US President Donald Trump on ending “the unspeakable suffering” in Gaza when they meet at the US president’s golf resort in Scotland today, according to a Downing Street spokesperson says. The meeting at Turnberry, southwestern Scotland, comes as European countries express growing alarm at the situation in Gaza. What is Trump currently saying about the war in Gaza? Foreign Ministry director general Eden Bar-Tal summoned France’s deputy ambassador Mikaël Griffon for a reprimand at ministry headquarters in Jerusalem yesterday, over French President Emmanuel Macron’s announcement last week that Paris would recognize a Palestinian state. During the dressing down, he accused France of undermining talks for a hostage release deal with Hamas, as well as future negotiations with the Palestinian Authority. Berman delves into the idea that all the pressure on Israel to end the war -- and this "prize" of a state to the Palestinian people -- could harm the ceasefire negotiations and drag out the war with an emboldened Hamas. And we ask, is the UK set to follow France's example? And finally, the home of a Chabad rabbi in Dnipro was hit during a deadly Russian missile attack on the central Ukrainian city early Saturday. We learn about the "Shabbat miracle" that saved his family and hear what is happening with the Jewish community in Ukraine as the war marks some 1250 days. Check out The Times of Israel's ongoing liveblog for more updates. For further reading: Once again, Israel tried to restrict Gaza aid. Once again, it failed miserably Trump: Israel will ‘have to make decision’ on Gaza war, images of starvation ‘terrible’ Hundreds of rabbis demand Israel stop ‘using starvation as a weapon of war’ Subscribe to The Times of Israel Daily Briefing on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts. This episode was produced by the Pod-Waves. IMAGE: An Israeli soldier stands next to a truck at the Kerem Shalom crossing between southern Israel and the Gaza Strip on July 27, 2025. (Carlos REYES / AFP)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome back to the Tales of Recovery podcast! Join us in this revealing episode as we delve into the inspiring recovery story of Mika Chait, a wellness coach who was sober by age of 17.  Mika opens up about her struggles with addiction, depression, and anxiety, shedding light on the challenges that many youths face in today's world. Discover how Mika transformed her life, navigating through a tumultuous journey of substance abuse, mental health challenges, and recovery. Her candid discussion covers the importance of self-discovery, forgiveness, and the power of support systems in overcoming adversity. This episode highlights the possibilities of recovery, offering hope and encouragement for anyone battling similar issues. Whether you're a parent, friend, or someone seeking your path to healing, Mika's story is a testament to resilience and the potential for a brighter future. Tune in and be inspired by her incredible journey. You can follow Mika on IG @coachhmikaa and message her directly for her coaching practice.     

Popular Song - MIKA

Marcio El Kalay e Matheus Cunha recebem Mika Lins, atriz, diretora teatral e criadora do Ler Em Voz Alta, para um bate-papo imperdível sobre como comunicar com presença e emoção por meio da leitura em voz alta. Inscreva-se gratuitamente na Imersão de Comunicação para Líderes: https://bit.ly/3IMH6vz

Indochine - La belle et la bête Niagara - Pendant que les champs brûlent Rori - Vérité Francis Cabrel - Encore Et Encore Hoshi - Nouveau Jour Louise Attaque - Anomalie Eddy De Pretto - LOVE'n'TENDRESSE Axel Bauer et Zazie - À ma place Zaz - Sains Et Saufs Miossec - Non Non Non Non (Je Ne Suis Plus Saoul) Vanessa Paradis - Bouquet Final Stephan Eicher - Pas d'amis comme toi Gamine - Voilà les anges Benjamin Biolay - Juste avant de tomber Les Rita Mitsouko - Y'a D'la Haine ! Mika - Elle me dit Téléphone - Un autre monde Lisa Pariente - Pas banale Dua Lipa & Pierre De Maere - These Walls Ycare - Lap Dance Lamomali & M & Yamê - Totem Helena - Mauvais Garçon Art Mengo - Les Parfums de sa vie (je l'ai tant aimée) Santa - La différence Jean-Jacques Goldman - Bonne idée Aliose - Viens la nuit Louane - Les étoiles BB Brunes - Lalalove You Christine And The Queens - La Marcheuse (Radio Edit) Patrick Coutin - J'aime regarder les filles Anaïs - Peu Distribué par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Mika gibt ein Update aus dem Höhentrainingslager in Tignes. Simon H. und Mika sprechen über die erste Saisonhälfte, über Saisonplanungen im allgemeinen und wie Mika auf die erste Hälfte zurückblickt. Werbepartner: 1. Blackroll https://blackroll.com/de CODE: buddytalk15 2.

Es ist wieder Zeit für Kurwa & Krajim! In der heutigen Folge geht es um den tragischen - und bis heute ungelösten - Mord an Katarzyna Zowada. Die Krakauer Studentin wurde 1998 brutal getötet und nur zufällig wurde das herausgefunden, als sie im Fluss gefunden wurde. Mika erzählt euch, was genau im Fluss gefunden wurde und wie die Ermittlungen bis heute weiterlaufen! Wo ihr uns noch findet: https://todsicher.podcaster.de/ https://www.instagram.com/todsicherpodcast https://www.facebook.com/todsicherpodcast https://twitter.com/todsicherpod https://ko-fi.com/todsicherpodcast Quellen: https://i.pl/tag/katarzyna-zowada https://gazetakrakowska.pl/okrutne-zabojstwo-sprzed-lat-sledztwo-trudniejsze-niz-lamiglowka/ar/3486633 https://wiadomosci.wp.pl/s/kryminalne-historie/kryptonim-skora-makabryczna-historia-z-krakowa-6813096329042656a Musik von https://audiohub.de

Charlene and Kurt welcome back Patrick LeFils of Songbirds Music Company and Southern Fellow-(Artist management and media at its finest!) and this time around he brings in Mika Lynch!  Get her story and listen to her sing!  Check out the video on our YouTube channel @jeepbeach...

Des bordures, des sprints, des échappées qui vont au bout, un maillot jaune qui tourne… La première semaine du Tour de France a été assez animée, avant une pause avec Ben Healy à sa tête. À l'occasion de la première journée de repos, Matthieu, Geoffrey (darth-minardi), Mikaël (stidpmi) et Titouan (ElRojo) font dans Chasse-Patate le bilan de ces dix premières étapes avec le duel Pogacar-Vingegaard, la place des sprinteurs ou encore le bilan des Français. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkk2KAxRqFI Photo : A.S.O. / Billy Ceusters Générique : Peluda Production

Mika ist 14, hochbegabt und sitzt im Rollstuhl. Seine Mutter führt wie die meisten Eltern behinderter Kinder einen ständigen Kampf mit den Ämtern, sei es um Einzelfallhelfer oder um für ihr Kind einen Schulplatz zu finden. Inklusion muss eine Grundhaltung sein fordern engagierte Eltern in Cottbus. Von ihrer Arbeit profitieren auch die vermeintlich Normalen.

Your number 1 nordic podcast is back ! This time we discuss the latest that has happen to us and make predictions for the tour de france

7-3-25 Mika Frankl joins TEAM Talk to tell us the latest about Tyson Fury's return to Boxing

Après 9 ans passés à la tête du Rocher de la Vierge, Mikaël Lecumberry passe la main à une jeune escouade qui va continuer de faire swinguer la cuisine du restaurant toulousain. On en parle avec eux dans cette 144e émission, et en compagnie des amateurs éclairés Fabien Gélenne et Olivier Marmet.

"Hayyy!! Kita mo ba to, David? Ganyan kabait ang anak ko. Walang nagrereklamo. Pero masyadong iniisip yung pagtulog ng ibang tao."#DearMORMyFirstLove - The Mika StoryFollow us:Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MOREntertainmentTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/MORentPHInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/morentertainmentph

Karl Vaters interviews Mike Edmondson about the hot-button topics of racial segregation in the American church, why affinity spaces matter, and how the gospel defeats racism – even the racism that has sometimes been promoted within the institutional church.Mika speaks with experience, wisdom, directness, and grace, generating more light than heat.Some of what Mika and Karl talk about includes:What is segregation?What is “Hereditary Heathenism?”Why did historically black churches begin?What are “Affinity Spaces” and why do they matter?How can we think and act more biblically about issues of race?And more. Links:Text of Mika's thread from XLink to Mika's original X threadNoteBird AppTo get Bonus Content every week, click here to become a Financial Partner, or here to subscribe to the Free Weekly Newsletter.

Marc Laurier, directeur marketing Grand Public chez Bouygues Telecom, et Mikaël Réveillon, general manager France de TCL, étaient les invités de François Sorel dans Tech & Co, la quotidienne, ce mercredi 2 juillet. Il se sont penchés sur la Kids Watch lancée par Bouygues Telecom et TCL sur BFM Business. Retrouvez l'émission du lundi au jeudi et réécoutez-la en podcast.

Mercredi 2 juillet, François Sorel a reçu Thomas Serval, PDG de Baracoda, Fanny Bouton, directrice du quantique chez OVHcloud, Isabelle Bordry, fondatrice de Retency, Léa Benaim, journaliste BFM Business, lara Chappaz, ministre déléguée chargée de l'Intelligence artificielle et du Numérique, Sylvain Trinel, journaliste Tech&Co, Mikaël Réveillon, general Manager France de TCL, Marc Laurier, directeur Marketing Grand Public Bouygues Telecom, ... dans l'émission Tech & Co, la quotidienne sur BFM Business. Retrouvez l'émission du lundi au jeudi et réécoutez la en podcast.

6-30-25 Mika Frankl joins TEAM Talk to tell us about Holly Holm's return to boxing as well as more from UFC317

6-25-25 Mika Frankl from 'Caged Minds' joins TEAM Talk to preview UFC 317 and provide more from Jon Jones' sudden retirement

Mika - Elle me dit Matmatah - Emma Styleto - Amour Cyclone St Graal - Je t'emmènerai Ours - Jamais Su Danser (Radio Edit) Jeremy Frerot - Avec Ou Sans Téléphone - New York avec toi Clara Luciani - Courage Lisa Pariente - Pas banale Blonde Amer - Si Jamais Elisa Tovati & Tom Dice - Il nous faut Calogero - En apesanteur Jean-Jacques Goldman - Au bout de mes rêves Julien Doré - Coco Câline Les Frangines - Donnez-Moi Placebo - Protège-moi Dolly - Je n'veux pas rester sage Saule Feat Charlie Winston - Dusty Men Marie-Flore - Promis Juré Marc Lavoine - Bascule avec moi Benjamin Biolay - Parc Fermé Charlotte Cardin - Confetti Helena - Mauvais Garçon Kyo - Le Graal Cœur De Pirate - Cavale David Hallyday - Tu ne m'as pas laissé le temps Hoshi - Tu vas me quitter encore longtemps ? -M- - Qui De Nous Deux Tryo - L'hymne de nos campagnes Leman - Les étoiles Charlélie Couture - Comme un avion sans aile Gaëtan Roussel - Inside Outside Distribué par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Maturity in sonship comes with the responsibility of growth, via the instrument of God's Church and His men. In this teaching, Pastor Mika highlights to us the truth of the statement "Everything planted by God grows". For inquires & bookings: Phone: +234 708 881 8864 Email: thebasileiacommisssion@gmail.com Twitter | Instagram: @WAHTheChurch Facebook: @TheBasileiaCommission | @WAHTheChurch

Over the last few episodes, we've talked about disability rights, history, the law, and intersectional movement building. Today we're going to dive into another important aspect of the disability experience—disability culture. We'll listen in on Qudsiya's conversation with Dagny Brown and Mika Weissbuch, two of the three co-directors of the San Francisco Disability Cultural Center, or DCC. Dagny and Mika recounted the DCC origin story, their vision for its role in San Francisco and beyond, and Qudsiya, Dagny, and Mika talked about why creating a shared space and experiences for people of all backgrounds, regardless of whether they identify as being disabled or not, is a powerful tool for breaking down stigma and confronting ableism.--Let us know what you think with a comment or review!Visit our website⁠ ⁠for⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ transcripts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to Qudsiya's Substack, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Getting Down To It⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support the team behind the podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠with a donation⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

I dagens avsnitt har vi den stora äran att välkomna NHL-stjärnan Mika Zibanejad! Vi dyker ner i hans karriär, från hur han navigerade ombyten mellan Djurgården och New York Rangers, till insikter kring livet som hockeyproffs. Mika delar med sig av sina minnen från JVM-guldet och berättar om hur det känns att representera Sverige i största sammanhang. Vi pratar även om pressen som följer med att spela på högsta nivå, hur han hanterar kritik och vad en typisk dag ser ut som för en NHL-spelare.

Face à Pascal Obispo, ce 19 juin 2025, Marc-Antoine Le Bret a notamment imité Nikos Aliagas, Mika et André Manoukian. Retrouvez tous les jours le meilleur des Grosses Têtes en podcast sur RTL.fr et l'application RTL.Distribué par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

A weekly magazine-style radio show featuring the voices and stories of Asians and Pacific Islanders from all corners of our community. The show is produced by a collective of media makers, deejays, and activists. Tonight's show is June 19th. We are all connected. We are talking with Asian and Asian American Children's book authors. PowerLeeGirls host Miko Lee talks with Chi Thai and Livia Blackburne about the power of storytelling, maternal heritage, generational trauma, and much more. Title:  We Are All Connected Show Transcripts Opening: [00:00:00] Apex Express Asian Pacific expression. Community and cultural coverage, music and calendar, new visions and voices, coming to you with an Asian Pacific Islander point of view. It's time to get on board the Apex Express.   Ayame Keane-Lee: [00:01:17] Welcome to Apex Express. Tonight's show is June 19th. We are all connected. We are talking with Asian and Asian American Children's book authors. PowerLeeGirls host Miko Lee talks with Chi Thai and Livia Blackburne about the power of storytelling, maternal heritage, generational trauma, and much more. First, we want to start by wishing everyone a happy Juneteenth, Juneteenth commemorates, an end to slavery and the emancipation of Black Americans after the Civil War. In 1865, 2 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, enslaved people in Galveston, Texas finally learned of their freedom. Juneteenth marks the day the last enslaved people learned of their freedom. Though outright slavery became illegal, the systematic oppression of African Americans continues to this day. We see that show up in almost every aspect of American culture, from the high rate of infant mortality to the over punishing of Black children in schools, to police brutality, to incarceration. We must continue to recognize the importance of championing Black lives and lifting up Black voices. We are all connected. June 19th is also an important day in Asian American history. In 1982 in Detroit, Vincent Chin was at a bar celebrating his bachelor party prior to his wedding the next day. Ronald Ebens, a white auto worker, and his stepson Michael Nitz taunted Vincent with racial epithets. They thought he was Japanese and were angry about the Japanese rise in the auto industry. When Vincent left the bar later, the two men attacked and killed Vincent with a baseball bat. He was 27 years old. Ronald Ebens never did time for this murder. Ronald Ebens is 85 years old now. Ebens not only skirted prosecution, he has used bankruptcy and homesteading laws in Nevada to avoid a wrongful death civil suit settlement. Ordered by the court in 1987 to pay $1.5 million to Chin's family, the Chin estate has received nothing. Lily Chin, Vincent's mom could have stayed silent about the racist attack on her son. Instead she spoke out. She took a courageous stance to highlight this most painful moment in her life. In doing so, she helped ignite a new generation of Asian American activists working for civil rights and social justice. We find ourselves in a new wave of activism as our communities band together to work against the injustices of the current regime. And what does this have to do with children's books? It is all connected. We highlight children's books by Asian and Asian American authors because we want our next generation of children to know and appreciate their own heritage. We want them to proudly represent who they are so that they can work in solidarity with other peoples. Our struggle is interwoven. As Grace Lee Boggs said, “History is a story not only of the past, but of the future.” Thank you for joining us on apex express. Enjoy the show.   Miko Lee: [00:04:24] First off. Let's take a listen to one of Byron Au Young's compositions called “Know Your Rights” This is part of the trilogy of the Activist Songbook. This multi-lingual rap, give steps to know what to do when ICE officers come to your door.    MUSIC   That was “Know Your Rights” performed by Jason Chu with lyrics by Aaron Jeffries and composed by Byron Au Yong Welcome, Chi Thai to Apex Express.    Chi Thai: [00:07:13] Hello. I'm really happy to be joining you, Miko.  Miko Lee: [00:07:16] I'm really happy to meet you and learn about you as an artist, as a filmmaker, as a children's book author. And I wanna first start with a personal question, which is, who are your people and what legacy do you carry with you? Chi Thai: [00:07:30] Ooh, what a great question. You know what? I love being asked stuff that hasn't been asked kind of before. I mean, there's a kinda really kinda natural answer to that, which is, you know, family are my people. Of course. 100%. And certainly, you know, the reason why I'm talking to you today, you know, in regard to the, to the book, you know, it's about my family's journey. But I found, and I don't know if this is. Somewhat to do with, you know, being a child of two cultures and you know, being a child of the diaspora that you really have to kind of find your own family too. 'cause I suppose I grew up feeling, I didn't quite relate to maybe my parents in a way that, you know, you normally would if you weren't part of the diaspora. And I felt estranged from my birth country and I didn't really feel like British either a lot of the time. So in terms of like, who are my people? I've gathered those people as I've kind of grown up and it's, it's a kind of strange feeling too. I feel like it's taken me a really long to grow up and to figure out who I am. And I suppose that's why, you know, the people that I have a really, a lot of people that have come, kinda later in my life, I actually have no friends in my childhood as an example of that. I've had to kind of find these people as I've grown up, but it's taken me a long time to grow up because growing up in the UK there wasn't any literature to read about what it was like to be Asian. And British, to be a refugee and things like that. So it just took me longer and I then, as a result, it just took me longer to find my tribe. but I have it now, but it's still work in progress. That was a very convoluted answer. I'm very sorry Miko.    Miko Lee: [00:09:15] No, it wasn't. No worries. It's fine. And what legacy do you carry with you?   Chi Thai: [00:09:19] Kind of an extension to that answer, I think when you're an artist, practicing your voice, figuring out your voice, can take a while. And I think I've only really started maybe the last like five to 10 years at the most really figured out what I want my legacy to be. The things I wanna talk about are really about s tories from the diaspora, certainly, and about community and healing. These are the things I think that are really important to me, especially when we talk about maybe coming from struggle. I don't feel it's enough to be an artist today and just talk about struggle. I want to talk about justice as well. And justice really is about healing, you know?    Miko Lee: [00:10:00] Oh, that's beautiful. Can you talk a little bit more about that healing and what that means to you and how that shows up in your work?    Chi Thai: [00:10:07] A couple years ago, no, not even that long ago, I produced a, a feature film. This is probably the best example for it, but I produced a feature film called Raging Grace, which we called it Horror with a small H and it. Basically took the story of what it was like to be, undocumented Filipina in the uk who was also a mother. And I think if that film had been made 10 years ago, it would just shown how hard her life was, and unrelentingly. So, and I think the reason why Raising Grace is so special is it goes beyond the trauma, it takes us to a place of justice, of being able to speak out for someone who has felt invisible, to be visible for someone who's not. Had a voice, to have a voice and to begin that kind of healing process of sticking up for herself, making a change transforming herself from maybe the good immigrant to the bad immigrant and things like that. I think that's a really great example and I think I read a really wonderful thing. It might have been in a Guardian article where we, so a lot of my work is around, inclusion representation of like diasporic stories. And I think when you have, when you exist in the poverty of like representation, I. the solution to that is plentitude. I think that Viet Thanh Nguyen probably said that, so I don't wanna take credit for it. He comes up with so many wonderful things, and that's a wonderful thing to be able to move from poverty, like to plentitude and that be the solution, is kinda really wonderful. So I enjoy being really prolific. I enjoy supporting artists to be able to do their work. So as a community, we can also be prolific and I wanna support, narratives that. Take us beyond a place of struggle and trauma to a place of like healing and justice and so forth.    Miko Lee: [00:11:57] Your work crosses so many genres. You were just mentioning how that film was kind of a horror film and, and then you've done these kind of dreamy animation pieces and then now this children's book. Do you select the genre and the format and the medium, or does it select you?   Chi Thai: [00:12:16] Oh, I think the story chooses it. I like 100% believe that. I just actually was thinking about this 'cause I was doing an interview on something else, people, often ask about the creative process and I, can only speak for my own. But usually when I get an idea for a story, the general shape of it comes almost like really well formed. There's a sense of a lready kinda what genre it'll be. There's a sense of the character, there's a sense of the journey and all these things. I felt the same about, writing The Endless Sea I knew it would be from the voice of a child. This probably sounds like my creative process is terrible, but it was just. This is how it was going to be. That kind of part was writing itself, or at least I feel that it'd been writing itself like that in my subconscious for many, many years before it kind of surfacing and writing. Like the writing bit is just the tip of the iceberg at the end of the day. there wasn't like a kind of decision about that. the story in that sense was quite intact. So I often feel like the story is demanding something about kind genre and for, for Raging Grace 'cause I've talked about this a lot, not just in listen to me, but other things. But we always said like if you are an an undocumented person, every breath you take is taken in a hostile environment. It's so natural for it to be a horror. So there's not a sense that you kinda decide that it's like that is the very reality of someone who's going, you know, that's their lived experience. And if you're going to represent that truthfully, it will be through the prism of horror. And I suppose that's how I think about genre. the story is kind of telling you what it needs to tell its emotional truth. and I felt that way, with The Endless Sea same thing with the Raging Grace, with Lullaby. And I think you talked about The Promise, I suppose I, with The Promise, which is an adaptation I had less choice about that because that was a book and it was a adapted into an animation. I've heard Nicola, who's the author of the book, talk about that and she talks about like the story coming to her in a dream and tiptoeing down her arm coming onto the page, she like describes it really beautifully. so maybe our processes are the same. It feels that way. there's not long deliberations. I mean, that's not to say the writing process isn't difficult. It is. But that, I've never found the, [genre] the difficulty or the bit that's required a lot of, I don't know soul searching with it.    Miko Lee: [00:14:28] So with that being said, how did Endless Sea your latest children's book? How did that tiptoe into your imagination?    Chi Thai: [00:14:36] This is a strange one because this is probably the closest thing to like, almost autobiographical work. What I can say is like, it's the true story o f how I and my family, which would've been at the time my mom and dad, my older sister, me, how we fled Vietnam after the fall of an Saigon. we actually left quite late we left in 1979 w hen things were tr were getting truly, truly, truly, quite terrible. And, this was very much a last resort. I think my parents would try to make things work, but realized that they couldn't. This journey that we took on these, boats that were made badly, made poorly, that many of which sank has become almost like the genesis story of our family. It's like it's a big, it has a long shadow, right? Ever since you know I, it is like the first story that I can remember. It's one of the few stories my mom would tell me again and again when we, when they see their old friends, it's something they talk about. So it's something that has happened to it to us, but it's such a big thing that it's just, echoed In my life growing up, as I've you know, got older and older, and the wonderful thing about having a story kinda live with you eventually it's in your blood and in your bones, but also if it's a thing that's kinda shared with you again and again, you actually build up this, there's something about the repetition of it, and then every time you hear it told from an uncle or a family friend or from your mom, a new little detail is embroidered that someone adds. So I've kinda lived with this story for 40 plus years and I've been collecting all these little things about it all this time and all that time it was, I think, kind of just writing itself, you know? You know, it was doing all that work before I actually put like pen to paper. Um, yeah.    Miko Lee: [00:16:31] Was there a catalyst or something that made you actually put the pen to paper?   Chi Thai: [00:16:36] That's really interesting. You know, I probably don't mind it is probably something really banal like. I think I probably wrote it during Covid and I had more time. Um, I think there are probably be some bigger forces in place. And you know what, I can tell you what it is actually if I'm, I'm forcing myself to think and examine a bit closer so when this is totally true. So I remember hearing the news about Viet Thanh Nguyen win winning the Pulitzer for The Sympathizer. And it made such a mark on me and I kind of felt, wow, someone from our community has achieved this incredible thing. And I thought, why? Why now? Like, and I was like, well, you know what? It's probably taken our community certain amount of time to come of age, to develop not just the abilities to write, to create, to make art, but also to have possibly the relationships or networks in place to be able to then make the art and get it out into the world. And I kind of felt when he was able to do that and came of age, I kind of felt there was going to be like other people from the kind of diasporic Vietnamese community that would also start to flourish. And that made me feel really good. About probably being a bit older than the average kind of artist, like making their, kinda like their pieces and everything and saying, you know what? My time can be now. It's okay. And I just find it just really inspiring that, you know our community was kind of growing, growing up, coming of age and being able to do these, these things And I kind of felt like it had given me the permission, I suppose the, the confidence to go, “Oh this story that I've been carrying my whole life, which I don't really see a version of out there I can write that and now I can write it and I'm the right person to write it.” And I had just done The Promise so I had a relationship with Walker. I was like, I have a, you know, a relationship with the publisher. I feel my writing is matured. Like I can do this. And so it was like a culmination and, you know, convergence of those things. And, but I do remember having that thought thinking, “This is a good time to be alive in our community 'cause we're actually able to make our art and get it out there now.” I, I felt it was like a real watershed moment really.   Miko Lee: [00:19:11] What made you decide to do it in this format as a Little Kid's Children's Illustrated book? We were talking earlier about how to, to me, this is the first more realistic version of a boat people experience in a very little kid's voice. What made you decide to do it in this style?    Chi Thai: [00:19:33] So interesting. At the same time, I was writing The Endless Sea. I was writing also the script for a short film, which is called Lullaby, which is takes an incident that happened on my boat but expresses it as a film, as a little kinda horror kinda drama, but a kid cannot watch that. It's like too terrifying. Um, and I wrote, you know, The Endless Sea at the same time. And again, I can't, it's really hard for me to articulate. I just knew it was gonna be a kid's book, like, and I knew it'd be written from the voice of a kid, and I didn't actually, can I say I didn't even ascribe a particular kind of value to that. It wasn't until I had started conversations with the publisher they're like, you know, we see like there's a really high, like this is really great that it's written in the voice of the kid. It somehow gives it something else. Something more is something kind of special. I didn't set out to like, overthink, like what was the most effective way to tell this story? I, I think I just told the story as honestly as I could, you know, with the words that I felt that, you know, I had in me to de, you know, to describe it. In the most authentic way to, to me. And like I say, at the same time, I knew, like I knew that was a kid's book. There was another part of that I wanted to express that was really important to me and that was survivor's guilt. But that I felt was like, that was a horror, so that was really not gonna be suitable for kids. So I was definitely thinking about lots of things to do with the same subject of the same time, but they were definitely being expressed in different ways. And again, Lullaby came to me very kind of quickly, almost fully formed. And I knew, you know, it would be a ghost story. I knew it would be the story of a mother and things like that. And I often maybe, you know, I should, I, I should interrogate more, but I kinda, I take these kinda. These ideas, which are quite well shaped and, and then I just like lean into them more and more and more. But they, the way they arrive it, I've kinda, I, I can see a lot of what is already about to unfold.   Miko Lee: [00:21:43] And do you still dream about that experience of being on the boat as a kid?    Chi Thai: [00:21:52] It's, it's a really difficult thing to explain because you know that that happened now so long ago, and I've probably heard the story thousands of times. I've watched all the terrible Hollywood movies, I've seen all the news clippings, I've watched all the archive. I've listened to, you know, people talk, and I have my own memories and I look at photographs and I have memories of looking at photographs. I feel like, you know, my memory is really unreliable, but what it is instead is it's this, this kind of, kind of tapestry of, you know, of the story of memories, of, you know, images as I grow up of hearing the story, like all coming together. One of the things I did when I wrote, I wrote The Endless Sea, is I then went back to my mom and I did a recorded interview with her 'cause I was really worried about how unreliable my memory might be. And I interviewed her and I asked a lot of questions and I said, and I, it was like, you know, in the way I would've just like listened to the story quite passively before this time I interviewed her and I asked a lot of questions about details and all sorts of things. 'cause I really wanted to be able to represent things, you know, as factually as I could. And that was kinda one of my kinda kind of fact checking kinda exercises I did 'cause I was, I was much quite worried about how unreliable my memory was about it all. And you know, what is, what is a memory of a memory of memory, like, you know, especially when it comes to thinking about that time on the boat and the feelings I had. Yeah. So, you know,    Miko Lee: [00:23:34] and you were so young also to    Chi Thai: [00:23:37] Totally 100%. And sometimes, I don't know, you know, is it a memory of a memory? Is it a dream of a dream?   Miko Lee: [00:23:44] Mm-hmm.    Chi Thai: [00:23:44] Or just some, yeah.   Miko Lee: [00:23:46] Was there anything that your mom said that surprised you?    Chi Thai: [00:23:50] Yeah. Um, she didn't realize how bad it was gonna be and she was like, “God, if it, I'd known how terrifying it was I dunno if I, we could have done it.” I think there's a certain amount of naivety involved and I suppose that surprised me. You know? 'cause we know already now how bad it was. Um, so things like that surprised me.    Miko Lee: [00:24:15] and your mom, the dedication of the book is to your mom. What does she think when she first read it?    Chi Thai: [00:24:22] I've got a funny story. My parents, you know, they, we left, they were in their early twenties and I think it was, you know, the escape was hard for them, but settling in new country was really hard for them. That's. That's been kind of their struggle. They had to work so hard, so many hours to kind of, you know, give us a great life. And, I think a lot of that meant they weren't people that could go out, enjoy, enjoy movies, look at art, read lots of literature and things like that. They're very, very simple, very working class. Simple life or working class kinda life. Very much all about, uh, the work. Um, and I remember when I had a, the publisher had made like a mockup of the book and I gave it to my mum to read 'cause I wanted her to be happy about it too, and she's probably been my toughest critic. I think everything I've done, she hasn't really liked, to be honest. Um, and when I gave her the mockup to read. She went, “Yeah,” but she said it in such a way I knew what she meant was Yeah, that's right. You know, that's the truth. That's the, you know, the book isn't the testimony, but it felt like she was saying yeah. It was like the simple kind of approval. It wasn't like a lot    Miko Lee: [00:25:50] That is the most Asian mom's approval ever.    Chi Thai: [00:25:54] It's so funny, like people say to me, oh Chi, it's such a beautiful book. Oh, the writing so lit, like lyrical. It's stripped back, it's elegant. Like, you know, Viet Thanh Nguyen , like God bless his like consults, gave me a comment to put in the book, said these wonderful things, and my mom goes, “yeah.”. You know, it made me laugh at the time, but I knew what it meant. And I also was old enough, I was mature enough, you know, God, if she'd given me that, if I'd been 20 written that I might have cried and my heart might have broken. Right. But I, I knew I had, I've so much compassion, you know, for my parents. Mm-hmm. And people like my parents, what they've been through and, you know, but    Miko Lee: [00:26:38] That was incredibly high praise for her.    Chi Thai: [00:26:40] It was, I couldn't have asked more.   Miko Lee: [00:26:47] Oh, I totally get that. I think that's such an Asian thing. That is so funny.    Chi Thai: [00:26:53] It is, it is. I didn't feel bad. I, I remember showing her Lullaby, um, and she didn't like it at all.    Miko Lee: [00:27:02] What did she say? What is her not like voice? What did she say to that?    Chi Thai: [00:27:05] Oh, she. Well, firstly, she, well, the, the film is almost silent because basically it tells a story. It's inspired by a mother that was on our boat who lost her baby on the border crossing, and I was very much ever, for as long as I knew about this woman's story, I was like, I was very much haunted by it, and I was haunted by, you know, the fact that that's how she felt and her guilt. Over losing her baby on this journey. And I knew, I knew I wanted to tell her story. 'cause one of the things I feel very strongly about is when you are on the losing side. So I'm from South Vietnam, like that's not the, you know, that's not the story that's told, the story is told of who triumphs at the end of the day. And I was just like all those people that we lost at sea, this mother, her baby. The stories kind of aren't told. So I kind of felt really strongly that this was somehow a very creative way to put down like a, an historical record like this happened. And actually I found out after making the film that five babies were lost in our boat, not just one.   Miko Lee: [00:28:24] Wow. So what did she say, your mom say?   Chi Thai: [00:28:28] Yes. So I made this film, which was for the most part, a silent film. This is a woman that's shut down. She barely speaks anymore. She is living with the guilt ever. You know, when she was on the boat before her baby died, she sang a lullaby, and ever since then, she hasn't been able to speak again. And then we find out that she has been haunted by the ghost of her child that she lost. And then a bit too, you know, to kind of free herself from that. She, she actually sings, you know, the, the film culminates in her singing the Luby one last time. S saying Goodbye finally being able to move beyond her Gild and I Griffin, saying goodbye and hoping she's able to, you know, progress. So I made a film about that was largely silence except for this lullaby, and my mum watched it. She went, next time you make a film, you know you need more words. I was just like, oh, I think my heart probably did crumple off a bit a bit at that point.    Miko Lee: [00:29:30] Aw.    Chi Thai: [00:29:31] You know? Um, but yeah. But yeah, it's okay. It's okay because you know what? My mom doesn't get to see stuff like that very often. So sometimes she doesn't have the wider, and this is why, I mean, like, the life that she's had, you know, hasn't been one where she's been able to surround herself with, oh, I'm so lucky. You know, my life has been so different, but it's been different. Different because of, you know what she's, what she's done for us, so it's okay. I can take it on the chin when she says my film doesn't have enough dialogue in it.    Miko Lee: [00:30:04] I love that. For you, have you had conversations with your mom about your life as an artist, and what are her thoughts on that?   Chi Thai: [00:30:16] Well say. So I, so my mom, I don't really like, you know, she's probably not that into it. I'll be honest about being an artist. I can understand why she wants you to have a good life. And I would say for the most part, being an artist is, is a, is a tough life because it's hard to make, you know, the, the pennies work, right?   Miko Lee: [00:30:44] She wants stability for you, right?    Chi Thai: [00:30:45] Yeah, exactly. But she's made a peace with it. And basically what happened, I think all the best story is gonna be about my mom, right? Is that she basically, I, I, um, I have a partner, we've been together for 15 years. Um, he's a really nice guy and he has a reliable job and we have two kids together and i,    Miko Lee: [00:31:08] So that makes it okay.   Chi Thai: [00:31:10] So yeah, this is what I was saying. So she said to me like. It doesn't really matter what you do now. 'cause she, you are already peaked. You're somebody's wife. We're not married. But she told everyone in Vietnam we were married 'cause she couldn't cope with this not being like having kids out of wedlock. In her head. She's rewritten that we are married. Right. She's like, you are married, you're somebody's wife and you mother, it doesn't get better than that. So if you are an artist or if you're a filmmaker, whatever, it doesn't matter. 'cause nothing can be better than that. Right. So she's accepted on the basis that I've already fulfilled, kind of my promise.   Miko Lee: [00:31:46] Wow. Interesting.    Chi Thai: [00:31:50] And she means that in the nicest possible way.    Miko Lee: [00:31:52] Yeah.    Chi Thai: [00:31:52] That she feels like you have a home, you have stability, you have someone who loves you, you know, you have a, a purpose in life, but really her value, you know, the way, I think, the way she measures my value is like, that's how she looks at it. The, the art is something else.    Miko Lee: [00:32:10] Well, I really appreciate you sharing your art with us in the world and your various, um, genres and styles. And I'm wondering how our audience can find out more about your work. Clearly we'll put links to where people can buy the book and let's see, but how do they find out more about your films?   Chi Thai: [00:32:28] Um, so that like, because it is the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War in 2025. Actually the very anniversary of that is the tomorrow, the 30th, April, right? Um, you can watch Lullaby on Altar, which is a YouTube channel. Um, and I can give you the link for it. Rating Grace is on Paramount Plus if you want to, if you've got Paramount Plus, but you can also buy it from all the usual kind of places too. Um, and you know, and we'll see us from all great book stockists, I imagine in, in the us.   Miko Lee: [00:33:07] Thank you so much. Um, I'd love to get, I'd love for you to send me the link so I could put 'em in the show notes. I really appreciate chatting with you today. Um, is there anything else you'd like to share?    Chi Thai: [00:33:19] Um, no, I think, I think that's good. Your, your questions are so good. Mika, I'm already like, kinda like processing them all. Uh, yes.    Miko Lee: [00:33:30] Well, it was a delight to chat with you and to learn more about your artistic vision, and my wishes are that you continue to grow and feel blessed no matter what your mama says, because deep down, she's still proud of you. Even if she doesn't say it out loud.    Chi Thai: [00:33:47] I believe it. I totally believe it.    Miko Lee: [00:33:50] Yay. Thank you so much for spending time with us on Apex Express.Next up, listen to stay, go from dark heart, a concert narrative by singer and songwriter Golda Sargento.   MUSIC   That was the voice of Golda Sargento from the new Filipino futurism punk rock sci-fi dark heart. Welcome, Livia Blackburne Children's book, author of Nainai's Mountain. Welcome to Apex Express.    Livia Blackburne: [00:38:56] Thank you so much for having me.    Miko Lee: [00:38:58] I wanna start with a personal question, which is, who are your people and what legacy do you carry with you?    Livia Blackburne: [00:39:05] I am Chinese American, and so I carry the stories of my grandparents who fled China to Taiwan, fled that war. And I also carry the stories of my parents and myself who immigrated. To America, and I am, I grew up in New Mexico, so I have fond memories of green chili and new Mexican food. I went to college, Harvard and MIT on the east coast. So I've got a bit of that kind of ivory tower. And now I'm in LA and, you know, my people are, my family and my community, the writing community here. So I, I'm a big mix. Yes.    Miko Lee: [00:39:44] What legacy do you carry with you?    Livia Blackburne: [00:39:47] I mentioned a bit of my grandparents and my parents. What they went through in the war in China, and then my parents and me coming here. the experience of being here in two worlds, coming from Taiwan having that cultural background and also, growing up in the United States. The culture I've been surrounded with here as well.    Miko Lee: [00:40:06] Thank you so much for sharing. Can you tell us about your new illustrated children's book? Nainai's Mountain. What inspired this work?    Livia Blackburne: [00:40:14] The story of this book actually started with another book that is coming out in a couple years that actually I can't share too much about. My grandparents fled the war in China and then my. Parents grew up in Taiwan and I wanted to preserve that family story. My parents are getting older. So I started doing oral interviews with my parents about their childhood, what it was like, growing up. I wouldn't say they weren't refugees in Taiwan. It's a very complicated political situation, but they were transplants to Taiwan, and what it was like growing up there, their daily life. What kind of things they did when they were a child, their pastimes, I wanted to preserve their stories and I got a lot of great material., A lot of that is going into a novel that I'm currently working on. But also as I worked on it, there were so many great details that I thought would be really good in a picture book as well. Also, I'm a mother now. I have an 8-year-old daughter, and she is half Caucasian, half Asian. She has never gone to Taiwan before and I. As I'm writing this, I'm thinking, it would be really great to, I do want to share Taiwan and, my own childhood, home with her at some point. And so I start imagining what would it be like to bring her back to Taiwan and show her everything. And that became the seed for Nainai's Mountain, which is a. Story of a girl visiting Taiwan for the first time with her grandmother. And her grandmother shows her around and tells her stories about her childhood, and the girl through her grandmother's eyes, sees Taiwan, you know, for the beautiful place that it is.    Miko Lee: [00:41:56] You also wrote the book I Dream of Popo. How are these companions to each other and also for audiences that might not speak Chinese. One is a grandmother on the mother's side, and the other is the grandmother on the father's side. Can you talk about how I dream of Popo is linked to Nainai's Mountain?   Livia Blackburne: [00:42:15] Thank you for pointing that out. Yes. So Popo is maternal grandmother, and Nainai is a paternal grandmother. And that is a fantastic question. So I dream of popo is kind of my story. So it's about a little girl who moves from Taiwan , to the United States and it's about her relationship with her grandmother who stays in Taiwan. And it talks about, how a close relationship, navigating long geographical distances about the language barrier that comes up. And that was very much me, Nainai's Mountain. It's kind of like Popo in reverse, you know, it's now it's someone going back to Taiwan and kind of getting in touch with those roots. That, as I mentioned, that's inspired by my daughter. And you'll see in Nainai's Mountain, I specified that the child should be, half Asian, half Caucasian. Because, I wanted more of that representation in the children's literature.    Miko Lee: [00:43:07] Thank you. I, I wonder if you could talk a little bit about the artistic style. So you are the author, but you had different illustrators for both of the books and the style is really different. The in, when I look at Nainai's Mountain, which I'm holding here, it's sort of collage and really vibrant colors. Where I Dream of Popo has a different, more. I'm almost realistic, kind of look to it. And I'm wondering what your process was like in collaborating with illustrators.    Livia Blackburne: [00:43:37] That's one of the best things about being a picture book author, is that you get to collaborate with so many illustrators and they all have such different styles, such different visions. Most of the time it's the publisher who chooses the illustrator, although they. Consult me usually. My editor for I Dream of Popo picked Julia Kuo. And she sent me samples and I loved it. And, it was great. I'm friends with Julia now and that book did really well. It was very well known, especially in kind of Taiwanese American, Asian American circles. And so when I did, Nainai's mountain, that was with a different publishing house and my editor. He very consciously said, you know, because it's also a book about Taiwan and a grandmother. We don't want to get it confused with I dream of Popo. So, we made a conscious decision to pick an artist with a very different style and Joey Chou is fantastic. He's very well known for his Disney art. You can see his art in a lot of the hotels and cruise ships. And, he, very bright, vibrant, and I, he's also from Taiwan. I think he did a fantastic job.   Miko Lee: [00:44:41] And have the artistic work ever surprised you as being really different from your imagination while you were writing?    Livia Blackburne: [00:44:48] That's a great question. I don't think they've ever surprised me. By being different. They surprised me in the specifics that they've chosen. For example, I dream of Popo. Julia, spent a lot of time in Taiwan and she put in these great, Taiwan details that, you know, if you're from Taiwan, you would know for sure. There's like a specific brand of rice cooker called the rice cooker, and she has one there and like the giant bag of rice in the corner, and the calendar on the wall.   Miko Lee: [00:45:16] Even the specificities of the food and the trays and everything is quite lovely.    Livia Blackburne: [00:45:20] Yeah, yeah. You know, every time I read that, I look at that spread, I get hungry. So surprise there. And, with Joey, I, I love how he does the different, there's kind of flashback pictures and there's, pictures now and. The thing about him, his color, I just love the color that he put in from the greens, of Taiwan to kind of the bright fluorescent lights, neon lights of Taipei, and then there's kind of the slight sepia tones of the past and he just, you know, brings it so to life so well.   Miko Lee: [00:45:49] I didn't know he was a Disney animator, but it totally makes sense because it feels very layered. It does feel animated in a way and kind of alive. So I appreciate that.   Livia Blackburne: [00:45:59] I'm not sure. If he's an animator. He does a lot of art for the theme parks and like products and the cruise ships and stuff. I'm not sure.    Miko Lee: [00:46:07] Oh, interesting.   Livia Blackburne: [00:46:07] He does like movies and  stuff.    Miko Lee: [00:46:08] Interesting. It looks like animation though. Your book.    Livia Blackburne: [00:46:13] It does look very, yeah. Lively. Mm-hmm.    Miko Lee: [00:46:16] That I'm looking forward to that series. That would be so cute. The grandmother series as a whole little mini series traveling to different places. can you tell us about your new book, Dreams to Ashes? Has that been released yet?   Livia Blackburne: [00:46:29] Dreams to Ashes? That has been released that, released about a month before Nainai's Mountain. Yeah, that one's quite a bit different. So that one is a nonfiction book and it's a picture book, and it's about the Los Angeles massacre of 1871. Whenever people, I tell people about that, they're like, wait, you wrote a picture book about a massacre? Which is slightly counterintuitive. So I never knew about the Los Angeles massacre growing up. And, and, given that I am a Chinese person in Los Angeles, that is kind of weird. Basically, it was a race massacre that occurred. One of the biggest mass lynchings in history, uh, where there was a between two rival Chinese organizations and a white bystander was killed. And because of that, , a mob formed and they rounded the Chinese population up basically. And. Blame them for that death. In the end, 18 Chinese men were killed and only one of them were involved in the original gunfight. It was a horrible tragedy. And unfortunately, as often happened with these kind of historical tragedies in our country, nobody was really punished for it. A few men were indicted and convicted, but their convictions were overturned and it just kind of disappeared into history. And it really struck me that, you know, nobody knew about this. I wanted to kind of bring this to light and unfortunately when I was writing it, it was also, during the Covid pandemic and, I was seeing a lot of anti-Asian rhetoric, anti-Asian hate crimes were going up. And I saw so many parallels between what happened. Back then, because, you know, Chinese people specifically were being vilified , they were being called immoral, stealing people's jobs. And you can see in the years before the massacre the newspapers were saying horrible things and, you know, the hate was just becoming very strong and all that exploded one night into an unspeakable tragedy. Unfortunately as an author, you want your work to be relevant, but sometimes you don't want your work to be relevant in this way. Right. Nowadays I'm seeing so much rhetoric again against immigrants and not of many ethnicities. And in some ways I'm sad. That, this is happening now. And I also hope that this book will contribute to the conversation and show how the danger of racism and xenophobia and hate and what, what can happen because of that.   Miko Lee: [00:48:55] So this occurred in the late 1800s, right? Was it before the Chinese Exclusion Act?    Livia Blackburne: [00:49:03] Yes, it was before the Chinese Exclusion Act. So you'd hope that people kinda learn from these things. And it was just kind of one of the, one of the horrible things that happened on the way to the Chinese Exclusion Act and Chinese immigrants being excluded basically Chinese laborers at least.   Miko Lee: [00:49:23] Oh wow. Okay. I'm looking this up now. And 1882 we know was the Chinese Exclusion Act and this incident actually happened in 1871. Yes. A decade beforehand, Helen Zia always talks about these moments that are missing. MIH missing in history and this is clearly another one of, another time of just wiping out a population.I'm wondering if you could speak a little bit more about how Children's Books can make a difference in the world that we're currently living in, where our government is banning books and you know that there's a narratives that they want to align with a certain kind of conservative ideology. Can you talk about the power of being a Children's Book author in this time that we're living in right now? . I'm really thinking about dreams to Ashes and even I dream of Popo and even Nainai's Mountain, which you would think, oh, they're, you, they're visiting their grandparent, their grandmothers, that would not be controversial. But now when even words like inclusion and diversity are threatened and books are being banned, I'm just wondering if you could. Share a little bit more about your superpower as a children's book author?    Livia Blackburne: [00:50:31] Yeah, that's a fantastic question. We live in a time right now, there's, a lot of hate, a lot of intolerance, a lot of fear of different people groups. And a lot of that I think is because people are unfamiliar with people unlike themselves. They see. People who are different, look differently, act differently, speak differently, and it scares them. And I think the best way to get around that is to actually get to know people of other backgrounds, to see them as human. And I think that's where children's books come in. ‘Cause we don't, children are not born. With this hate of the other. They learn it. But, if they grow up being familiar with people of different backgrounds seeing their stories seeing them as, normal human beings, which, should be obvious, but sometimes it's hard, for adults to realize. Then, I'm hoping, as a children's book author that it will lead to a more empathetic world. And perhaps that's why the government sometimes in certain groups are wanting to, censor this and control the flow of children's books because, children are the most their minds are still open. They're still able to learn.    Miko Lee: [00:51:48] And Livia, tell us what you're working on next.   Livia Blackburne: [00:51:53] So right now I am. Working on a historical middle grade. We haven't quite announced it yet, so I can't say the title or too many details, but it is based on my family history of my parents and grandparents who moved from China to Taiwan after the civil War.   Miko Lee: [00:52:12] Please check out our website, kpfa.org. To find out more about our show tonight. We thank all of you listeners out there. Keep resisting, keep organizing, keep creating and sharing your visions with the world because your voices are important. Apex Express is created by Miko Lee, Jalena Keane-Lee, Preti Mangala-Shekar, Swati Rayasam, Aisa Villarosa, Estella Owoimaha-Church, Gabriel Tanglao, Cheryl Truong and Ayame Keane-Lee.   The post APEX Express – 6.19.25 We Are All Connected appeared first on KPFA.

Show Notes 2025 What do you really learn in acute care—and what does it feel like to use what you've learned in the classroom? In this episode, we speak with Mika Mendoza, a recent UIC DPT graduate, who reflects on the clinical rotation that changed her perspective on physical therapy. From managing a complex discharge for a newly blind patient to navigating transplant floors and collaborating with interprofessional teams, Mika shares powerful insights on growth, uncertainty, and finding purpose in acute care. This episode also marks the debut of our new co-host, Dr. Nicole Neveau, PT, DPT, who brings her experience as a CI and clinical leader into the conversation. Together, she and Leo explore mentorship, first-hand learning, and why exposure to acute care should be standard in DPT education. Whether you're a student, educator, or practicing clinician—this conversation will resonate. Today's Guests: Mika Mendoza, SPT mmendo47@uic.edu https://www.linkedin.com/in/mika-mendoza-dpt2025/ Guest Quotes: 8:21 “ Interdisciplinary collaboration is, is key to acute care. It's not just walking and it's not just standing.” 19:33 “ …not all things were as straightforward as we had learned it in didactic.” 28:45 “ I feel like having students go into an acute care clinical rotation I think it's just so important because you will never know. If you don't try it, right? …Uou miss a hundred percent of the shots that you don't take. And I think it's the same with acute care, especially because there are so many things that get debunked when you're in an acute care clinical rotation.” Rapid Responses: What kind of shoes do you wear in acute care? “Not White Ones” You know you work in acute care when… “ When you try to swipe your badge to get into your house” Links: https://www.aptaacutecare.org/page/2026Elections Connect with our host and the podcast! Leo Arguelles (LEE-O R-GWELL-IS) largue2@uic.edu Twitter @LeoArguellesPT Nicole Neveau ngunder1@gmail.com LinkedIn Danny Young daniel.young@unlv.edu X - @DLYoungDPTPhD Bluesky - @dlyoungdptphd.bsky.social Interested in being a future guest? APTA Acute Care: Website Awards Journal Access https://www.aptaacutecare.org/page/AspireandAchieveMentorshipProgram Twitter @AcuteCareAPTA Facebook APTA Acute Care Instagram @AcademyAcutePT YouTube APTA Acute Care Podcast APTA Acute Care Resources APTA Adult Vital Signs APTA Lab Values Document Webinar Recordings

It's been 500 straight weeks of recording Blueshirts Breakaway and NYR have traded Chris Kreider to ANA. The guys recap a bit of their history and react the trade. Then Shayna Goldman joins the Breakaway to discuss potential offseason moves, Mika and what now with Kreider gone. Finally the guys return after some kind words from friends and answer some 5 star questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week's episode we discuss the Kreider trade and his impact as a Ranger, addressing NYR rumors going around, Mika and more.How to support us and our sponsors:Columbia Sports ApparelESPN+ SubscriptionFanaticsDraft Kings - CODE ITRThanks for listening! Please rate and review our show on your favorite listening platform. Check out our partner's website at www.insidetherink.com for all your latest hockey news.

Bald Faced Lie, Bald Faced Truth is your no-holds-barred sports podcast, cutting through the noise with bold predictions and brutal honesty. This week, we're dissecting the shocking Mika Zibanejad trade, questioning if Sauce Gardner's massive new contract is a genius move or a colossal mistake, and celebrating Jalen Brunson's lifelong commitment to the Knicks – because, unlike some players, he actually wants to be here.

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It's been 500 straight weeks of recording Blueshirts Breakaway and NYR have traded Chris Kreider to ANA. The guys recap a bit of their history and react the trade. Then Shayna Goldman joins the Breakaway to discuss potential offseason moves, Mika and what now with Kreider gone. Finally the guys return after some kind words from friends and answer some 5 star questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fluent Fiction - Japanese: Sibling Struggles and Sakura Dreams: A Journey in Kyoto Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/ja/episode/2025-06-16-22-34-02-ja Story Transcript:Ja: 桜の花びらが風に乗って舞い込む京都大学の寮。En: In the dormitory of Kyoto University, cherry blossom petals danced in on the wind.Ja: ここで、そらと妹のみかは一緒に暮らしていました。En: Here, Sora and his younger sister Mika lived together.Ja: 両親は外国で働いていますので、そらはみかの面倒を見る必要があります。En: Since their parents worked abroad, Sora needed to take care of Mika.Ja: そらは真面目な大学生です。En: Sora was a serious college student.Ja: いつもみかのことを心配しています。En: He always worried about Mika.Ja: 「ちゃんと勉強しているかな？」と。En: "Is she studying properly?" he wondered.Ja: みかは、自由な心を持ち、絵を描くことを愛しています。En: Mika, with a free spirit, loved painting.Ja: キャンバスに向かって、彼女は夢の中で生きているようです。En: When she faced her canvas, it was as if she lived in a dream.Ja: ある日の夕方、そらは食事を作りながら考えました。「みかは今日も授業を休んだと聞いた。En: One evening, while preparing a meal, Sora thought, "I heard Mika skipped class again today.Ja: どうしよう？話さないといけないか？」彼は溜息をつきました。En: What should I do? Do I need to talk to her?" He sighed.Ja: 試験の時期が近づいています。それが心配です。En: Exam time was approaching, and he was concerned.Ja: その時、みかが入ってきました。En: Just then, Mika entered the room.Ja: 「そら、お兄ちゃん！ちょっと私の絵、見てくれる？」彼女の目は輝いていました。En: "Hey Sora, big brother! Could you take a look at my painting?" Her eyes were shining.Ja: 彼女が描いたのは、春の京の街並みでした。En: She had painted a scene of Kyoto in spring.Ja: 桜の木と小道の先には、小さな神社が見えました。En: Beyond the cherry trees and path, a small shrine was visible.Ja: 「すごいね...でも、みか。試験はどうするの？」そらは優しく質問しました。En: "That's amazing...but, Mika. What about the exams?" Sora asked gently.Ja: みかは少し黙りました。En: Mika paused for a moment.Ja: 「実は、試験を欠席してまで、この絵を描いていたの。En: "The truth is, I skipped the exams to paint this.Ja: 展覧会に出すんだよ。」みかの声には後悔もありましたが、情熱もありました。En: I'm going to submit it to an exhibition." Her voice carried both regret and passion.Ja: そらは驚きました。En: Sora was surprised.Ja: 「どうして大事な試験を飛ばしたの？君の未来がかかっているんだよ！」En: "Why did you skip such important exams? Your future depends on it!"Ja: みかは涙を浮かべました。En: Mika had tears in her eyes.Ja: 「絵を描くことが私の未来だって、誰かに言ってほしかったの。」En: "I just wanted someone to tell me that painting is my future."Ja: その時、かずきが訪れました。En: At that moment, Kazuki visited.Ja: 彼は共通の友人で、いつも二人をサポートしてくれる人です。En: He was a mutual friend who always supported the two.Ja: 「そら、聞いてみない？みかの絵は本当に素晴らしいよ。」En: "Why don't you listen? Mika's painting is truly amazing."Ja: そらは深く考えました。En: Sora pondered deeply.Ja: そして、みかを見て言いました。「わかった。En: Then, he looked at Mika and said, "Alright.Ja: 展覧会に行こう。そして、お互いの夢について話そう。」En: Let's go to the exhibition and talk about our dreams together."Ja: 展覧会の日、そらとみか、かずきは一緒に絵を観に行きました。En: On the day of the exhibition, Sora, Mika, and Kazuki went to see the paintings.Ja: そらはみかの絵を見て、心から感動しました。En: Sora was truly moved by Mika's work.Ja: 「君がこれを好きなのがわかるよ。En: "I can see why you love this.Ja: 僕も、自分の夢を探してみる。」En: I'll try to find my own dream, too."Ja: みかは照れながら笑いました。En: Mika smiled bashfully.Ja: 「お互い頑張ろう。」En: "Let's work hard together."Ja: 桜の花が咲き誇る季節、そらとみかは新たな夢に向かって歩き始めました。En: In the season when cherry blossoms were in full bloom, Sora and Mika started walking towards new dreams.Ja: 二人の絆は、今まで以上に強くなりました。En: Their bond grew stronger than ever before. Vocabulary Words:petals: 花びらdanced: 舞い込むabroad: 外国serious: 真面目canvas: キャンバスskipped: 欠席exhibition: 展覧会regret: 後悔passion: 情熱surprised: 驚きましたmutual: 共通supported: サポートdream: 夢approaching: 近づいていますmeal: 食事concerned: 心配scene: 街並みvisible: 見えましたbond: 絆younger: 妹exam: 試験shining: 輝いていましたsubmit: 出すponders: 考えましたbashfully: 照れながらfull bloom: 咲き誇るevening: 夕方worried: 心配していますpath: 小道shrine: 神社

Mika, a childhood girlfriend of T, stopped by the show to talk about love life and new beginnings. Check out the full episode now.

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Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor chat with newly minted D-I College National Champion, Mika Kurahashi of UBC! They then discuss an eventful week in the UFA and preview the Western Ultimate League Championship Weekend!Re-Watch D-I College Nationals!Make sure to join the Ultiworld Discord for the Live Deep Look subscribers-only bonus segment, Out the Back! 

On this week's episode of And Colossally That's History! Richard Williams and Matt Bishop look back on the career of Mika Hakkinen, and in particular how he was able to overcome - thanks to a considerable slice of good luck - the devastating crash in 1995 that so nearly took his life to become a double Formula 1 world champion. Along the way, Matt and Richard explain what made Hakkinen - widely regarded as one of the quickest drivers of his generation, and a man who often went toe-to-toe with and beat Michael Schumacher in the late 1990s and early 2000s - such a special talent.They also look back on the dreadful crash in Adelaide in 1995 that would ordinarily have ended Hakkinen's career, if not his life, describing the incredible work done by the medical team on-site, and the remarkable bravery and tenacity show by Hakkinen in the aftermath.Matt also shares some great anecdotes about the time he spent with Hakkinen in his glory days, post-accident, when Matt was writing about the Finn as a magazine editor. He discusses what Mika told him after that legendary overtake on Schumacher at Spa in 2000, and he describes - in hilarious detail - what happened when Mika took him rally driving on a frozen lake the morning after a heavy night drinking vodka...Matt and Richard will be bringing members an exclusive Q&A episode at the end of Season 3, where they'll answer questions on each of the topics covered. Join on Patreon today and get 75% off your first month - we even have an F1-only tier!

Teamwork. Racing. Pasta. We explore all that and more as Mika Hakkinen joins Christian Hewgill and F1 Explains listeners live on-stage at the Monaco Grand Prix. Double World Champion Mika talks about what he learned from racing Michael Schumacher. Their rivalry started as teenagers in karts and continued when they fought for F1 titles in the late 1990s. F1 Explains listeners Lisa, Daniel and Tessa ask Mika their questions on whether the friendships between today's drivers affect how they race on-track and what skills Mika took from F1 into life post-racing. Plus Mika talks about his favourite race day foods and signs a special piece of artwork for a fan in the crowd. Get your question on the podcast! Send voice notes and emails to F1Explains@F1.com COMING SOON: F1 President and CEO Stefano Domenicali - send your questions on his job running Formula 1 F1: THE MOVIE starring Brad Pitt Only in cinemas June 2025 Get tickets now It's All To Drive For in 2025. Be there! Book your seat for a Grand Prix this season at tickets.formula1.com Listen to more official F1 podcasts In-depth interviews on F1 Beyond The Grid Expert reaction before and after every Grand Prix on F1 Nation

Mika Edmondson joins our study of People in the Old Testament for our fourth week of reading the flawed, faithful, and profoundly human experiences in Scripture. From doubt and destruction to relief and redemption, let's explore what these ancient stories can teach us today!Open your Bibles with us this week! This episode corresponds to Week 4 of She Reads Truth's People in the Old Testament reading plan. You can read with the She Reads Truth community on our site, in our app, or with our People in the Old Testament printed or digital Daily Reading Guide.In this episode:Use code NAMES15 for 15% off the Plan Name collection at ShopSheReadsTruth.com.Mary Reading the TorahShe Reads Truth on Instagram & FacebookRaechel Myers on InstagramAmanda Bible Williams on InstagramMika Edmondson on Instagram*If you purchase something through our links, She Reads Truth may earn an affiliate commission.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Magellan AI - https://docsend.com/view/5vdvbdx7cr4tikmyPodscribe - https://podscribe.com/privacy

Mika Obanda is a Kenyan artist who creates vibrant and personal mosaics using egg shells sourced from local hotels. Cleaning, drying and colouring them, before painstakingly placing each individual tiny piece onto his canvases. Frenny Jowi visits him in his studio in the Nairobi slum of Mukuru as he works on his latest collection. It is a series called Trying to Blossom, in which he often places himself at the centre of his art works, showing not only his own journey as an artist and a person, but also as an activist, reflecting spirituality, love and the wider issues facing himself and his community.

Mike Crawford from the Young Jurks joins the show to recap this week in the Karen Read trial, then we have Woke Or Joke! Visit the Howie Carr Radio Network website to access columns, podcasts, and other exclusive content.

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Well nerds, buckle up for this one. My buddy Ryan Burge has returned with his latest graphs about religion and the 2024 election, and let me tell you - it was zesty. We started talking about minor league baseball, chicken raising, and somehow ended up dissecting why 83% of white evangelicals voted for Trump (spoiler: it's not shocking). Ryan breaks down the real story of the 2024 election - how non-white evangelicals are now 50/50, why mainline Protestants aren't actually that liberal, and the fascinating shifts happening in the Catholic vote. We dive into the data that shows education and church attendance create some pretty stark political divides, and why Democrats might want to rethink their approach to people of faith. But this is us, so we also talked about LeBron's hair transplants, whether 100 men could take down a silverback gorilla, why online gambling is destroying America, and Ryan's ongoing campaign to get academics to eat at steakhouses instead of Sweet Green. Plus, Ryan explains why Mark Driscoll might be the godfather of the manosphere, and we debate whether Joe Scarborough and Mika have the worst work schedule in television. Oh, and we somehow got into a deep discussion about Mayor Pete's beard and why Democrats need to learn how to talk about their faith without sounding like they're apologizing for it. Because apparently that's where our brains go. Want the full conversation? This is just a taste of what we covered in over two hours of completely unhinged discussion. If you're a member of either Graphs About Religion (Ryan's substack) or Process This (mine), you get access to the entire unedited conversation, plus invitations to join us live for future streams where things get even more zesty - and yes, I'm using that word in the Whitehead sense, not the Gen Z sense.   Previous Visits from Ryan Burge Distrust & Denominations Trust, Religion, & a Functioning Democracy What it's like to close a church The Future of Christian Education & Ministry in Charts The Sky is Falling & the Charts are Popping! Graphs about Religion & Politics w/ Spicy Banter a Year in Religion (in Graphs) Evangelical Jews, Educated Church-Goers, & other bits of dizzying data 5 Religion Graphs w/ a side of Hot Takes Myths about Religion & Politics Ryan P. Burge is an assistant professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University. Author of numerous journal articles, he is the co-founder of and a frequent contributor to Religion in Public, a forum for scholars of religion and politics to make their work accessible to a general audience. Burge is a pastor in the American Baptist Church. Upcoming Online Class:⁠⁠⁠⁠ Rediscovering the Spirit: Hand-Raisers, Han, & the Holy Ghost⁠⁠⁠⁠ is an open-online course exploring the dynamic, often overlooked third person of the Trinity. Based on Grace Ji-Sun Kim's groundbreaking work on the Holy Spirit this class takes participants on a journey through biblical foundations, historical developments, diverse cultural perspectives, and practical applications of Spirit theology. ⁠⁠⁠⁠As always, this class is donation-based, including 0. To get class info and sign up, head over here. ⁠⁠⁠⁠ _____________________ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Hang with 40+ Scholars & Podcasts and 600 people at Theology Beer Camp 2025 (Oct. 16-18) in St. Paul, MN. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ This podcast is a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Homebrewed Christianity⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ production. Follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠the Homebrewed Christianity⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Theology Nerd Throwdown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Rise of Bonhoeffer⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ podcasts for more theological goodness for your earbuds. Join over 80,000 other people by joining our⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Substack - Process This!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get instant access to over 45 classes at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.TheologyClass.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow the podcast, drop a review⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, send ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠feedback/questions⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or become a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠member of the HBC Community⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's MJ Morning Show: Rise in crime on cruise ships Morons in the news Revisited: Guy who wrote his own obituary died in a small plane crash Kindergarten student brings Jello shots to classmates Dump button text Urban wildman lifestyle "Dumbass" fake calls Most hated text response Woman gets her chicken for free and explains how Uber driver pulls gun on passengers MJ and Michelle ready for AC/DC concert Diddy trial National wear your life jacket to work day Secretary of Transportation took wife off Newark flight More men die from 'broken heart' than women In a relationship? Do not answer these questions! A call from Mika and Brian Kleinschmidt of "!00 Day Dream Home" Woman fired for saying 200lb people shouldn't take pilates Report - living near golf courses increases chance of Parkinson's 126% Walmart CEO: Prices are going up Man caught in a Lowe's display shed doing something privately Tesla reportedly has 10,00 unsold Cyber Trucks Mr. and Mrs. Blizzard had their wedding at a DQ

This is a story of a strong woman. Not only an Oprah expert, Dr. Laura Berman understands the power of quantum love, loss and living on as a mother after the tragic death of her son, Sammy- due to a fentanyl related overdose. In this deeply moving and inspiring Mother's Day special of the OBSESSED Podcast, hosts Mika, Tristan, and Tia sit down with the incomparable Dr. Laura Berman—Oprah's renowned love and relationship expert, scientist, bestselling author, and podcast host. In a candid and intimate conversation, Dr. Berman reveals her secrets to staying connected with love, finding resilience through the most unimaginable losses, and how she honors her son, Sammy, after his tragic passing. This episode is a heartfelt tribute, packed with wisdom for mothers, families, and anyone moving through grief or personal transformation.What You'll Learn:Quantum Love & Home Frequency: Dr. Laura breaks down the science of ‘home frequency' from her book Quantum Love, and explains how emotional states shape your relationships—and your life.Grief, Loss & Motherhood: Dr. Laura shares her raw journey after losing her son, Sammy, to a fentanyl-laced overdose. Hear her message to mothers and families: “love is the most powerful force there is.”Practical Healing: Learn tools for healing, self-forgiveness, and resilience. Dr. Laura reveals her process for managing empathy, protecting your energy, and supporting others without depleting yourself.Modern Parenting & the Social Media Threat: Powerful insights on social media's role in teen drug exposure, and how to have honest, empowering conversations with your kids—plus advocacy tips for change.Sex & Relationships: Why conversations about sex and intimacy matter in every stage of life—and how to drop shame for genuine connection.Purpose, Grace, and Growth: Dr. Laura's formula for turning heartache into purpose and healing, plus real-life practices for bringing more grace into your daily life as a mother, partner, and person.Featured Guest:Dr. Laura BermanOprah's Love & Relationship ExpertScientist, Bestselling Author (Quantum Love)Host of The Language of Love podcastAdvocate for parent support, Fentanyl awareness, and healing in the age of social mediaLinks & Resources:Dr. Laura Berman's WebsiteQuantum Love tools and meditations, expert advice, and free “7 Days to Jumpstart Your Sex Life” programLanguage of Love PodcastInstagram: @drlaurabermanFentanyl Awareness and Support ResourcesWhy Listen to This Mother's Day Episode?If you're searching for the best Mother's Day podcast episode, this conversation will move you, inspire you, and leave you with actionable steps to bring more meaning and connection into your life. Whether you're a mother, daughter, partner, or simply someone seeking healing or hope—Dr. Laura's vulnerability and wisdom offer the perfect Mother's Day tribute and an unforgettable reminder of the enduring strength of love.

A couple devises a strategy to get their daughter's killer prosecuted and to get attention for other Native families.  Visit thisamericanlife.org/lifepartners to sign up for our premium subscription.Prologue: Mika Westwolf was killed in a hit-and-run on a Montana highway. Her parents thought the driver might get away with it. The driver was white. Mika was a citizen of the Blackfeet Nation. (1 minute)Act One: Mika's parents, Carissa Heavy Runner and Kevin Howard, share recordings of their interactions with law enforcement. (8 minutes)Act Two: Carissa and Kevin take matters into their own hands. (20 minutes)Act Three: The county prosecutor explains why he let Mika's killer out of jail. Will Carissa and Kevin's efforts pay off? Sierra follows them to court. (33 minutes)Transcripts are available at thisamericanlife.orgThis American Life privacy policy.Learn more about sponsor message choices.