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Before Me
I’m Lisa. This is the story of my mom’s decades-long journey from Cambodia to America. And it’s a long overdue conversation between the two of us, about our family’s history — through war and violence, separation and loss, endings and beginnings.
See Also
Writer & film curator Kate Jinx welcomes new guests each episode to talk through what they’ve been watching/reading/listening to, along with recommendations for idiosyncratic faves.
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Store Credit Podcast
Sneakers, Fashion, Streetwear
Influenced
Helen Lewis Has Left the Chat.
The rise of instant messaging has made our social and professional lives faster, more casual — and more chaotic. But amid all the discussion of the effects of public social media, such as Facebook and Twitter, there has been relatively little attention paid to private social networks—the direct message and the group chat — and how they are shaping our relationships and our world.
In this series, Helen Lewis looks at the secret world of instant messaging, meeting a woman who married a chatbot, discovering how Russian dissidents are fighting a propaganda war, and hearing the inside story of how Britain ended up governed from a single WhatsApp group.
It’s a strange new world where workplace rebellions are conducted through duelling emojis and military secrets are traded on chat forums about a children’s cartoon. It’s also a world where you can never be quite sure who you’re talking to—and who’s eavesdropping on you.
Tell Me What Happened
Every day we wake up not knowing exactly what will happen: A sportswriter finds himself drowning in a frozen canal, a hiker gets hit by lightning, and a service tech rolls his van off the road and into a cemetery. What they all have in common is that they were all saved by a stranger.
Tell Me What Happened, the award-winning original podcast by OnStar, returns for a sixth season of stories about people helping people. Each episode also includes a conversation with an expert to provide context and advice about what to do if you find yourself in a dangerous situation.
Driveway Moment
Girls have always just wanted to have fun and we are SO glad you’re here! Come hang out with us ever Friday so we can all share our embarrassing, cringy and sometimes ever scary experiences, hangout with new and old guest, and deep dive into various topics!
Closet Confessions
Got something to confess sis…?
Good job because author and journalist, Candice Brathwaite, and actress and online personality, Coco Sarel, are inviting you into their closet of confession to drop their truths, and yours…
Come and confess to us cousins, it’s *totally* anonymous and there’s nothing off-limits. Send in your secrets: https://forms.gle/isf8odGDSn1S3FSz7
Oh, and don’t forget – what’s said in the closet, stays in the closet…
This podcast has been produced by Astrid Productions.
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Good As New
Life is messy, beautiful, heartbreaking, happy, and everything in between. It’s those moments that help shape us, give us insight into who we are at our core, and hopefully help craft relationships that will last a lifetime. Events like loss, birth, marriage, graduation and so many more are like road markers along our personal paths, and things don’t always (for better or worse) go as planned. But it’s the story and the results that define who we are – and it’s those life-changing stories that will be coming to you this January with Jaj, who recently found herself a widow with 2 young kids, and Rylee, a budding entrepreneur whose big dreams and even bigger drive are being juggled with the adventure of being a newlywed. Their stories aren’t perfect, but that’s not what we’re here for. We’re learning as we go and hopefully, coming out better than we began. Listen to “Good As New” an imperfectly perfect podcast sharing the moments that break us and build us stronger.
Mina AF with Mina Starsiak Hawk
What’s one thing you’ve always wanted to ask but didn’t know how? What’s something you’ve always wanted to say out loud, but were scared to? We’re gonna talk about it!
You may know host Mina Starsiak Hawk from her HGTV show Good Bones, but that’s just the outer layer of who she is. On this show we’re going to pull the onion layers back and reveal the (sometimes tear-inducing) truth underneath.
While it may seem like she’s had a blessed and easy life, there’s always more to every story. Mina is ready to share her story and delve into others.
Mina is asking the uncomfortable questions, talking about the things we’re embarrassed to feel or think, challenging societal norms and doing it all without judgment!
Follow MinaAF and let’s broaden your horizons, answer your questions, and most importantly, have FUN!
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