Podcast Episodes

In Conversation w/ Senior Riyan Parekh: Living Philosophy before life gets too loud

Season 2 Episode 24

In this episode, I sit down with Riyan Parekh, a high school senior juggling life as a philosophy club president, Boy Scout, tennis player, and full-…

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Feeling Too Much in Fabric: Colin Wilkes on Costuming People We Meet on Vacation

Season 2 Episode 23

In this episode, I sit down with Colin Wilkes, the costume designer behind the film adaptation of Emily Henry’s People We Meet on Vacation, starring …

1 month, 3 weeks ago

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Tony Award-winning writer Greg Kotis on Urinetown: The Musical, Satire, Storytelling & Finding Your Creative Soulmate

Season 2 Episode 22

In this episode, I sit down with Greg Kotis, the Tony Award–winning writer behind Urinetown the Musical, to unpack the power of satire, musical theat…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

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More Than a Genre: Singer-Songwriter Georgia Parker Talks Art, Duality & Her New Album

Season 2 Episode 21

In this episode, I sit down with singer-songwriter Georgia Parker to talk about her upcoming album, the duality that exists within her sound, and wha…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

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Enemies to Lovers to “I Made It”: YA Author Andy Darcy Theo on Romantasy Tropes & Writing Dreams

Season 2 Episode 20

In this episode, YA author, Andy Darcy Theo joins me to unpack why the genre hits so deeply.

We talk about the tropes readers can’t get enough of (a…

2 months ago

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"Hot Rodent Men, First Loves, YA Romance w/author Sujin Witherspoon

Season 2 Episode 19

In this episode, I’m joined by YA romance author, Sujin Witherspoon to talk about writing emotionally honest love stories, creating chemistry that ac…

2 months, 1 week ago

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Dissecting the Fear of Wanting too Much

Season 2 Episode 18

In this episode, I’m talking about the fear of wanting too much:

why emotional investment gets labeled as neediness, how creatives learn to downplay t…

2 months, 1 week ago

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The Biggest Lessons I Learned as a Creator in 2025

Season 2 Episode 17

In this episode, I’m sharing the five most important lessons I learned as a creator in 2025.

From realizing follower count doesn’t equal quality cont…

2 months, 2 weeks ago

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I Used to Chase Fame. Here’s Why I Stopped.

Season 2 Episode 16

There was a time when fame and money felt like the end goal: likes, numbers, proximity to power, and the illusion of “making it.”

In this episode, I’…

2 months, 2 weeks ago

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What Does “Sanskarí” Really Mean? Love, Media & Representation with Author Ananya Devarajan

Season 3 Episode 15

In this episode, I sit down with author Ananya Devarajan to unpack her novel Sanskarí Sweetheart and the much bigger conversations it opens up around…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

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