Episode 117: Mom In The Middle

Irene Atkinson grew up in Texas, steeped in European culture: her parents spoke Polish in the house, and her family socialized in Houston’s large Polish-American community.  But the family fabric was disrupted when Irene’s father died; several years later, her...

Episode 96: Madeleine And Myrtle

Writer/Director Liz Levine talks about a new web series she co-created with Jessie Award winning actress France Perras, who plays a caregiver (Madeleine) with a talking goldfish (Myrtle) who helps her cope with the strain of caring for twins and her aging parent, who...

Episode 27: Hands On

Ruthanne Zentner is a trained acupuncture physician who lived in Sante Fe, New Mexico for several years before returning to her roots in New York City, and then remaking her life in South Florida after marrying in her late-30s. In today’s episode she talks about being...

Episode 15: Looking Up And Down

Journalist Desa Philadelphia grew up in Guyana, in a multigenerational household. The set-up was common in her country, but being a teenager wasn’t fun for her with a meddlesome grandmother in the mix. Now living in Los Angeles, married and mother to a 5-year old,...