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Savor change, one story at a time. Conversations about the different flavors of life - sweet and spicy stories of transformation and breakthrough - shared between two generations.
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What Does Community Mean to You? | Solo Reflection on Belonging, Home & Finding Your People (opens the original)
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Maybe community isn't about being surrounded by a large group of people—maybe it's about being with the right people. In this solo reflection, Kirby sits with the lessons from his conversation with Ligiah (62) and Shino (29)—a conversation that unexpectedly brought him back to his own childhood. He opens up about growing up with instability: a father who left when he was an infant, a mother raising five children alone, and moving between caretakers, homes, and cities with a quiet sense that he d
What Does Community Mean to You? | A 29-Year-Old & a 62-Year-Old on Belonging, Service & Connection (opens the original)
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At the end of the day, we're all looking for connection. So what does community really mean to you? In this episode, Kirby sits down with Ligiah (62)—a Mexican-born screenwriter, producer, and Cal State LA professor whose work (Under the Same Moon) still shapes classrooms 18 years on—and Shino (29)—who left her life in Japan to serve as a missionary with the spiritual fellowship Shumei in LA—for a warm, open conversation about belonging, service, and where we find our people. Meeting for the ver
I See You, You Matter | A Solo Reflection on Being Seen (opens the original)
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Maybe being seen isn't about appearance, popularity, or performance—maybe it's having someone witness the fullness of who you are. In this solo reflection, Kirby sits with the lessons from his conversation with Tanya (61) and Julius (28) and realizes it was never really about social media. It was about something deeper: what it means to be seen. One line from Tanya stayed with him—that validation isn't "you're awesome," it's someone saying I see you, and you matter. He opens up about his own lif
Living for Likes | A 28-Year-Old & a 61-Year-Old on Validation, Art & Coming Home to Yourself (opens the original)
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Approval, recognition, being seen—it matters to all of us. But it shows up differently across generations. So what happens when we stop living for likes? In this episode, Kirby sits down with Tanya (61)—an artist, educator, and activist who came up in theater, dance, and opera long before social media—and Julius (28)—a filmmaker fresh off his first feature, navigating validation in the age of algorithms—for a tender, honest conversation about approval, self-worth, and where our sense of "enough"
What I Had to Unlearn | Solo Reflection on Patience, Listening & Letting Go of Fear (opens the original)
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Maybe wisdom isn't having all the answers—maybe it's living long enough to know which questions no longer matter. In this solo reflection, Kirby sits with the lessons from his conversation with Tommy (78) and Sasha (22)—an episode that quietly tested him. He gets honest about the moments he felt impatient, wanted to finish Tommy's sentences, wanted him to get to the point—and the realization that changed everything: the lesson wasn't in what Tommy was saying, but in how Kirby was listening. He o
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