Best Eve Sturges Podcasts (2024)

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Lauren LoGuidice: The Italian Viking (Honestly The Short Film) 29:00

1M ago29:00

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SUPPORT LAUREN'S FILM HERE: SEED & SPARK READ HER STORY HERE. Lauren is using her own story as a Donor Conceived Person to open up conversation about transparency, and the absurdity so many people in the DNA-discovery community face. *** Discount Code Magic Mind Focus Energy Drink! ⁠⁠https://www.magicmind.com/EVERYTHINGEVE20⁠⁠ (Affiliate Sponsorshi…

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Summer Surprise Episode: Untangling Your Roots Summit! 1:22:58

4M ago1:22:58

1:22:58

***⁠Contribute To Seed & Spark Campaign⁠*** every cent is going towards this ambitious project, and is greatly appreciated by Eve and her team. If you can't contribute, share it with friends! please and thank you. (the campaign ends July 1; Eve is going to barf from gratitude and humility.) SURPRISE! With Don Anderson and Lily Wood, Eve invited gue…

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Eve Sturges 51:27

5M ago51:27

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This week, it’s a true delight and honor to welcome writer, therapist, and host of the Everything’s Relative podcast, Eve Sturges, to Mothering Heights! Eve’s writing has been called “incisive, funny, and deeply sensitive” by no less than the great Jill Filopovic, and her podcast explores what happens after the discovery of surprising DNA results. …

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Marta Cunningham 50:31

6M ago50:31

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This week, we are thrilled to welcome filmmaker Marta Cunningham to Mothering Heights! Nominated for two News and Documentary Emmy Awards, Marta Cunningham is a queer filmmaker of color. A native of Northern California, she was so moved by the story of Lawrence King’s tragic murder in 2008 that she embedded herself in the beachside city of Oxnard, …

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Alison Bennett 1:03:27

6M ago1:03:27

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We are so lucky and so thrilled to welcome Alison Bennett to Mothering Heights! Alison is a writer and producer and has written on shows like (Leonora’s fave) You’re the Worst and the Emmy-nominated Doogie Kamealoha, MD. We dive into the real nitty gritty of launching a successful writing career here, as well as how to navigate ooky situations with…

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Nicole Riviere 59:45

7M ago59:45

59:45

What a genuine thrill to welcome dancer, choreographer, filmmaker, and educator Nicole Riviere to Mothering Heights! Nicole has danced on shows like America’s Got Talent and for artists such as Death Cab for Cutie, Peaches, and Elvis Costello. She has a combined 30 years of experience teaching yoga and dance, and she is a filmmaker who directs musi…

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Busy Philipps 1:03:49

8M ago1:03:49

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What an absolute thrill to welcome actress, writer, ceramicist, and podcast queen Busy Philipps to Mothering Heights! Busy and Leonora are old old friends (youthful YOUTHFUL old friends) and we are so happy to be celebrating Busy’s many wins this springtime. We talk about this season of Girls 5Eva dropping on Netflix, the re-boot of her wonderful l…

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Emily Alpren 49:14

8M ago49:14

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This week, we are so grateful to welcome actor, writer, director, filmmaker, and Fitzmaurice Voicework professor, Emily Alpren to Mothering Heights! Emily is a super-smarty-pants and creator, and we discuss experimental theater, remaining creative when motherhood is overwhelming, and how her work as a voice professor at USC informs her work as a di…

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Anne Gregory 1:06:23

8M ago1:06:23

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This week, we are thrilled to welcome actress, writer, improviser, and all-around hilarious and silly person Anne Gregory to the podcast! Anne has had a really interesting career, from her and Rebekka Johnson’s triumphant run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, to owning the Lyric Hyperion Theater, doing about a thousand commercials, being a cast mem…

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Beatriz Sequeira 57:15

8M ago57:15

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This week, we thrillingly welcome big shot movie producer Beatriz Sequeira to Mothering Heights! Calling in from the pre-production set of her next film with Blumhouse Productions, Wolfman, Bea gives us the skinny on producing films like Get Out, Us, Five Nights at Freddy’s, and The Invisible Man, how she and her DP husband, Lyn Moncrief, balance t…

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A Call To Action: Moses Farrow and an Adoption Crisis (Emergency Episode) 57:20

8M ago57:20

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Support The Everything's Relative Roadtrip Now! ⁠ Discount Code Magic Mind Focus Energy Drink! ⁠https://www.magicmind.com/EVERYTHINGEVE20⁠ (Affiliate Sponsorship) Moses Farrow works as an an adoption trauma educator, adoption activist, and licensed marriage and family therapist. He explains to Eve how and why he wants to raise the alarm about crime…

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Terryn Westbrook 1:06:54

8M ago1:06:54

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This week we are honored and excited to welcome actress and writer and educator Terryn Westbrook to Mothering Heights! Terryn has been working in the biz for twenty-five years, and in our conversation we discuss what it was like to work with David Lynch (again and again) and how she got the gig (great story), what it was like to work with Christoph…

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Rebekka Johnson 1:06:35

9M ago1:06:35

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What a true treat and honor to have the hilarious actor, improvisor, director, and writer Rebekka Johnson on Mothering Heights! On this episode, we talk about how she came to direct her first feature, Step Aside, starring Arden Myrin and Tara Copeland, her brilliant new podcast with the equally funny and warm Anne Gregory, Non Drinking Buddies, her…

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Leonora on small joys and systems 16:32

9M ago16:32

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This week, Leonora hosts herself for a quick discussion on small joys and systems that make life a little easier. Thank you for tuning in and sharing and leaving a review: you’re doing a great job.By Leonora Pitts

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Kate Anthony returns! 1:04:02

10M ago1:04:02

1:04:02

In our first ever return-engagement, we welcome Kate Anthony back to Mothering Heights. Kate is celebrating the release of her highly anticipated book, The D Word: Making the Ultimate Decision About Your Marriage. Kate is so many things to so many people: a divorce coach, a community builder and leader, an advocate, a sage. We dive right into the h…

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Rachel Cole 52:51

11M ago52:51

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This week we are so thrilled and honor to welcome the Executive Producer and Chief Creative Officer of the Try Guys and 2nd Try Productions, Rachel Cole, to Mothering Heights! Rachel is a true example of a powerhouse creative, and is a real survivor to boot. In this episode we discuss her pageant life (Miss Vermont!!), her journey through a difficu…

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Jasmine Albuquerque 50:01

11M ago50:01

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This week, we are deeply honored to chat with dancer, dance teacher, choreographer, and artist, Jasmine Albuquerque. Jasmine has worked with towering figures such as Joey Solloway, Ryan Heffington, Mike Mills, and Beck, and in spaces like the Hammer, the MOCA, and the LACMA. In 2022, Jasmine and her mother, the legendary and iconic artist Lita Albu…

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Sydney Cutler Abich 59:37

11M ago59:37

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This week, we are truly honored to be joined by Yoga Nidra guide and healer, Sydney Cutler Abich! Sydney and Leonora have been in mom-community for eons, and we are so grateful she’s here to share her deep and hard-won wisdom. Sydney has a masters degree in social work and worked for years as a medical social worker. After her own health took a tur…

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Kate Spencer 1:08:01

11M ago1:08:01

1:08:01

It’s a real honor to welcome writer, novelist, memoirist, and the host of the Forever 35 podcast, Kate Spencer to Mothering Heights! Kate and Leonora discuss being ADHD moms, what it’s like raising teenagers and being the elder stateswomen/crones/RBGs of their mom community, Leonora tells a WILD story of going to the opening of Kate’s husband’s Bro…

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Caissie St. Onge 1:31:48

12M ago1:31:48

1:31:48

What a true honor to have writer, comedy legend, and the co-host of the Busy Philipps is Doing Her Best Podcast, Caissie St. Onge, to the show! Leonora followed Caissie for years online, learning how to be funny and compassionate all at once, and it still feels amazing that they’ve become IRL friends. In this episode, we get the dirt on how Caissie…

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Terrie Samundra 52:12

12M ago52:12

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This week, Leonora is thrilled to welcome writer-director-creative Terrie Samundra to Mothering Heights! Terrie’s debut feature, Kaali Khuhi, a Netflix Orginal Film, premiered in 2020, and she has participated in just about every Sundance Lab that’s out there. In this episode, we discuss how she’s paying forward all her experiences in the various f…

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Jennifer Seifert 51:57

12M ago51:57

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Finally, after about two dozen loving mentions on this podcast, we are joined by actress, storyteller, and MFT Jennifer Seifert! Jen has weathered chronic illness and pain and come out the other side, and now utilizes her own healing experiences with creativity as a licensed marriage and family therapist. We discuss her and my different grad school…

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Eve Sturges, Kalen Egan & What's Next... (SEASON 5 FINALE) 1:12:17

1y ago1:12:17

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Support The Everything's Relative Roadtrip Now! ⁠ Discount Code Magic Mind Focus Energy Drink! ⁠https://www.magicmind.com/EVERYTHINGEVE20⁠ (Affiliate Sponsorship) Original publish date: October 24, 2023. Hi, Eve here. The goal of this episode was twofold: to finally tell my own DNA-discovery story, and to talk about season 6 and all the plans we ha…

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Samara Bay Revisited 1:09:37

1y ago1:09:37

1:09:37

This week, we are revisiting a classic episode with author and coach Samara Bay. Samara’s book, Permission to Speak, has been redefining what power sounds like since its release in February 2023. This conversation with Samara sparked so many messages of WOW when we first aired it, and I’m excited for you all to listen again - or for the first time …

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Peggie Arvidson: Adoptees At Work (LAST GUEST OF THE SEASON) 1:05:56

1y ago1:05:56

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Support The Everything's Relative Roadtrip Now! ⁠ Discount Code Magic Mind Focus Energy Drink! ⁠https://www.magicmind.com/EVERYTHINGEVE20⁠ (Affiliate Sponsorship) Peggie Arvidson, host of the podcast Adoptees At Work , talks about what adoption means to her identity, and what inspired this new project exploring the careers and dreams of adoptees. F…

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Pamela Clare Wylie Samuelson 56:12

1y ago56:12

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This week, Leonora is honored to host educator, sexual health and wellness expert, somatic bodyworker, healer, and coach Pamela Clare Wylie Samuelson (she/they) to Mothering Heights. Pamela found her way into this incredibly rich and rewarding career space through her earlier life as a dancer and aerialist, through injury, into healing. She now bri…

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Rob, a BCF: Honoring The Contract 1:02:48

1y ago1:02:48

1:02:48

Support The Everything's Relative Roadtrip Now! ⁠ Discount Code Magic Mind Focus Energy Drink! ⁠https://www.magicmind.com/EVERYTHINGEVE20⁠ (Affiliate Sponsorship) Rob talks about what the past year has been like for him since discovering that the daughter he's raising, who is still a young child, isn't biologically related to him. ORIGINAL PUBLISH …

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Abby Hasberry: Adoptee, Birth Mother, Here For All Of It 47:06

1y ago47:06

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Support The Everything's Relative Roadtrip Now! ⁠ Discount Code Magic Mind Focus Energy Drink! ⁠https://www.magicmind.com/EVERYTHINGEVE20⁠ (Affiliate Sponsorship) Abby Hasberry of instagram account @D.E.A.R._Abby talks with Eve about coming into the adoption conversation with two penultimate experiences: she is a transracial domestic adoptee, and a…

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Amy Jo: He Was The Cutest Boy In The Room 1:09:38

1y ago1:09:38

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Support The Everything's Relative Roadtrip Now! ⁠ Discount Code Magic Mind Focus Energy Drink! ⁠https://www.magicmind.com/EVERYTHINGEVE20⁠ (Affiliate Sponsorship) The oldest of 4 girls, Amy Jo talks about the relief, heartbreak, and fury of her DNA Discovery. original publish date: 09/22/23 Show Information Subscribe to Everything's Relative Substa…

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Jack Fronczak: Lost and Found (or, The Triple Disappearance of Paul Fronczak) 1:06:03

1y ago1:06:03

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Support The Everything's Relative Roadtrip Now! ⁠ Discount Code Magic Mind Focus Energy Drink! ⁠https://www.magicmind.com/EVERYTHINGEVE20⁠ (Affiliate Sponsorship) episode 100!!!! Eve spends some time with Jack "Paul" Fronczak, who was the subject of CNN's recent documentary The Lost Sons, as well as the co-writer of The Foundling, and True Identity…

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Lisa Rodriguez 1:04:27

1y ago1:04:27

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This week we are thrilled to welcome actor, voice artist, and host of the Making it After 40 podcast, Lisa Rodriguez! The two of us reference each other’s podcast all the time, so it only makes sense that we’d share this great interview, which we did for Lisa’s one year anniversary. In this inspiring episode, we talk about how to trust that you are…

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Michelle: It Was As If My Life Suddenly Made Sense, Even Though I'd Never Thought It Didn't Make Sense 1:15:11

1y ago1:15:11

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Support The Everything's Relative Roadtrip Now! ⁠ Discount Code Magic Mind Focus Energy Drink! ⁠https://www.magicmind.com/EVERYTHINGEVE20⁠ (Affiliate Sponsorship) Michelle talks about her upscale Atlanta upbringing, her mother's anxiety, and what kind of truths unfolded before her when she took a mail-in DNA Test. (episode 99 of 100) Show Informati…

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Lauren Aboulafia 55:14

1y ago55:14

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This week, what a treat to have actress, writer, filmmaker, all around creative Lauren Aboulafia to Mothering Heights! Lauren and Leonora discuss meeting and creating in an Artist’s Way workshop years ago, transcending the natural tendency toward guilt in motherhood, maternal mental health, and how to turn trauma into art (CW brief mention of traum…

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Sheridan Anderson: Don't Go To The Hardware Store For Milk 1:16:30

1y ago1:16:30

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Support The Everything's Relative Roadtrip Now! ⁠ Discount Code Magic Mind Focus Energy Drink! ⁠https://www.magicmind.com/EVERYTHINGEVE20⁠ (Affiliate Sponsorship) Sheridan comes at her own DNA Discovery experience as a therapist who uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy with her clients. Sheridan is a licensed therapist in Minnesota. Show Information S…

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Ghosts, Neurodiversity, and Trauma, oh my! With Emily from the Residuals Podcast 1:19:30

1y ago1:19:30

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Thank you for your patience as we took a little summer hiatus! This week, Leonora is thrilled to welcome Emily from the Residuals Podcast to Mothering Heights. Emily is a producer, a mama, an advocate, and a lover of all things spooky. Our conversation is wide-ranging, compassionate, inspiring, and really, really fun. Be sure to listen to Emily and…

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Jennie: In Life as a Richard Scary Illustration, Everyone Has A Path 56:58

1y ago56:58

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Support The Everything's Relative Roadtrip Now! ⁠ Discount Code Magic Mind Focus Energy Drink! ⁠https://www.magicmind.com/EVERYTHINGEVE20⁠ (Affiliate Sponsorship) Jennie talks about the secrets her family was hiding about donor conception. Subscribe and read Jennie's substack* about her journey here. *A Substack is kind of like a blend of a newslet…

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Rebecca Berg of No Strings Nutrition: Adoption Is In Her Body, Too. 58:53

1y ago58:53

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Support The Everything's Relative Roadtrip Now! ⁠ Discount Code Magic Mind Focus Energy Drink! ⁠https://www.magicmind.com/EVERYTHINGEVE20⁠ (Affiliate Sponsorship) Rebecca Berg of No Strings Nutrition in Los Angeles California, talks about how coming out of the adoption fog has informed her work as a licensed dietician. Find Rebecca on instagram @no…

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Kristin: She's Italian, She's From Long Island. She Launches. 1:06:48

1y ago1:06:48

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Support The Everything's Relative Roadtrip Now! ⁠ Discount Code Magic Mind Focus Energy Drink! ⁠https://www.magicmind.com/EVERYTHINGEVE20⁠ (Affiliate Sponsorship) Kristin talks about how isolated she feels, even within the Misattributed Parental Event community because of the strife she's experienced from her DNA discovery. Show Information Subscri…

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Meg Thomas: Emotional Expedition Podcast 1:04:26

1y ago1:04:26

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Support The Everything's Relative Roadtrip Now! ⁠ Discount Code Magic Mind Focus Energy Drink! ⁠https://www.magicmind.com/EVERYTHINGEVE20⁠ (Affiliate Sponsorship) Meg Thomas, host of Emotional Expedition Podcast, talks with Eve about learning she was a Donor Conceived Person, which has had a major impact on her personal fertility journey and her wo…

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Jill: When The Apple Falls Far From The Tree 48:02

1+ y ago48:02

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Support The Everything's Relative Roadtrip Now! ⁠ Discount Code Magic Mind Focus Energy Drink! ⁠https://www.magicmind.com/EVERYTHINGEVE20⁠ (Affiliate Sponsorship) Jill, AKA Margo Reilly, talks about how her mom was telling the truth all those years ago. Jill is the author of When The Apple Falls Far From The Tree, and is now working on a second mem…

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Rebecca Autumn Sansom: Reckoning With The Primal Wound 52:32

1+ y ago52:32

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Support The Everything's Relative Roadtrip Now! ⁠ Discount Code Magic Mind Focus Energy Drink! ⁠https://www.magicmind.com/EVERYTHINGEVE20⁠ (Affiliate Sponsorship) Rebecca Autumn Sansom, relinquished at birth for adoption, created the powerful documentary, Reckoning With The Primal Wound about reunion with her own birth mother, and an exploration of…

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Caroline: The Man Who Ran Las Vegas (is her dad.) 1:00:12

1+ y ago1:00:12

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Discount Code Magic Mind Focus Energy Drink! ⁠https://www.magicmind.com/EVERYTHINGEVE20⁠ (Affiliate Sponsorship) NOTE: the wikipedia page of another former sheriff of Las Vegas, Ralph Lamb, uses this episode to incorrectly report that Caroline is his daughter. She does not claim be related to the Lamb family in any way, nor am I suggesting this by …

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Kate Anthony 1:01:59

1+ y ago1:01:59

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This week, Leonora is thrilled to welcome Kate (the Great) Anthony to the podcast. Kate is the host of the wildly popular The Divorce Survival Guide podcast, and has carved out a thriving career as a coach, podcaster, and the leader of a thriving online community of women. In this conversation, we talk about her extraordinary upbringing in NYC in t…

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Freya Lyon: A Rare Dual Citizen in the Donor Conception Community 48:11

1+ y ago48:11

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Support The Everything's Relative Roadtrip Now! ⁠ Discount Code Magic Mind Focus Energy Drink! ⁠https://www.magicmind.com/EVERYTHINGEVE20⁠ (Affiliate Sponsorship) Freya Lyon finds herself a rare bird: she is a Donor Conceived Person who has also used Donor Conception to create her own family. She is finding her voice as a "dual citizen," and offers…

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Aja Volkman 57:48

1+ y ago57:48

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This week, Leonora is absolutely honored to welcome Aja Volkman to Mothering Heights. Aja is a singer, songwriter, mama of FOUR children, a survivor, and artist in all senses. We discuss walking through a fire (in Aja’s case, a very public fire) and using those experiences as fuel for our creativity, how we connect to the muse, and where she finds …

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Ike Barinholtz 1:24:21

1+ y ago1:24:21

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What a treat to have actor, writer, director, and big funny guy Ike Barinholtz on this week’s Mothering Heights. Our last week of Dad’s Month! You all know Ike from The Mindy Project, Blockers, Neighbors, White House Plumbers, History of the World Part II, and his new film, Maximum Truth, written by Ike and Dave Stassen, and directed by Dave. These…

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Ivan: A Birth Certificate Father's Story 1:17:52

1+ y ago1:17:52

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Support The Everything's Relative Roadtrip Now! ⁠ Discount Code Magic Mind Focus Energy Drink! ⁠https://www.magicmind.com/EVERYTHINGEVE20⁠ (Affiliate Sponsorship) Ivan is a longtime listener of ERWES, and is ready to tell his side of the story as a BCF (birth-certificate father) to an NPE. Show Information Subscribe to Everything's Relative Substac…

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Jay Duplass 1:01:35

1+ y ago1:01:35

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It’s a true honor and treat to have filmmaker, actor, and true mensch Jay Duplass on this week’s Mothering Heights. As an actor, you’ve seen Jay in the iconic series Transparent, The Chair, and Industry. As a filmmaker, he and his brother Mark redefined independent cinema with films like Jeff, Who Lives at Home, Cyrus, and The Puffy Chair and have …

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Lezlee Liljenberg: If You Only Knew 59:27

1+ y ago59:27

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Support The Everything's Relative Roadtrip Now! ⁠ Discount Code Magic Mind Focus Energy Drink! ⁠https://www.magicmind.com/EVERYTHINGEVE20⁠ (Affiliate Sponsorship) Lezlee Liljenberg is a firecracker storyteller in Dallas Texas who started investigating when her dad kept saying "If you only knew what your mother has done." She's blogged about her jou…

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Ancestors of Influence: Cairelle Crow, author of The Magic In Your Genes 1:05:48

1+ y ago1:05:48

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Support The Everything's Relative Roadtrip Now! ⁠ Discount Code Magic Mind Focus Energy Drink! ⁠https://www.magicmind.com/EVERYTHINGEVE20⁠ (Affiliate Sponsorship) Genealogist Cairelle Crow is the first person Eve has ever talked to who offered an alternative to the strictly scientific way of looking at our family tree. The Magic In Your Genes, Your…

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