Welcome to the Origin Story for Making Sense and Nonsense! In this episode, we make sense of: ~What is this podcast and who is it for? How and why did it come into being? The curated audio portions of this podcast were drawn from the following podcasts: *Questlove Supreme (featuring John Oliver) *Open Source with Christopher Lydon *Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso *Therapist Uncensored *The Sarah Silverman Show *WTF with Marc Maron *Stay F. Homekins. The music was by Jake Xerxes Fussell and Stevie Wonder. To share back with us, you can write or even better yet, submit a voice message to: [email protected] OR [email protected]. While leaving or recording a message, it's preferable to be sitting still in a quiet indoor space, not on the move near traffic! :D If you get stuck, feel free to reach out for help via email. There are no length minimums or maximums for responses. If you do NOT want an excerpt of your email/ voice message played on the show, please label your submission PRIVATE. Some prompts on what you might share: ~Your own feelings in response to the recent (2024) US election. ~Your bodily responses regarding it. ~Your perceptions about what is going on, why/ how it happened, etc. ~Your sense of what the meaning of this for your life/ for our shared life in the US or planetwide. These are just suggestions! If something in your heart wants out, share with us. If you have an inkling that you might be able to help someone else (via an area of expertise/ wisdom you have) or to help us make the show, please do say so! We are trying to go far deeper than an Opinion-based discussion... not trying to arrive at a singular Truth, but to share and witness and reflect, almost like in a Grief support group. But silliness and nonsense are also ALWAYS welcome! --Heidi & Team

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