10 Things That Scare Me

Asking someone to show up for me.

Veralyn Williams is a Producer at Radio Rookies, a youth journalism program embedded within New York Public Radio’s narrative unit. Williams teaches young people to report radio documentaries inspired by their own experiences. https://www.wnyc.org/shows/rookies

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White women. They have more power than they think.

Natalie Diaz is a poet and MacArthur Genius. https://www.macfound.org/programs/fellows/She also teaches at the Arizona State University Creative Writing MFA program. You can find her on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nataliegdiaz.

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Everything was going too fast. Everybody was talking too fast. Everybody was moving too fast.

Jad Abumrad is the creator and one of the hosts of Radiolab. The son of a scientist and a doctor, Jad grew up in Tennessee. Jad is also the producer of The Ring & I about Wagner's Ring Cycle.

https://www.wnyc.org/story/71011-the-ring-and-i-the-passion-the-myth-the-mania/

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It's the one thing I think I share in common with George Bush. Just not in the broccoli fan club.

Janet Napolitano was governor of Arizona from 2003 to 2009, and the Secretary of Homeland Security under President Obama. She is currently the president of the University of California.

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There was no one in the house. Why would they be in the house?

Alaska Thunderfuck is a singer, drag performer and winner of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars. When not performing, Alaska is Justin Andrew Honard.

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It's like a tiny car crash every time you hit the mat.

Scott Colton wrestles under the name Colt Cabana. Check out his podcast, The Art of Wrestling https://soundcloud.com/coltcabana and follow him @ColtCabana on Twitter and Instagram.

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The problem is, most of what I've ever done in my life is motivated by fear. It's like a big dust storm of fear.

Brooke Gladstone is a Peabody-award winning host of WNYC's On The Media. She's also the author of The Influencing Machine, a media manifesto in graphic form. If you'd like to hear more about Brooke's inner life, check out the Radiolab episode about nihilism 

https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/dust-planet 

and the follow up to it on On The Media

https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/staring-abyss

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Doing it for the views.

Diante Folk is a high school student and gamer from Brooklyn. Check out his YouTube page DIANTE DA GOAT. 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVYYt04xnJFD5g6BBkfmUDw

Thanks to Children of Promise for getting us in touch with Diante. You can find out more about the important work they do here: https://www.cpnyc.org/.

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Is it too ordinary to be afraid of your cat dying?

Jeff VanderMeer is an author based in Tallahassee, Florida. His award-winning Southern Reach trilogy has been published in over 35 languages. Find out more at http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/, and follow him @jeffvandermeer (https://twitter.com/jeffvandermeer). 

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I finally figured out what the Apple store reminds me of.

Starlee Kine is the creator of Mystery Show and a writer on Search Party.

Find her @StarleeKine: https://twitter.com/StarleeKine

Mystery Show: https://www.gimletmedia.com/mystery-show 

Search Party: https://deadline.com/2018/10/search-party-louie-anderson-season-3-tbs-comedy-recurring-1202485498/

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