Connecting Our Stories

He’s a self-described storyteller, strategist, and bridge-builder who is living into his name. “Kazique” comes from the Caribbean and means “chief” or “leader,” exactly what our influential guest is known for in Austin. In a world where machine learning sparks worry, fear, and excitement, Dr. Prince says trust is the technology we need to feel connected.

Curious about your chakra strengths? Take the same quiz that led Lauren and Charlotte down the woo road:

https://www.psychicsource.com/article/spiritual-meaning/chakra-quiz/29228

And tell us what you learned!

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At different points in their decades-long careers, both Charlotte and Lauren have had the great pleasure of working alongside Brian Diggs, a journalist, filmmaker, and cinematographer. In this episode, our good friend opens up about the craft of creative storytelling, the mechanics of getting it done, and the magic of making art an audience will connect with. Listen until the end for Brian’s and Charlotte’s film picks to add to your watch list!

At different points in their decades-long careers, both Charlotte and Lauren have had the great pleasure of working alongside Brian Diggs, a journalist, filmmaker, and cinematographer. In this episode, our good friend opens up about the craft of creative storytelling, the mechanics of getting it done, and the magic of making art an audience will connect with. Listen until the end for Brian’s and Charlotte’s film picks to add to your watch list!

At different points in their decades-long careers, both Charlotte and Lauren have had the great pleasure of working alongside Brian Diggs, a journalist, filmmaker, and cinematographer. In this episode, our good friend opens up about the craft of creative storytelling, the mechanics of getting it done, and the magic of making art an audience will connect with. Listen until the end for Brian’s and Charlotte’s film picks to add to your watch list!

Sharpen your pencils! We two writers talked our way into what we're calling our MATH episode! Charlotte and Lauren explore how basic subtraction can actually ADD to your life, using a simple equation Charlotte learned from one of her favorite artists. (Let’s call it Michelangelo Math.) Lauren sums it up with her own calculation of how taking away can sometimes help us live into our essential selves.

Best friends. Some people are fortunate to have a few. Austin TV news producer and journalist Jose Torres is one of Charlotte's "besties." For nearly 20 years, Charlotte has admired Jose's compassion, quiet confidence, and willingness to join in an entertaining round of "caraoke." Mostly, though, she admires how Jose remained cool and collected while overcoming a life-threatening health scare. In this episode, Jose shares with us how he transformed his entire lifestyle so he can be one of Charlotte's besties for another 20 years.

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What is in a name? It turns out, so much! There’s even immense power in one letter within a name, as we learn in Part 2 of our conversation with Lori Axler Miranda. Lori is an expert on names, naming practices, and why, for example, an “e” or the meaning behind our middle name can send us spiraling (as it did for Charlotte and Lauren). 

In this episode, we all share our personal name stories, and we invite our listeners to share yours! What is behind your name, or was there a time when the name of someone or something impacted your life?

Years ago, Lauren and today’s guest Lori Axler Miranda tossed around the idea of creating a podcast for writers to talk about the act of writing—as in, spend time discussing, venting, and ideating about writing (rather than just sitting down and writing). How writing is a blessing and a curse. A creative gift and a stressful chore. 

That podcast didn’t come to fruition, but Lori’s writing career did. She tells Lauren and Charlotte how her Tentatively Titled Substack came to be as we discuss the magic and agony of owning the blessed title of Writer.