Creatures of Courage

Creatures of Courage

By Blake LambertSociety & CultureArts
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Creatures of Courage episodes

  • How Zia named herself, Portland’s lost creative freedom, and building a giant public synth

    "My Birth name, my name given at birth was Amy Lorraine Springer..."

    "She turned around and said, 'Oh well, what about Zia?' And it was that moment, it turns out this annoying girl is who gave me my new name. And I knew immediately, just like when you're naming a band or a pet, this is my new name."

    "An old guy named Xolox, X-O-L-O-X, which is Venus in the Nahuatl language. He came the next day with a whole lot of people who heard this is going down. That there's this crazy white chick with a bleeding tattoo.. And I'm showing everyone my stomach and saying 'Who am I?"

    - Zia McCabe


    All music was recorded by Lan on the Sax.

    56 min
  • My Home is Me

    When she was only six years old, Andrea's mother took her in secret from her home and her father in Venezuela to start a new life in Australia. Since that moment Andrea has been searching for her path back home. Years later, after multiple journeys to Venezuela her search for home did a U-turn and her inward discovery began. Navigating trauma through therapy, mediums, ayahuasca and motherhood she has found her way back home and she doesn’t need a plane to get there. My Home is Me with Andrea Carolina

    2 hr 19 min

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