Dear Mango, Podcast

“People say, go hard or go home. I will go home. That is literally my goal.” – Warren Hill

🎙️Episode 9 | Dena to the Bay Out Now

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Dear Mango | You Just Don't Break, Do You? A podcast about learning to trust yourself when the world expects you to keep performing.

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The fun side of the "Get in the Car" era was real. What a time. We didn't have adult responsibilities the way we do today. What we didn't get a chance to talk about was the downside of the "Get in the Car" era. There are times when people were forced to be the designated driver. Or had to take care of someone who was too drunk to take care of themselves, many times. There were friends who took on the responsibility because their friend wouldn’t. And the fire extinguisher incident is a perfect example of a “get in the car” incident where harm was caused, but someone else carried the shame. Yes, the get-in-the-car era was fun. And it's worth noting there are people who carry the memories and responsibilities of times when they weren’t so fun so that their friends could have a good time. 

🎙️Episode 9 | Dena to the Bay Out Now

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Dear Mango | You Just Don't Break, Do You? A podcast about learning to trust yourself when the world expects you to keep performing.

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“You can't take away people's humanity. It's not possible. People are always people. People always build. That's what human beings do with each other and for each other. And so growing up, in Altadena, you don't realize what was built until you get perspective from the outside of it and look back. And it's just like, wow. I was there. That's a real place, and that's what people were able to put together.” – Jabari Pulliam

🎙️Episode 9 | Dena to the Bay Out Now

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Dear Mango | You Just Don't Break, Do You? A podcast about learning to trust yourself when the world expects you to keep performing.

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Warren and Jabari are both from Altadena. I went to Loma Alta Elementary School and Eliot Middle School, both in Altadena. But I am not from Altadena. And although John Muir High School is in Pasadena, a lot of folks from Altadena went there. Some of us attended all 3 schools together. It wasn't until I left for college that I understood the bonds we created growing up. Because I grew up in it, I never questioned it, and didn't understand how special it was.

🎙️Episode 9 | Dena to the Bay Out Now

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Dear Mango | You Just Don't Break, Do You? A podcast about learning to trust yourself when the world expects you to keep performing.

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“I feel like all of us just carry that community, that connection, those early experiences with us. And that part of us finds itself in each other.” - Jabari Pulliam

🎙️Episode 9 | Dena to the Bay Out Now

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Dear Mango | You Just Don't Break, Do You? A podcast about learning to trust yourself when the world expects you to keep performing.

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Revisiting Jabari’s 26th birthday. Happy Birthday, Jabari! 

🎙️Episode 9 | Dena to the Bay Out Now

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Dear Mango | You Just Don't Break, Do You? A podcast about learning to trust yourself when the world expects you to keep performing.

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“Is it the strength of the flower or is it the comfort of the pot that makes you?” - Jabari Pulliam  

🎙️Episode 9 | Dena to the Bay Out Now

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Dear Mango | You Just Don't Break, Do You? A podcast about learning to trust yourself when the world expects you to keep performing.

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This was my first time learning about Jabari and Warren’s shared first memory.

🎙️Episode 9 | Dena to the Bay Out Now

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I may have been 16 or 17 years old when this happened. I was with a boy I liked and we had just come back from a nice evening of miniature golf in a nearby city. This was a story I told one friend immediately after it happened, and she laughed. Because I carried the shame of that experience, I didn’t tell anyone else. As I look back on a handful of friendships, when I shared the hard things I was experiencing, they would minimize it or laugh. With time, I learned to validate my experiences with the right support and distance myself from relationships that caused harm or laughed at my pain. Looking back, I can acknowledge that a lot of us were navigating family dynamics that we didn't talk about and it shaped how people lashed out in harmful ways.

🎙️Episode 9 | Dena to the Bay Out Now

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Dear Mango | You Just Don't Break, Do You? A podcast about learning to trust yourself when the world expects you to keep performing.

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Different lives, timelines, and reasons for leaving Dena. And somehow we all ended up in the same apartment complex in the Bay.

🎙️Episode 9 | Dena to the Bay Out Now

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Dear Mango | You Just Don't Break, Do You? A podcast about learning to trust yourself when the world expects you to keep performing.

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