Journalist, writer and strongman lifter Alyssa Ages sits with Dialexicon to answer to "strength" and "healing". Her book "Secrets of Giants: A Journey to Uncover the True Meaning of Strength" is available here:

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/707130/secrets-of-giants-by-alyssa-ages/ 

I got to speak with Sunu Chandy on her way to DC in the car outside the airport. She was in Toronto promoting her book of poetry "My Dear Comrades." The first question came out of the beautiful cover art by Ragni Agarwal: an image of east Asian queer love, an image of closeness. From that, then: What does vulnerability mean to you? Sunu answered "Not having to put on a show. Being able to talk about what's really going on and be real with people both in a political sense about what's causing rage, and what's causing joy--because people will come for you either way!"

Episode photo credit: Fid Thompson

Dialexicon: experiments in listening. This introduction is a good place to start, to do your own Dialexicon interview. With your friend, family member, neighbour, hero.