Directionally Challenged

Original Air Date: July 12, 2021

The lovely Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke are joining us this week to talk about the parallels between The O.C. and The Vampire Diaries, our experiences filming hit shows, and their podcast, “Welcome to The OC, Bitches,” which can be found anywhere you listen to podcasts!

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Original Air Date April 27, 2021

This week we’re joined by the wonderful Cree Summer to talk about all things acting, how she’s learning new things in her 50’s, and how cartoons could change the world.

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Candice is joined by best friends and co-founders of DayLuna, Dana Stiles and Shayna Cornelius. They introduce the teachings of Human Design, which is a way of understanding how energy operates within our bodies and in the world around us. Their mission as Human Design specialists is to empower people towards self-love, personal freedom, and authenticity.

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• Shayna’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/shaynadayluna/
• Check out DayLuna - https://www.daylunalife.com

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Candice is joined by the founders of Keep It Delish, Madalyn and Paul Hughes, to discuss how they stumbled upon their very own epic recipe for a homemade chocolate bar made only with whole food ingredients - the most important of all being honey and absolutely no unnatural sugars. But not only that, how we can make small but impactful changes to our own meals so that they can be as nutritiously dense (and delish!)  as possible. 

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• Madalyn’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/madlywholistic
• Check out Keep It Delish: https://keepitdelish.com

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Candice is joined by entrepreneur and founder of Black Girl Ventures, Shelly Omílàdé Bell, whose mission is to empower Black and Brown women in gaining social and financial capital. How did the former self-proclaimed P.I. become the CEO of a multi-million dollar enterprise in venture capitalism? Listen to find out - better a pen and HUGE paper!

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• Shelly’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/omibell/
• Check out Shelly’s XM Radio Show: https://www.omisworld.com/theshellybellshow

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Candice is joined by writer Leigh Bardugo (of Shadow and Bone series among many other books) to discuss her long journey into becoming a published, successful author that she always dreamt of being. She offers not only words of inspirational wisdom but real practical pathways people can take to turning their passion into an established career. 

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• Leigh’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lbardugo/?hl=en
• Check out and pre-order Leigh’s latest release “Hell Bent”: https://static.macmillan.com/static/fib/hell-bent/

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Candice is joined by journalist and former MTV News Corespondent, SuChin Pak, to discuss how she came to be part of such a profound moment in modern pop culture history and the discrimination she faced while paving the way for other Asian Americans in mainstream media. 

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• Suchin’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suchinpak/?hl=en
• Listen to “Add To Cart”

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/add-to-cart-with-kulap-vilaysack-suchin-pak/id1538378650 

• Check Out “My Life: Growing Up Asian in America” https://www.capeusa.org/my-life-growing-up-asian-in-america

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Candice is joined by writer and comedian, Allison Raskin, to talk about how to fall in love and be a good partner while living with a mental illness. She walks through her previous relationships and how studying psychology helped put things into perspective - so well, in fact, that she wrote a whole book about it! 

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• Allison’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/allisonraskin/?hl=en
• Check Out “Overthinking About You” : https://www.workman.com/products/overthinking-about-you/paperback

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Kayla is joined by author for both children and adults, Leigh Lewis, who struck gold when she discovered the untold real stories of female pirates from history’s past. They discuss how she was first inspired to write about pirates in poetry form and the ways in which history is far too often dominated by the misleading white male perspective. 

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• Leigh’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leighwriting/?hl=en
• Check Out “Pirate Queens” : https://www.amazon.com/Pirate-Queens-Leigh-Lewis/dp/1426371950

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Kayla is catches up with her dear “Vampire Diaries” co-star, Reiki master, and advocate for well-rounded sex education, Torrey DeVitto. And stay tuned for a fun fan Q&A session with her from our listeners! 

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• Torrey’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/torreydevitto/?hl=en
• Check Out “Safe Bae” : https://www.instagram.com/safe_bae/?hl=en

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