<p>Touch your head, what do you feel? Long hair, short hair, baldness? Feel under your hair. Find the shape of your skull, its waves. Feel its hardness. Your skull protects you. Our bird-girl Phoenix learns about a device that will help with her dad Eagle's cancer. He wears it on his head. Phoenix helps him feel strong.… like a bird, like a plane. Like super dad!</p>

Touch your head, what do you feel? Long hair, short hair, baldness? Feel under your hair. Find the shape of your skull, its waves. Feel its hardness. Your skull protects you. Our bird-girl Phoenix learns about a device that will help with her dad Eagle's cancer. He wears it on his head. Phoenix helps him feel strong.… like a bird, like a plane. Like super dad!

Episode 4: Post Surgery Treatment, “The Headdress”

Two Black American dads and teen daughter, Phoenix, take a journey through brain cancer. Poetry, songs, fables, and love help Phoenix develop her rich sense of self. She rises from the ashes of hardship, where cancer becomes only a minor character in her story. 

For more: http://wellbeings.studio/ashandfeather/

The podcast was supported in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency, and the National Arts and Disability Center at the University of California Los Angeles. Any findings, opinions, or conclusions contained herein are not necessarily those of the funders.

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Two Black American dads and teen daughter, Phoenix, take a journey through brain cancer. Poetry, songs, fables, and love help Phoenix develop her rich sense of self. She rises from the ashes of hardship, where cancer becomes only a minor character in her story. For more: http://wellbeings.studio/ashandfeather/ The podcast was supported in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency, and the National Arts and Disability Center at the University of California Los Angeles. Any findings, opinions, or conclusions contained herein are not necessarily those of the funders.

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