Happy to See Me with Erika Casupanan

Celeste Anderson is a professional gamer and the first winner of the reality show King of the Nerds back in 2013. She opens up about backlash after winning the competition and being under edited. Celeste talks about overcoming self doubt, going back to school in her late 20s and the positive self talk that helped her get through a cancer diagnosis. Erika's mind is blown over how similar their reality TV experiences were.

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Host, creator and executive producer: Erika Casupanan
Brand strategy by Natalie Cunningham
Editing by InHouse Creative
Music by Dylan Mackenzie
Podcast visual design by Amanda McCusker
Photography by Clarence Creates

Neda Kalantar joins the podcast for her first interview in six years (!!!) to talk abut her two times on Big Brother Canada. She opens up about how the hate she received after season 2 impacted the way she approached the game in season 5. Neda and Erika bond over growing up with a money scarcity mindset and reflect on how their relationships with their respective reality shows may have run their course.

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Host, creator and executive producer: Erika Casupanan
Brand strategy by Natalie Cunningham
Editing by InHouse Creative
Music by Dylan Mackenzie
Podcast visual design by Amanda McCusker
Photography by Clarence Creates

Taylor Lindsay-Noel of Access By Tay has never let her wheelchair slow her down. Taylor is a disability advocate, CEO, motivational speaker and content creator known for her accessibility reviews of restaurants. In this episode, Taylor talks about thriving despite misconceptions she faces as a Black disabled woman CEO. Plus, Taylor opens up about how the accident that left her paralyzed changed the lives of her friends and family too.

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Host, creator and executive producer: Erika Casupanan
Brand strategy by Natalie Cunningham
Editing by InHouse Creative
Music by Dylan Mackenzie
Podcast visual design by Amanda McCusker
Photography by Clarence Creates

Todd Herzog, winner of Survivor China and Erika's all-time favourite Survivor player, talks about having his life dream come true at the age of 22. Plus, Todd is candid about what it was like having his struggles with alcoholism broadcast to millions. He shares his next dream (which is a lot simpler). This episode contains a lot of Erika fangirling over Todd.

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Host, creator and executive producer: Erika Casupanan
Brand strategy by Natalie Cunningham
Editing by InHouse Creative
Music by Dylan Mackenzie
Podcast visual design by Amanda McCusker
Photography by Clarence Creates

In this Pride Month special, we're putting the spotlight on Rainbow Railroad and its work to help at-risk LGBTQI+ people around the globe. Warning: mentions of violence throughout the episode. Latoya Nugent, Head of Engagement at Rainbow Railroad, joins the podcast to talk about why we need to remember queer refugees during our Pride Month celebrations. Latoya talks about why queer people are still facing persecution abroad, how relocation efforts save lives and she tells her personal story of moving from Jamaica to Canada using Rainbow Railroad's services.

Learn more about Rainbow Railroad: https://www.rainbowrailroad.org/

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Host, creator and executive producer: Erika Casupanan
Brand strategy by Natalie Cunningham
Music by Dylan Mackenzie
Podcast visual design by Amanda McCusker
Photography by Clarence Creates

Time to get into your feels. Simone Saunders (therapist, Tiktok creator and founder of the Cognitive Corner) joins the podcast to explain what it means to *actually* feel your feelings. Simone talks about the drawbacks of over intellectualizing your feelings, signs you're disconnected from your body and advice for finding a therapist.

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Host, creator and executive producer: Erika Casupanan
Brand strategy by Natalie Cunningham
Music by Dylan Mackenzie
Podcast visual design by Amanda McCusker
Photography by Clarence Creates

Sometimes super fans get judged. The truth is being a super fan can unlock community, growth and joy! This week, Bethany and Kayla of the Stanning BTS podcast talk about how being ARMY (aka BTS fans) helped them to grow as individuals and build their own podcast community. The trio chat about misconceptions of kpop fans (and super fans in general) and why women super fans tend to be invalidated. Plus, the trio gush over Jin from BTS and his imminent return from South Korean military service!!!!!

Listen to Erika on Stanning BTS:
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ee/podcast/224-bts-underdog-story-with-survivor-winner-erika/id1344626438?i=1000648328047
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/38OAgdLubIV2Yh2J1HCHHb?si=NP9NmEAYRtGty4SnSva0Sg

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Host, creator and executive producer: Erika Casupanan
Brand strategy by Natalie Cunningham
Music by Dylan Mackenzie
Podcast visual design by Amanda McCusker
Photography by Clarence Creates

Coming out often doesn't happen in isolation. A lot of your life can change when you're in the process of coming out and this can be especially hard when you grow up in a religious family. Content creator Gay Italian Nonna shares her story of coming out to her immigrant, Catholic family. Plus, she talks about breaking beauty and makeup barriers as a masc lesbian and tips for your first Pride month.

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Host, creator and executive producer: Erika Casupanan
Brand strategy by Natalie Cunningham
Music by Dylan Mackenzie
Podcast visual design by Amanda McCusker
Photography by Clarence Creates

Ever wonder if you're queer enough? In a special HTSM happy hour episode, Erika and her pal Alena Papayanis (Dear Queer, Podcast) share their experiences with queer imposter syndrome and the insecurities that follow coming out in your 30s. The pair talk about making queer friends, entering queer spaces for the first time, choosing labels, figuring out how to dress and more!

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Dear Queer, on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/dear-queer/id1722599027
Dear Queer, on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/6bOeUSBKlAN6OTp7LnTXlQ

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Host, creator and executive producer: Erika Casupanan
Brand strategy by Natalie Cunningham
Music by Dylan Mackenzie
Podcast visual design by Amanda McCusker
Photography by Clarence Creates

Imagine realizing you're queer on a TV show with 24/7 live feeds and a whole country watching you? That's what happened to Willow Faith on Big Brother Canada 3. This week, Willow talks about playing a reality show game while developing feelings for a woman for the first time, the pressure to label herself publicly when she was still figuring herself out and how she developed more self compassion post show. A must listen for "later in life" queer folks!

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Host, creator and executive producer: Erika Casupanan
Brand strategy by Natalie Cunningham
Music by Dylan Mackenzie
Podcast visual design by Amanda McCusker
Photography by Clarence Creates