Mamas Talkin' Loud

Renee Elise Goldsberry earned a Tony Award for her performance as Angelica Schuyler in Hamilton, has an incredibly full television and film resume including the starring role in the powerful The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and she can currently be seen on the new series, Girls5Eva as Wickie Roy. This mama joins us today to share how prioritizing life and keeping the faith buoyed her on the emotional & very difficult journey to motherhood and her two beautiful children - proof that however your babies are meant to come to you, they will.

*Trigger Warning: The following episode contains sensitive content and may be upsetting for some of our listeners, please listen with care.

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Produced by Dori Berinstein and Alan Seales.

Edited by Jessica Rush

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Emily Loftiss is a former Radio City Rockette and Broadway performer turned television host, personal stylist and creator of “Everyday Glam”. She is building an empire of female empowerment and positivity while juggling motherhood and the three year infertility journey that got her there. Emily is the ultimate example of speaking you dreams into existence while finding joy and feeling fabulous along the way.

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Produced by Dori Berinstein and Alan Seales.

Edited by Cara Cooper

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Continuing our Pride Month celebration, Broadway Stage Manager, Julia Jones’, story is not to be missed. Together with her wife, they have journeyed through foster care, adoption, an endless array of special needs, and the reality that they are white women raising black children in an unjust society. Her story is a lesson in leading with love, always having your heart open for what life may bring, and truly meeting your children where they are every day.

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Produced by Dori Berinstein and Alan Seales.

Edited by Cara Cooper

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Kicking off Pride Month, The Broadway Husbands, Bret Shuford and Stephen Hanna, share their ongoing journey toward becoming fathers. Five years into this process, they have come up against seemingly endless obstacles, and still don’t have a baby on the way, but they have never lost hope. Their story is one of honesty, perseverance and an abundance of love not only for their future child but for each other.

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Produced by Dori Berinstein and Alan Seales.

Edited by Cara Cooper

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Becca Lee was coming off her biggest year yet, making her Broadway Debut, getting married, and getting pregnant, when Covid-19 changed the world. She is now navigating her role as mom in a new world and being super honest and open about the mental load of motherhood and her own personal journey with anxiety. Even though her social media presence has shifted a bit from Broadway to Babies, she continues to spread her sparkle on the daily.

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Produced by Dori Berinstein and Alan Seales.

Edited by Cara Cooper

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A longstanding voice for the AAPI community, Erin Quill, joins us to share her experiences as a minority in our industry and beyond. Her blog, The Fairy Princess Diaries is a brutally honest take on social justice, the LGBTQ community, and its inherent connection to all things entertainment. She is a roaring advocate for representation of the AAPI community in show business and she’s funny as hell. 

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Produced by Dori Berinstein and Alan Seales.

Edited by Cara Cooper

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Everyone’s favorite drama teacher, (thank you, High School Musical, The Musical, The Series), Kate Reinders, joins us this week to share her rather unexpected motherhood journey, how she cares for her mental health and what it's like to be the 'mom' of East High School. As a young performer on Broadway, therapy was always an integral part of her life, and as she navigates her new identity as a mother it helps her face this next chapter with a healthy dose of humor and humble pie.

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Produced by Dori Berinstein and Alan Seales.

Edited by Jessica Rush

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Princess Anna and Mental Health Warrior, Patti Murin, joins us to share what it’s like to be pregnant during COVID-19. From Cadbury egg cravings to enduring 5 weeks of what was presumably the virus, growing a human in quarantine has definitely been a challenge, but her “one day at a time” mentality has helped her cope in ways she never anticipated. Having always been open about her struggles with anxiety and depression, Patti feels more equipped than most to handle the emotional impacts of self-isolation, and helping others through what feels like “The Mental Health Olympics” is feeding her soul in a way she never imagined.

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Produced by Dori Berinstein and Alan Seales.

Edited by Derek Gunther.

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Disney Darling and Drama Desk nominee Ashley Brown, joins us this week to share everything from playing the Mother Abbess until she was 8 months pregnant to struggling with postpartum depression, secondary infertility and the undeniable pressures that come with being a mother in show business. As a result of pandemic, and the space and time it has provided, she is looking to the future with a clearer sense of her priorities and forging ahead with hope and humor.

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Produced by Dori Berinstein and Alan Seales.

Edited by Jessica Rush

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In a time of great loss for our entire world, Tony Award winner Ruthie Ann Miles shares her continuous journey through grief - how she puts one foot in front of the other on a daily basis, with a healthy dose of Hope. A member of the AAPI community and herself a victim of the awful hate that is rampant these days, she shares that, while fearful when out in the world on her own, she is hopeful, as we move through this pandemic and our own social awakening, that we remember that we are WE, and that we continue to rise together to stand up and speak out.

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains sensitive discussions of death and loss, please listen with care.

Find more info about the podcast via BPN.fm/mamas. 

Produced by Dori Berinstein and Alan Seales.

Edited by Jessica Rush

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