Welcome to the Mic1park Podcast, Episode 14 overall, but more importantly... Mic1park Multimedia Entertainment graciously welcomes in Erika Gallion, the very first guest for the Mic1park Memoirs Series. This is Chapter I of the Mic1park Memoirs Series, an ongoing dialogue dedicated to those who best represent the mission of Mic1park Multimedia Entertainment. Be sure to check out all of the related information to our first guest on Mic1park.com, including a full article on Erika, her publications, and more. All of those related links are also included in one-click form further on in this description. ---------------- FULL CARD: 0:00 - 5:59: Welcome! Please subscribe to the No Gravy / No Vanilla Magazine, the Official Mic1park Multimedia Magazine 6:00 - END: My interview with Erika Gallion: 6:00 - 38:00: Erika describes her relationship with her hometown, what ultimately drove her to the notion of wanting to explore new places and ideas, and her experience(s) growing up, moving away, and how she maintains relationships with her father, mother, and brother. 38:01 - 1:45:59: Erika describes her career path, and how she got to where she is today - evaluating international transcripts and applications at USC. Erika has experience now at three different universities with various different positions, and has traveled abroad herself. We discuss her perspective on the value of an education in the United States, the (literal monetary) value of international students to our economy, and, of course, how all of this ties into the current political climate. One of Erika's favorite pieces to discuss is the question: "I am 18-years old, and I am an Iranian-born citizen who has lived in Iran my entire life. I am looking into attending a college or university in the United States. How do I do that?" 1:46:00 - 2:11:05: I ask Erika, "What is the number one problem you see facing Higher Education today?" ...and, of course, we break it down! (HOLD UP, ARE YOU REGISTERED TO VOTE? CHECK HERE!) 2:11:10 - 2:56:00: Erika and I take a deep dive into her creativity, my creativity, where it comes from, and how some things are the same, and some, not so much at all. That was a mouthful, wasn't it? Erika is a published writer, now with four impressively-written pieces on display in well-known places. We discuss how we see "drugs" and the ability of things like marijuana and psilocybin to expand the mind to places simply unobtainable without those experiences. SEE ERIKA'S PUBLISHED WORKS: Entropy: Woven Grace Entropy: Ujjayi: Ocean Breath vs. Anxiety Angel City Review, Issue 8 (July 2019) The Racket: Quarantine Journal, No. 5 LEGAL/DISCLAIMER: Mic1park Multimedia Entertainment reached out to Erika Gallion for participation on August 12, 2020, and Erika Gallion agreed, as an individual. Thus, Erika's views are her own, and not those of her employer, or any other institution or establishment. Music: "Wish You Were Here" - Pink Floyd Mic1park Multimedia Entertainment does not own any of the rights or royalties to the music associated.
