Midnight (R)Evolution

It's season 2, ya'll!  Today we talk to Dr. Anum Saeed.  Anum Saeed is a Cardiologist, Lipidologist and physician scientist.  Through her advanced training she unravels ways to keep hearts healthy and prevent cardiovascular disease. Though her work digs deep into medical science you may also see her playing tennis, spending meaningful time with family, or sharing thoughtful inspirational quotes. She pauses to notice the beauty of nature, to bring her full presence to connect with friends, and contemplate the deeper meaning in life. Dr. Saeed spends just as much time caring for spiritual life as she does a physical one.  Today we talk to Anum about the intersection of spirituality and science.

Image Description: A graphic slide with a photograph of a woman with long dark hair, sunglasses, and a smile reaching one hand up to a large white rose above, tipping its face down to greet her.  Text in pink and white over dark blue reads: Midnight Revolution: Episode 13: I Hope You Believe.  With Malasa and Kaherine, and special guest Dr. Anum Saeed."  Small text to the right of the photo reads: "I hope that from this day on you believe in yourself. Believe even when no one else does.  Believe that the human mind and body are the finest and most adaptable machines capable of immense work, love, and kindness. Believe in your gifts whether it’s your talent, your patience, your wealth, your time, your jokes, your strength, or your love, and give it to the service of those who need it the most - there are plenty.  Find your mission and stay on. Don’t think small: this year, go big."

On Today’s episode we talk to Arizona Newsum about the importance of deep, plutonic relationships.  Arizona is a Black, queer creator, Italian-speaker, soccer fan and footballer, moped enthusiast, world traveler, dog lover, film and television producer, art department coordinator, and an advocate for social change.  She has coordinated for numerous productions including Orange is The New Black and Power, and has produced shorts and documentary series including Driver Radio Jamaica.  Today we talk to Arizona about the people in our lives that we choose.

On Today’s Episode we talk to Dr Nithya Natrajan.  Nithya is a mother of three, a Family Medicine physician, and an entrepreneur.  She melds her medical training with special training in infertility, gynecologic care, lactation counseling, and breastfeeding medicine in her own practice - Blossoming Mamas. She is also on the inaugural board of the Center for 4th Trimester Care, a Content Expert and writer for the Institute for the Advancement of Breastfeeding & Lactation Education, and a moderator for Dr. MILK. Nithya co-hosts Masala Chai with Dr. Aunties (a YouTube Channel focused on 4th trimester care and parenting) and Vestal Spark: Igniting the Firestorm (a podcast about reclaiming feminine intuition and finding balance).  Today we talk to Nithya about how empowering people who give birth is at the heart of how we heal our society.

It’s March and our Tenth Episode! We thought it was only fitting to chat with Jessica Ennis. Jess is the essential friend that completed our trio of besties in high school.  She was integral to that time when we began to explore our identities and values together - and our friendship has continued to evolve and remains a touchstone for all of us today!  Jess is a doctor of veterinary medicine, an entrepreneur, a wife and mother of two, a creative in music, art, and food, and an all-around lover of animals and people.  We talk with Jess about what brought us together in those early years, and what she does now and why.

On today’s episode we talk to Sheyam Ghieth. Sheyam is one of those people that challenges and inspires you in every way, simply by living and breathing her own brilliant truth.  Whether it's creating art that celebrates the word 'queer' in Arabic, offering generous feedback, highlighting meaningful and often overlooked causes/people/events, or drawing (literally drawing) philosophical lessons from the neighborhood cat, Sheyam shows us what the journey to living authentically is all about.  We talk to Sheyam today about what it means to her to push past fear in order to live and speak your authentic truth.

This early drop is in honor of anyone struggling this holiday season.  On today’s episode we talk to special guest Kim Chu about grief.  She shares her experiences as a caretaker for her parents, the experience of a parent with dementia, and of loss.  Kim describes how she has used creativity and art to move with and through her experiences.  Kim Chu is a mama of two amazing children, a lifestyle birth and family photographer, and an early childhood arts educator. She’s passionate about capturing the authentic art of the moment- the beautiful, the messy, and all that’s in-between. Whether it is seeing the beauty of a moment through a lens, or writing heartfelt personal essays, Kim is constantly finding the joy and light in life—even in times of darkness.  You can find Kim @kimberlychuphoto.

This episode completes the two-part series where Malasa and Katherine ask each other the question: what do you do and why? In episode 7 we focus on Katherine’s journey to becoming a set designer, as well as how challenges have inspired her to live wider than her job.

This episode covers the first of a two-part series where Malasa and Katherine ask each other the question: what do you do and why? In episode 6 we focus on Malasa’s personal journey in medicine as well as the big picture context of our systems of education and healthcare that reflect our society’s often misaligned priorities and principles.

Malasa, Katherine, and special guest Maria K. Fabila talk about Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) identity, how it has informed their friendship and their lives, and how it has evolved from their high school days to today. Maria is an artist, mother, and wife, a nature nerd, an activist, a roller skater, music lover, and a constant doodler. On Instagram, she describes herself as a "wobbly dancer, and scrappy idealist." Maria currently works as a freelance graphic designer and illustrator on Tongva land, AKA the Los Angeles area. Whether she is spreading the word on fast fashion, promoting Indigenous sovereignty, or observing bugs with her kids, Maria's AAPI identity as a Filipino-American informs how she moves through the world. You can find Maria @so_swooky and @mmmkf.

Malasa and Katherine, and special guest Abbey Day, talk about what Creativity means to them, how we are all creative beings, and how we can harness creativity to empower ourselves and each other in big and small ways. Abbey Day fosters creativity in her personal and professional life - from working in museum education, to teaching kids at her school about art and meditation, raising a rambunctious free-spirited daughter, guiding yoga classes on the side, and carrying around watercolor pens and pads of paper to sketch quotidian scenes in Hawaii - Abbey finds inspiration every day.