Unified Threads

Polarity: “The state of having two opposite or contradictory tendencies, opinions, or aspects.”

In 2015, the Greek island of Lesbos became a learning ground of the Law of Polarity. This episode features Andrea from YpsiTVYpsiTV's perspective as a local facing the mass migration crisis from the front lines. 

Sappho said it best: “You may forget but let me tell you this: someone in some future time will think of us.“

Featuring mass migration thoughts from Alexandra Wynne, an Istanbul business owner, and an emotional recollection from two rescuers involved with a real-life shipwreck that happened on a shore of Lesbos island, Greece.

Key takeaways: 

#1: Across the world, we're more alike than we might think.

#2: Terrorists win when we’re terrified of each other. 

#3: Always check your life jackets and make sure they’re one solid block of flotation foam and not multiple layers.

This episode features thoughts from Lee the Homeless Bard, Maria Tran from Sea of Solidarity, and never before heard perspectives from Team Kunkush members, Ashley Anderson and Michelle Nihn.

Key takeaways:

#1: There are MORE people displaced in 2016 then there were during the second World War.

#2: Everyone has the Power to take one step towards helping another being.

#3: Cats have magical powers that bring people together. (We have evidence!)

Understanding is what we’re all trying to achieve with each other. 

Featuring thoughts from Richard Wolfe, co-founder of CrowdRise, Samuel in Montreal, Andrew in Putney, England, and a poem called LOVE from Lee the Homeless Bard.

Key Takeaways:

#1: A common weed called Plantain Leaf can relieve health ailments. 

#2: Giving back can be fun when you do it together.

#3: Once a concept is introduced, you must revisit it over and over again before you can reach mastery.

Movement can alter our emotions. 

Emotions can and do create our world.

This episode features perspectives from Ypsi Melissa (otherwise known as Jamie Berlin), who shares what we can learn from our pollinator friends, and Solomon Kreuger from Flow Dance Montreal, who shares about the creation of an intentional space with the goal of bringing people together through freedom of dance.

Resilience is about creating mental and physical conditions in which traumatic overwhelming responses are less likely to happen.

This episode is about me learning more about how confident, empowered people can work together more effectively, and in turn solve more problems.

Featuring thoughts from Caroline Weigman, Program Coordinator for the Long-Term Area Recovery Committee for Oklahoma County, and Taqqee Khabir, martial arts instructor and founder of Close Quarters Combat Academy.

Recounting how I first came to be a Ypsilanti, Michigan resident. 

Featuring K-Rae, Ypsilanti connector extraordinaire, organic information databank and clothing swap founder.

Music from Nicole Pee and the #YpsiLove Neighborhood Theatre Company. 

Episode takeaways: 

-A geiger counter is an instrument used for measuring ionizing radiation 

-Hugging 12 times a day is when you start to receive health benefits. 

-Falls are going to happen

This episode lays the foundation for the vantage points that will be shared in this project. It’s centered around the place where I feel like I first conciously discovered the power of love in a community context... Oklahoma City.

My name is Amy Shrodes, and I've decided to let go and trust Life. While listening to my heart, I felt called to expand my perspective on the importance of community around the world. While preparing for this journey, I was inspired to create a podcast project weaving together what I learn along the way. This is me practicing what this is going to be all about.