When Home is a Foreign Word

In this episode, I talk to YA author Heidi Ayarbe about writing, embodying places and cultures, the importance of community, the harsh reality of living without Cheerios and how naming a flower after your girlfriend is the perfect way to ensure a happy marriage. 

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In this episode I dive into the fascinating world of reinsurance and ship wrecks as Ana García tells me all about her life in the most expensive city in the world, how she's trying to keep her teenage daughter from the perils of boredom and how short-sightedness fuels corruption. 

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In this episode I talk to Andrea Giraldo about flexibility of body and mind and we reminisce about our childhoods playing Barbies and writing in our diaries while grappling with the violence around us. 

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Santiago LaVerde is a preppy lawyer turned speed junkie who gained a whole new lease on life, love, and what it takes to show the world what you're really capable of in his journey from nepo-baby to newlywed for the second time, with lost of stops and bumps in between. 

In today's episode I sit down with Santiago LaVerde, a daredevil lawyer who left the manicured path laid out for him by his parents and carved a new one out of grit and determination, and he tells me how speeding down that path led to giving love a second chance.

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In this episode I talk to Juana Henao Llaña, an ambitious and driven young athlete who kicked the doors open for herself and her brothers by playing football and then found a new life, and a new love, on the track field. 

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You will take clowning around very seriously after listening to Maria Cano tell me all about her arduous journey from actress to clown to cake mamma, her struggles with not fitting in, finding refuge in humor, and forging a better future for herself despite heartbreak and hardship.

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Get ready to meet the chillest math teacher ever as I talk to Dereek Maneiro about being a self taught guitarist. getting in trouble for caring too much and straddling the gap between Colombian and Venezuela, black and white, memory and forgiveness, and learn his recipe for Beachy Vibes.

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In this episode I talk to Vincent Pollard, a Brit with an ear for music, a taste for cocktails and an eye for metaphor fueled by gypsy blood and passion for words. Vincent shares his take on being a nomad, wrestling with bureaucracy, trying to find the perfect recipe for gin and following the beat of your own heart.

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In this episode I sit down with one of my mother’s oldest friends, Ysabella Hincapie-Gara, and we share a many laughs and a couple of tears as she recounts her journey as a young immigrant in New York City, her unique take on language, and her views on friendship, art, and the importance of perspective in all aspects of life.

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