NeoNarrators: Wait There's More: Recent Episodes
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Hello everyone, I’m Vivian, and welcome to the podcast, Wait, There's More. This is the podcast where every episode, you and I will meet a new guest, and these guests will help us understand something we might think we know well about, but maybe we don’t. Throughout the podcast, our guests will be answering some questions while giving us an insight into their lives and some tips as well.Get involved and join the conversation. Check out our website at neonarrators.org for information on being a guest for this podcast. While you're there, read some of the stories written about people's personal experiences. You can also contact us through our email neonarrators@gmail.com, or follow us on our Instagram @neonarrators.
The guest for this episode will be Nicole! Nicole is a teenager from Hong Kong who, inspired by the isolation forced upon us during the pandemic, started her own organization that aims to connect cultures through the comfort of people’s own homes. Stay tuned to hear about this journey and how learning about different cultures has enhanced her way of life!
Instagram: @onlineinterculturalexchange
Website: https://onlineinterculturalexchange.carrd.co/
Instagram: @lauhokjatgei.uk
Website: https://chanjynicole.wixsite.com/eportfolio
Our guest for this episode is Isabel Varela! She is a designer, speaker, life coach as well as an advocate for sustainability in the fashion industry. As a former fashion and shopping addict herself, Isabel had a turbulent relationship with clothing, which she has been able to resolve over the course of several years. Continue listening to learn about how she was able to recover from her addiction and how it turned her life around.
Instagram: iamisabelvarela
Website: isabelvarela.com
Our guest for this episode is the amazing writer Jennifer Longo. Jennifer started a podcast with her daughter called "Damned Scribbling Women" where they critique the books of the canon and instead, offer similar books that aren't written by the same old, white, men. Listen in on this wonderful conversation with Jennifer and hopefully, this will help you the next time you decide to pick up a book!
Our guest for this episode is Elana K. Arnold. She is the author of many critically acclaimed and award-winning young adult novels and children’s books, including Damsel, Red Hood, What Girls Are Made Of, and more. Today, we will be talking specifically about her book Damsel, exploring its themes and relating them to the world we live in today.
In this episode get to know Vivian Xie, the founder of NeoNarrators, with the Co-Director of NeoNarrators, Rachel Delmar.
Our guest today will be Elif Kaya. She is the founder of “One Smile Effect”, the first and only student-led mental health organization in Turkey that has also reached 60 countries since it started. Through her organization, youths struggling with mental health have been able to connect and seek support from others. Today, we’ll be talking about the process of creating such a wonderful organization and her inspirations behind this project. If you are interested in joining One Smile Effect, following them on Instagram @onesmileeffect to sign up or learn more.
Today our guest will be Dr. Isha Tiwari Arora. She is a doctor currently in India who is also a nephrologist and has worked frequently with kidney and other transplants. Today, she will be sharing some of her experiences with us, including patients that did or didn’t receive a life-saving organ, and also why everyone should try to register as an organ donor.
Today our guest will be Jasmine Sandhar. She was a student in both Britain and America in the past and today, she has joined us to talk about her touch with racism, sexism, and homophobia in these 2 very different yet similar countries. She will also compare the 2 countries in their handling of discrimination and perhaps ways in which one country can learn from the other to create a less hateful society.
Jeff Livorsi is a musician from Chicago who also teaches and arranges music for others. He contracted Covid-19 in the early stages of lockdown and today, he has joined us to share some of his experiences as he went through the stages of Covid-19.
Reema Zaman is the author of an award-winning Memoir called I am Yours: A shared memoir. Today on this podcast, Reema will talk a little more about the experiences she went through in her book and also about how people and especially young girls in our society are encouraged to silence themselves and conform to the desires of everyone else. Continue listening to learn you can keep or regain your voice and how important it is to share your voice.
Mariah Manzano is the founder of an app called Opal, a "Tinder for Mentorship" as well as a multi-racial woman in a male-dominated industry. Today we will be talking about her journey to creating Opal and how her identity has influenced her passion for this project. Mariah will also be sharing her experiences of being a young entrepreneur and some tips she has for future entrepreneurs.
Rachel is a high school senior who unfortunately suffers from mental health disorders such as depression, anxiety, and panic disorder. In this episode, we will be talking about how she has managed to take care of her mental health while participating in her many school activities as well as applying for college in this very unusual time. She will also be offering some tips for those of you who are suffering as well, or to anyone who just needs a helping hand.
Welcome to Wait, There's More. This is the podcast where we will meet guests who will help us understand things we might think we know about, but maybe we don't. Get involved by checking our website at neonarrators.org for information on being a guest for this podcast. You can also contact us through our email neonarrators@gmail.com or our Instagram @neonarrators.
In this podcast, we hear from Megan, an ER+/PR+, HER2-, Stage IIA Invasive Lobular Breast Cancer Survivor. Get to know her story better by listening to Megan answer a series of questions regarding her struggles during treatment, her struggles after treatment, her hopes for the future and so much more.