Episodes

  • 131. Human Stories: Benji Schwimmer

    131. Human Stories: Benji Schwimmer
    Feb 28 2024
    Benji Schwimmer, dancer, choreographer, and artist, shares his ongoing story of discovering self love and authenticity. Benji graciously and vulnerably shares his experience as a gay man navigating the world and membership in the LDS church.
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    2 hrs and 17 mins
  • 130. Human Stories: Mandi McBride

    130. Human Stories: Mandi McBride
    Jan 8 2024
    Mandi graciously shares her coming out story and her journey through a mixed-orientation marriage, motherhood, and finding her own pleasure.
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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • 129. Human Stories: Maxwell Dean Eddington

    129. Human Stories: Maxwell Dean Eddington
    Nov 20 2023
    Join us for a heartfelt discussion about healing, authenticity, and pursuing passion. Maxwell, nominated Teacher of the Year 2023, shares his coming out journey this week.
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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • 128. Human Stories: Nicole LaRue and Eliza Hill

    128. Human Stories: Nicole LaRue and Eliza Hill
    Oct 30 2023
    We are honored to hear about both Eliza Hill and Nicole LaRue's experience with family, marriage, coming out, relationships, and self-lo
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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • 127. Human Stories: Mary Anna Southey

    127. Human Stories: Mary Anna Southey
    Oct 2 2023
    Mary Anna Southey is with Jill to dedicate a special episode to her dad, Trevor Southey. Trevor Southey came out as an older adult and was a beloved artist, friend, parent, and mentor. Tune in to hear Mary Anna share memories of her father.

    Bright Spark Film:
    https://www.brightsparkfilm.com/
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    52 mins
  • 126. Human Stories: Stacie Gibbons

    126. Human Stories: Stacie Gibbons
    Sep 6 2023
    Join Jill as Stacie Gibbons tenderly and honestly shares her life experiences and coming out journey. Stacie describes her experience in the Mormon church and marriage, and how her perspective shifted as she came out as bisexual, then lesbian. At the end, enjoy a piano composition from Stacie entitled "Finding Myself."
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    1 hr and 44 mins
  • 125. Human Stories: Kristen Mitchell

    125. Human Stories: Kristen Mitchell
    Jul 31 2023
    Welcome Kristen Mitchell! Kristen Mitchell BSW, MNPA, is the executive director of Youth Futures, a nonprofit that serves runaway and homeless youth ages 12-22. As an entrepreneur who has independently owned and operated her own businesses for 25 years including a manufacturing company, an art gallery and a nonprofit crisis hotline prior to co-founding Youth Futures, she has a passion for youth services and has been involved with human service-oriented agencies for over 31 years; working in group homes, respite services and volunteer service projects, including those that
    served people experiencing homelessness and LGBTQ youth.
    https://www.youthfuturesutah.org/
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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • 124. Human Stories: Jared Oaks

    124. Human Stories: Jared Oaks
    Jul 3 2023
    This week, Jared Oaks, Ballet West Music Director, shares his coming out journey. Jared has also shared a composition which you will hear at the end of the episode. From Jared:
    A Place of Mirrors
    III. White Horses of the Shamans
    Rebecca Moench, violin
    Jared Oaks, piano
    The music for my short ballet, A Place of Mirrors is inspired by shamanic tradition, traditional shamanic mirrors, and the idea of reflection.
    This final movement, “White Horses of the Shamans,” is inspired by Walther Heissig’s 1944 account of a female shaman, who indicated that the mirrors are a vehicle for the shamans.
    The music is somewhat unified by use of a tone row consisting of 10 pitches, which are played in various ways, such as retrograde, inversion, etc.
    These ideas came about as a result of my friendship and discussions with dancer and choreographer David Arce. The piece was commissioned by Debra Pearse Rogo, director of Mid-Columbia Ballet.
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    58 mins