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Storytelling is an incredibly powerful tool. Sharing our lived experiences with each other in the form of stories has the ability to change and grow everyday events into lessons that reach beyond the storytellers’ personal experience and connect us together into a community. Life and... is a new podcast centered on first-person, true experiences, created in partnership between the Lackawanna & Luzerne Medical Societies, Scranton Fringe, & Park Multimedia. Each season of this podcast will use personal storytelling to educate, entertain and engage the audience on a variety of unique topics. For the premiere season, this podcast will spotlight a few brave souls who have lived with substance misuse and wanted to share their true stories with our community. Please subscribe, review, and share this podcast across your own social media. This is LIFE AND... Substance Misuse. Executive Producer & Host: Tonyehn Verkitus Producer & Audio Engineer: Dan Kimbrough (of Park Multimedia) Co-Producers: Elizabeth Bohan & Conor Kelly O’Brien (of Scranton Fringe) Original music by DJ Williams Graphic design by Jess Meoni
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Wednesday Apr 06, 2022
Wednesday Apr 06, 2022
Life and - is a storytelling podcast centered on first-person, true experiences, created in partnership between the Luzerne Medical Societies, Scranton Fringe & Park Multimedia. Each episode features different storytellers telling their experiences, in their own words, as well as an engaging conversation between the storyteller and our host, Tonyehn Verkitus!
This season, we turn our spotlight onto a seemingly joyful, albeit very complex theme - celebration!
Please note, this episode discusses, among many things, mental health and suicide ideation.
If any of our listeners, or someone you know, is in need of help - a fantastic resource is the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. You can reach this lifeline by calling 1-800-273-8255 or by visiting www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org. The Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals in the United States.
Monica Simon is a writer, artist, and web content creator from Scranton, Pa. She believes in the power of empathy and love which are transmitted through the power of storytelling. She enjoys catching live music, painting, and chasing her bunny around the living room. She aspires to grow old and look back at her life with amusement about what a ride it was!
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