I Am Speaking
I Am Speaking is a podcast focused on the lives of “othered” Americans. The goal of this podcast is to hear, share, and amplify the voices of Americans--both citizens and noncitizens-who have felt like outsiders in their homes. Hosted by first-generation Indian-American sisters, I Am Speaking highlights the unique experiences of people who feel or have been marginalized by the current US cultural hegemony in their communities.
Recent Episodes
Nov. 2, 2023
Karen, Our Resident Therapist, Is Speaking (Season 5)hrr
There is no question that there is a link between physical health and mental health. What do we do, or what can we do, when one informs or impacts the other? Karen Rothstein Pineda, founder of Multicultural Counseling Associates, and our Resident The...
Sept. 6, 2023
Peter Vishneski Is Speaking -- Life From a Wheelchair
October 21, over a decade ago: Peter Vishneski was driving late at night with friends and became tired behind the wheel. He nodded off. He woke up in the ICU two days later unable to move his fingers properly. You will fall in love with Peter, or Mr...
Aug. 31, 2023
Dana Blanchard Is Speaking - Becoming a Caretaker
“Acceptance doesn’t mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there’s got to be a way through it.” - Michael J. FoxLife, in all of its challenges, came at Dana Blanchard, hard and fast in 2020. Ready and packed f...
July 17, 2023
Teresa Janik Is Speaking - Life Before, During & After an Ostomy
In October 2019, Teresa Janik found herself in excruciating pain. She could barely focus, took her work home, and told her husband “take me to the ER right now.” What she didn’t know what that by entering the ER, she’d be entering a whole new part of...
July 10, 2023
Jennie Ebmeyer Is Speaking - Breast Cancer Thriver
Jennie has spent years as an Operating Room nurse, counseling her patients, holding their hands through the pain, hearing their fears and seeing the heartbreaks. Then, one fateful day in 2022, the tables were turned and Jennie became the patient who ...
July 3, 2023
Vickie Stolle Is Speaking - Building Resiliency after Cleft
Vickie spent her life building armor that she believed would save her from emotional pain. After decades of surgeries, medical appointments, dental procedures, scarring, braces, and bone grafts, Vickie thought her emotional armor was pretty solid. Th...
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