Ep. 2 How To Embrace The Messiness of Change With Fariha Róisín
In today's episode I am talking-to the wonderful Fariha Róisín. Fariha is a multidisciplinary artist born in Canada, raised in Australia and now based in Los Angeles, California. They're a Muslim queer Bangladeshi interested in the margins, liminality, otherness, and the mercurial nature of being. They're the author of the poetry collections, How to Cure a Ghost and Survival Takes A Wild Imagination and the novel Like a Bird. Or so it says in the book jacket of their latest nonfiction hybrid memoir, Who is Wellness For? I've come across Fariha's work five years ago via their substack, which is also called How to Cure a Ghost and named after their first poetry collection. And another thing that actually connects us is that when I was writing my second book, Things I Have Loved, I asked Fariha to quote a line from an essay that she wrote and they so kindly said yes. And so it feels a bit like a full circle moment for me to have you here on the podcast today. Follow Fariha on Instagram here and read her substack How To Cure A Ghost here. Things that were mentioned: - All of Fariha's books here - Braiding Sweetgrass & The Service Berry by Robin Wall Kimmerer - The podcast episode Fariha mentioned with the philosopher Bayo Akomolafe - Things That Are Different Now by Sophia Hembeck Thank you so much for listening, please like & subscribe to get the next episodes! Follow me on : Instagram: @sophiahembeck Writing: themuseletter.substack.com Shop: museletterpublishing.com
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Ep. 1 – How To Be Your Favourite Self And Not Make Art That You Hate With Will McPhail
In today’s episode I am talking to the hilarious Will McPhail whose cartoons are frequently published in The New Yorker. He wrote an incredibly beautiful graphic novel called IN about a twenty something guy called Nick who the girlies on TikTok would call emotionally unavailable but who is desperately trying to change, trying to connect. He‘s amassed a huge following on instagram, @willmcphail4 where he shares his insightful observations about the human condition and his obsession with key lime pie. Things that were mentioned: - Key Lime Pie - IN by Will McPhail- Pleasantville (1998) - Dune (1984)- Things That Are Different Now by Sophia Hembeck Thank you so much for listening, please like & subscribe to get the next episodes! Follow me on : Instagram: @sophiahembeck Writing: themuseletter.substack.com Shop: museletterpublishing.com REFERRAL CODE FOR METTLE BUSINESS BANK ACCOUNT: 1. Go to https://www.mettle.co.uk2. Open a bank account. 3. Within the first 30 days make a card payment and enter the code in the app. 4. CODE: FXVV65. Once the referral is verified you'll receive £50 in your bank account. CONDITIONS: You must have a side hustle, limited company with up to 2 owners, or be a sole trader. You must be based in the UK. This offer will end on 30th June 2025. This offer can be withdrawn at any time.
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Things Change - The Beginning
A podcast where writer and multi-disciplinary artist Sophia Hembeck talks to writers, artists and other creative people about their pivotal life-changing moments, their successes, their setbacks and in general how they ended up in the life they're living today. How do we change? What makes us unstuck? How can we elicit the change that we so desperately crave in our lives sometimes? Show notes: Things That Are Different Now by Sophia HembeckOut on 15th May 2025, pre-order here: https://www.museletterpublishing.comFollow on: Instagram @sophiahembeck Read: themuseletter.substack.com
Welcome to Things Change! A podcast where writer and multi-disciplinary artist Sophia Hembeck talks to other writers, artists and creative people about their pivotal life-changing moments, their successes, their setbacks and in general how they ended up in the life they're living now.
Follow on:
@sophiahembeck
themuseletter.substack.com
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