My First Year: The Anthology

About My First Year: The Anthology

CREATING HUMAN CONNECTIONS, ONE EPISODE AT A TIME. MY FIRST YEAR podcast series explores the human experience through conversations with every-day people about their major life transitions, from first time becoming a parent, to first year on the job to first time losing a loved one. Each My First Year episode weaves together human connections through heart-felt, embodied story-telling. When we feel a visceral connection to someone else’s story, we realize we’re not alone. That recognition – that our experiences echo in others – is where healing and understanding begin for all of us. Creator, Executive Producer and Host: Sophia Senior Producers: Gabbie Watts, Samira Tazari, Rosabelle Heine Creative Director: Shareen Anderson Co-hosts: Gabbie Watts, Samira Tazari, Rosabelle Heine, Adoley Ammah-Tagoe, A.C. Valdez, Shareen Anderson and Casey Georgi Theme Music: Nana Simopoulos

Publisher

SOPHIA MEDIA

Category

health & fitness · society & culture · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

24 Jun 2026

Latest episode

17 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

20 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   17 Oct 2026

   Weekly Spotlight - Katie Shepherd on Motherhood, Postpartum Depression, and Letting Go of Perfection

   Hosts Sophia and Casey interview Katie Shepherd, a Brooklyn-based writer and podcast producer originally from North Carolina, about her first year of motherhood with her son, Dean. Katie describes always assuming she’d have kids, getting pregnant quickly at 36, pushing back on the “geriatric pregnancy” label, and needing a doctor with a more humane communication style. She shares how her overachiever expectations clashed with the relentless “fail, pivot” reality of parenting, alongside ...

2. 

   9 Oct 2026

   Moving to Denmark for Love: Finding Belonging, Safety, and Music in Copenhagen | MacKenzie Kermoade

   In this episode of My First Year, hosts Sophia and Shareen interview Washington native MacKenzie Kermoade, an international environmental governance professional and musician (Mack Marcel) living in Copenhagen. MacKenzie traces her path from a nature-centered childhood near Seattle to studying environmental policy and global climate law, ultimately leading to her role as coordinating officer at the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea. She describes falling in love with ...

3. 

   3 Oct 2026

   Weekly Spotlight - Signal Award Finalist: Thomas Greene on Fatherhood, Storytelling, and Grief After Losing a Child

   🎙️ A Special Encore Episode — And We Need Your Vote! We’re revisiting one of the most moving conversations from My First Year as a Father. SOPHIA and A.C. Valdez sit down with acclaimed novelist and essayist Thomas Greene for an intimate conversation about fatherhood and unimaginable loss. Thomas reflects on becoming a father to his daughters, Sarah and Jane, how caring for Sarah and creating bedtime stories helped him become a “dad,” and Jane’s premature birth and six months in the NICU. He ...

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

9 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

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