Join musician and filmmaker Lu as she shares intimate stories about finding unexpected connections in life. From exploring identity through names to navigating between cultures, from creative breakthroughs to encounters with nature - each episode digs into moments of genuine human experience. Through vulnerable storytelling and reflection, Lu invites listeners to discover their own surprising connections in everyday life. Send your questions and stories - let's explore these connections together.
Season 4, Episode 8: Take Time to Reflect Tick tock hear the clock Wake me up and say good night Kiss my salty tears DESCRIPTION Lu spent a weekend at Doctober, the documentary film festival in Bellingham, camping by Lake Samish with time to reflect between films. In this episode she shares three very different films: a Seattle Powwow, a film about human composting, and one about the memories of Holocaust survivors and Palestinians. They raised questions about home, about how memory is used...
15 Oct 2026
Surrender to Humanity
EPISODE 7 — SURRENDER TO HUMANITY Tick tock hear the clock Wake me up and say good night Kiss my salty tears DESCRIPTION Every day, we trust people we will never meet. Lu grew up in the sixties riding the bus alone and walking to piano lessons at night, never afraid of strangers. Today, a generation raised on fear and the 24-hour news cycle struggles to trust at all. Yet from the seafood in an Asian grocery store to the cotton we wear and the coffee we drink, our lives rest on the work of peo...
8 Oct 2026
Use Words With Care
EPISODE 6 — USE WORDS WITH CARE Tick tock hear the clock Wake me up and say good night Kiss my salty tears DESCRIPTION Words can lift us up or wear us down, and most of the time we don't notice which. In this episode, Lu goes back to a childhood home where yelling was simply called discipline. She also remembers how a parent's compliment could make her want to do better, and how music gave her a way to say what words could not. Drawing on Chuang Tse, she looks at how flattery and ...
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