At My Kitchen Table
Welcome to At My Kitchen Table, a conversational, interview-y podcast where I have a good yap with a guest!
When I was growing up, the kitchen table was the conversation center in a lot of homes. At my grandparents' house, friends and family alike were welcomed with connection as much as with drinks and food. In my parents' house, that tradition continued as my siblings and I would post up and chat with my mom as she cooked or baked or tried to read a book (with much exasperation as we refused to shut up). I found cozy similarity at my friends' homes with their parents, too.
Keeping with tradition, I create a space for everyone who visits my table, where we get to share a little bit of our journeys together - roses, thorns, and stems.
At My Kitchen Table
Guest: Victoria Ribeiro
Today's guest at my kitchen table is a friend of the pod and my friend in real life, Victoria Ribeiro. Vic is a community builder. She genuinely likes people and in her own words, just wants her epitaph to read "friend." She loves to collect and connect friends, build community, and make the world around her better. We talk about that and more as we cover a pretty fraught chapter in her life, when she end up on the receiving end of online hate and vitriol that spilled over into fear and intimidation in the real world. And despite that, she remains committed to forming deep and lasting connections with people.
Intro riff by Dale Lytle (concert husband).
All content edited (I use that term very loosely) by Karen Shaak.