Sep 28, 2018

In this week's short episode from a past Skip the Repeat guest, rapper, singer, and producer Albert Joo aka Flannel Albert tells the story of how he grew up conscious of the fact that people had a certain expectation of who he "should" be based on his skin color, what he did about it, and how he thinks about...

Sep 25, 2018

Jim Cotter was a pretty good goalkeeper. Jim talks to Kai about his upbringing in Ireland (8:50), how soccer played a pivotal role in him going into radio (14:30), and how he came to be a part of the elite group of journalists at the BBC World Service (39). They also discuss their experience having conversations with...

Sep 21, 2018

We all have a story or a memory that we rely on to pick ourselves up when we're down. In this week's short story from a past Skip the Repeat guest, conductor Mei-Ann Chen tells the story of the time she was faced with the reality of not being able to get a Green Card, what she decided to do, and what she gained from...

Sep 18, 2018

Sarah Williams changed directions. Sarah talks to Kai about growing up in Pennsylvania around musical theater (2:20), discovering opera and the idea of singing professionally in college (12), and what happened one day when she started to feel something other than her love for singing (21). They discuss the peer pressure...

Sep 5, 2018

Yura Lee loves to provoke. Yura talks to Kai about living in Portland, Oregon (2:10), growing up in a conservative household in Seoul, Korea (6:20), and coming to the United States when she was nine years old and what that experience was like for her (13:50). They discuss the moment she discovered her true love for...