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Kaeyae Alo
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A podcast by Kaeyae Alo. Every week, we sit together with a book, an album or a film, savouring each at the sweet pace of honey.

Episodes

  1. 6d ago

    David & Goliath: Retire the Underdog

    SHOW NOTES The close of David and Goliath (Chapters 7 to 9), and an invitation to retire the underdog. Instead of the book's examples, two of my own: Serena Williams at Indian Wells, and Angie Nixon's run for US Senate in Florida. 00:00 Welcome 00:34 Chapters 1-6 recap 03:19 Experiments, commitments, evidence over affirmation 06:07 Chapters 7 to 9 summary 07:12 Serena Williams at Indian Wells 13:16 Angie Nixon, US Senate, Florida 15:00 Joy during the experience 16:39 Closing Featured Sweetness: https://link.amazon/B01IE4T8P Catch up: Episode 1: David & Goliath: The Advantage in Your Cards https://www.buzzsprout.com/2614585/episodes/19977413-david-goliath-the-advantage-in-your-cards Episode 2: Malcolm Gladwell's David and Goliath, Part Two: Use What You Got https://www.buzzsprout.com/2614585/episodes/20017551-malcolm-gladwell-s-david-and-goliath-part-two-use-what-you-got Also mentioned: King Richard (2021) In the Arena: Serena Williams Angie Nixon, Democratic nominee for US Senate in Florida Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie with Dua Lipa, Service95 Book Club Next week: Beatriz at Dinner (2017) See you soon, Sweetness.

    David & Goliath: Retire the Underdog

  2. Oct 25

    Malcolm Gladwell's David and Goliath, Part Two: Use What You Got

    Thanks for listening and subscribing. Care note: this episode discusses childhood abuse and trauma. To go straight to the book, skip to 09:33. If you're struggling or thinking about suicide, call or text 9-8-8 (Canada and the US), any time, day or night. Part Two of Malcolm Gladwell's David and Goliath, Chapters 4 to 6: compensation learning, desirable difficulty, and the true story behind a photograph from Birmingham, 1963. 00:00 Open: a few hundred years of battling giants 00:49 Welcome 01:52 TW: Before we begin 09:33 Compensation learning: David Boies 11:52 Jay Freireich and his patients 15:08 What we see 16:28 "Completely irrepressible" 16:56 "Well, Officer, you're not me" 21:25 Serena at Indian Wells 23:30 Being loved 24:30 Use what you got: Birmingham, 1963 29:07 Slow Listen: Louis Armstrong, "What a Wonderful World" 31:08 Closing Featured Sweetness: Malcolm Gladwell, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants (Little, Brown, 2013), Part Two, Chapters 4 to 6. Get it from your local bookstore or library, or here: https://link.amazon/B01IE4T8P Slow Listen: Louis Armstrong, "What a Wonderful World". It's on the Slow Listen playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37eRVB6i7cDAhNF2rZHJUz?si=f58a70b7310a41fe Also Mentioned: Diane McWhorter: Carry Me Home In the Arena: Serena Williams Maya Angelou: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings With love to Skylar Marshai, Wildlin Pierrevil and Achieng Agutu. See you soon, Sweetness.

    Malcolm Gladwell's David and Goliath, Part Two: Use What You Got

  3. Oct 18

    David & Goliath: The Advantage in Your Cards

    Season 2 opens in the Valley of Elah with Malcolm Gladwell’s David and Goliath, Part One. A shepherd’s sling, twelve-year-old girls running a full-court press, a Connecticut golf course, and the Impressionists hanging their own walls in 1874. An episode on playing the cards you’ve been dealt, and seeing their unique advantages. SHOW NOTES Thank you for listening and subscribing. CHAPTERS 00:00 Cold open: the Valley of Elah 00:43 Welcome to Season 2 04:39 The verse on the first page, and the valley, twice 10:44 Seventy feet nobody guards: Vivek Ranadivé and Lawrence of Arabia 18:57 The golf course: Shepaug Valley, Hotchkiss and the inverted U 25:07 The Salon: the Impressionists and relative deprivation 36:56 The Season 2 Spine FEATURED SWEETNESS David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell: https://link.amazon/B0drpVFTc Podcast music: Colin Carbonera ALSO MENTIONED Eileen Gu at the Inspiring Women Leadership Series, Singapore Management University, Oct 12, 2026 (The Straits Times): https://youtu.be/Omy4aK96ZCU Barack Obama, Dreams from My Father, p. 233 Britnei Nicole on audacity Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Magazine, Sept. 20, 2026: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/magazine/ny-public-schools-black-students-segregation.html Africa Brooke on desired and embodied values SLOW LISTEN Slow Listen Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37eRVB6i7cDAhNF2rZHJUz?si=9a93ad2327f541b5 CATCH UP ON SEASON 1, EPISODE 7 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2614585/episodes/19553815 Affiliate disclosure: If you purchase a book or products through the affiliate links in the show notes, Ink & Spine receives a small share. https://linktr.ee/inkandspinepodcast

  4. Aug 3

    Saquon: A Love Letter To Hold On For Life

    SHOW NOTES Thank you for listening and subscribing. FEATURED SWEETNESS SAQUON (2025), dir. Alex Pappas, NFL Films: https://www.primevideo.com/detail/0I35E72TVN16B74DMYNX7E9EQ9 MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel van der Kolk: https://www.amazon.com/Body-Keeps-Score-Healing-Trauma/dp/0143127748 What Happened to You?, Oprah Winfrey and Dr. Bruce Perry: https://www.amazon.com/What-Happened-You-Understanding-Resilience/dp/1250223180 Oprah Winfrey's Forbes interview: https://youtu.be/AevlqrEUlKU Image Credit: Yong Kim, 2024 Podcast music: Colin Carbonera SLOW LISTEN Slow Listen Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37eRVB6i7cDAhNF2rZHJUz?si=0e96f452d8ca4f43 SWEET REMINDERS Nolan Wells GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-loving-memory-of-nolan-xavier-wells Namaygoosisagagun emergency response and rebuild (100% of donations dedicated, tax receipts issued): https://an7gc.ca/donate/ GlobalGiving Canada Wildfire Relief Fund: https://www.globalgiving.org/ Canadian Red Cross wildfire appeal: https://www.redcross.ca/ CATCH UP ON EPISODE 7 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2614585/episodes/19553815  Affiliate disclosure: If you purchase a book or products through the affiliate links in the show notes, Ink & Spine receives a small share. https://linktr.ee/inkandspinepodcast

    Saquon: A Love Letter To Hold On For Life

  5. Jul 27

    Dreams from My Father: Yes We Can & Home Squared

    SHOW NOTES Thank you for listening and subscribing. FEATURED SWEETNESS Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama: https://amzn.to/44zoVRA  Image Credit: Lisa Jack, 1980 Podcast music: Colin Carbonera SLOW LISTEN Slow Listen Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37eRVB6i7cDAhNF2rZHJUz?si=0e96f452d8ca4f43 SWEET REMINDERS Nolan Wells GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-loving-memory-of-nolan-xavier-wells Namaygoosisagagun emergency response and rebuild (100% of donations dedicated, tax receipts issued): https://an7gc.ca/donate/ GlobalGiving Canada Wildfire Relief Fund: https://www.globalgiving.org/ Canadian Red Cross wildfire appeal: https://www.redcross.ca/ CATCH UP ON EPISODE 6 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2614585/episodes/19523508 Affiliate disclosure: If you purchase a book or products through the affiliate links in the show notes, Ink & Spine receives a small share. https://linktr.ee/inkandspinepodcast

    Dreams from My Father: Yes We Can & Home Squared

  6. Jul 21

    Dreams from My Father: Hope & The Audacity to Dig Out of the Grave

    SHOW NOTES Thank you for listening and subscribing. FEATURED SWEETNESS Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama: https://amzn.to/44zoVRA  Image Credit: Lisa Jack, 1980 Podcast music: Colin Carbonera SLOW LISTEN Slow Listen Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37eRVB6i7cDAhNF2rZHJUz?si=0e96f452d8ca4f43 SWEET REMINDERS Nolan Wells GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-loving-memory-of-nolan-xavier-wells CATCH UP ON EPISODE 5 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2614585/episodes/19484000 Affiliate disclosure: If you purchase a book or products through the affiliate links in the show notes, Ink & Spine receives a small share. https://linktr.ee/inkandspinepodcast

    Dreams from My Father: Hope & The Audacity to Dig Out of the Grave

  7. Jul 13

    Dreams from My Father: On Diaspora Kids, Myth-Making, and Peace with the Old Man

    SHOW NOTES Thank you for listening, watching, and subscribing!  Watch the calming visualizer on YouTube: https://youtu.be/aMIR6Kc68wQ?si=67DDHWhZjXpoel7J FEATURED SWEETNESS Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama: https://amzn.to/44zoVRA  Image Credit: Lisa Jack, 1980 SLOW LISTEN Slow Listen Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37eRVB6i7cDAhNF2rZHJUz?si=0e96f452d8ca4f43 SWEET REMINDERS Nolan Wells GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-loving-memory-of-nolan-xavier-wells CATCH UP ON EPISODE 4 Dreams from My Father: Early Belonging, Bruce Springsteen, and Bismillah: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ink-spine/id1896916770 Affiliate disclosure: if you purchase a book or products through the affiliate links in the show notes, Ink & Spine receives a small share. https://linktr.ee/inkandspinepodcast

    Dreams from My Father: On Diaspora Kids, Myth-Making, and Peace with the Old Man

  8. Jul 6

    Dreams from My Father: Early Belonging, Bruce Springsteen, and Bismillah

    SHOW NOTES Thank you for listening, watching, and subscribing!  Watch the episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/_QWX0cV1LoY FEATURED SWEETNESS Dreams from My Father  by Barack Obama: https://amzn.to/44zoVRA  Image Credit: Lisa Jack, 1980 SLOW LISTEN Slow Listen Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37eRVB6i7cDAhNF2rZHJUz?si=0e96f452d8ca4f43 SWEET REMINDERS Cristiano Ronaldo Bismillah: https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSCnFUoc2 Fola Kester's Repatriation: https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSCnFxNrh YOU'RE WELCOME, SWEETNESS Jason Markk shoe care: https://amzn.to/3R8Qkqz CATCH UP ON EPISODE 3 Mississippi Masala: Love & Belonging at the Colour Line: https://youtu.be/P9DbEPxM4C0  Affiliate disclosure: if you purchase a book or products through the affiliate links in the show notes, Ink & Spine receives a small share. https://linktr.ee/inkandspinepodcast

    Dreams from My Father: Early Belonging, Bruce Springsteen, and Bismillah

  9. Jun 29

    Mississippi Masala: Love & Belonging at the Colour Line

    SHOW NOTES Thank you for listening, watching, and subscribing!  Watch the episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/P9DbEPxM4C0 FEATURED SWEETNESS Mississippi Masala (1991, dir. Mira Nair): https://www.justwatch.com/ca/movie/mississippi-masala NEXT WEEK'S FEATURED SWEETNESS Dreams from My Father  by Barack Obama: https://amzn.to/44zoVRA  SLOW LISTEN Slow Listen Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37eRVB6i7cDAhNF2rZHJUz?si=0e96f452d8ca4f43 something bout tomorrow by MARO: https://open.spotify.com/track/64EPGY2yxFBD2oUEpYMXbg?si=2969988020da4945 SWEET REMINDERS Your girl is finally going back to school! I'm so grateful for the blessing to resume my studies. YOU'RE WELCOME, SWEETNESS Jason Markk shoe care: https://amzn.to/3R8Qkqz CATCH UP ON EPISODE 2  The Audacity to Dream, Again: https://tr.ee/dZXpoY7yWD (and links to helpful resources) Affiliate disclosure: if you purchase a book or products through the affiliate links in the show notes, Ink & Spine receives a small share. https://linktr.ee/inkandspinepodcast

    Mississippi Masala: Love & Belonging at the Colour Line

  10. Jun 20

    The Audacity to Dream, Again

    SHOW NOTES Thank you for listening, watching, and subscribing! FEATURED SWEETNESS Start With Yourself by Emma Grede: https://amzn.to/3SSf2fb Painted by Esther: https://www.instagram.com/paintedbyesther/?hl=en Emma Grede + Patrick Ta: https://youtu.be/ZDx9PnKsvYs?si=XRjGq4UCIHxmzoEz SLOW LISTEN Ink & Spine Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37eRVB6i7cDAhNF2rZHJUz?si=2d68653cf24a4f65 Just for Fun by Beyoncé: https://open.spotify.com/track/51D9PHMiMxuRGtGz61F4QN?si=3e2ae36b1d5d467f SWEET REMINDERS Coach Jackie on Rachel Entrekin: https://www.tiktok.com/@jcubedhax/video/7636930243026062606 Obama Presidential Center (Grand Opening): https://youtu.be/i1xUxoMtYMg?si=hOrBlPkDnSXtDQXH YOU'RE WELCOME, SWEETNESS Apple Reminders mini tutorial: https://youtu.be/VbEekYx-z28?si=QCpfYI1IJOVi7mBb Todoist: https://todoist.com/ Things: https://culturedcode.com/things/ Calgary Fair Entry Subsidy: https://www.calgary.ca/social-services/low-income/fair-entry-subsidy.html Edmonton Leisure Access Program: https://www.edmonton.ca/programs_services/leisure-access-program Benefits Wayfinder: https://benefitswayfinder.org/ Affiliate disclosure: if you purchase a book through the affiliate links in the show notes, Ink & Spine receives a small share. https://linktr.ee/inkandspinepodcast

    The Audacity to Dream, Again

  11. Jun 13

    Eight Percent (Start With Yourself, Part 1)

    SHOW NOTES Thank you for listening, watching, and subscribing! FEATURED SWEETNESS Start With Yourself by Emma Grede: https://amzn.to/43C5asj Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin (referenced) Emma Grede on She's So Lucky podcast: https://youtu.be/oma_Hz85a0s?si=1G94n0eFIvn3USTg SLOW LISTEN Ink & Spine Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37eRVB6i7cDAhNF2rZHJUz?si=ce21d36ae1694c40 Pruning by Colin Carbonera and Blessing: https://open.spotify.com/track/6YeqMaNbwvLKlqyqkPTD09?si=2b145a710a37474f SWEET REMINDERS Hillary Dawa Sherpa Coverage: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZwBI-TYwLn8 Prentis Hemphill: Boundaries (referenced in Emma's book on Pg. 23) Fritz Perls: Fear is excitement without the breath (referenced in Emma's book on Pg. 27) YOU'RE WELCOME, SWEETNESS Door Stop Alarm: https://amzn.to/4vMbutg Affiliate disclosure: Purchases through these links return a small share to Ink & Spine.

    Eight Percent (Start With Yourself, Part 1)

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    Ink & Spine Podcast (trailer)

    Welcome to Ink & Spine.  A space between words and sound. A little pocket of sweetness amidst the heaviness that surrounds. Join me every Friday to slowly savour books, films, music, and the mediums in between.  See you soon, Sweetness 🤎

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A podcast by Kaeyae Alo. Every week, we sit together with a book, an album or a film, savouring each at the sweet pace of honey.

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  • Creator
    Kaeyae Alo
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    12
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 Ink & Spine
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