Audacious with Chion Wolf

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Audacious with Chion Wolf spotlights the stories of people whose experiences, professions, or conditions defy convention or are often misunderstood. Guided by deep curiosity and genuine compassion, the team behind Audacious creates space for the kinds of stories that rarely get told - and the kinds of questions we're often afraid to ask. From those speaking publicly for the very first time to voices already known around the world, every guest is met with care, and every story is honored as both deeply personal and profoundly human. For more: ctpublic.org/audacious

  1. 3d ago

    A trip to Brimfield Antique Flea Market, where old things find new people

    Welcome to the Brimfield Antique Flea Market! Thousands of buyers and sellers descend on a small Massachusetts town three times a year, filling fields with furniture, vintage clothes, tools, art, oddities and things you didn’t know existed five minutes ago.  We spend the day roaming the country’s largest outdoor antiques show, meeting serious collectors, first-timers, lifelong dealers and shoppers operating almost entirely on instinct.  Along the way: haggling advice, the difference between an oar and a paddle, clown art, a singing bowl sound bath and one important lesson: if you love it, somebody else probably does too. So grab it (preferably using cash).  Suggested episodes: The Big E: What it takes to create 17 days of magic Audacious at sea: Wisdom from strangers on a cruise ship Audacious Scotland: CT’s Highland Festival & Games, plus quarrelsome dames seek justice for witches The minds, hearts (and stomachs) of competitive eaters Welcome to the Punderdome! We're entering NYC's punniest pun competition It’s A Brand Nude Day!   GUESTS:  First segment: Lois Shelton, Jacey Bradshaw, Mike Vojnich, Monica Pedroso, Sarah Gray, and Emily Cahill, Ram Limbu, Bruce Baier, Sam Sutner Second segment: Jen Davidson, Jen Weckbacher, Deborah Baird, Mary Smith, Collin and Kari McCaffery, Robert Simas, Kate Corriveau Third segment: James Enders, Shiree Cole, Tonya Cameron, Mo Benzriouil, Sarah Baroud, Luke Davis, Ross and Laura Bonner, Garett Eisele Support the show: https://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    A trip to Brimfield Antique Flea Market, where old things find new people

  2. Aug 28

    'I Will Always Love You': Jada Star’s musical bond with her aunt Dolly Parton

    In honor of Dolly Parton, we’re rebroadcasting a conversation with her niece, singer/songwriter Jada Star.  Jada shares what it was like growing up with Aunt Dolly, watching the rest of the world fall in love with her, and learning from her example of kindness, faith, hard work, and generosity. For a transcription of this episode, click here. Original air date: January 6, 2024. GUEST:  Jada Star: Singer-songwriter whose debut album is called Tell Me I'm Your Angel. She also starred in the ABC reality series Claim To Fame. You will also hear the voice of Heather Ream, author of "Lunchladies Bought My Prom Dress," East Tennessee native, and Dolly Parton fan. She was a guest on the Audacious episodes about super smellers and nostalgic childhood scents. Support the show: https://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    'I Will Always Love You': Jada Star’s musical bond with her aunt Dolly Parton

  3. Aug 21

    Playboy: Two women revisit the very different lives behind their centerfolds

    The Playboy Bunny is one of America’s most recognizable symbols, but it never represented a single experience.  Candace Jordan was both a Bunny and a Playmate in the ‘70s, and remembers Playboy as a source of sisterhood, ambition, opportunity and lifelong belonging.  Victoria Valentino was Miss September 1963, and for her, becoming a Playmate became tied to family rejection and an identity she never wanted.  Decades later, both women look back on the same famous institution, and reveal two profoundly different truths about power, choice, survival and what lived on beyond the photographs.    Suggested episodes: Going Flat, or Building New Breasts: Two Women’s Post-Mastectomy Stories Models On Beauty  Behind The Screens: Hollywood Hairstyling, Coordinating Intimacy, And Illustrating The Great British Bake Off   GUESTS:  Candace Jordan: Former Playboy Bunny, Chicago’s 1976 Bunny of the Year and Playmate who appeared on nine Playboy covers. She later became a prominent Chicago writer, social chronicler and nonprofit supporter through her long-running Candid Candace brand  Victoria Valentino: Was Playboy’s Miss September 1963. A former hospice nurse and author of Dirty Diamonds, she became a prominent Bill Cosby accuser and has spent decades advocating for sexual assault survivors and legal reform Support the show: https://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Playboy: Two women revisit the very different lives behind their centerfolds

  4. Aug 14

    Journalist Scott Wallace on protecting the Amazon's last uncontacted tribes

    For decades, journalist Scott Wallace has traveled the world documenting conflict, culture, and extraordinary lives. But nothing compared to a ten-week expedition through one of the most remote regions of the Brazilian Amazon.  His assignment: accompany an effort to help protect one of the last uncontacted tribes on Earth, the Flecheiros, or “People of the Arrow,” while avoiding contact with them at all costs.  He talks about the eerie realization that the tribe was silently tracking his every move, the ethical tensions of documenting such a story, and why the experience forever changed how he thinks about humanity, wonder, and our responsibility to one another.  Suggested episodes: What it's like at the bottom of the world with Dr. “Deepsea Dawn” Wright Hot Shots: Photography, music, and pizza from inside a volcano A conversation with Humans of New York creator Brandon Stanton   GUEST:  Scott Wallace: Award-winning journalist, photographer, and associate professor in UConn's Department of Journalism. He's the author of The Unconquered, a firsthand account of an expedition into the Brazilian Amazon to help protect one of the world's last uncontacted tribes Support the show: https://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Journalist Scott Wallace on protecting the Amazon's last uncontacted tribes

  5. Aug 7

    Our gift to you: Pinch me moments that remind us how beautiful life can be

    Most days fade into the next. You make the coffee, answer the emails, run the errands, fold the laundry, try to keep up.  But every once in a while, life gives you a moment that blows your freakin' mind.  For more than a year, at the end of Audacious interviews, we've asked guests one final question: Will you tell me about a pinch me moment in your life? Here are their answers: stories of love, second chances, belonging, transformation, and awe, including a few from 250 miles above Earth.    Suggested episodes: Life advice, one Audacious guest at a time  Forgiveness: How we define it and how it defines us  I saw it coming! When premonitions come true  What smells remind you of childhood? Kitchen objects with a story. Listen at your own whisk   Awe yeah! Exploring the magic of mind-blowing moments  How regret teaches us to live  Stories of everyday courage, from getting a needle in the eye to tackling a purse thief  The surprising ways we ritual    GUESTS (in order of appearance):  First segment: Andy Corren, Bruce Campbell, Steve Feltham, Leroy McSmith, Jeffrey Marsh, Dr. Cori Breslauer, Logan Goodspeed, Casper ter Kuile, Jody Jahn, Harriet Newman Cohen, Andrew Luber, Patrick O'Connor, Glynn Washington, and Bill Edgar Second segment: James Tillman, Cassandra Madison, Julia Tinetti, Rebekah Spicuglia, Danielle Meinert, Candace Jordan, Drew John Ladd, Mikaela Higgins, Ari Cobb, Meredith Dietz, Sarah Thomas, Dr. Lisa Kenton, and Karen Smith Third segment: Audley Stephenson, Tamia Potter, Jay Bragg, Dr. John Elefteriades, Landon Proctor, Marci Pelzer, Karen Nyberg, Nicole Stott, and Chris Hadfield   Support the show: https://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Our gift to you: Pinch me moments that remind us how beautiful life can be

  6. Jul 31

    A survivor of childhood sexual abuse speaks his truth. We’re listening.

    When someone tells you they’ve survived sexual abuse, the conversation can feel tender for everyone involved: the person choosing what to share, and the person trying to respond with care. How can we make those moments feel safer, more honest, and less lonely?  Beth Hamilton, executive director of the Connecticut Alliance to End Sexual Violence, offers guidance on how to respond with steadiness, care, and humility.  Then Drew John Ladd shares his story as a male survivor of childhood sexual abuse. He reflects on silence, family response, masculinity, justice, shame, survival, and joy.  This episode is about how to integrate trauma, what disclosure asks of a survivor, and how the rest of us can learn to listen better Resources: RAINN’s National Sexual Assault Hotline 1in6 offers support, information, and community specifically for male survivors Suggested episodes: Forgiveness: How we define it and how it defines us What two suicide attempt survivors want you to know about staying alive GUESTS:  Beth Hamilton: Executive director of the Connecticut Alliance to End Sexual Violence, where she works on advocacy, prevention, survivor support, and public policy. She is also a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, which informs the care and clarity she brings to conversations about disclosure and healing Drew John Ladd: Writer, musician, and teacher. He shares his experience as a male survivor of childhood sexual abuse, and reflects on silence, family response, masculinity, justice, and what better conversations can make possible Support the show: https://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    A survivor of childhood sexual abuse speaks his truth. We’re listening.

  7. Jul 24

    The kidney was just the beginning: Unexpected gifts after transplants

    What happens when a Brooklyn woman who identifies as queer, liberal, vegan, and an atheist donates her kidney to a conservative Christian man from Virginia? Kerry Kennedy and Joey Shervey tell the story of what it looks like when compassion outvotes everything else. Their transplant crossed party lines and personal beliefs to create an unexpected friendship. Then, Lindsay Vigue describes how a small flyer on the wall of a diner led her to become a living kidney donor, and then to becoming the executive director of Donate Life Connecticut. Resources: Donate Life Connecticut National Kidney Foundation National Kidney Registry OrganDonor.gov Former Middletown mayor Dan Drew's TED Talk about why he donated his kidney  Suggested episode: The Story Of The First African American Face Transplant  GUESTS:  Joey Shervey: Kidney transplant recipient from Moneta, Virginia Kerry Kennedy: Living kidney donor from Brooklyn, New York Lindsay Vigue: Living kidney donor and the executive director of Donate Life Connecticut  Support the show: https://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    The kidney was just the beginning: Unexpected gifts after transplants

  8. Jul 17

    A drummer, a rapper, and a violinist on disability and the art of adapting

    How do you play the violin without a right hand? How do you drum after losing a leg? How do you rap and create beats when you can only move your head and shoulders?  Adrian Anantawan was born without his right hand and most of his right forearm, and learned violin using a custom bow adaptation attached to his arm. Billy Brimblecom Jr., a drummer who lost his left leg to cancer, shares how he returned to music and now helps other amputees get prosthetic limbs. And Pheez, a rapper and producer who became paralyzed after a diving accident, explains how he records using breath control, memory, and accessible technology.    Suggested episodes: New ways to see, new ways to move: The tech that’s changing disability Stunt performers David Holmes and Jonathan Goodwin on life after paralysis Multiple sclerosis tried to bench her. Karen Smith won gold instead Joe Stone, wheelchair rugby, and the full-contact art of resilience   GUESTS:  Billy Brimblecom Jr.: Drummer, nonprofit leader, and amputee who turned the support he received after cancer into help for others through Steps of Faith Foundation Corey Lee, AKA “Pheez“: Rapper, producer, and Navy veteran who became a quadriplegic after a diving accident. He's a disability advocate and the host of The Super Adaptables podcast Adrian Anantawan: Violinist born without his right hand and most of his right forearm. Using a custom bow adaptation, he has built a career as a performer, teacher, and advocate for musicians with disabilities Support the show: https://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    A drummer, a rapper, and a violinist on disability and the art of adapting
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Audacious with Chion Wolf spotlights the stories of people whose experiences, professions, or conditions defy convention or are often misunderstood. Guided by deep curiosity and genuine compassion, the team behind Audacious creates space for the kinds of stories that rarely get told - and the kinds of questions we're often afraid to ask. From those speaking publicly for the very first time to voices already known around the world, every guest is met with care, and every story is honored as both deeply personal and profoundly human. For more: ctpublic.org/audacious

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