by Sean Martin | Dec 19, 2020 | Stories
He stepped into the park confused, scared, and a little high. He felt the gentle autumn breeze blowing past his body, taking what little warmth he had left off of his skin as fast as it rose from inside of him. He shivered involuntarily, but it wasn’t a source of...
by Sean Martin | Dec 19, 2020 | Podcast Episodes, Season One
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by Sean Martin | Dec 12, 2020 | Stories
“What are you doing right now?” I read the text and had to double check it to make sure I read it correctly. It was in my third (or maybe fourth, depending on how I rank them) language, Hebrew. It was also 10 o’clock at night and I’d been up since 5:30 am and...
by Sean Martin | Dec 12, 2020 | Podcast Episodes, Season One
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by Sean Martin | Nov 16, 2020 | Podcast Episodes, Season One
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by Sean Martin | Nov 2, 2020 | Podcast Episodes, Season One
Episode 3: Have you ever wondered what your life would be like if you changed just one or two thing about it? Would it set you off on an entirely different course? What keeps us from changing things about ourselves or our lives? Why does it seem like there are some...
by Sean Martin | Oct 25, 2020 | Podcast Episodes, Season One
Episode 2: Ever wanted to just pick up and go? Feeling like you need a change? This episode tells my story of volunteering on a summer teaching program and what it was like to dive into a different culture. From there, things took a pretty abrupt turn. All it took was...
by Sean Martin | Oct 14, 2020 | Podcast Episodes, Season One
Welcome to the very first public episode of the Reddest Beard Podcast. Why would sharing your story, my story, and random people’s life stories matter? Listen in. Maybe it will resonate with you. Check out the episode on...
by Sean Martin | Oct 13, 2020 | Stories
I often sit and watch people go about their lives from the comfort of a park bench in DaShiZi, the large square near one of the central intersections of this strange city I’ve found myself in. I go at night, when there are fewer people around, which means that only...
by Sean Martin | Oct 13, 2020 | Stories
My friend died this week. Well, I guess that’s a bit of a loaded statement. Making it implies so much that was but isn’t anymore. A man died, at his own hand, this week. He was at one time a friend. But that friendship died a long time ago, and finally now, the...