The View From A Broad
Hi welcome to The View From A Broad. I'm Teresa Norton and this podcast dives into my past, revisiting columns I wrote for the South China Morning Post between 1993 and 2000 during my 40 years living in Hong Kong.
These often funny, sometimes tender, occasionally provocative musings cover everything from marriage and working motherhood, to national identity and global events. As a weekly columnist I aimed to capture the quirks of human interactions, carve up a few sacred cows and tell it like it is... but did I? In the 30 years since those columns were written much has changed and... so have I.
In each episode I read a column and talk to a guest about how the piece stands up today - what still rings true and what feels out of sync with today’s world. They then share a true story from their past that's been unearthed by something in the column.
The result is an engaging and honest conversation about the evolution of social norms, culture and humor, re-examining the past through the lens of today’s values.
By looking back with compassion and curiosity, my hope is that The View From A Broad encourages reflection on how our perspectives have changed... or not... and why.
The View From A Broad
Reelin' Down the Hershey Highway | Teresa talks to Charlie Schroeder
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Have fad diets become a thing of the past? How do you get cast as "Mr. Pussy" in the hit 1990's television series "Sex and the City"? Are there things you found funny 3 decades ago that make you cringe today?
30 years ago Teresa and her then-husband tried a fad diet that promised 10lb weight loss in just days and ended up falling off a wagon piled with tinned beetroot, cans of tuna and soda crackers and into a gallon carton of chocolate covered malted milk balls.
Join Teresa and guest, Charlie Schroeder - journalist, author, actor, writing coach and communications trainer for a rolicking trip through New York, Hong Kong and eventually take the turnoff to Hershey, Pennsylvania.
During the infomercial break, Charlie shares about a charity that gives both bicycles and young people a new lease on life. https://thecommonwheel.com
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