MY FIRST YEAR
CREATING HUMAN CONNECTIONS, ONE EPISODE AT A TIME. MY FIRST YEAR podcast series explores the human experience through conversations with every-day people about their major life transitions, from first time becoming a parent, to first year on the job to first time losing a loved one.
Each My First Year episode weaves together human connections through heart-felt, embodied story-telling. When we feel a visceral connection to someone else’s story, we realize we’re not alone. That recognition – that our experiences echo in others – is where healing and understanding begin for all of us.
Creator, Executive Producer and Host: Sophia
Senior Producers: Gabbie Watts, Samira Tazari, Rosabelle Heine
Creative Director: Shareen Anderson
Co-hosts: Gabbie Watts, Samira Tazari, Rosabelle Heine, Adoley Ammah-Tagoe, A.C. Valdez, Shareen Anderson and Casey Georgi
Theme Music: Nana Simopoulos
MY FIRST YEAR
Latest Episodes
My First Year Living Abroad - Moving to Denmark for Love: Finding Belonging, Safety, and Music in Copenhagen | MacKenzie Kermoade
In this episode of My First Year, hosts Sophia and Shareen interview Washington native MacKenzie Kermoade, an international environmental governance professional and musician (Mack Marcel) living in Copenhagen. MacKenzie t...
Weekly Spotlight - Signal Award Finalist: Thomas Greene on Fatherhood, Storytelling, and Grief After Losing a Child
🎙️ A Special Encore Episode — And We Need Your Vote!We’re revisiting one of the most moving conversations from My First Year as a Father.SOPHIA and A.C. Valdez sit down with acclaimed novelist and essayist Thoma...
Weekly Spotlight - Kayla @ Cooper Union: Expectations, Confidence and Finding Her Voice
In today’s episode, co-hosts Sophia and Rosabelle speak with Kayla, a 2026 graduate of Cooper Union School of Engineering in New York City. Kayla describes growing up in a competitive, tight-knit town with strict parents, a childhood centered o...
Weekly Spotlight - Aaron @ University of Florida: Identity, Belonging and the Freedom to Be Yourself
In today’s episode, we speak with Aaron, a sophomore at the University of Florida. Born in Lima, Peru and raised in Miami, Aaron describes growing up in a largely Hispanic community, learning English quickly after moving to the U.S. with his...
Weekly Spotlight - Shreya Sophie @ University of Georgia: Presence, Nostalgia and Seeing and Being Seen through Poetry
For all the students arriving at college for the first time this week, hear from Shreya, a University of Georgia student, writer, poet, and founder of the autism advocacy nonprofit Color Me Blue.Shreya reflects on leaving behind t...
Contributors
Sophia
Host
Adoley Ammah-Tagoe
Co-host
Gabbie Watts
Producer
Rosabelle Heine
Producer
Samira Tazari
Producer
Shareen Anderson
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