My First Year: The Anthology
My First Year: The Anthology explores the human experience through conversations with every-day people about their major life transitions.
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.
Executive Producer: Sophia
Senior Producers: Gabbie Watts, Samira Tazari, Rosabelle Heine
Creative Director: Shareen Anderson
Co-hosts: Sophia, Gabbie Watts, Samira Tazari, Rosabelle Heine, Adoley Ammah-Tagoe, Shareen Anderson
Theme Music: Nana Simopoulos
My First Year: The Anthology
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From Sophia Media comes a new podcast series exploring the moments that shape us.
My First Year is a collection of deeply personal conversations with people from all walks of life, reflecting on the experiences that transformed them—moments of courage, uncertainty, loss, love, reinvention, and discovery.
Our guests revisit some of the most meaningful chapters of their lives and explore questions like:
- How did this experience shape you?
- What did it teach you about life, love, and yourself?
- Did it change the path you were on?
- Did it bring you closer to who you truly are?
Because sometimes a single year can change everything.
Listen to the first show in the series, My First Year: The Anthology, beginning July 3rd, wherever you listen to podcasts.
And join our growing community at sophiamedia.co.
My First Year. Real stories. Lasting transformation.
Every life contains firsts that change us. Like the first time becoming a father.
SPEAKER_03It feels like a cellular love. Every cell is offering a hug.
SPEAKER_02Or the first time becoming a mother. Once it was happening for me, I was like, oh, I am maternal. It just kicked in, and then it felt great.
SPEAKER_01The first day of college, I don't think I'd previously realized kind of the magnitude of this decision that I'd made. Then I was there in my dorm room on the 10th floor, all by myself in New York City. The first time bringing home a dog.
SPEAKER_04This blonde pit bull puts her paw up on the cage and just says, you know, hey, I'm you know, I'm here. Or that's what I heard. I I heard a voice.
SPEAKER_00The first time leaving one home to build another. I was just ready. I was just so ready. And I remember I said goodbye and I didn't want to turn back. From Sophia Media comes a new podcast series exploring the moments that shape us. My first year is a collection of deeply personal conversations with people from all walks of life, reflecting on the experiences that transform them. Moments of courage, uncertainty, loss, love, reinvention, and discovery. Our guests revisit some of the most meaningful and emotional chapters of their lives and explore questions like: How did this experience shape you? What did it teach you about life, love, and yourself? Did it change the path you were on? Did it bring you closer to who you truly are? Because sometimes a single year can change everything. Listen to the first show in the series, My First Year, The Anthology, beginning July 3rd, wherever you listen to podcasts. And join our growing community at SophiaMedia.co. My first year Real Stories.
