As Me with Sinéad

As Me with Sinéad

How do we unlearn negativity and learn to love ourselves and each other? What’s the first step towards becoming more empathetic? Listening. Academic, TED alum, and advocate Sinéad Burke leads candid conversations to create a classroom in podcast form with diverse, notable guests who explain what it’s like to be them. They challenge us to confront our biases, deepen our humanity, and feel empowered to impact and be ourselves in the world around us. Let’s go!

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March 24, 2022 41 mins
We are excited to share another Lemonada Media show you will love. It's called No One Is Coming to Save Us and it tackles the American child care crisis. No One Is Coming to Save Us has new episodes out every Thursday. Gloria is back and ready to tackle America’s child care crisis head-on. To kick off season 2, she calls up Lauren Cook, CEO of Ellis Early Learning in Boston. We met Lauren back in season 1, where she walked us thro...
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Our team wanted to share with you a preview of another Lemonada Media series that they know you’ll want to tune in for. The 1954 Supreme Court decision in Brown vs. Board of Education paved the way for racial integration in public schools. But there's an unspoken consequence of this historic moment. Estimates show 38 thousand Black teachers were fired throughout the integration. This means, the number of Black educators in our publ...
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August 31, 2021 36 mins
Kulap Vilaysack has recently been busy recording a Lemonada Media podcast of her own, alongside veteran journalist SuChin Pak. Their Webby award-winning show, Add to Cart, is all about the things they buy and buy into and what it says about who they are. In celebration of their recent award and Apple Spotlight feature, we wanted to re-air Sinéad's conversation with Kulap about the nuances of Asian American identity, her own Origin ...
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March 25, 2021 63 mins
In Sinéad’s last episode of As Me with Sinéad, she interviews lifelong disability rights activist Judy Heumann. Judy is known for her work fighting the New York Board of Education and organizing sit-ins in 1977 fighting for legislation that ultimately led to the Americans with Disabilities Act. Judy’s activism was highlighted in Netflix’s, Crip Camp, which was just nominated for an Oscar. As International Women’s Month comes to a c...
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February 19, 2021 51 mins
With five Golden Globe nominations to Schitt's Creek, including best supporting actor, we wanted to resurface Sinéad's conversation with writer and actor Dan Levy. He talks about his personal and professional evolution alongside his character, David Rose. Sinéad and Dan explore his Leo tendencies and the deliberate ways in which the Schitt’s Creek writing team presented small-town America, gay love, and the first pansexual characte...
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January 25, 2021 53 mins
President Biden just named Samantha Power as the new head of the US Agency for International Development (USAID). Check out Sinéad’s March 2020 conversation in person in Dublin with author and former Ambassador Samantha Power about embracing vulnerability, and the moment that sparked Power’s immense drive to learn about the world.  Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada sho...
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December 17, 2020 49 mins
As the year comes to a close, we’re sharing a conversation between Sinéad and writer, podcaster, and comedian Gaby Dunn from the start of the pandemic, plus, an update from Gaby on her current life in quarantine. The two talk about their shared experience as perfectionists, and how that is coming out amid a global pandemic. Gaby shares openly about how her early experiences as an outspoken kid paved the way to be shameless about he...
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Hear a quick update about As Me making waves in Canada, a brand new Lemonada Media podcast that we think you may like, and a request for your feedback about your experience as an As Me with Sińead listener in our Lemonada Media listener survey running in July 2020 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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May 7, 2020 31 mins
This week on As Me, Sinéad shares some of her favorite moments from Season 1 that reflect the essence of the show. From talking about imposter syndrome with Florence Welch and Riz Ahmed to self-acceptance with Justin Tranter and Akilah Hughes to letting go of perfectionism with Adwoa Aboah. Each of these moments captures the power of connection and vulnerability in every episode, all of which help us to understand and empathize wit...
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April 30, 2020 54 mins
For the penultimate episode of Season 1 of As Me, Sinéad brings it back to fashion with Gucci’s creative director Alessandro Michele. He sat down with Sinéad in Milan prior to #stayhome, but much of what Alessandro says feels relevant to these strange times. He shares his zest for life, even in the most tragic of moments, how the unique little boy he once was shaped who he is today. Betterhelp.com/asme functionofbeauty.com/asme ...
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April 23, 2020 43 mins
Now more than ever, art and content provides solace to so many. That’s why Sinéad spoke with best selling author, Dani Shapiro, from self-quarantine. Dani’s shares how writing helps her process trauma and shape her identity, as well as how her own shocking discovery about her lineage impacted her sense of self. Transcripts available under each episode link at https://www.lemonadamedia.com/show/as-me-with-sinead-burke/ betterhelp.c...
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April 16, 2020 55 mins
As another week of quarantine and social distancing goes by, Sinéad catches up with historian and Secretary of the Smithsonian Institute, Lonnie Bunch from his home in Washington, D.C. The two talk about the importance of history in shaping our identity, Lonnie’s experience as the director of the Museum of African American History and Culture, and the parts of his childhood that shaped his understanding of racism, and led him to ch...
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April 9, 2020 51 mins
In the midst of the pandemic, Sinéad talks with comedian and reporter Akilah Hughes about how she is balancing her work and mental health right now, including winding down for the day after intense news cycles. Akilah talks openly about her struggles with self image, and her related decision to leave her northern Kentucky home.   audible.com/as me or text As Me to 555-555  Imagined Life https://crooked.com/podcast-series/what-a-...
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April 2, 2020 44 mins
This week, we hear a conversation between Sinéad and scholar, writer, and podcaster Reza Aslan. The two talk about Aslan’s relationship to identity, Islamophobia, his self-doubt, and raising his kids to be global citizens. For a three month trial for Reza's talk show go to go.topic.com/AsMe and enter promo code AsMe2020. betterhelp.com/asme https://www.batistehair.com/ In The Bubble with Andy Slavitt The Hilarious World of Depr...
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March 26, 2020 54 mins
Sinéad is joined by comedian Negin Farsad, who shares her early memories as the only Iranian-American at her school, her time working in policy, and how she now uses comedy to continue her activism.  betterhelp.com/asme functionofbeauty.com/asme Batistehair.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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March 19, 2020 39 mins
Sinéad shares a bit about how she’s coping with staying at home, and what working from home means for disabled people. Then, writer, comedian, and podcast host Allison Raskin joins Sinéad for a long conversation about anxiety and mental health.    Transcripts available under each episode link at https://www.lemonadamedia.com/show/as-me-with-sinead-burke/ www.batistehair.com Just Between Us  betterhelp.com/asme Everything Is F...
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March 12, 2020 53 mins
Author and former Ambassador Samantha Power joins Sinéad in Dublin to talk about embracing vulnerability, and the moment that sparked Power’s immense drive to learn about the world.   Transcripts available under each episode link at https://www.lemonadamedia.com/show/as-me-with-sinead-burke/   Dear Young Rocker www.blinkist.com/ASME www.betterhelp.com/ASME Brave, Not Perfect First Contact @joycrookes See omnystudio.com/liste...
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March 5, 2020 52 mins
Actor and writer Aki Omoshaybi joins Sinéad in London to talk about how he navigated his Nigerian background in a predominantly white neighborhood, how soccer drove him to excel in drama school, and his struggle to take breaks. Transcripts available under each episode link at https://www.lemonadamedia.com/show/as-me-with-sinead-burke/ REAL, released in theatres April 24th rothys.com/sinead functionofbeauty.com/asme audible.co...
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February 27, 2020 48 mins
Great British Bake Off (or, Baking Show in the U.S.) semi-finalist Briony Williams joins Sinéad in London to talk about her identity as a teacher, how she practices resilience and kindness, and her choice not to mention or accept special accommodations for her disability while in the tent.    Transcripts available under each episode link at https://www.lemonadamedia.com/show/as-me-with-sinead-burke/   @franklinleonard betterhelp....
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February 20, 2020 36 mins
Radhika Jones is the first woman of color to serve as the editor of Vanity Fair. She opens up to Sinéad about what moved her to put her hat in the ring, and how she chooses her daily fashion armor.   Transcripts available under each episode link at https://www.lemonadamedia.com/show/as-me-with-sinead-burke/   Insidechanel.com @richardmalone See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for priv...
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