Human Regards with Shanta Loecker and Carolyn Sideco

This week’s episode is such a fun one! Human Regards co-host Carolyn and her twin sister Ros were recently featured in the new hit Netflix series, You Are What You Eat. Join us, as we break down their experience both in the research study and in front of the camera for the documentary. More behind-the-scenes coming your way all week on our social channels — listen to the episode out today, and then be sure to tune in for all the pi...

Hello friends! We’re so excited to bring you our very first guest of season 2 today – Dr. Kevin Nadal. He’s a Professor of Psychology and his research over the last 30 plus years focuses on the intersections of race, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation, as well as microagressions as they relate to all of these communities and identities. He specializes in Filipino American identity and experience. He is the author of 10 books...

We have a special treat for you this week! You may remember Mila’s guest episode from season 1! Carolyn and I had her on Human Regards to discuss her upcoming book, Everything You Think You Know About Adoption is A Lie. Well, lucky for us, she decided to release the book in audio form, and we have the introductory episode cued up for you here! Please enjoy this intro, The Call, and then head to the link below for all five episodes ...

Welcome back to Human Regards, where we invite you to reinvent space, diffuse power, and reclaim your peace.

Today we get back to our roots! The two of us sit down and chat about what’s on our minds as we kick off season 2 – everything from the transcendence of jazz in New Orleans to National Adoptee Awareness Month, and finding ways to light up our personal and spiritual power in the face of global violence.

We also get into so-ca...

Welcome back to Human Regards!

Together, we invite you to reinvent space, diffuse power, and reclaim your peace. Like many of you, we have spent decades surviving systems, structures, and institutions that weren’t designed for us -- this show is about changing that.

Join us, as we expand and rewrite the so-called American narrative in a space designed for ALL of us to thrive.

Connect with the hosts on IG: ⁠@humanregardspod⁠

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Welcome back to Human Regards, where we invite you to reinvent space, diffuse power, and reclaim your peace. We met on Instagram, and then subsequently on Zoom, phone calls, and all the ways were able to connect safely at the time. Fast forward to 2023 – we’ve produced an entire season of this show, and we are so proud of the stories, incredible personalities, and all the complex humanity we’ve been able to share with you thus far....

What starts with some slightly embarrassing fan-girling (don’t judge...) turns into one of the most honest, vulnerable, and insightful conversations we’ve had this season on Human Regards.

Suchin Pak joins us for a deep dive into what it means to have choices beyond survival, the wisdom of our so-called “sandwich years,” and saying no to free labor, particularly during the verrry Asian month of May.

Suchin is a trailblazer in broad...

This week, we welcome JaeRan Kim to the show, and her research and writing has transformed the way we interact with the experiences of transracial, transnational adoptees for well over a decade. JaeRan shares a wealth of knowledge with us, some vital historical anecdotes like the painful US legacy of organized 'Orphan Trains', and her love for embracing process over product in this episode. She also reminds us all to pushba...

Today we have dj diA on the show. diA is Queer, vegan, an activist, and a self-proclaimed Buddhist in progress – as diA says, none of it is about being perfect. So often, the most exciting aspects of our lives are about process, exploration, and quite often – tossing out binary labels. For diA, music has been a life-long grounding force – from the woodwind section of their high school marching band to the curation of two original r...

Note there are mentions of depression, loss, and suicide in this episode. Please take care of yourself as you listen.

Today, we are bringing you what is STILL this season’s *most popular, *most liked, and *most listened to episode – it originally aired in February, and features Tonilyn A. Sideco – a creative, insightful, honest storyteller – and we were so lucky to welcome them on Human Regards as our FIRST GUEST EVER. Toni also ha...

Today, we welcome Paloma Concordia to the show. A true innovator, she has reinvented the public relations space with PapaLoDown, where her client list includes scholars, arts activists, entrepreneurs, and more. Using a “less is more” approach, Paloma defies capitalist-driven “grind” culture, and puts relationships and humanity at the center of everything she does, completely redefining success in the process.

Tune in, as we cover ...

The great chefs of the world are artists; they tell intricate, personal stories with their food, and Chef Cristina Quackenbush is no exception. Today we learn about her journey from the Philippines, to the rural midwestern farmland of Indiana, and finally, to the thriving cultural center of New Orleans, Louisiana, which she now calls home. With Milkfish and the Good Trouble Network, Cristina has continued to weave a beautiful, inte...

Things have been pretty heavy in the world lately, so we took this opportunity to bring some levity to the mix…and, oh my, did we laugh a lot in this one. Today we discuss the intersectional madness of March, in particular all of the socialized nuance of the NCAA women's basketball tournament, the exclusivity of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour (and the glaring whiteness of the Glendale stop), plus the audacity of #GirlDads. As always,...

Note: While we focus much of our energy on dreaming up personal versions of healing and peace today, we also discuss racial trauma and family separation in this episode. Please take care of yourself as you listen.

This week’s episode is all about Mila Konomos’ upcoming book, entitled, Everything You Know About Adoption Is A Lie. Join us as we dive into the complex layers of the transracial, transnational adoption industry, unl...

Note: During this episode, Carolyn references the fact that tragically, a third of the nurses who have died of COVID-19 in the U.S. have been of Filipino descent. Please listen to the WNYC podcast episode linked here entitled, The Sisterhood, to learn more about how and why Filipinx communities have been so disproportionately impacted by the pandemic.

This week, we focus on the conflict that exists between interpersonal relationshi...

Note there are mentions of depression, loss, and suicidal ideation in this episode. Please take care of yourself as you listen.

Get ready to laugh, cry, and well, steer clear of the eggplant emoji…LOL. Today we welcome the incomparable Tonilyn A. Sideco to the show, and in their words – Queerness abounds! We explore what they call the “evidence of existence” – from a taboo emoji or two *faceslap*, to the angelic troublemakers among...

Today’s episode is a long, deep drink of ice cold, blue water (although, full disclosure, we're both drinking hot water at the jump lol). Take a break, grab a glass, and sit with us, as we unpack how we have reinvented spaces this week, including our ever evolving relationships with nature. We’ll reflect on how healing justice and our recent conversations with that famous green comet intersect. And never fear – as always, we’ll pau...

It's not every day you meet another self-proclaimed sub-5-foot "Brown Asian" who grew up playing basketball, let me tell you. Our pilot episode is an invitation to laugh, ponder, and sure, sometimes put on your serious face. We start out season 1 with our collective take on what it looks like to restore healthy space, share power, and reclaim peace as two women of the Global Majority who each spent over a decade in an industry buil...