“Baby Steps” — Sidewalk Ghosts, Season 3, Episode 4

From feeling invisible to facing her darkness with courage and honesty, today’s Stranger now Friend, musician, mother, and humorist Emily shares a journey that inspires and invites all of us toward gentler, more hopeful tomorrows.

Transcript

Emily

If you watch Scrooged, which is weird because it’s kind of a doinkey, weird, kind of grotesque movie, but we all have the duty to have that redemption arc. We don’t have time to be hating anything. Don’t have time to be writing off the boomers, or the Gen Zs, or the you know, the kids screaming in Target. We all got to learn and build together.

It’s the same world. We’re on one planet together. Everyone’s just got to get to work. We stopped doing that? I feel like we’re all avoiding that redemption arc and wasting time. But, you know, let’s start loving ourselves a little bit better.

Intro

We all carry unique histories and unseen experiences that, if embraced, can bridge divides and spark connection.

Welcome to Sidewalk Ghosts with Richard Redstone, short, openhearted stories that reveal the wisdom and vulnerability of both familiar faces and unexpected voices. Stories that ask us to listen a little closer and look beyond the surface of what we first see and feel. To simply pause for a moment and confirm just how much our influence has upon this world we share.