[Lyric] Episode 0: Ready for More Than This? (Vox Media Podcast Network)

Danielle:
We’re all taught a story has three parts. But life just isn’t that linear. What happens when the middle is just the beginning? I’m Danielle Prescod, a fashion and entertainment writer turned diversity, equity, and inclusion consultant, and author… and now, your host. Welcome to More Than This, a Vox Creative
production with Straight Talk Wireless.
Carla:
And I was like, now, you know what, if this isn't fate, I don't know what is. And it was a Friday, it was April the 16th. I'll never forget. And I was like, alright, I'm doing it!
Danielle:
This season, we’ll travel across the U.S. to gеt to know six people who’ve found succеss, joy, and adventure by embracing their life-altering “More Than This” moments. We’ll head to Jacksonville, Florida to talk shop with Carla La’Vette Brown.
Carla:
I'm gonna just wing it. And I'm gonna do what I have to do for Carla.
Danielle:
We’ll break bread in San Francisco with Azikiwee Anderson.
Azikiwee:
The zen that I found when I was actually shaping dough and the excitement that comes with it… it’s like a little bit of glue to seal back the little broken pieces.
Danielle:
And get serenaded in Tampa, Florida with singer-songwriter Mandy Harvey.
Mandy:
And as I'm holding on to this instrument, I could feel the sound that I was making rumbling on my chest and rolling down my arm as I was holding on to the guitar with my other arm, and it was just this lightbulb moment of, music is still here.
Danielle:
We’ll make a couple more stops along the way, and find the surprises in everyone’s stories.
Azikiwee:
I can definitely beatbox. [Begins beatboxing, and the beat blends into the theme song]
Danielle:
Join us for the adventure starting October 4th, wherever you listen to podcasts, and at Vox.com/morethanthis for a fully visual transcript experience.