LISTEN TO RABBI RUZ GULKO ON THE ORIGINAL SYNDROME PODCAST As a good Jewish cosmic traveler, the other day I came home and parked my space laser in the driveway.…
Janet Livingstone
Janet is a multilingual world traveler who favors humor over violence (but not food). Shortcut to connecting with any woman worldwide? Ask her how she feels about her mother-in-law. --- Was born in Boston, Massachusetts and ventured to Czechoslovakia just after the 1989 Velvet Revolution. In total, she spent 18 years in Bratislava, Slovakia. In 2003, she began translating films and plays from Slovak to English and hasn’t looked back since. On occasion, she enjoys participating in public storytelling events and karaoke (although she’s not sure how much the audience enjoys the latter). Janet lives in Seattle with her two children and also speaks French, Italian, Russian, Spanish, elementary Japanese and sometimes English to anyone who will listen
Listen to the Original Syndrome podcast Do you have any idea what’s going on in Canada? You know, the place with all those evergreen trees north of the border? Our…
LISTEN TO DEWA DORJE ON THE ORIGINAL SYNDROME PODCAST Original Syndrome episode #3 features an interview with a badass Tibetan-American standup comedian named Dewa Dorje. Being from that background, she…
LISTEN TO LEIGH ANNE JASHEWAY ON THE ORIGINAL SYNDROME PODCAST Ageism is a thing. A nasty thing. Like old age itself, ageism creeps, slowly sagging, rotting from the inside, pulling…
Listen to Natalie Turner on the Original Syndrome podcast I met Natalie on a flight from Seattle to Boston. We were boarding and as I sat down in my window…
About a year after I moved back to the States, I heard foodies (who were sort of pseudo-self-consciously trying not to sound too much like foodies) talking about sous-vide. Although…
My daughter was conceived during a joyful weekend in Montreal, and born at the speed of light on a sunny day in late January. We almost didn’t make it to…
When I was young I didn’t like middle-aged women because they were nasty, rude and aggressive. Even now, I have trouble with middle-aged women. The resting faces middle-aged women are…
