• Homelessness in LA
    Sep 28 2022

    LAHSA

    https://www.lahsa.org/ 

    Transforming a Life/Donations

    https://transformingalife.org/

    Book Recommendation: Homelessness is a Housing Problem by Gregg Colburn and Clayton Page Aldern https://www.amazon.com/Homelessness-Housing-Problem-Structural-Patterns/dp/0520383761

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    1 hr and 23 mins
  • DJ Siavash Breaking Barriers
    Aug 16 2022

    Episode Notes:

    • info@thenobookbookpod.com
    • soundcloud.com/djsiavash
    • soundcloud.com/haddadivonengst
    • instagram.com/zahra.ashrafinia

     

    Recommended Books:

    • The Sound of Silence: Growing Up Hearing with Deaf Parents by Myron Uhlberg
    • Deaf Utopia: A Memoir--and a Love Letter to a Way of Life by Nyle DiMarco
    • The Imposter Phenomenon by Dr. Pauline Rose Clance
    • The Imposter Cure by Dr. Jessamy Hibberd
    • Why Do I Feel Like an Imposter?: How to Understand and Cope with Imposter Syndrome by Dr. Sandi Mann
    • Imposter Syndrome: A Novel by Kathy Wang

     

    Time Codes

    [3:10] Who is Siavash (the person)?

    [9:23] How does ego play a role in the music industry?

    [11:22] How old were you when you started DJing?

    [13:25] Who is DJ Siavash (the persona)?

    [15:00 ] How did you learn about imposter syndrome?

    [19:23] What did you wish for as a child?

    [20:35 ] What was your creative process during the pandemic?

    [21:56] How was your childhood?

    [24:55] How do you communicate with your parents?

    [25:40] How do you communicate with someone who is deaf?

    [26:43] How was it living in Madrid as a child?

    [27:12] Why did you and your family move from Iran to Spain?

    [28:00] How would you describe your dad?

    [30:32] How did your family leave Iran?

    [31:16] How did you become a DJ?

    [34:49] What’s one toy you remember from your childhood?

    [35:46] How did you start your first record label, “REEL HIP HOP”?

    [37:12] Have you ever met a deaf and blind person? 

    [39:30] How did you meet your wife?

    [45:01] How did you propose to your wife?

    [48:55] What are you doing now?

    [54:30] How did you end up with goose bumps in your anus?!?!

    [55:59] When are you releasing the latest EP with Pig & Dan?

    [57:52] What cities will you hit on your 2022 world tour?

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    1 hr
  • Daddy Issues
    Jun 19 2022

    info@thenobookbookpod.com

    Book recommendations:

    1. Getting the Love You Want
    2. The Cinderella Complex
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    55 mins
  • Healing
    Jun 6 2022

    https://sacredvibras.com/

    Resources:

    1. Astro Gong Yoga
    2. Soraya at White Light 26 Reiki
    3. Dr. Danielle: Chiropractor and Energy Healer

    Book recommendations:

    1. You Can Heal Your Life
    2. The Body Keeps the Score
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • War & Identity
    Apr 4 2022
    A Pole, a Persian, and a Guatemalan discuss war and identity. Three women and their generational trauma brought upon by war. From PTSD and the constant fear of having to flee…to the utter shame that comes with telling our stories. Fake French accents. Sixth grade confessions. White-phobia. Tune in and share with The No Book Book Club, how has war shaped YOUR identity?
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    44 mins
  • Meditate, Medicate, Mediate
    Mar 16 2022

    tinkerbell tattoos, zoom room rookie moves, zipper club scars, looking forward to looking back, why we're called the no book book club, the depths of depression, to medicate, meditate, or mediate, and most importantly...what NOT to say to someone experiencing depression. 

    EPISODE 4 CHALLENGE: say one nice thing about yourself.

    Book recommendations:

    1. Be Here Now
    2. The Four Agreements 
    3. Wherever You Go, There You Are
    4. Awareness: Conversations with the Masters
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    59 mins
  • Our First Podcast
    Feb 19 2022
    Dorsay, Cynthia and Susan hit record for the very first time.
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    32 mins
  • Grief
    Feb 19 2022

    Book recommendations:

    1. On Grief and Grieving 
    2. Walking Each Other Home
    3. The Tibetan Book of the Dead
    4. On Death and Dying

     

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    48 mins