Podchaser Logo
Home
13 - Los Angeles, CA: When We Live Our Best Truth and Speak Our Minds

13 - Los Angeles, CA: When We Live Our Best Truth and Speak Our Minds

Released Monday, 26th April 2021
Good episode? Give it some love!
13 - Los Angeles, CA: When We Live Our Best Truth and Speak Our Minds

13 - Los Angeles, CA: When We Live Our Best Truth and Speak Our Minds

13 - Los Angeles, CA: When We Live Our Best Truth and Speak Our Minds

13 - Los Angeles, CA: When We Live Our Best Truth and Speak Our Minds

Monday, 26th April 2021
Good episode? Give it some love!
Rate Episode

Episode 13. Vana Thiero describes a Great America where the kids of today become leaders who speak their minds and seek what is best for the greater good ALL humanity for the long term.

Vana Thiero is a single mom of two sons diagnosed with autism. She is a producer, writer, public speaker, Emmy winning editor, activist and comedian, who goes by the letter V.

Vana grew up in Pontiac, during the time in the 60s when blacks were migrating to the north for great jobs. It was a time of positivity and great opportunities. Her family was the first black family to buy a house in her neighborhood, so she was friends with white and black children alike growing up. Their house was featured in Ebony Magazine.

Show More
Rate

From The Podcast

In Search of the Great America

Hello! I am your host, Laura Milkins.In Search of the Great America is a public history podcast project. Asking people to define their great America: past, present and future. The mission is simple, to ask people to define their Great America (past, present and future) and to uncover the diversity, complexity, and community connections that already make us great. To find out what people really want for America, outside of the framework of politics and the media. With this project, I offer a non-judgmental space for people to share what they wish for themselves, their family and their community.Each interview is only 15 minutes long. The guest will answer the following questions:-Where did you grow up and what was it like?-Was there a time in history that you thought America was great and why?-What is great about America now for you?-What does your great America look like in the future?-Who are we when we are our best?So… What’s your Great America?ARTIST BIOI am an interdisciplinary artist living in Tucson, AZ. My work explores vulnerability, intimacy, and cultural norms, using variety of media: online-interactive performance, video, drawing, painting, and live radio/podcasting. Since 2012, I have taught Art and Visual Culture at Pima Community College. I received an MFA in painting from University of Arizona in 2008. In 2009, I was a Fulbright Scholar in Mexico City.My recent work includes The Depression Session, a website dedicated to de-stigmatizing depression, and to help listeners feel less alone in their struggles with depression. The Depression Session project was a way for me to relate to others, to understand my own depression, but more importantly, to give back in providing a source for others to find connections and resources.Past work includes Of Birds and Men, 27 portraits of men in power accused by women of sexual harassment and abuse, facing a bird with the same letter as their name. Zero Packaging Project, a year without packaging; and Walking Home: stories from the desert to the Great Lakes, in which I walked 2,007 miles from Arizona to Michigan wearing a live webcam; Walking Stories: Mexico, I walked across Mexico City in the company of strangers, posting the stories they shared each night on a BLOG.My work has been exhibited across the U.S., Mexico, and in France. I have received grants, awards, and international recognition for my work, including a Fulbright award to travel and work in Mexico City and a Tanne Foundation Award.

Join Podchaser to...

  • Rate podcasts and episodes
  • Follow podcasts and creators
  • Create podcast and episode lists
  • & much more

Episode Tags

Do you host or manage this podcast?
Claim and edit this page to your liking.
,

Unlock more with Podchaser Pro

  • Audience Insights
  • Contact Information
  • Demographics
  • Charts
  • Sponsor History
  • and More!
Pro Features