Your Heart Is a Muscle - Guest Sunil Yapa

How to be Pop Conscious

In this episode, we celebrate the completion of 100 episodes!  HOORAY! So we’ll look at what it means to be Pop Conscious and how one might go about attempting to live a Pop Conscious existence every day. We’ll take a look back throughout two years of shows to find the recurring themes, the standouts, and the takeaways. Join us as we share collective pop culture memories, surprises, and inspiration from unexpected sources and offer tips to find more! (Original Air Date March 28, 2016) Pre-show notes: https://popconsciousness.wordpress.com/2016/03/14/your-heart-is-a-muscle/

Your Heart Is a Muscle - Guest Sunil Yapa

In this episode, Malayna and Stacy talk with Sunil Yapa, author of the novel Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist. Set in the midst of the 1999 World Trade Organization protests in Seattle, his book squeezes global issues into a handful of passionate characters that took their stand at this historic event. And he’s Sri Lankan-American, like Malayna! We’ll explore how we can use our hearts, not as fists, but as points of connection as we work together to transform our world. (Original air date March 14, 2016) Pre-show notes: https://popconsciousness.wordpress.com/2016/03/14/your-heart-is-a-muscle/

In the Space Between

What happens in the space between two people in an interaction? Between several people? In the space between thoughts, breaths, heartbeats, or in the gap between here and there, Spirit is moving, and all things are possible. In between our plans and what actually happens, there is space for magic to transform each moment. Join Malayna and team member Michele Coles as they explore pop culture mythology for examples of what can happen when we make the most of the space between.(Original air date March 7, 2016) Pre-show notes: https://popconsciousness.wordpress.com/2016/03/07/in-the-space-between/

To Leap or Not to Leap

Today is Leap Year Day, so Malayna and Michele will be looking at lessons they've learned from leaping too soon as well as from taking leaps of faith. There are times, like the calendar day, when we have no choice but to leap, but others when the attempt  to subvert divine order can backfire. Of course, we’ll look at movies, TV shows, and other leaping references in pop culture to glean leaping lessons for life! (Original air date Feb 29, 2016) **sound quality warning!** Pre-show notes: https://popconsciousness.wordpress.com/2016/02/29/to-leap-or-not-to-leap/

Questioning How We Place Value

How do we know what we truly value in our lives? One way is to look at where and how we spend our money. When we put our money on something, we are investing in it. Another way is to look at how we spend our time. Are we watching TV that enriches us and mand makes us feel like better people? Are we contributing to the box office of a film that enriches our world? How do we invest our energy? Do we choose the things that really matter? Are we leaking energy on things that don’t really matter to us, but take up all our time? How much do we value ourselves in the equation of life? Join Stacy and Malayna as they come up with examples from pop culture and life! (Original air date Feb 22, 2016) Pre-show notes: https://popconsciousness.wordpress.com/2016/02/22/questioning-how-we-place-value/