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Part 2 Sarah Furuya: The Legend ofHerself
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Part 2 Sarah Furuya: The Legend ofHerself

This is Part 2 of a 2 part episode. In Part 2 we really get into the excitement of what’s coming next for Sarah Furuya Creative, the evolution of Sarah Furuya Coaching.

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Sarah Furuya: The Legend ofHerself
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Sarah Furuya: The Legend ofHerself

This is Part 1 of a 2 part episode. Breadth and depth. Sarah is interviewed by Angela Ortiz Pettas, one of Sarah’s great friends, for this deep dive into Sarah’s story. Sarah and Angela discuss those game changers and the guides that contributed to the Sarah you see today.

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Kate Kamoshita: The Legend of Education & Advocacy
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Kate Kamoshita: The Legend of Education & Advocacy

This episode is dedicated to Marina, Kate’s mother who showed her that if you really want to do something then you can do it, including saving endangered cultural heritage. Kate and I show you what it looks like when two people who have ADHD record a podcast episode. We really want to bring to light stories of people who have been marginalised and struggle because of their neurodiversity. If you are neurotypical, we hope you feel more informed and neurodiverse people will feel a little less alone.

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Sasha Lee Seals and Henry Seals: The Legends of Legacy
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Sasha Lee Seals and Henry Seals: The Legends of Legacy

This episode is dedicated to Helena James and Cliff Hardison two people who played a big part in guiding my guests to where they are today. We are talking about the theme of Guides in this first episode of Season 6, the Game Changers Series. Sasha Lee Seals and Henry Seals are here to do what they can to make Japan a country where all its people feel like they can achieve anything.

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Marcellus Nealy: Legend of Spoken Word
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Marcellus Nealy: Legend of Spoken Word

This episode is dedicated to Marcellus’ mother and Mr O. Marcellus shares his journey from extreme poverty in his childhood in Ohio to making it to Japan and becoming a lyricist and performer for Dreams Come True, a hugely successful Japanese music group. With many challenges and overt racism along the way, we hear how Marcellus never let that stop him from being the person he wanted to be and how with his ingenuity and creativity mixed in with a bit of magic and opportunity he is where he is today.

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Tania Coke: Legend of Corporeal Mime
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Tania Coke: Legend of Corporeal Mime

The marriage between lunacy and logic is our theme in this episode with Tania Coke, a corporeal mime teacher and performer now based in Osaka. I’d love to give a shout out to Tania’s manager when she was a self proclaimed geeky management consultant, who let her work part time for several years while she studied corporeal mime.

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Neil Young: Legend of Beauty
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Neil Young: Legend of Beauty

It's the magic that keeps us together. Neil Young has been a mentor to me at a time when I really needed it. In this episode you will hear how his home became a refuge in Hurricane Sandy but also how he showed me what was possible as I embarked on my entrepreneurial journey. Neil will steal your heart too. We follow his career from the UK to New York, to meeting Linda Evangelista who he once had a shrine to. Also a shout out to our dear friend Max!

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Zoë Cobb: Legend of Movement
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Zoë Cobb: Legend of Movement

Zoë Cobb joined a passing circus and was invited to sit next to a Lama in Tibet when she needed it most. These are just some of the stories of the mystical that “widen the scale of possible” in this episode of the Legends Interview Podcast. Zoë takes us on her journey across the world to where she is now in Milan, Italy with her gorgeous family, one of whom makes an appearance in this episode!

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Kate Thomson: Legend of Sculpture
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Kate Thomson: Legend of Sculpture

How on earth does a young woman from Edinburgh find her way to Iwate Prefecture, in the depths of Tohoku to become a successful sculptor? A sculptor of gigantic stone public art you see in front of buildings all over the world. You are about to hear the Legend of Kate Thomson. If you are an artist at heart, that did something else like I did, you will love this episode and I hope it inspires you to bring yourself back to your art.

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