Welcome to our podcast, so damn interesting where you will find authentic and unfiltered interviews and stories. I'm Tio E your host and I'm a half-Japanese, queer, bipolar Jesus follower. All that gives me an interesting perspective on life. In this episode, we follow my mom's journey from a young girl in Niigata Japan, to her years during the war and moving to America. We will see how she recreated her life in many different situations so she could simply survive. And then her move to Arkansas to live with me, a queer daughter who wasn't out to her yet. All of these last changes at the age of 80. It's a remarkable story and it continues in Episode 9 so you'll have to be sure to join us for that. Join us on her journey! You're gonna love it!

This is the so damn interesting podcast and I am your host, Tio E. I bring you authentic and interesting stories, interviews, opinion pieces and creative writing every month or so. Things that are, well, so damn interesting! I'm a half Japanese, bipolar, queer, jesus follower and all of that adds up to a pretty unique perspective on life. This episode is a continuation from Episode 6 which was the journey of my christian beliefs from evangelical fundamentalist believer to one of a more expansive and inclusive God. In this episode I go into how being a queer person in 2008 changes my perspective. How I began to live fully into my faith as a queer Christian. And it sure is so damn interesting. Please join me! I think you'll be glad you did.

Welcome to my podcast, so damn interesting. I'm your host Tio E and I'm thrilled you've chosen to give us your time. I am a half Japanese, bipolar, queer Christian gal and believe me, with a description like that, I have a lot of interesting perspectives to share with you on this (somewhat) monthly podcast. Today's episode is the first part of a two part series on my faith journey to my life as a queer and Christian believer. This first part explores my earliest church memories in my local church, Bible Baptist Church in the little town of Shiremanstown, PA. From there I detail how my encounters with life and friends started to shape my future theology. Give a listen! I'm so glad you're joining me.

Welcome to my podcast, so damn interesting. I am Tio E, your host. I am a bipolar, half-Japanese, queer woman of faith who is out wrestling this world head on. I love sharing my life with you and you can imagine it is pretty interesting for someone with all those monikers. Today's episode will do something that I said I would never ever do. That is, I am going to feature my bipolar disease for the entirety of the episode. I never wanted to do this because I never wanted to be pigeon-holed into just one part of my life. I never wanted to be "that bipolar girl'. And also because I feel that once someone discovers you are bipolar, they suddenly view every single thing about you through that bipolar lens. However, so many of you responded to my last episode and what I talked about in my bipolar life that I decided to share more about that. Particularly because people had lots of questions for me. People found the discussions with Cynthia (my partner) to be so helpful. So, yes! Cynthia is back and joins me for the entire episode. I hope you'll give us a listen. We talk about what it was like for Cynthia to discover I was bipolar and then we spend a good bit of time talking about my psychiatric hospitalization in 2015. Please join us! We welcome your comments and suggestions at my email -- so.damn.interesting@gmail.com

Welcome to my podcast, so damn interesting. I am Tio E, your host. I am a half-japanese, bipolar, queer person with a unique take on life. And each month we will talk about so damn interesting topics to give you a laugh, to enlighten about mental illness and just explore life in general. This month we have a mashup of just that. Because of a hypomanic swing recently, I missed my January and February deadlines. So we will talk about just that -- manic swings, how life changes and how you can understand yourself or how you can better understand your bipolar friends. Then we're on to our gratitude segment about great brassieres and a quick summary of our Iceland trip and tips for you for your Iceland tip. And we end with a health tip to keep your balance fresh as you age. You're going to love our little journey and the laughs you will share with us along the way. Always authentic, frequently funny, occasionally outrageous and sometimes sappy, hop on the so damn interesting train and take a ride with me, Tio E!

Welcome to so damn interesting, your podcast for everything and anything that is so damn interesting. I'm your host, Tio E, and I'm working my hardest to bring you stories that will make you giggle, let out a big sigh, maybe even bring a salty tear to your eye. You'll find us here on the first of every month.

This month we are tackling the hard subject of mental illness. I am bipolar and after I was diagnosed in 1998, my life changed dramatically. I ended up having to quit my job as a physician as I could no longer safely take care of my patients. It's been a long journey with a lot of twists and turns. And I want to share some of that with you to help demystify mental illness. Being mentally ill can be a hard row to hoe. And being ashamed of that makes it a million times harder. I have been blessed to have found a life partner who has gone through so much of this with me. Today, she'll be joining me on the show so that we can begin this discussion. We'll specifically today start the topic of when being bipolar is driving the train and when sometimes it's just me being an asshole. We think you will love it.

Be sure to write to me if you want to hear more about this and many other aspects of bipolar illness and treatment. Or just write and say HELLO. My email address is so.damn.interesting@gmail.com. I can't wait to hear from you!

Welcome to "so damn interesting", a new podcast with your host, Tio E. Every month we find great stories to share with you. We start with gratitude, check out our inbox and then take you on a journey with captivating storytelling. This month, we'll be talking about the Little Rock PRIDE celebration and what I was so grateful for that day and today. And then, we go to our story. No, it's not some lewd tale! Hardly. It is a wonderful and touching story about a little boy who had a congenital defect of his penis. We meet his family and follow him through surgery and into the recovery room where his parents had a rather strange request of me, their 6 month old baby's anesthesiologist. You'll want to listen to the end.

Welcome to my brand new podcast, So Damn Interesting. I'm your host Tio E, a bipolar, queer half Japanese but 100% fun host. In our first episode, you get to learn a little bit about me. Of course, you'll get to meet my bathing suit, a funny little story about life and swim suits that are stubborn. And you'll hear a wonderful and witty story about my time inside a Lakota sweat lodge and what happened to me, my skin, and my inner animal. Join me!