Life Changing with Dori Fern

Life Changing with Dori Fern is a podcast about the seeds that make us, the communities that shape us, and our lives in progress. This is a show for people open to change at any (st)age. Podcast music is Cool Jazzy Bass & Vibraphone by Marc Serra / M33 Project This work is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode.en

Life Changing with Dori Fern is a society podcast hosted by Dori Fern, with 21 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Dori Fern hosts Life Changing with Dori Fern, a society show with 21 episodes published.

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  Episode #20

  Pivots, Reinvention, and Growth with Anne Pope

  Dec 30, 202432 minS2

  <p>Endings and beginnings...In this last episode of Season 2 of the podcast, Dori sits down, in Brooklyn, with Anne Pope — in her new home in Portugal — to discuss the intricate art of reinvention. Together, they explore what it means to pivot—intentionally and unexpectedly—and the practices that make growth and transformation possible. Happy New Year to all. Whatever's to come in 2025, we have each other. If you've taken anything from this season of the show, I hope it's in the very precious and distinct value community has on our individual and collective lives.</p><p><b>Some Takeaways:</b></p><b...

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  Episode #19

  Rhythm, Improvisation and Community with Piotr Orlov

  Nov 12, 202430 minS2

  <p>Dori talks with writer and music storyteller Piotr Orlov, exploring themes of identity, the immigrant experience, and the transformative power of community. Piotr, whose grandmother was a classical musicologist and father, a prominent, American basketball-loving sportswriter, came here from Leningrad to New York at 7-3/4 years old, fully bought into the American Dream story. He shares how his cultural background shapes his perspective and how that lens has changed over time. His first, indelible (and timely!) New York City memory proves how the truth we see isn't always THE truth. The discussion delves into the significance of community in...

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  Episode #18

  Navigating Tough Conversations, Activism, and Aging in the Music Industry with Vickie Starr

  Oct 18, 202439 minS2

  <p>In this episode, Dori talks with music industry veteran and activist Vickie Starr about the importance of empathy, productive conversations, and navigating the messy path of personal and societal change. Together, they reflect on Vickie’s career in music PR, the industry's evolution, and what it means to have difficult, transformative discussions, including a notable, mind-changing exchange with rap icon Ice-T. Vickie shares stories about growing older in an evolving field, learning from unexpected places, and finding joy and connection through community, dancing, and reinvention.</p><p><b>Highlights</b>:</p>Handling tough conversations with empathyThe evolving role of wo...

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  Episode #17

  Fatherhood, Combat Jack, and the Art of Storytelling with Ken Gibbs Jr

  Oct 4, 202434 minS2

  <p>In this episode of Life Changing with Dori Fern, Dori talks with longtime friend, colleague, and fellow nerd, Ken Gibbs Jr., a digital media consultant with a distinguished career at companies like Spotify and BET Networks. They share stories that both align and diverge in striking ways, beginning with two very different family tales—told a decade and a world apart—connected by fireworks and fathers. They geek out over podcasting and hip hop, with Ken sharing intimate family memories and his experiences with suburban dad life. Dori and Ken also reflect on the impact the late Reggie Ossé, aka C...

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  Episode #16

  Trusting the Process with Broadway Performer Khori Petinaud

  Sep 18, 202436 minS2

  <p>Dori's long-term consulting job had ended and her next-door neighbor Khori Petinaud's Facebook post about the urge toward negative thinking as her show, Lempicka, was closing struck a chord. Khori talks about choosing faith over fear, a lesson that took Dori years and a coaching certification to learn. <br/><br/>Khori shares her journey to becoming a Broadway dancer and performer, from her traditional ballet roots to the experimental world of downtown dance during her NYU days and the instability inherent in an artist's career, insights that resonate with Dori's childhood dreams to be a musical theater performer. <br/><br...

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