Stories Without Borders

15-year-old book enthusiast Hollyn Alpert hosts the Stories Without Borders podcast, in which she interviews authors, artists, entrepreneurs and others who use the power of stories and service to build connection, empathy and understanding around the world.

Stories Without Borders is a arts podcast hosted by Hollyn, with 10 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.

Hollyn hosts Stories Without Borders, a arts show with 10 episodes published.

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  Episode #10

  ADVICE TO YOUR YOUNGER SELF: Words of Wisdom from Stories Without Borders Season 1 Guests

  Jan 17, 20267 minS1

  <p>What if you could mail one page of hard-won wisdom back in time? We close our first season by stitching together intimate, practical letters to younger selves from our Season 1 slate of bestselling authors and advocates. The result is a generous chorus on patience, courage, and the long game of becoming—told through personal stories that feel both specific and startlingly universal.<br/><br/>You’ll hear how fear of judgment kept powerful ideas in the dark, and how choosing excitement over approval brought them into the light. Guests reflect on growing up feeling different, the ache of early lone...

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  Episode #9

  Author NICOLA YOON (Everything, Everything, One of Our Kind) on Love, Truth, and Joy Revolution

  Jan 3, 20261h 9mS1

  <p>A life-changing writing class, a fierce love for language, and a new mom’s clarity: that’s the spark behind Nicola Yoon’s leap from engineering and finance to bestselling novelist. We sit down with the author of Everything, Everything, The Sun Is Also a Star, Instructions for Dancing, and One of Our Kind to unpack how vulnerability, precision, and curiosity power stories that become empathy machines.<br/><br/>Nicola shares how maternal protectiveness inspired her debut (Everything, Everything), what it felt like to watch lines she wrote come alive on set, and why the movie isn’t a replacem...

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  Episode #8

  Author ALEXANDRA BROWN CHANG (By Invitation Only) on Paris, Friendship, And A Debut To Remember

  Dec 20, 202537 minS1

  <p>Glamour can distract, but it can also reveal what truly matters. We sit down with Alexandra Brown Chang, the New York Times bestselling author of By Invitation Only, to explore a Parisian debutante world where status is loud, traditions are ancient, and friendship ends up being the quiet force that wins.<br/><br/>Alexandra pulls back the curtain on the real-life experiences and customs that inspired the novel—from portrait sittings to Le Bal’s media frenzy—and explains why she built the story with Paris as a living character. We compare Piper’s first‑time wonder with Chapin’s seasoned s...

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  Episode #7

  Author NYDIA ARMENDIA-SÁNCHEZ (Not Far From Here, Frida Kahlo's Flower Crown) on Language, Heritage, and Family Stories

  Dec 6, 202543 minS1

  <p>Joy doesn’t always arrive on schedule. For Nydia Armendia-Sánchez, it showed up when she started writing the stories her kids couldn’t find on the shelf—tales that honor migration, bilingual families, and the quiet power of a mother’s voice. We sit down with Nydia to trace her path from early art student to award-winning children’s author, and the moment she chose to turn family history into Not Far From Here, a tender picture book about belonging, hope, and the journeys that shape us.<br/><br/>Language lives at the heart of Nydia’s work. She explains...

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  Episode #6

  Author CINDY PON (Silver Phoenix, Want) on Writing Underdogs, Sensory World-Building, and Existence as Resistance

  Nov 22, 202554 minS1

  <p>A six-year-old lands in a new country without knowing the alphabet and discovers, by third grade, that reading feels like magic. That spark became Cindy Pon’s compass as she wrote underdogs who straddle worlds, crafting YA stories that welcome readers who’ve never seen themselves on a cover. We sit down with Cindy to trace that path—from Silver Phoenix, a Chinese-inspired fantasy that arrived when the market offered few comps by Asian American authors, to Want, a near-future thriller where Taipei is as vivid as any hero.<br/><br/>Cindy walks us through her creative engine: why she fa...

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