Ep. 12: "Perseverance" with Amber Janea

In this episode, Paula is in bed with the world champion of debate in Spanish, Juanita Hincapie Restrepo. They've known each other for years and are in the middle of a three day PJ party while Paula finds an apartment in Bogota. Juanita opens up about being a collegiate in the prestigious Universidad del Rosario, being an awesome law student and the upcoming world championship of debate in English, which will be in Thailand in December.

And of course nonsense.

Anything can happen when you're in bed with your brother.

This is an unscripted conversation of two siblings in bed. One of them is an award-winning film score composer, member of the hit band Ok Goodnight, still in college; and the other one is Paula.

You can find out more about Martin's work here:
www.martindelima.com

Martin's band, Ok Goodnight has two songs out on Spotify and on YouTube and possibly more platforms if you are into other things.

Paula recorded an episode literally half an hour before she had to leave for the airport. In it she talks about what she's excited about going back to Colombia, and what she's excited about going back to Universidad de Los Andes. And how nervous she is. And sad too. But happy. She's sappy.
And though technically she wasn't in bed (which was already dismantled and set out for recycling) her mattress of two years was keeping her company in the background.

Paula opens up and gets emotional about leaving New York while sharing a bed with... NO ONE. Sometimes you just wanna cry and hug your pillows on your own and reminisce about the amazing times you've had in this amazing city and you're scared and alone and that's okay for a little bit because you don't really know what comes next even though you already have plans and you're still trying to surrender the plans you thought you'd already surrendered to God and sometimes the only one that seems to understand you is your pillow.

This is that episode.

- The passage read was Genesis 22:1-13 in Eugene Peterson's hip and cool the Message: remix.
- You can read more about the history of Universidad de Los Andes (and look at the Einstein picture) here: https://uniandes.edu.co/en/university/general-information/history
- If you want to show some insta love to the cover of this episode: @conversationsinbed

Arianna and Paula share a bed, play charades, don't eat marhsmallows, talk about love, about Arianna's new play "Extraordinary Aliens", which she wrote, produced, starred in and was just in the Hollywood Fringe Theater Festival! Arianna was also part of a Tinder ad recently, and they talk about how this may be a game changer.

You can follow Arianna on Instagram at @ariannawellmoney
If you're interested in her work you can check out her webpage: www.ariannawellmoney.com

Paula interviews Off-Broadway actor Jack McLaughlin in her bed! They talk about patience, about acting school, about long distance relationships, about Jack's new Off-Broadway dramatic musical War Lovers (https://warlovers.com), about dogs, about Company at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and most importantly, about marshmallows.

Though he doesn't post much, you can follow Jack on instagram at @jack.s.t.mclaughlin
Or follow us at @conversationsinbed to see how many memes we can make with Jack's face.

You have the unique opportunity to share a bed with Easy Easy's lead singer, a co-star in the final season of Orange is the New Black, it's Guatemalan actress Sofia Insua! Paula and Sofia talk about acting in New York City, going to acting school, touring Latin America and all of Sofia's latest exploits. They also share some Colombian and Guatemalan slang so get ready to take some notes and you might just start sounding like a local.

You can follow Sofia on Instagram @sofiainsua
You can follow Easy Easy on Instagram @easyeasyband or look for them on YouTube.

Danny and Paula share a bed and a conversation on acting, Danny's band 'Jumpstart', trust in the craft, Shakespeare, Slenderman, and race to eat a couple of Jumbo Marshmallows.

You can follow Danny on
Instagram: @dansgramz
Twitter: @tweetenbeaton
And you can find Jumpstart on YouTube and Spotify.

Amber Janea joins Paula in bed, and they talk about acting, maybe being a model (Amber), life in New York City, and perseverance in the arts, in their lives and to succeed in personal goals.

Rosie and Paula share a bed and a conversation on acting in New York City, being immigrants, visa applications, processes and costs, and play a little game called "Visa Lottery" with eerily plausible outcomes.