Being There

For our series finale, we sat down with Patrick, a college professor whose son passed away from cancer in high school. He shares with us his perspective on the relationship he had with his son and the importance of what we leave behind.

Being There is Produced/Engineered by:
Sean M. Corkery (OCP Productions, LLC)

Hosted by: Dick Wound and Kellie Koch

Music:
510 & 510 Reprise Written by Sean M. Corkery
Performed by Old Saws
Recorded/Engineered by Rob Tav

As Being There nears its final episode, Gwen puts Dick and Kellie in the hot seat and asks them personal questions about the important stories in their lives. They also reflect on Being There, such as which episodes have given them the most perspective and have changed their outlook on life. 

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Being There is Produced/Engineered by:
Sean M. Corkery (OCP Productions, LLC)

Music:
510 & 510 Reprise by Sean M. Corkery
Performed by Old Saws
Recorded/Engineered by Rob Tav

Tags: storytelling, interview, story, true, real, life, perspective, ending, conclusion, reflection, personal, lessons, growth, death

This week we sat down with Shane, who tells us about her experience of being the driver in a fatal car crash.

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Being There is Produced/Engineered by:
Sean M. Corkery (OCP Productions, LLC)

Music:
510 & 510 Reprise by Sean M. Corkery
Performed by Old Saws
Recorded/Engineered by Rob Tav

Tags: storytelling, interview, story, true, real, life, car, crash, collision, vehicle, driving, cycling

This week we sat down with Scarlett, who told us about living with retrograde amnesia after receiving electroconvulsive therapy for her lifelong struggles with mental health and suicidal ideation. 

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Being There is Produced/Engineered by:
Sean M. Corkery (OCP Productions, LLC)

Music:
510 & 510 Reprise by Sean M. Corkery
Performed by Old Saws
Recorded/Engineered by Rob Tav

This week we sat down with Paolo, who sold all of his possessions to travel the world on his motorcycle. 

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Being There is Produced/Engineered by:
Sean M. Corkery (OCP Productions, LLC)

Music:
510 & 510 Reprise by Sean M. Corkery
Performed by Old Saws
Recorded/Engineered by Rob Tav

Tags: storytelling, interview, story, true, real, life, self, sustained, living, motorcycle, travel, minimalism, unconventional

This week we sat down with Maya, who tells us about her experience of growing up in a biker gang. 

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Being There is Produced/Engineered by:
Sean M. Corkery (OCP Productions, LLC)

Music:
510 & 510 Reprise by Sean M. Corkery
Performed by Old Saws
Recorded/Engineered by Rob Tav

This week Dick was joined by special guest co-host Andrew Gurza from the Disability After Dark Podcast to talk with Clover in a Text to Speech-assisted interview, where she tells us about being mute from the age of six. 

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Being There is Produced/Engineered by:
Sean M. Corkery (OCP Productions, LLC)

Music:
510 & 510 Reprise by Sean M. Corkery
Performed by Old Saws
Recorded/Engineered by Rob Tav

We start this one off with an update, where we explain why Being There is coming to an end. 

Our guest this week is Thu Tran, an independent artist who has worked in video, animation, installation art, video games, comics, and zines. She’s also the creator of the IFC television cooking series Food Party. She tells us about her prolific career, in which she followed her curiosities wherever they led. 

Check out Thu’s art:
Thu’s website
Thu’s Patreon
Food Party (streaming on Amazon Prime)
Her zine, Dust Pam
More comics and zines
Her YouTube channel
Digital artworks

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Being There is Produced/Engineered by:
Sean M. Corkery (OCP Productions, LLC)

Opening Music:
510 by Sean M. Corkery
Performed by Old Saws
Recorded/Engineered by Rob Tav

Additional Audio:
The ambience in this episode was created by SEN. If you’d like to reach out about commissions, you can email him at senproductions01@gmail.com

This week we sat down with Jon, who was a two-time contestant on the Discovery Channel’s Naked and Afraid. 

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Being There is Produced/Engineered by:
Sean M. Corkery (OCP Productions, LLC)

Music:
510 & 510 Reprise by Sean M. Corkery
Performed by Old Saws
Recorded/Engineered by Rob Tav

Tags: storytelling, interview, story, true, real, life, naked, afraid, discovery, survival, wilderness, wild, travel, television, game

Welcome to season five of Being There! This week we sat down with Jody, who tells us the story of how being diagnosed with epilepsy, and subsequently having part of his brain removed, led to not being able to experience fear anymore, and helped in becoming a more empathetic person. 

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Being There is Produced/Engineered by:
Sean M. Corkery (OCP Productions, LLC)

Music:
510 & 510 Reprise by Sean M. Corkery
Performed by Old Saws
Recorded/Engineered by Rob Tav

Tags: storytelling, interview, true story, real life, fear, fearless, brain surgery, epilepsy, neurology, empathy, death, self discovery

In our final episode of season four we sat down with Kate Sloan to discuss her lifelong interest in sex and journalism, and how the two came together to inform her personal growth and shape her career.

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Being There is Produced/Engineered by:
Sean M. Corkery (OCP Productions, LLC)

Music:
510 & 510 Reprise by Sean M. Corkery
Performed by Old Saws
Recorded/Engineered by Rob Tav

As the end of Season Four draws near, Kellie and Dick give the final check in episode and share a pre-recorded story from Matt Bischoff about coming out publicly as the partner of a professional sex journalist.

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Disability After Dark | Queers Next Door | 
Will Sean Podcast? | The Goth Librarian Podcast
Drinks with God | ProudToBeKinky | NO LOVE LOST

Being There is Produced and Engineered by:
Sean M. Corkery (OCP Productions, LLC)

Music:
510 (intro) & 510 Reprise (outro)
Written by Sean M. Corkery
Performed by Old Saws
Recorded by Rob Tav

This week, we sat down with Alex to discuss his experience being blinded by an aneurism shortly after a major life and career change.

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Being There is Produced/Engineered by:
Sean M. Corkery (OCP Productions, LLC)

Music:
510 & 510 Reprise by Sean M. Corkery
Performed by Old Saws
Recorded/Engineered by Rob Tav

This week we sat down with Lexie and her mother Karen to discuss being diagnosed with a brain tumor on top of the trials and tribulations of being a thirteen year old girl, and how she got her life back on track throughout the six subsequent brain surgeries.

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Being There is Produced/Engineered by:
Sean M. Corkery (OCP Productions, LLC)

Music:
510 & 510 Reprise by Sean M. Corkery
Performed by Old Saws
Recorded/Engineered by Rob Tav

This week, for the first time ever, Kellie and Dick try out recording from two different locations! We check in with each other and with three of our former guests, Alyssa, Miss Quin, and Andrew Gurza, to see how they're holding up during quarantine.

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More shows from PODCAST JUKEBOX:
Disability After Dark | Queers Next Door | 
Will Sean Podcast? | The Goth Librarian Podcast
Drinks with God | ProudToBeKinky | NO LOVE LOST
Off the Cuffs: a Kink and BDSM podcast

Being There is Produced and Engineered by:
Sean M. Corkery (OCP Productions, LLC)

This week we sat down with Paul to discuss his surviving the explosions during The Deepwater Horizon incident on April 20th, 2010. 

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Being There is Produced and Engineered by:
Sean M. Corkery (OCP Productions, LLC)

Music:
510 (intro)
510 Reprise (outro)
Written by Sean M. Corkery
Performed by Old Saws
Recorded and Engineered by Rob Tav

This week we sat down with Kolin to discuss being born with a unilateral cleft lip and palate before being placed in the unfortunate "care" of a relative with Munchausen syndrome by proxy.

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Being There is Produced and Engineered by:
Sean M. Corkery (OCP Productions, LLC)

Music:
510 (intro)
510 Reprise (outro)
Written by Sean M. Corkery
Performed by Old Saws
Recorded and Engineered by Rob Tav

This week we sat down with Joseph Flammer & Diane Hill to discuss ghosts, UFOs, and even supernatural sex? Let's find out what got them started on their bizarre and amazing journey into becoming paranormal investigators!

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Being There is Produced and Engineered by:
Sean M. Corkery (OCP Productions, LLC)

Music:
510 (intro)
510 Reprise (outro)
Written by Sean M. Corkery
Performed by Old Saws
Recorded and Engineered by Rob Tav

In our first mini episode of season four, we discuss a new and disturbing pop culture phenomenon, talk about some changes to future mini episodes, and discuss how depression has temporarily set back the production of the show.

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More shows from PODCAST JUKEBOX:
Disability After Dark | Queers Next Door | 
Will Sean Podcast? | The Goth Librarian Podcast
Drinks with God | ProudToBeKinky | NO LOVE LOST
Off the Cuffs: a Kink and BDSM podcast

Being There is Produced and Engineered by:
Sean M. Corkery (OCP Productions, LLC)

Music:
510 (intro)
510 Reprise (outro)
Written by Sean M. Corkery
Performed by Old Saws
Recorded and Engineered by Rob Tav

This week we sat down with Amberly Rothfield to talk about her life and career as a phone sex operator.

Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook:
@beingtherepod

www.patreon.com/beingtherepod

Being There is Produced and Engineered by:
Sean M. Corkery (OCP Productions, LLC)

Music:
510 (intro)
510 Reprise (outro)
Written by Sean M. Corkery
Performed by Old Saws
Recorded and Engineered by Rob Tav