As a recovering taskmaster, I now have time and space to put my energy into this podcast that explores how childhood trauma can shape a lifetime. You will hear my story the way that I remember it, sharing what hurt me, what helped me, and what my imperfect self is still experiencing because of it. I am scared to do this, as every abuse survivor is, but it has burned beneath my busyness all of my years. 

At 16, I started supporting myself, first as a waitress, then working in cooperatives, nonprofits, and social service organizations. These included a worker-owned music stage and restaurant, a transitional housing program for homeless women and kids, city transit as a bus driver, and a small nonprofit supporting disabled adults. Now retired, I am learning how to cook and garden. I’m a longtime vegetarian living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I’m excited to connect with you and hope this podcast provides a meaningful experience. Thanks for listening.

Pam Colby and Sadie Green became friends in 1984, bonding as political allies and activists.  Pam is an educator, storyteller, filmmaker and podcaster and has worked in television and film for over thirty years. Pam’s most recent narrative short, Perennial (2022), premiered at the Roze Filmdagen: Amsterdam Film Festival. Pam’s film, Not in My Lifetime (2018), a feature-length documentary film won the Audience Choice Award for Best Minnesota Made Documentary Feature at the 2018 Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival. Pam’s love of storytelling led her to the Moth Storytelling competition where her GrandSLAM-winning story was featured on National Public Radio. Pam works as a freelance producer and director and has taught both narrative and documentary classes at FilmNorth since 2013.