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Sep 2024
39m 23s

What Even Is Embarrassment?

Linda Christina Karam
About this episode

Sabah el kheir y’all! This week’s episode is, honestly, just a reflection of whatever’s going on in my head when I hit record. First off, I’ll be in Ibiza for the next three weeks for a work trip—yup, you heard that right, a work trip to Ibiza. Also, realizing as I’m saying this, I need to get on my Duolingo ASAP because I can’t go back (after already being there for two months this summer) barely knowing even the basics of Spanish.


We also get into how people who think something’s embarrassing are just embarrassing themselves, and how putting yourself out there is the fastest way to overcome intimidation and build confidence. Oh, and I go on a full-on rant about my high school French teacher—pretty sure she hated me.


P.S. Mom, I’m still upset you never taught me French because I could have avoided hearing the word 'dommage' from my French teacher after my oral in front of everyone.


Btw dommage = pity.


On a more serious note, I open up about a really scary incident with my dad that had the whole family pretty worried this week.


But we’re lightening things up at the end—I got a new desk, LOL. So yeah, we’ve got a lot to talk about this week. Let’s get into it in this sobhiye!

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