Open Heart with Lu Leslan | Podcast Guru

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Join musician and filmmaker Lu as she shares intimate stories about finding unexpected connections in life. From exploring identity through names to navigating between cultures, from creative breakthroughs to encounters with nature - each episode digs into moments of genuine human experience. Through vulnerable storytelling and reflection, Lu invites listeners to discover their own surprising connections in everyday life. Send your questions and stories - let's explore these connections together.

Recent Episodes

Use Words With Care

EPISODE 6 — USE WORDS WITH CARE Tick tock hear the clock Wake me up and say good night Kiss my salty tears DESCRIPTION Words can lift us up or wear us down, and most of the time we don't notice which. In this episode, Lu goes back to a childhood home where yelling was simply called discipline. She also remembers how a parent's compliment could make her want to do better, and how music gave her a way to say what words could not. Drawing on Chuang Tse, she looks at how flattery and ...

11 MIN

Remember Lessons Learned

EPISODE 5 — REMEMBER LESSONS LEARNED Tick tock hear the clock Wake me up and say good night Kiss my salty tears DESCRIPTION What do we actually inherit from the past we never lived through? In this episode, Lu traces the lessons passed down through her own family — a grandmother in Beijing who never learned to read, who raised six children alone, who taught frugality simply by living it — alongside a history she didn't choose but has had to carry: the political fractures of Taiwan, the UN's 1...

12 MIN

Take A Wider View

EPISODE 4 — TAKE A WIDER VIEW Tick tock hear the clock Wake me up and say good night Kiss my salty tears DESCRIPTION What does it actually take to see beyond what's right in front of you? In this episode, Lu traces how her own view widened — first at eleven, on a school orchestra trip that put her on a plane for the first time, then across a life shaped by political upheaval, immigration, and decades of solo travel. But a wide view doesn't automatically lead to right action. Reflecting on t...

12 MIN

The Invisible Thread Part 2

EPISODE 3 — THE INVISIBLE THREAD (PART 2) Tick tock hear the clock Wake me up and say good night Kiss my salty tears DESCRIPTION What if the boundary you feel between yourself and the natural world was never really there? In Part 2 of The Invisible Thread, Lu turns from the connections between people to the connection underneath all of them — nature itself. From the bamboo breath of an ancient Chinese instrument to a childhood at the piano, from a night spent kayaking through bioluminescent...

13 MIN

The Invisible Thread Part 1

EPISODE 2 — THE INVISIBLE THREAD (PART 1) Tick tock hear the clock Wake me up and say good night Kiss my salty tears DESCRIPTION What connects a woman in Kent, Washington to a country singer in Tennessee, a folk artist in Nova Scotia, and a plumber who showed up on the worst day of her week? In Part 1 of The Invisible Thread, Lu explores the pull that moves through time and distance without asking permission — through Dolly Parton's passing and the songs she left behind, a visit to Maud Lew...

17 MIN