{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5abaf2e7aa0f6a980c2d73a7?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Dear Seekers","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5abaf2e7aa0f6a980c2d73a7/1644442736867-57d456ae342e2dab088a7a1089eba72c.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Created by writer and former broadcast journalist Sasha Xiao, Dear Seekers is&nbsp;<strong><em>an attempt</em></strong>&nbsp;for her to document and celebrate the perpetual journey, we are all on, of becoming and returning to ourselves.</p><p><br></p><p>Each week, Sasha seeks out an aspiring artist and author, and pours her existential pondering and melancholic feeling all over her guest in a hope to get something in return- for her and for the listeners. But the truth is Sasha already knows that she will never get the answers because not only does she believe “<em>there are only two tragedies in life: </em><strong><em>One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it,</em></strong>” but also she knows the only answer is from within.</p><p><br></p><p>On this perpetual journey of searching for answers that can never be found externally, we need company, we need reminder, we need strength. We need each other.</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\" https://dearseekers.substack.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Substack</em></strong></a><strong><em> </em></strong>subscribers have early access to each episode and exclusive personal essays.</p>","author_name":"Sasha Xiao"}