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interviews. We started releasing the interviews I’d
done with some of my personal creative network.
Then it finally started coming together.”
Interest in Us People grew so strong that Savia
had to install a second phone line to handle all
the incoming queries from people wanting to be a
guest on the podcast.
“My wife insisted that I get a phone dedicated
to the podcast because our home phone was
ringing all day,” she says, chuckling. “We’re
getting 20-30 queries a day now.”
She has interviewed more than 200 people,
including authors, musicians, photographers’
lawyers, social justice activists, radio and TV
presenters, professional boxers, a stress &
anxiety coach/cognitive behavioral therapist sex
and relationship experts, marketing executives,
filmmakers and entrepreneurs across industries.
BEQ Pride’s own Robin Dillard is a guest on an people, it wasn’t resonating with me. I didn’t feel
upcoming episode. Savia says, “Robin and I had connected. I was listening to the questions they
a beautiful informative conversation. She didn’t were asking, and they all sounded very similar.
even know that I had a wife until the end of the And I said, no, I need to do something different.”
conversation, which made the podcast interview Savia gestures to a stack of folders behind her
even more valuable and emotional.” desk: “I sat down and started writing questions,
The depth and breadth of Savia’s guest list things I would want to know about people. I have
speaks to her curiosity about about 500 questions in these
people and their experiences, folders and I keep adding more.”
what makes them who they are. She wants to ask these
She listened to podcasts and questions of specific people,
talk show interviews, but felt though. People whose answers
like something was missing from will reveal their real stories
those interactions. They were too and, she hopes, help others who
superficial, too self-serving or may be experiencing something
inauthentic. similar or need help to take the
“After doing my research, I next step achieving their goals
realized a lot of people who have in life. The podcast’s slogan is
podcasts have it for several reasons. One was, look TALK, LISTEN & EDUCATE as well as FOR THE
how much I can talk,” Savia laughs. “Another was, PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE.
look at the guests I have on my show and look how “I’m looking for a person who doesn’t let
famous they are. But when I was listening to these
their ego overshadow their beauty and their

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