863- Christine Blackburn Solo On Wildfires and LA
Story Worthy
Story Worthy Media
4.1 • 529 Ratings
🗓️ 14 January 2025
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Host Christine Blackburn hosts a solo episode to talk about about the fires in LA, the community of LA County, and her recent cochlear implant activation. Listen to Story Worthy anywhere you hear your podcasts!
Each week Hollywood’s most talented people in the entertainment industry share true, personal stories on the Story Worthy Podcast. Story Worthy celebrates 15 years of podcasting in July 2025 and has over 850 episodes recorded. Christine Blackburn is the creator, host and producer of Story Worthy, Story Smash the Storytelling Game Show, and My Life In 3 Songs exclusively on Spotify.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Storyworthy. My name is Christine Blackburn, and I'm coming to you from Los Angeles, California. |
| 0:22.8 | Whether you're a longtime fan of the show or a brand new listener, welcome to StoryWorthy. |
| 0:28.8 | Now, I know that the episodes have been coming, you know, in small amounts. |
| 0:34.0 | Every other week I'm trying to get an episode out. But that's because you know, |
| 0:37.8 | and I know, that I recently went through a huge situation with my hearing. I lost the |
| 0:44.2 | hearing in my right ear last May in 24, and I recently received a cochlear implant. So I have |
| 0:51.8 | not really been able to podcast consistently because it's not the talking. |
| 0:57.3 | That's not the problem. The problem is the editing. Anyway, here I am. Welcome to Storyworthy. |
| 1:04.1 | You guys, we had a fire out here. Did you hear about that? Yeah, we had a fire all right, and it's still happening. |
| 1:11.6 | It's very upsetting. |
| 1:12.8 | You know, this all began last Tuesday, January 7th, which is my birthday. |
| 1:17.7 | And the day started out beautifully. |
| 1:20.1 | I went to get my cochlear implant activated, and so the day started out great. |
| 1:26.3 | I remember leaving the hospital. |
| 1:28.7 | It was about noon. |
| 1:30.3 | And it was windy. |
| 1:31.9 | You know, there was winds picking up. |
| 1:34.2 | And then I heard something on the radio about the palisades. |
| 1:37.1 | There was a fire. |
| 1:39.0 | But by that evening, Tuesday night, the wind was so strong. |
| 1:43.7 | I'm talking about like 80 to 90 mile an hour per winds, per hour, that it was shaking everything. I mean, everything outside was blowing over. Plants were practically flying out of my garden. You know what I mean? |
| 2:02.2 | Like the wind was so strong. |
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