Mylo Choy: Creativity Is a Human Right - R4R 371
The Running for Real Podcast
Tina Muir
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 6 October 2023
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Mylo Choy’s creativity finds its outlet in a range of media: music, graphic stories, and comics. Their forthcoming book, Middle Distance, is a graphic memoir chronicling their relationship with running. As they say in the book, “Running was the foundation of my relationship with myself.”
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Running for Real, a global community with a shared love and curiosity for running. |
| 0:14.1 | Together, we reconnect with the reasons why we love to run and discover ways it helps |
| 0:21.6 | us become better people, whether it's the quiet moments of a morning run while the |
| 0:26.1 | rest of the world still sleeps, or befriending the strangers next to you at the |
| 0:29.8 | start line of a race. We are here to connect with others who see running as the common thread |
| 0:35.1 | that weaves our lives together. Come join me, Tina Muir, as I talk with people from all walks |
| 0:40.6 | of life, united by a love of running. |
| 0:47.4 | Hello my friends, all welcome to episode 371 of the Running for Real podcast. Thank you for joining |
| 0:53.0 | me today. I'm excited that you are here and excited to talk to you or talk to my guests today |
| 0:58.8 | that you get to join us for this conversation. This is something a bit different and I absolutely |
| 1:04.3 | loved my conversation with Milo Choi, which you are going to get to hear in a minute. I think Milo has |
| 1:10.4 | the most beautiful, introspective, thoughtful, intentional spirit and heart and I really enjoyed |
| 1:20.2 | this conversation and I think you are going to too. So we are going to talk about their book |
| 1:25.0 | Middle Distance, which is a graphic memoir. And a graphic memoir, you're wondering what does that |
| 1:30.8 | mean? Don't worry, we are going to go into that in this episode and I really look forward to seeing |
| 1:37.8 | what comes from Milo in the future. They were a tracksmith 2022 fellow. This is their first book |
| 1:45.4 | and I cannot wait to see what comes in the future. There's going to be a lot in here for you to |
| 1:50.2 | learn from, listen to and just resonate with Milo also throws the conversation back towards me |
| 1:55.6 | at times to ask my thoughts on things and I really love when conversations take that turn. |
| 2:01.2 | I also want to remind you there are many upcoming events and Milo will be in New York as well. |
| 2:06.6 | So be sure to go follow along if you are interested in that but beyond that, I will be in Chicago, |
| 2:13.0 | I will be in Toronto, I will be in New York and at CIM for all of those marathons working with |
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