Sophie Hawley-Weld: Making the World Dance in Every Language

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls

Rebel Girls

Kids & Family, Stories For Kids, Education For Kids

4.5 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Sophie Hawley-Weld lived to dance, play music and travel. But when she was forced to be still, she discovered a creative way to redirect her energy. Now, she’s a Grammy-nominated artist and part of the electronic music duo Sofi Tukker. This podcast is a production of Rebel Girls. It’s based on the book series Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls.This episode was narrated by LP Giobbi. It was produced by Danielle Roth and directed by Ashton Carter, with sound design and mixing by Carter Woghan.The story was written and fact-checked by Danielle Roth. Haley Dapkus edited this episode. Our project coordinator is Natalie Hara. Our executive producers were Joy Smith, Anjelika Temple, and Jes Wolfe.Original theme music was composed and performed by Elettra Bargiacchi. A special thanks to Sophie-Hawley Weld of Sofi Tukker. Thank you to the whole Rebel Girls team that makes this podcast possible! Stay rebel!

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0:00.0	Sophie sat in her wheelchair, staring at her broken toes.
0:14.9	Four months.
0:17.1	The doctor had said four months until she could walk again, let alone dance and perform.
0:22.6	This was devastating.
0:25.6	Sophie lived to dance, play music, and travel the world.
0:29.6	She was constantly on the move.
0:31.6	Her mom even joked that Sophie was doing cartwheels in her belly before she was born. Dancing too much is what broke
0:39.5	her toes in the first place. Stillness felt impossible. But Sophie was creative. Her
0:48.7	inclination to move started to flow in other ways while she was healing. She opened her laptop and connected to a video call.
0:57.0	Tucker's face appeared on screen.
1:00.0	He was a close friend from college, and he also was into music like Sophie.
1:05.0	The two friends were quickly becoming musical collaborators over their near daily video calls.
1:10.0	This time she had something exciting to show him.
1:13.6	She pressed play.
1:19.6	Smooth lyrics sung in Portuguese flowed over a pulsing electronic beat.
1:24.6	Sophie and Tucker had very different musical backgrounds,
1:28.3	which made the sound of their musical collaborations deep, rich, and textured.
1:33.3	Tucker bobbed his head to the rhythm.
1:36.3	He was thousands of miles away.
1:38.3	They were on separate continents, but they were doing what they loved to do together,
1:42.3	experimenting with new sounds, learning
1:44.9	new ways in making music, and most importantly, jamming out.
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