Episode 5

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1st Dec 2020

Episode 5

After experiencing a painful betrayal and breakup with Jack, Michele meets a charming young Roman named Sandro.  Their story, while enchanting, does not reach the fever pitch of her romance with Nicola whom she can’t seem to find to save her soul. It appeared as if he’d dropped off the face of the Earth. This was to become one of the great mysteries of her life. But in her style of making lemonade out of lemons, Michele enjoyed her time with the handsome, and rich, young Roman while she worked in a couple of fascinating job assignments found through a temporary agency.  One of those was at Dino DeLaurentis Films. Two fascinating encounters also happen during this stay in Rome—one with the CEO of a major brokerage firm and the other with a Liberian Ambassador she’d met at one of the SRI conferences. As someone said, “You can’t make this stuff up!”  Next Michele had to choose between going back home to graduate school--at Fletcher, or Stanford to pursue a teaching credential—or to stay in Rome. In the end she chose Stanford for reasons she can’t quite explain to this day.  Unraveling that decision reveals a great deal about Michele’s character.

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About the Podcast

LoveCapades
The LoveCapades podcast is derived from the memoir of the same name written by Michele Musy. It’s the story of Michele’s life seen through the prism of her experiences of love in all its many forms. From the hilarious to the harrowing, it’s a kaleidoscope of colorful episodes told as a celebration of a life full of adventure and joie de vivre. As you will learn, Michele makes choices that are unexpected, leading to a string of wild outcomes as she travels the globe. She even ventures into the mystical realms in a continuing search to find her true identity.

The podcast consists of 21 episodes in which Michele reads directly from the memoir. She is joined by her co-host, Sally Kaplan, who does a masterful job introducing each segment, and then leading a Q & A session after each reading. Invariably, Sally gets Michele to reveal even more about her life experiences as she wrestles with her demons…and ultimately discovers how to love herself.

Thank you for listening. If you have questions, submit them to michele@lovecapades.com. Please also check out our Facebook page called LoveCapades where you will find fun photos and visual stuff to fluff out the story.

About your hosts

Michele Musy

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Born and raised within a mile of Stanford University, I still live close enough to walk to the campus. Pretty good karma I’d say. I’ve had many jobs through the years including high school English teacher, but my main profession has been Realtor…selling a zillion houses throughout the years in the heart of Silicon Valley. I’ve been an ardent traveler, gardener, bridge player, storyteller and basic lover of life. Fun is my middle name. During all of these endeavors I’ve had a passion for writing and a love of words—I see words as playthings, or as I like to call them, the Legos of communication. My latest writing undertaking is my romantic memoir which I call LoveCapades. Yes, a word I made up. And now I am thrilled to be the creator of the LoveCapades podcast. This has been a labor of love full of fun and joy. I hope you all catch some of that spirit as you listen!

Sally Kaplan

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For over twenty years I have been writing and producing for film and television and, with my husband, have run our documentary film company called Backcountry Pictures. I also love to support writers of all levels and backgrounds, teach creative writing classes, and edit books for small presses. Once in a while I will edit a book for a special individual. Such was the case when Michele found me through the writers’ network and asked me to edit her memoir LoveCapades. We had a lot of fun working together, and I was so captivated by Michele’s stories that when she decided to create a podcast from the book, she invited me to be her co-host. The whole experience has been a delight. I’m so excited to share the humor, warmth, adventure, lustiness, tenderness, and self-reflection of LoveCapades to a wide listening audience.