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What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.

191: Kavina caught her little sister at birth

What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.

Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media

True Crime, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.61.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Hey, it’s an off week for the podcast, but here I am anyway. This is Scott Johnson, and you’re listening to What Was That Like. Usually I have a guest on to talk about something really unusual that they experienced – like having their arm torn off, or being buried in an avalanche, or witnessing a murder. The guest comes on and tells the details of what happened. And there are more than 190 episode to binge with those amazing stories. But today is a different kind of amazing story! Today’s a bonus episode. As you might know, the last three Fridays have been personal stories of people who survived the terrorist attacks on 9/11. Those are really important stories to share, to make sure we never forget what happened on that day. But after three weeks of tragedy and trauma, I thought it would be nice to have a FUN episode. And this one fits that bill perfectly. Today you’re going to hear from a mother, Kiona, and her oldest daughter, Kavina. Kiona is a birth worker, and she’s been involved with or witnessed more than 140 births. She has a podcast called Birth As We Know It, where guests come on and tell their stories about birth. Well – in one of her episodes, Kiona interviewed her daughter Kavina, who was just 9 years old at the time of their conversation. When she was 4, Kavina was present for the birth of her younger brother, Kairo. And when she was 8, Kavina actually caught her little sister, Katana, as she was born. So today, you’ll hear Kiona’s podcast episode where she talked with little Kavina about what it was like for each of those experiences. I can tell you up front, this conversation will make you smile. In the show notes I’ll have pictures of Kiona with her husband Kumar and all their children (yes, everyone in their family has a name that starts with K – including their dogs Kobe and Koko). So I hope you enjoy this adorable mother-daughter conversation. And afterward, I spoke with each of them briefly because you know I always have some questions. Full show notes and pictures for this episode are here: https://WhatWasThatLike.com/191 Graphics for this episode by Bob Bretz. Transcription was done by James Lai. Want to discuss this episode and other things with thousands of other WWTL listeners? Join our podcast Facebook group at WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook (many of the podcast guests are there as well). Get every episode ad-free, AND get all the Raw Audio exclusive episodes to binge, by joining the other listeners at What Was That Like PLUS. Try What Was That Like PLUS free: iPhone: at the top of the What Was That Like podcast feed, click on “Try free” Android: on your phone, go to WhatWasThatLike.com/PLUS and click to try it free on any app Sponsor deals: To get your new 3-month premium wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month, go to mintmobile.com/WHAT Go to Quince.com/whatwas for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns! Go to cookunity.com/What or enter code What before checkout for 50% off your first week. Go to Seed.com/what and use code 25WHAT to get 25% off your first month. Go to storyworth.com/what to save $10 on your first purchase! Get 15% off OneSkin with the code [WHATWAS] at https://www.oneskin.co/ #oneskinpod Cancel your unwanted subscriptions by going to RocketMoney.com/whatwas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, it's an off week for the podcast, but here I am anyway.

0:04.3

This is Scott Johnson and you're listening to what was that like?

0:12.3

Usually I have a guest on to talk about something really unusual that they experienced,

0:16.0

like having their arm torn off or being buried in an avalanche or witnessing a murder.

0:22.0

The guest comes on and tells the details of what happened.

0:25.2

And there are more than 190 episodes to binge with all those amazing stories.

0:29.6

But today is a different kind of amazing story.

0:33.0

Today's a bonus episode.

0:35.0

As you might know, the last three Fridays have been personal stories of people who survived the terrorist attacks on 9-11.

0:43.3

Those are really important stories to share,

0:45.9

to make sure we never forget what happened on that day.

0:49.4

But after three weeks of tragedy and trauma, I thought it would be nice to have a fun episode, and this

0:55.8

one fits that bill perfectly.

0:59.1

Today you're going to hear from a mother, Kiona, and her oldest daughter, Kavina.

1:05.0

Kiona is a birth worker, and she's been involved with or witnessed more than 140 births.

1:12.0

She has a podcast called Birth as We Know It, where guests come on and

1:16.4

tell their stories about birth. Well, in one of her episodes, Kiona interviewed her daughter Kavina who was just not her Nino was present for the birth of her younger brother Cairo and when she was

1:34.7

eight Kavina actually caught her little sister Katana as she was born.

1:40.3

So today you'll hear Kiana's podcast episode where she talked with little Kavina

1:46.6

about what it was like for each of those experiences. I can tell you up front this

1:51.2

conversation will make you smile.

1:54.6

In the show notes I'll have pictures of Kiona with her husband Kumar and all their children,

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