Join musician and filmmaker Lu as she shares intimate stories about finding unexpected connections in life. From exploring identity through names to navigating between cultures, from creative breakthroughs to encounters with nature - each episode digs into moments of genuine human experience. Through vulnerable storytelling and reflection, Lu invites listeners to discover their own surprising connections in everyday life. Send your questions and stories - let's explore these connections together.
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Signup to Generate a PitchJoin musician and filmmaker Lu as she shares intimate stories about finding unexpected connections in life. From exploring identity through names to navigating between cultures, from creative breakthroughs to encounters with nature - each episode digs into moments of genuine human experience. Through vulnerable storytelling and reflection, Lu invites listeners to discover their own surprising connections in everyday life.
Open Heart with Lu Leslan is hosted by Lu Leslan. The show has published 41 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "We Build Our World" (29 October 2026, 10 minutes), "Take Time to Reflect" (22 October 2026, 14 minutes), and "Surrender to Humanity" (15 October 2026, 11 minutes).
Open Heart with Lu Leslan publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 10 minutes across 41 episodes.
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Lu Leslan hosts Open Heart with Lu Leslan, a society podcast with 41 episodes published.
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Open Heart with Lu Leslan
Season 4, Episode 9: We Build Our World Tick tock hear the clock Wake me up and say good night Kiss my salty tears DESCRIPTION Lu begins with the long road from scarcity to abundance: the Black Death, centuries of war...
Open Heart with Lu Leslan
Season 4, Episode 8: Take Time to Reflect Tick tock hear the clock Wake me up and say good night Kiss my salty tears DESCRIPTION Lu spent a weekend at Doctober, the documentary film festival in Bellingham, camping by...
Open Heart with Lu Leslan
EPISODE 7 — SURRENDER TO HUMANITY Tick tock hear the clock Wake me up and say good night Kiss my salty tears DESCRIPTION Every day, we trust people we will never meet. Lu grew up in the sixties riding the bus alone and...
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EPISODE 5 — REMEMBER LESSONS LEARNED Tick tock hear the clock Wake me up and say good night Kiss my salty tears DESCRIPTION What do we actually inherit from the past we never lived through? In this episode, Lu traces...
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EPISODE 4 — TAKE A WIDER VIEW Tick tock hear the clock Wake me up and say good night Kiss my salty tears DESCRIPTION What does it actually take to see beyond what's right in front of you? In this episode, Lu traces how...
Open Heart with Lu Leslan
EPISODE 3 — THE INVISIBLE THREAD (PART 2) Tick tock hear the clock Wake me up and say good night Kiss my salty tears DESCRIPTION What if the boundary you feel between yourself and the natural world was never really...
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EPISODE 2 — THE INVISIBLE THREAD (PART 1) Tick tock hear the clock Wake me up and say good night Kiss my salty tears DESCRIPTION What connects a woman in Kent, Washington to a country singer in Tennessee, a folk artist...
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DESCRIPTION What if the most honest conversation you can have begins with how your body will be disposed of? In the Season 4 premiere of Open Heart, Lu walks into a small meeting hosted by a company called Smart...
Open Heart with Lu Leslan
Tick tock hear the clock Wake me up and say good night Kiss my salty tears DESCRIPTION Season 3 asked who we are. Season 4 asks how we can look after each other as neighbors. This season, we look outward — at who we...
Open Heart with Lu Leslan
What does it mean to live well, knowing everything will vanish without a trace? In the Season 3 finale of Open Heart, Lu gathers the threads of the whole season into one philosophy — the wisdom of effortless action...
Open Heart with Lu Leslan
EPISODE 9 — THE INVISIBLE CONNECTION DESCRIPTION We spend so much energy drawing lines between ourselves and everything else — classifying, ranking, deciding what matters. But what if the deepest connection is the one...
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Some of us learn early to carry other people's pain. We become the healer — the one who shows up, who gives, who lights the way for others. But what happens when we never turn that healing toward ourselves? Episode 8 of...
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All life begins with shit. That's not a metaphor — it's biology. And it might be the most honest thing anyone has said about the human condition. Episode 7 of Open Heart Season 3 traces the same cycle across three...
Open Heart with Lu Leslan
S-O-R-R-Y. The most spoken word in everyday conversation — and perhaps the least understood. Episode 6 of Open Heart Season 3 takes apart the word sorry letter by letter, examines what apology actually does versus what...
Open Heart with Lu Leslan
Every border we live inside — we inherited. Episode 5 of Open Heart Season 3 asks what it cost in human lives — and tells the story of one woman alone in a motel room with yellowish curtains in Tijuana in 1979 — who...
Open Heart with Lu Leslan
Where does superiority come from — and what does it cost us? Episode 4 of Open Heart Season 3 traces the origins of superiority from a ten year old girl winning a woodwind competition to the labels we use to divide...
Open Heart with Lu Leslan
Why do we want what we want? Why do we stop asking the most important question — and fill the silence with consumption, shortcuts and masks? Episode 3 of Open Heart Season 3 traces the why question from the first human...
Open Heart with Lu Leslan
<p><b>EPISODE 2 — STATE OF MIND</b> <b>SHOW NOTES</b></p><p>The mind is not a fixed address. It is transient yet powerful — a state of storming weather followed by peaceful calm. No clues for where it is heading or...
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<p><b>EPISODE 1 — DEMONS IN OURSELVES</b> <b>SHOW NOTES</b></p><p>We all carry something dark. Something inherited. Something we didn't choose.</p><p>This episode asks the hardest questions:</p>Where do our demons come...
Open Heart with Lu Leslan
<p>Season 3 of Open Heart arrives June 11th. Hosted by pianist and philosopher Lu Leslan, this season moves inward — through demons, borders, forgiveness, paradox, and the words we repeat without ever questioning them...
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