Journeys
By Rachel Koko
Categories: Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals, Places & Travel
Journeys is a storytelling podcast by Radiant ✦ Grace Productions, hosted by Rachel Koko, that explores the people, places, cultures, and experiences that shape who we are becoming. Through research, personal reflections, and meaningful conversations, Rachel shares the stories behind destinations, communities, businesses, and everyday lives. Episodes uncover history, explore faith and identity, and introduce people navigating disability, chronic illness, change, and unexpected paths. Explore the different series within Journeys: 1. Reflections: Rachel's personal stories and thoughtful reflections on faith, life with FND and chronic illness, family, uncertainty, grief, healing, and hope. 2. Becoming: Honest conversations about identity, faith, resilience, healing, and the unexpected journeys that shape who we are becoming. 3. Discovery: Stories that uncover the meaning held within places, cultures, history, travel, and the experiences that connect us. 4. Olympics (Coming Soon): Stories of athletes, their families, and the countries and communities behind them. Following their journeys through training, qualifying events, and international competitions on the path to the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, while exploring the lives and legacies beyond competition. 5. Paralympics (Coming Soon): Discovering the people and legacies shaping Paralympic sport. Through the stories of athletes, families, and communities, we follow their journeys toward the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games while exploring access, opportunity, the stories beyond competition, and what it means to represent a country on the world stage. 6. Purpose (Coming Soon): Story led collaborations exploring the people, vision, values, and meaning behind brands, organizations, and destinations. From discovering a place through the people who know it best to hearing how someone is learning to live differently, Journeys invites us to consider: How is this journey shaping who we are becoming? Because every…
13 episodes indexed on PodSearch.
Recent episodes
- Becoming: Takiko: I Am Enough
Trigger Warnings: This episode includes discussion of depression, suicidal thoughts, grief, and cancer. What happens when the life you imagined isn't the life you end up living? For years, Takiko Hosokawa wondered why her life seemed so different from the lives of those around her. As friends…
- Reflections: When You Find Yourself in Darkness [Re-Release]
Darkness doesn’t always arrive with warning. Sometimes it slips in through exhaustion, grief, illness, or the realization that life no longer looks the way you imagined. In “When You Find Yourself in Darkness,” Rachel Koko shares her experience living with Functional Neurological Disorder (FND)…
- Reflections: Still Worthy [Re-Release]
The world teaches us to measure our worth by what we can produce, accomplish, manage, or carry on our own. But what happens when our bodies change, independence fades, or illness enters the story? Does needing help make us less worthy of love? In “Still Worthy,” Rachel Koko reflects on worth when…
- Reflections: Taking Off the Mask [Re-Release]
Have you ever worn a mask? Not the kind that covers your face — but the kind that hides your heart. The mask that says, “I’m fine.” Even when you’re falling apart inside. In “Taking Off the Mask,” Rachel Koko reflects on the ways we hide our fear, anxiety, shame, and exhaustion—and God’s gentle…
- Reflections: The Beginning of Broken Things [Re-Release]
Originally released as my second podcast episode, “The Beginning of Broken Things” is now shared as part of the Reflections series of Journeys. This early episode is part of the foundation of Finding Joy in the Broken and the storytelling journey that eventually became Journeys. I’m sharing it…
- Reflections: When You Don't Feel Qualified [Re-Release]
Originally released as my very first podcast episode, “When You Don’t Feel Qualified” is now part of the Reflections series. What do you do when you feel drawn to something but wonder whether you’re qualified to begin? In this episode, Rachel Koko reflects on self-doubt, faith, and taking a step…
- Discovery: The Bridge That Started a Journey
High above the San Juan River in southeastern Utah stands the Jason R. Workman Memorial Bridge. To many travelers, it's simply the bridge leading into Mexican Hat. But behind its name is the story of a young Navy SEAL whose life of courage, sacrifice, and service continues to be remembered by…
- Reflections: Be Your Own Kind of Beautiful [Re-Release]
What happens when life changes the way you see yourself? For many of us, identity becomes intertwined with the roles we fill, the expectations we carry, the achievements we pursue, and the things we are able to do. But what happens when those things begin to change? In this premiere episode of Be…
- Reflections: Learning to Love Myself Again [Re-Release]
If you met yourself today for the very first time, would you be kind to that person? There was a time when Rachel knew exactly who she was. She knew what she could do, what her future looked like, and what she expected from herself. But when illness and unexpected life changes altered the course…
- Becoming: Happy Thoughts: A Conversation With Filmmaker Tommy Pepper
Happy Thoughts: A Conversation with Filmmaker Tommy Pepper At just 18 years old, Vietnamese American filmmaker Tommy Pepper transformed a deeply personal experience into Happy Thoughts—a short film exploring grief, mental health, family, and the emotions that are often difficult to express…
- Discovery: Minidoka: Lessons in Resilience
At first glance, Minidoka looks like an ordinary piece of the Idaho desert. But beneath the quiet landscape lies the story of thousands of American families who lost their homes, businesses, and freedom during World War II. More than 13,000 Japanese Americans were sent to Minidoka during World War…
- Reflections: Learning to Love Who I'm Becoming
What happens when life changes you so deeply that you no longer recognize the person you've become? For years, I believed healing meant finding my way back to the person I used to be. The version of me who was healthy, independent, productive, and certain about the future. But life doesn't always…
- Reflections: The Journey of Becoming
Every journey has the power to change us. Some journeys take us across oceans. Others lead us through grief, unexpected diagnoses, or seasons we never imagined. Along the way, many of us find ourselves asking a question we never expected: Who am I becoming? In this opening episode of Journeys…
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