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Sidewalk Ghosts

Sidewalk Ghosts

De : Richard Radstone
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 We all carry unique histories and unseen experiences that, when acknowledged, can bridge divides and spark connection… Welcome to Sidewalk Ghosts with Richard Radstone. Short, openhearted stories shaped by real conversations and lived moments. A glimpse into the wisdom and vulnerability of both familiar names and unexpected voices. Stories that invite us to listen more carefully, to look beyond what we first see and feel, and to pause long enough to recognize how much our individual influence matters to this world we share.©2011-2025 Richard Radstone / Sidewalk Ghosts Hygiène et vie saine Psychologie Psychologie et psychiatrie Sciences sociales
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    • “Baby Steps” — Sidewalk Ghosts, Season 3, Episode 4

      “Baby Steps” — Sidewalk Ghosts, Season 3, Episode 4
      Dec 16 2025
      From feeling invisible to facing her darkness with courage and honesty, today’s Stranger now Friend, musician, mother, and humorist Emily shares a journey that inspires and invites all of us toward gentler, more hopeful tomorrows. Transcript Emily If you watch Scrooged, which is weird because it’s kind of a doinkey, weird, kind of grotesque movie, but we all have the duty to have that redemption arc. We don’t have time to be hating anything. Don’t have time to be writing off the boomers, or the Gen Zs, or the you know, the kids screaming in Target. We all got to learn and build together. It’s the same world. We’re on one planet together. Everyone’s just got to get to work. We stopped doing that? I feel like we’re all avoiding that redemption arc and wasting time. But, you know, let’s start loving ourselves a little bit better. Intro We all carry unique histories and unseen experiences that, if embraced, can bridge divides and spark connection. Welcome to Sidewalk Ghosts with Richard Redstone, short, openhearted stories that reveal the wisdom and vulnerability of both familiar faces and unexpected voices. Stories that ask us to listen a little closer and look beyond the surface of what we first see and feel. To simply pause for a moment and confirm just how much our influence has upon this world we share. Emily Well, I was like, hospitalized for self-abuse. So this is something I had to learn really hard, and it’s, just fake it. And I kind of had to realize, like, my hating myself is hurting other people, so I have to stop it. And just, like, white knuckle it. And then pretty soon, you will have some confidence, you will have some self-love. You’re going to be using all of your energy to do that hard, a holy task that you’ll realize, why would I put anybody else through this? And I think that’s what kind of turned for me when I was really, really hard on myself. I was really hard on people too. It’s like everyone’s so judgmental. Everyone’s so, you know, morally reprehensible, everyone’s this, oh, the world is so horrible, blah, blah, blah. When I started actively trying to love myself, the world seemed like a much better place. So I think that’s really, you know, from my perspective, that’s the ticket is you just got to, you got to be nicer to yourself. These people that go on about how horrible the world is, blah, blah, blah, I would take a second with that person and say, how horrible do you think you are? You’re not horrible, and you’re here. So the world’s a good place. Richard There’s a point where self-help stops being private, spills into how we look at the world and everyone around us. And thanks to the courage of today’s stranger-now-friend Emily, who, as she talks about white knuckling through the pain she’s carried, we are beckoned to look at the hardships we may be facing. And, as we do, to allow ourselves a greater amount of kindness, release ourselves from the pressures of the world, and see gateways for better healing when it is needed. Emily I was never a drug user, but in the hospital, you just kind of go to AA, which I was really grateful for because when you go to AA, they’re not really like pulling down charts of the human brain and showing like the effects of narcotics or anything. They’re just talking about, life is hard. And why are you afraid to deal with that? Like, life is hard, and so stop numbing yourself. And so those are really helpful to go to because I wasn’t drinking or anything. I was numbing myself in other ways. And it’s really scary to choose to start living your life. Richard Life is hard, Emily says, a statement she doesn’t dress up, nor apologize for saying out loud. But rather, shows vulnerability as she talks about numbing herself and of her decision to start living her life, even though she was struggling to find her way. Emily I was like a music school dropout, and because, just, all this crazy stuff was happening in school, and like, dangerous stuff. And then I got sick, and I just dropped out, and so was my mental health. This stuff was kind of starting to percolate. My depression. And so I dropped out. I went home and, I like, stopped. I stopped doing any music because I was just like, I don’t deserve to play music because I dropped out of school. I’m not going to be one of those idiots that drops out of music school and then still tries to be a musician. Then I was also, like, not giving myself the one thing that I’ve always had. I’ve been playing piano since I was a baby. That’s who I am. And so I was cutting myself off, thinking I was being really wise and mature by choosing to not waste my time playing music anymore. Richard Depression loves to manipulate our thinking, tells us that by starving our own souls or denying what we love, we’re being responsible, mature, making the right choice. Yet for Emily, music was not just her talent; it was her anchor. And in the fog ...
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      14 min
    • I am a child of God – Sidewalk Ghosts, Season 3, Episode 3

      I am a child of God – Sidewalk Ghosts, Season 3, Episode 3
      Nov 11 2025
      Host of Ward Radio, Cardon Ellis shares more than a sense of humor and a researching mind, but rather, a set of ideas that can touch the hearts of us all. Cardon A willingness and a propensity to go out of your way to better the lives of others, without expecting something in return. To me, that’s love. Cardon Human society. I’m relatively hopeful for North American society. I think we’re coming out of a 30 year slump. I think the transition from the analog to the digital era was a rough one. The world coming to grips with what the internet did was very difficult. And there was for a long time, some definite winners and some definite losers. But we’ve been humbled as of late. So I think we’re turning back to God, turning back to family, turning back to basics. And the basics are good. So I’m hopeful for North American society as a Californian, woke is broke, which I believe is an improvement upon all of our previous cultural exports. The Red Hot Chili Peppers were some of the biggest prophets of the 20th century, or the 21st century, when they wrote the song Californication. They were very clairvoyant, and now I think we’re going back to culturally exporting unifying things instead of divisive things. RichardCardon leans on a word I asked many to define… love. Not the shallow kind that depends on approval or return, but the deeper kind that asks for nothing back. The kind that is long suffering and patient. A view not at himself, but rather a forward looking reflection that asks us all to pause. To think, for just a moment, as to what could be occurring in the life of another. To look past what he labels “Divisive Things…” and as we do, to turn toward the “Unifying Things.” Yet as he speaks, you can sense a man who has walked into the winds of pain and the light of miracles… someone who has learned to hold to purpose… even when trials fall upon him. He shares a vulnerability… Cardon I got leukemia. I take a daily chemo pill every day, and it kind of turns you into a little bit of a pothead. It affects your short term memory, bro. Anybody that’s gone through chemotherapy knows chemo brain or cognition, as they call it. But yeah, you think I talk a lot. Now, you should have seen me before. Chemotherapy, bro. So when did you find out you had leukemia? February 2nd, 2019. My daughter was diagnosed with her cancer February 2nd, 2017. How did that affect you emotionally? Spiritually? You know, what’s kind of strange is the very first thing I said when I was diagnosed, the doctor was a really good friend of mine, guy that I go to church with and played basketball with. Really great guy. I had what I thought was a hernia in my stomach poking through my ribs, but it didn’t hurt and no doctor could explain what it was and I didn’t feel right with them. Just say, dude, you’re fine. So I went to him and he looked at me and said, yeah, this is weird. Doesn’t seem right. Scanned me up. Think it was called an MRI or a Cat scan. I can’t remember what he did, but he came back a couple hours later and he was kind of teary eyed and he said, dude, I’ve tried to rule everything out, but you have all the symptoms of a body that’s been fighting leukemia for a really long time. And it was actually my spleen, and my liver had gone so large from fighting the bad blood cells that it was starting to poke through my ribs, and it was taking up. My entire abdominal cavity was crazy. The X-ray was nuts. The first thing I said when I heard the news is I lean back and I was like, oh, that explains why I’ve been so tired because I have three jobs. This is L.A., it’s expensive. I got two kids. I got a wife just to make ends meet. Everybody’s working 60 to 80 hours here. It’s just par for the course. And who with? Children in two jobs. Three jobs isn’t exhausted all the time, right? So I had thought that my willpower getting through me through the day was just normal. I didn’t realize. Whoa. Okay. There was something wrong with me. How did it affect me? It sucks finding out you have cancer and there’s all kinds of emotions that come with that. But also, I lived in a cancer wing of, Children’s Hospital for a year before that, and I didn’t even dare complain after seeing what the children and children’s Hospital of Los Angeles went through. I mean, CML leukemia is nothing compared to what some of these cats were doing. So I kind of don’t know how to ask how did it affect me? Because I almost didn’t let it, because I almost felt like I couldn’t. I was not going through anything compared to some of these super brave kids that I saw going through what they went through. And simultaneously, there were some really good treatments that have come out in the past ten years. I mean, I take an oral chemotherapy therapy pill now once a day you’re looking at me, I still have my hair. You know, I mean, ten years ago I’d be on generalized chemotherapy and it’d ...
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      19 min
    • Crystal Ball – Sidewalk Ghosts, Season 3, Episode 2

      Crystal Ball – Sidewalk Ghosts, Season 3, Episode 2
      Oct 28 2025
      As she faces her ashes and her light, today’s stranger now friend, Melanie, reminds us to love ourselves more fully, nurture the world around us, and embrace the light we carry within.

      The post Crystal Ball – Sidewalk Ghosts, Season 3, Episode 2 first appeared on Sidewalk Ghosts by Richard Radstone.
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      17 min
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