Episode 35: Sonja Mereu




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Summary: <br> Hosts <a href="https://twitter.com/maggimayfield">Maggi Mayfield</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/D_E_W64">David Earl Waterman</a> were delighted to sit down with the director of the <a href="http://ladff.com/">LA Diversity Film Festival,</a> Sonja Mereu. Sonja grew up bicoastally, with her mom in NYC and her dad in LA. She shares about how she was a "bad kid" and how she overcame that, attended college and started making films.<br> She has quite a special relationship with her very Italian father, who is on the board of directors of the LA Diversity Film Festival. Sonja's music selections were so deep and empathetic, we learn quickly her secret to life and how intensely she loves others. Sonja's boyfriend was also in studio enjoying the show live and she shared the story of how the met on set in Arizona and their unusual first date when they returned home to Los Angeles.<br> The gang takes a story break to play <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WeArePaperPlanes/">Band</a> Or <a href="http://www.hiddenroomsonline.com/">Bar</a>, taking place in Cambridge, England. Try and guess along with Sonja and Maggi before clicking on each!<br> We learn all about Sonja's Guilty Pleasures before she takes us to her first concert.<br> Find Sonja Mereu <a href="http://sonjamereu.com/">online,</a> on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/stonja">Facebook</a> and on <a href="http://flatheadfilms-blog.tumblr.com/">Tumblr</a>.<br>  <br> Please follow YTunes Shuffle on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ytunesshuffle/">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ytunesshuffle/">Instagram</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/YTunesShuffle">Twitter</a>and please like, share and comment on the show!<br>