The girls sit down with their first official guest of Season 5, Randa Newman! We delve into Randa’s background, including her adoption from South Korea to a family in Kentucky and she shares her personal journey through an ectopic pregnancy, IVF, and the challenges of balancing motherhood with career. Join us!

About our guest: Randa Newman is a producer, actor, and genetic counselor. Born in Seoul and adopted into a family of Eastern Kentucky Appalachians at three months old, she brings a unique perspective to both science and storytelling. She is the co-founder of Ranch Vovo, a narrative film production company based in East Nashville. Randa has produced several films and served as executive producer on the TV pilot Morse Code, which earned multiple awards on the film festival circuit. In 2025, she made her directorial debut with the critically acclaimed short film I’m a Winner (written by Joy Todd), which won the Audience Choice Award at Nashville Film Festival. Her on-screen credits include 911 Nashville (ABC), Sketch (starring Tony Hale), Young Rock (NBC), Walker (CW), and The WASP, in which she portrayed WWII pilot Hazel Ying Lee.

Randa lives in East Nashville with her husband, Korby, and their daughter, Zuzu.

Joy and Sarah both had crazy weeks and decided to hit record on their first hang – post baby. Joy gets to meet and hold Lady while Sarah shares her birth story, which she doesn’t really want you to know the details about because it was all pretty easy. So don’t tell anyone else. :)

Already behind schedule and craving back-to-school routine, Joy and Sarah force themselves to sit down and record. Sarah is days away from giving birth to her 2nd child – first baby girl – and Joy is days away from officially birthing her short film into the world at the 56th Nashville Film Festival Awards. New season representing a new chapter.