South Bay Buzz with Megan Lebre
South Bay Buzz with Megan Lebre
Podcast Description
South Bay Buzz is where authentic conversations meet heart-led storytelling. Hosted by Megan Lebre — a 5th-generation Angeleno and South Bay local — each episode spotlights the people, events, and places shaping this special area of Los Angeles. From local business owners and event organizers to creatives and community members, you'll hear stories of connection, passion, and resilience. Whether you're growing a business, love supporting local, or craving human centered stories, tune in for grounded, joy-filled conversations rooted in the South Bay but made to resonate wherever you are.
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Content Themes
The podcast delves into various themes, including local entrepreneurship, wellness, community-building, and personal growth. Example episodes feature discussions on conscious parenting with experts, fitness empowerment through movement, and the significance of local storytelling, making it easy for listeners to connect with the experiences of others while gaining insights into their own lives.
South Bay Buzz is a storytelling podcast rooted in the South Bay of Los Angeles, sharing heart-led conversations with people connected by place, purpose, and the drive to build something meaningful.
Hosted by Megan Lebre, each episode highlights founders, creatives, and community builders whose journeys are shaped by the South Bay—exploring the joy, resilience, and growth behind what they’ve created.
These are stories of connection, authenticity, and legacy—discover people, places, and stories that stay with you.
South Bay midwife, Julie Oates, has spent more than 15 years caring for women through pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and beyond. Now, she’s bringing that experience into a new chapter with Cove Midwifery & Women’s Health in Manhattan Beach.
In this special South Bay Buzz × Practicing Withness crossover episode, Megan sits down with Julie inside the new Cove Midwifery space to talk about her journey from doula to labor and delivery nurse to certified nurse-midwife, what she wishes more people understood about midwifery, and her vision for changing the experience of maternity care here in the South Bay.
They talk about what makes people feel truly seen and supported during birth, the relationship between midwives, doulas and physicians, birth trauma, trust and communication in healthcare, and why Julie believes great care starts with treating patients as experts in their own bodies.
Plus, Julie shares the story behind Cove, her hopes for creating a gathering and education space for the local birth community, and the unexpected way competitive bodybuilding has changed her relationship with strength, food, and her own body.
This episode also marks the very first episode of Megan’s new podcast, Practicing Withness, exploring birth, parenthood, grief, loss, joy, and the life transitions we don’t talk about enough.
Listen here, then follow Practicing Withness for more conversations about how we show up for one another through all of it.
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