Pick Me Up
About
Pick Me Up is a podcast about Lyft drivers who are chasing big dreams both on and off the road. Each episode, we’ll meet one of them to find out where they’re coming from. And then, we’ll give them a little — pick me up — to help them get to where they’re going. Pick Me Up is a production of Lyft and Gimlet Creative, hosted by Mariah Smith.
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“I will have won that Grammy”
R&B musician Only1Theory wants to go platinum. It’s a dream she’s had since she was a kid, but she took a detour after high school to serve as a combat photographer in Afghanistan. Now she’s back, living in Philly, driving with Lyft, and pursuing her music career head-on. When the promise of a recor
“As long as we’re together”
After Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, Sam and Jimada moved to New York in search of a new beginning. They’d started getting their feet back on the ground when they had another surprise… a baby on the way! Now, they’re looking for a new home for the two of them and their son-to-be, but finding an af
“I’m gonna own a restaurant!”
After years of high stress at a tech company in Seattle, Guy decided he needed to slow down—but not before a major health scare left him feeling vulnerable and depressed. During his recovery, he and his husband sought good food and company at a beloved neighborhood hangout called That’s Amore Italia
“I want to be out there as a prominent writer”
By day, Marcelis is a neighborhood librarian assistant just outside Chicago. But after hours, he loves to write poems, comics, songs — you name it. Ever since the devastating loss of his older brother Marcus a few years ago, Marcelis has been working on a children’s book that is a tribute to his bro
“I’ll do whatever it takes for her”
Michelle has been her 10-year-old daughter's fiercest advocate ever since Hollie first showed signs of autism and other disabilities as a young child. Hollie loves dolphins, and dreams of being a dolphin trainer one day. Michelle, a Lyft driver in Indianapolis, will do whatever it takes to get Holli