Hope Is My Middle Name

John Christian Phifer’s life revolves around death. He performed his first burial at the age of six, wrapping a grasshopper in a shroud of leaves, and today he digs bigger graves on a sweeping nature preserve in the hills of Tennessee. With each funeral, the land is restored and loved ones have wide open space to grieve and to celebrate the life we all are so lucky to live. Hear how John Christian...

Truckers make the world go round, especially these days with serious supply chain disruptions, the ongoing crisis of the pandemic, and the ever-increasing importance of front-line workers. We talk with two truckers out there delivering hope and crucial supplies on rough roads, in bad weather, in the face of loneliness, isolation and invisibility. They’re risking their lives for us every day, and t...

Twenty-six year-old farmer George Patterson expands on his family’s coal-mining heritage with a new enterprise—reclaiming abandoned mine land to grow food and restore the land for generations to come. When George’s dad told him he could go to business school or go into business, he set up shop in a shipping container on a mine site, with air mattress and shotgun in tow. George worked by day and bi...

Iraq War veteran Jon Turner takes us from an ambush in Ramadi to a homestead in Vermont, where he’s found a way to heal a traumatic brain injury through farming. Hands in the dirt, boots on the ground, Jon Turner is on a mission to build community and serve our country as a farmer, father, teacher and always, as a veteran. Hosted by  Kate Tucker , Hope Is My Middle Name is a podcast by ...

Grief can make us do the wildest things, and sometimes it takes getting lost in the middle of nowhere to find where we belong. For our debut episode, we follow long-distance hiker  Brittany Comins  on a 2,000 mile journey through loss, gratitude, and the great outdoors.  Hosted by  Kate Tucker , Hope Is My Middle Name is a podcast by  Consensus Digital Media  in colla...

We’re striking out across the country in search of hope, bringing you voices of people doing big daring things to make the world better, even in the most challenging of times. These people give me hope, and I think they'll give you hope too. I’m Kate Tucker, and Hope is My Middle Name.