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Send us Fan Mail The life you planned and the life you got may have more in common than you think. Joan of Arc Scroll Medal This brass alloy medal can be worn on a necklace, a keychain, dogtags, on a bag, or in your car. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Please Note: The views expressed by our guests do not n...

Send us Fan Mail He calls it a hobby. But Randy Lowden lies flat at the waterline behind  a camo-covered lens. He studies light, wind, reflection, and the split-second instincts of birds that vanish if you move too fast.  The result? Images that put you nose-deep in the water, inches from creatures most people will never see up close. A duck in motion, with feet slapping water like it's runni...

Send us Fan Mail What if the most dangerous thing right now isn't the chaos — it's your certainty? Joan of Arc Scroll Medal This brass alloy medal can be worn on a necklace, a keychain, dogtags, on a bag, or in your car. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Please Note: The views expressed by our guest...

Send us Fan Mail She rises at 3:00 AM, lifts a copper pail filled with river water, and begins to walk. What follows is not activism, performance, or protest. It is prayer. Anishinaabe Elder and Water Walker Mary Anne Caibaiosai shares a way of seeing the world that is both ancient and urgently needed. Walking rivers at dawn—singing, praying, and carrying water home—she reminds us that healing beg...

Send us Fan Mail Who were the American women who traveled to the ancient land of Modern Persia? Not diplomats. Not adventurers. Nurses. They built hospitals, opened the first nursing schools in the country, and gave women a professional path that would change the course of their lives. Dr. Lydia Wytenbroek has spent years in the archives recovering this forgotten history. What she found will surpr...

Send us Fan Mail What lies beneath isn’t just wreckage—it’s memory, pressure, and silence that refuses to disappear.  In this haunting conversation, underwater photographer Anastasia Schmuck takes us into a world few will ever see—where war rests on the ocean floor, where wrecks become living ecosystems, and every dive demands skill, trust, and respect.  This isn’t just exploration. It’s confronta...

Send us Fan Mail Caught in a swirl of news, noise, and what-ifs — this episode won't tell you what to think. It will remind you what's yours. Please Note: The views expressed by our guests do not necessarily reflect the views of the podcaster. Follow me on Instagram!

Send us Fan Mail What if the fears you can't explain, the patterns you can't break, and the people you can't forget...aren't from this lifetime? In this gripping conversation, Bobby Sullivan—spiritual intuitive and past life regression practitioner with thousands of sessions— opens the door to the idea that our lives may be part of something much larger. Fears, relationships, e...

Send us Fan Mail What if birding isn’t really about birds at all? In this zany yet deeply insightful episode, Sharon Stiteler—aka Birdchick —talks about attention, wonder, backyard drama, and why noticing the world around you might be one of the sanest things you can do right now.  Funny, sharp, and gloriously unpretentious, Sharon brings birds down from the lofty branches and into real life: city...

Send us Fan Mail In this compelling episode, we go back—to when radio wasn’t just technology- it was connection. A lifeline during the Great Depression. A steady presence through war. A shared experience that bound a country together. And now? As legacy media shrink, local news weakens, and trusted public voices grow harder to find, we ask a bigger question: What are we losing—and who’s preserving...

Send us Fan Mail Writer and activist Amy Friedman believes stories can change how we see each other. Through All-American Story, immigrants and first- and second-generation Americans share their lived experiences through writing, music, performance, and art — raw, real, and deeply human.  At a moment when immigration gets reduced to headlines and arguments, these voices bring us back to the only q...

Send us Fan Mail What if comedy isn’t just punchlines — but leverage? Lynn Harris, founder & CEO of GOLD Comedy didn’t wait for a seat at the table. She redesigned the room. In this explosively insightful conversation, Lynn pulls back the curtain on gatekeeping, the myth of “confidence,” and why comedy is one of the most powerful delivery systems for culture, access, and who society learns to...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when a lifelong psychic begins to lose memory — but not intuition?  Nationally recognized psychic and teacher Echo Bodine reflects on life after an Alzheimer's diagnosis — and what it means to trust intuition, presence, and surrender as memory changes.  She talks about the relief of finally understanding what was happening, the unexpected gift of living one day a...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when the doctor becomes the patient? ER physician Dr. Christina Miller spent years moving fast—hospital coffee, vending-machine candy, adrenaline, and crisis care. She was trained to save lives on the edge. Then lupus stopped her cold and forced her to slow down—and listen. Chris talks about inflammation from the inside out, how food became central to her healing, and...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when curiosity turns into responsibility—and saving stories becomes the work? In this moving episode, Stephanie Detton, a 4th-grade teacher in Colorado and co-host of Italian American Stories Podcast reflects on growing up Italian American in the West.   But this conversation cracks opens something much larger: how family history lives in newspapers, memory, silence—a...

Send us Fan Mail What if the songs that shaped you could one day save you? When Justin Russo watched 4,000 people wave back at him in perfect rhythm during a music festival, he discovered something profound about connection—but it would take years before he understood music's deeper power.  Now, as Director of Programming at the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function, he's part of a...

Send us Fan Mail Tired of doom scrolling?  Try life scrolling. This episode tracks down the wild cards- moments that flip the script, rewrite what’s possible, and proves that the future is still wide open. No spoilers — just know this: you’re about to hear ten stories you didn’t see coming! Quiet, bold, disruptive… and absolutely real. When the world feels predictably dark, hit the reset button, a...

Send us Fan Mail In a world wired for breaking news and dopamine scrolling, writer and dad-of-two, Jason Bartz, did the unthinkable- he ditched his smartphone for a dumb phone. Not as a gimmick, but as a line in the sand — for his time, his kids, and his sanity. Jason takes us into the raw aftermath of stepping off the digital treadmill: the awkward boredom, the unexpected quiet, and the intense w...

Send us Fan Mail Whoa! In this 7-minute episode, we step into the Candy Machine Cosmos — where you insert something small — a coin, a thought, a risk — and what comes back is always unexpected: sometimes grace, sometimes grief, but always a call to see anew.  OR- Watch 3+ minute YouTube video!   👀 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn3JKG_AJ_8 🎬 This as a 3-minute v.i.s.u.a.l journey, where color,...

Send us Fan Mail Got emails? A blog? Social media? A website? Then you’ve got a digital trail—but what happens to it when you’re gone? In this eye-opening episode, Len Rosen—futurist, tech writer, and founder of the site 21stCenTech —asks the questions we avoid:  What happens to your Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Apple, and Google accounts? Who has access? Who decides? What just… disappears?  From...

Send us Fan Mail The ground keeps shifting. Some truths don’t—won’t. In just 5 minutes, this episode hits where it matters.. Truth. Justice. Memory. Not trends. Not fiction. Friction. Because what matters… holds. OR - 🌟watch colorful video on YouTube 👀 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEmPGduk_m4&t=10s Joan of Arc Scroll Medal This brass alloy medal can be worn on a necklace, a keychain, dogt...

Send us Fan Mail Motorcycle crash and everything stopped. Kijuan Amey, Former Air Force Staff Sgt. refueling jets at 30,000 feet, entrepreneur, and student on the verge of a pilot’s wings- with broken bones and lost sight- had to decide.  What follows isn’t a comeback story. It is a rock-bottom hard reality where every scar, every setback became fuel for a new kind of flight—one powered by faith,...

Send us Fan Mail In rural Queensland, Australia, a young trainer builds trust one horse at a time. At just twenty-something, Rachel Finch runs YP Performance Horses, guiding everything from high-strung racehorses learning to relax to unhandled colts taking their first steps toward trust. She swaps speed for softness, pressure for partnership—and the results speak for themselves. This grounded, gut...

Send us Fan Mail Who kept the lights burning when storms raged, men died, and the sea threatened everything? More often than we realize, it was women—forgotten in the records, but essential to history. In a riveting and deeply human episode, Shauna MacDonald—professor, performer, and cultural excavator—uncovers the overlooked stories of women lighthouse keepers.  Featured on PBS , NPR , and Nation...

Send us Fan Mail When Sue Abderholden took the reins at the Minnesota chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) in 2001, the organization ran on duct tape, a few staff, and big hopes. Two decades later, NAMI MN has become a statewide leader and national model—transforming how mental health is addressed in schools, jails, hospitals, and homes.  In this candid conversation, Sue refle...