Hey Human Podcast

E45 – Therapist and holistic life coach human Michelle Chalfant is dedicated to helping individuals and couples uncover their true and whole selves by stripping away limiting beliefs, false stories and emotional masks. Michelle has demonstrated that increasing self-awareness is the first step to self-love. Michelle’s Adult Chair model is used to help people understand their inner child, adolescent...

E44 – Former Crip human David Nunn was a child like many, reared up in Nashville, Tennessee. He loved his family and he loved being a kid playing ball on the end of his street with the other kids in the neighborhood. By his junior year, however, David was drawn into gang life where money, power and violence ruled those same […]

E43 Stand up comic and journalist human Chloë Stillwell is a Nashville born, New York trained writer and comedian and self described feminist. She writes and comments on pop culture, entertainment, feminism and social justice. She currently covers culture for Playboy and politics for Paste Magazine.  Her work has appeared in The Frisky, Death & Taxes, […]

E42 – Lawyer human Caleb Mundy is a bass player, a dog lover and he has an extraordinary beard. Along with his law degree he has a Bachelors of Music in Commercial Music and in his law practice he helps the city’s most vulnerable. (1:19:17) For more information and links, visit: heyhumanpodcast.com

E41 – Filmmaker human Evan Kidd wrote and directed Son of Clowns which garnered multiple awards on the film festival circuit in 2016. He’s also an accomplished documentarian and has directed multiple music videos. (33:59) For more information and links visit: HeyHumanpodcast.com

E40 – Baltimore Orioles Exec VP human John Angelos is the President of the Mid Atlantic Sports Network. In 2015, during the aftermath of Freddie Gray’s death, a series of tweets John wrote went viral with their central premise that “If the system fails some of us, it fails all of us.” (2:04:06) For more information and […]

E39 – Told he’d never walk again human Chris Norton & his wife Emily Summers are remarkable individuals. In 2010, Chris Norton, was severely injured in a college football game and told he only had a 3% chance of ever walking again. Chris met Emily while in rehabilitation, at a college party, and the two began an extraordinary courtship […]

E38 – NST Practitioner human Annie Waugh Boerner specializes in a technique that integrates both the neurological and structural re-balancing of the body. Her focal point is trauma recovery and helps her clients to resolve pain, tension and dysfunction with NST and other modalities. We talked about really fascinating mind body connections. (1:17:20) For more information […]

E37 – “Relationship expert” human Sean was in a long-term marriage. It suffered from a lack of intimacy that eventually led to its demise. Post divorce, he decided to begin a quest to understand and master sex and intimacy. Twelve relationships led him through the steps to his discovery that a “woman’s most complicated sex organ is […]

E35 – Muslim human Talha Haseen was born in Pakistan and immigrated with his family to the United States when he was nine years old. He is an active member of his Mosque. As a kid, he didn’t notice a difference in how anyone treated him, but a shift happened post 9-11. Now, as an adult, he’s […]

E34 – Widow human Diane was on the phone with her husband, Jack, in March of 2015, when the the unthinkable happened. An intruder entered Jack’s work and took Jack’s life while Diane listened, helpless, on the other end of the line. What happened over the next two years took Diane on a journey through Hell and back and […]

E33 – Ayurvedic human Alissa Moreno was born with an old soul and a gypsy heart. She began her journey on a Navajo Indian Reservation in New Mexico and has spent the better part of her life touring the world, as a seeker of wisdom and philosophy, meditation and Ayurveda, music and performance. (1:35:46) For more […]

E32 – Formerly homeless human Brett Swayn was born in Perth, Australia. He dreamt of being a famous performing songwriter and ended up following that dream to California. Sometimes dreams take detours and Brett ended up homeless in Nashville, Tennessee. After months of being homeless, he was given a new chance at life when the restaurant Flemings […]

E31 – Former Skinhead human Bryon Widner spent most of his rebellious teen years on the streets, an easy mark for his town’s Neo-Nazi Skinhead group. They took Bryon under their wing and over the next twenty years, his brothers-in-hate in various Skinhead groups became his family. He founded some of the most notorious hate groups in the […]

E30 – KKK Grand Dragon human Richard Nichols’ people can be traced back to the early settlers of the United States. He grew up in the South, in Pulaski, Tennessee. Richard is a direct descendant of the original Klansmen, founders of the Ku Klux Klan. This episode is part one of a two part series on racism and white separateness […]

E29 Historian human Greg Vandy is a man of many talents. His new book, 26 Songs in 30 Days: Woody Guthrie’s Columbia River Songs and the Planned Promised Land in the Pacific Northwest (co-authored by Daniel Person) is on Seattle’s Easy Street Records’ list of the best music books of 2016 and he is the creator and curator of […]

E28 Wine expert human Jameson Fink is a senior editor for the enormously popular magazine Wine Enthusiast. Jameson is a two-time SAVEUR Blog Award finalist. He’s been a wine editor at Foodista, Grape Collective and msn.com. He’s visited vineyards all over the world! He enjoys Champagne with popcorn and Skittles with Rosé! (1:00:11) For more information and links, visit: […]

E27 Marine veteran and wounded warrior human Cpl. Tyler Southern smiles a lot. His outlook is so positive it’s contagious. Yet, many would look at him and wonder how he found such happiness considering in May of 2010, while on his second Marine deployment in Afghanistan (Iraq was his first deployment), he stepped on an IED (Improvised […]

E26 Chef, restaurateur Human Nick Pellegrino is one of Nashville’s most beloved chefs and owner of Mangia (a focaccia/Italian restaurant in Nashville, TN). He’s also an accomplished songwriter, a trained classical guitarist, producer, artist, voiceover actor and he’s hilarious. (1:01:59) For more information and links visit: HeyHumanpodcast.com

E25 Drag queen and ballet dancer human Brock Hayhoe discovered dance by accident as a teenager (that’s already old in the world of dance) and those in the know discovered he had a natural talent. That talent would eventually gain him scholarships at prestigious dance schools and send Brock around the world as a principal ballet dancer. Still, […]

E24 Formerly possibly demonic possessed human Geof Kirby is a successful podcaster and video game reviewer (NRDLY podcast) and has spent his life geeking out on Sci-fi, video games and all the things you might find at Comic-Con. He also grew up with severe depression, various daily meds and demon possession (which led to an exorcism). Loved […]

E23 Psychotherapist and dream specialist human Michael Mollura (PhD, MA, MFA) is a depth psychologist who implements the Jungian style. He’s also a composer whose music can be heard on several documentaries and movies (including Nebraska, The Highest Pass, Climate Refugees and Awake). His adventure through life (and his patient’s dreams) is fascinating! We talked about dreams, […]

E22 Painter and musician human Rachel Kice is known for her wild and colorful pieces. Her work is collected all over the world and hangs in the Tennessee State Museum, Warner Brothers, The Country Music Hall of Fame (and my house). She has collaborated with brands and organizations including: Warner Brothers, Harley Davidson, Chevy, Tedx, […]

E21 Recovered from a brain tumor human Justin Levenson was sitting at his desk one minute and waking up on the floor, surrounded by co-workers and paramedics, the next. At the hospital he received the news that no one is ready to hear: Brain tumor. Justin’s story is an incredible one of diagnosis, journey, healing, faith, bliss […]

E20 Dog whisperer, music producer, performer human Dean Miller grew up in the madcap world of music, the son of world famous performer/songwriter Roger Miller. He’s navigated his own music career and is a well-respected and well-sought after dog trainer. Dean is a producer, songwriter, book writer, dog whisperer, and all around interesting dude! (1:01:48) For more […]