Hey Human Podcast

E346 Father Sebastiaan is a vampyre, master fangsmith, author and impresario of the Endless Night Vampire Ball. His story is an adventure around the world. We talk Vampire/Vampyre culture, Anne Rice, the birth of the literary vampire, the importance of LARPs, his Sabretooth children, vampire tv shows, movies and more! For more information and links, […]

E345 Sheldon Epps is a renowned television and theatre director, author (“My Own Directions: A Black Man’s Journey in the American Theatre”), and was the long-time Artistic Director of the famed Pasadena Playhouse in California. He’s currently the executive producer and directs episodes for the hit Netflix show, The Upshaws (and he’s directed a bunch […]

E344 Dr. ALH (Nan) Robkin is an artist, illustrator, editor, poet, retired classics professor and museum archeologist. She’s also Susan’s mom. We discuss psychotic first husbands, WWII, family antics, missed and taken opportunities, life overseas, Susan’s lifelong appreciation of the human form, disappearing children, bomb scares, historic moments, and more! For more information and links, [&#8230...

E343 Greg Walter is a research historian, author of “The Ridgewalkers: When Legend Becomes an Encounter” and “Ridgewalkers: In Two Worlds.” He’s a Sasquatch enthusiast, U.S. Coast Guard and Merchant Marine Veteran. He experienced what he believes is a Bigfoot encounter and shares that story, along with other Cryptid lore, some interesting historical facts about […]

E342: Laura is an award-winning writer, TEDx Speaker, certified relationship coach, certified trauma professional, sexuality educator, and author of her best-selling memoir THE PLEASURE PLAN. Laura is currently working on a pilot about her own experience with surviving sexual trauma.  She’s also the daughter of a Holocaust survivor – her mother was in two concentration […]

E341 Johnathan Pushkar is the content creator of MiniSuperHeroesToday merging Marvel, DC, and StarWars with Lego on his social media platforms to the delight of hundreds of thousands of fans worldwide and he’s a LEGO Ambassador Network Member to boot. He’s also a musician and songwriter with a penchant for Beatles-era sounds and songs. He’s […]

E340 Dr. Timothy Shaw is a philosopher who studies moral injury and religion. He is the director of the Australian think tank, Great Philosophical Problems. Their mission is to “provide unifying definition for the construct of Moral Injury to address suicide in veteran and wider civilian populations.” We discuss the philosophical and real-world ramification of […]

E339 Sahaj Sharda is an anti-monopoly activist, Ivy League law student, a college pricing critic, and the author of the upcoming book “The College Cartel.” We discuss current lawsuits aimed at several of the nation’s top colleges, admission practices and scandals, rationing the amount of college seats and education provided, price gouging, collusion, high-pressure testing, […]

E338 Bill Bentley has been in the trenches of the music industry for decades. Writer, archivist, music historian, A&R and PR. He’s been the Senior VP of Warner Bros and music editor of LA Weekly.  He’s also the co-founder of Water Brothers Films. Neil Young, Eric Clapton, Lou Reed and Elvis Costello have all worked […]

E337 Manuel Cuevas is an award-winning, one-of-a-kind couture designer. Raised in Mexico, he moved to Los Angeles in 1951 and was soon designing clothes for the Rat Pack, Bob Hope, going on to create for Johnny Cash, Elvis, countless film and tv shows, movie stars, athletes, presidents and rock stars. He designed the beloved insignias […]

E336 Will Carter‘s wife was diagnosed with cancer, which made him start to think about some things. He began studying as a Conscious Dying End-of-Life coach and Sacred Passage End-of-Life Doula. He’s also a lawyer and musician. We discuss his journey, social history, social justice and systems, his passions in life (and death) and what […]

E335 Nader Hanna is a magician, mentalist, hypnotist and theologian. He studied to live a monastic life but had a change of direction along the way. We discuss Coptic Orthodox Christians, Egypt, the history of Mentalism, hyper-hypnotic states and more! For more information and links, please visit: HeyHumanpodcast.com

E334 Dr. Nitschke became the first doctor in the world to administer a legal, lethal voluntary injection.  He is the founder of Exit International, a foundation that believes “it is a fundamental human right for every adult of sound mind, to be able to plan for the end of their life in a way that […]

E333 Karen Poppy is a poet, a lawyer, and an activist.  She is also non-binary. She’s most recently had a poem and interview published in Ms. Magazine, and her upcoming first full-length poetry book, “Diving at the Lip of the Water,” will be published in 2023 by Beltway Editions. We discuss the creative process, literary […]

E332 Dr. Maurice Robkin is a scientist and engineer. He’s also the author of the Margaret  book series (about a governess turned kick-ass pirate). He’s currently working on his seventh and final book in Margaret’s adventures! He also happens to be my dad. We chat about the edge of the Universe, time, physics, writing, love […]

E331 Joel Green is founder of Pro Level Training and the Nat’l Dir. of Nike Sports Camps. He’s an educator, speaker and author of the book, “Filtering; The Way to Extract Strength From Struggle.” We discuss his childhood, growing up in Philadelphia in a tight-knit faith-based family, and the violence he experienced first-hand. How tragedy […]

E330 Braden Kuhlman has managed to get a lot of living in her lifetime.  She’s been a personal assistant to the stars and counts legendary songwriters as close friends. She was cyber-stalked before anyone knew that was a thing. She’s traversed the globe several times over. She’s a blogger and a photographer. Trigger Warning: Stalking, […]

E329 Dr. Antonia Grace Glenn, Dr. Evelyn Nakano Glenn and Patrick Glenn are the keepers of their family history. Evelyn is a sociologist and professor emerita of Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies. At two years old, she was imprisoned with her family in the US concentration camps for Japanese Americans during WWII. Antonia is […]

E328 Julia Verdin is trying to make this world better through her art and advocacy.  Her 30+ year career includes; writer, award-winning director, producer, activist and advocate. She is profoundly moved by the horrors of human trafficking, and her mission is to raise awareness on this and other social issues through film, and encourages filmmakers […]

E327 Marcela Pinilla was born in Bogota, Columbia and began touring the world as a performing artist and musician at a young age. She’s speaks several languages and is a music and voice teacher. She’s also a medical interpreter.  She’s having her second baby and has been dealing with Hyperemesis Graviadarum – extreme morning sickness, […]

E326 August Dannehl is a US Navy Veteran, chef, and filmmaker. He’s also head of production at We Are The Mighty, a veteran-led media agency producing content for military families. After 9-11 he wanted to be of service to his country, becoming a Naval Nuclear Reactor Electrician. He was born into a show biz family […]

E325 Adriana Trigiani is a New York Times best-selling author, television writer, documentarian, producer, director and playwright. Her most recent novel, “The Good Left Undone,” is a gorgeous, sweeping, multi-generational love (and war) story. We talk about writing, creativity, stretching beyond comfort zones, familial bonds, our love of reading and why it’s important to keep […]

E324 Autumn Ruch is a filmmaker and she is currently working on a documentary called “Stop, Drop and Roll.” It documents the burning of her father and death of her aunt during a family cookout and how her family is the origin story of the phrase nearly all of us have heard, all over the […]

E323 Dov Baron returns and goes into more detail about emotional source codes, how we identify ourselves and why we are drawn to particular groups or ideologies. We also discuss the time he fell of a mountain, the emotional and physical trauma that ensued, the miracle he experienced, and how it was a turning point […]

David Richman’s sister died of brain cancer and he wrote a book called “Cycle of Lives: 15 People’s Stories, 5,000 Miles, and a Journey Through the Emotional Chaos of Cancer.” He interviewed those whose lives had also been irrevocably changed by cancer, either as patients, survivors, loved ones, or caregivers. David is also an ultra-marathoner, […]