The Lean to the Left Podcast

Kim Sorrelle and her husband Richard were happily married, successful in business, and parents of terrific kids. Then one day it all fell apart. First, Kim was diagnosed with breast cancer, but four months later the doctors told Richard that he had pancreatic cancer, and within six weeks, he was gone. Kim is our guest on the Lean to the Left podcast, where she tells her story with great sensitivit...

Healthcare seems to be getting more and more complicated. In fact, sometimes it’s as though we, as patients, must do our own research to make sure what our doctor is recommending is the right approach. Should that be? Do we have the tools to do that? We’re going to talk about that with Harry Glorikian, a global business expert, healthcare entrepreneur, podcaster and author. Glorikian is a General...

On April 16, 2009, Kim Hamer watched her 44-yr-old husband take his last breath. During his illness and after his death, she was amazed by the helpful ways their coworkers, bosses, friends, and family supported them. Kim started calling their kind actions "acts of love".After the death of her husband, Kim, an HR leader, noticed how little guidance leaders received when navigating cancer, health cr...

Ernest Carson, the Democratic candidate for the South Carolina House of Representatives, District 68, is a man of long experience who brings fresh approaches to solving the problems that affect our communities."Wake up, Everybody" is his campaign slogan, and he means it. He says it's the duty of all citizens to serve their communities, and that's why he's stepping up to seek election to the SC Hou...

Alan Hesse is a climate biologist living in Ecuador, and he's now focusing much of his work on educating young people about climate change. A writer and illustrator. Alan's creation, Captain Polo is working to preserve the future of our earth for our youth, The generations who will be increasingly impacted by climate change for years to come. Captain Polo is a polar bear that was introduced in nov...

In February 2020, attorney Joseph Fawbush wrote a piece for Findlaw.com entitled “Good News! People Think Lawyers Have an Average Amount of Integrity Now.”Just average? It's an old cliche. We often deride lawyers, often calling them "ambulance chasers," and it's no wonder given the seemingly never ending plethora of ads for law firms promising big payoffs if you're in an accident or are mistreated...

Ryan Thompson, Democratic candidate for State House of Representatives, District 106, kicked off his election campaign celebrating his 22nd birthday, on July 6, 2022 in Myrtle Beach, SC.He's our guest on this special South Carolina Elections Edition of the Lean to the Left podcast, and during our conversation is candid about the challenges and the uphill battle he's facing, demonstrating a "never...

Meet Dan Balmer. He’s a self-proclaimed “racist in recovery,” who once hid behind the comfortable claim that he was “not racist.”Then, one day he had an epiphany and posted this on TikTok:"Hi, my name is Dan and I'm a racist. I have been in recovery for 30-plus years. Would anyone else like to share?"Now Dan is doing what he can to help others understand what racism really is and how they can over...

Political pundits Bob Gatty, South Carolina; Robert Thompson, Georgia; and Arthur Hill, North Carolina talk about gains Democrats are making as Republican candidates sputter, including those hand-picked by Trump. Will some red seats turn blue in those states, shocking as that may seem? Arthur is communications chair of the Brunswick County, North Carolina, Democratic party. He and I both worked in...

Ever wonder what it would be like to work at a job where you would actually be helping the environment and fighting climate change? That’s our topic on the Lean to the Left podcast. Our guest is Joseph Gelfer, founder of Ecotopian Careers, a company that helps people become part of the solution to climate change, instead of part of the problem – while at work. Ecotopian Careers helps people who wa...

Hey guys, welcome. Our guest today is another podcaster…Alex Wait…he’s a lot younger than me (of course most people are)…but he’s dedicated his show to giving people who are different from him a platform to be heard. Alex describes himself as a straight white guy with a lot to learn. And that’s the reason he launched Epics Podcast and is helping people tell their stories. I love this idea. In fact...

Hate speech. Divisive rhetoric. Insurrection. Today Americans are divided, perhaps more than ever...at least since the civil war. But how did the country get this way? In The Second Civil War: A citizens’ guide to healing our fractured nation, bestselling author Peter Montoya dissects how fear-based messaging and highly accessible technology have resulted in what he says is the early stages of a s...

Spencer Bishins, a former Social Security Administration attorney, says administrative law judges often are "incentivized" to decline disability claims in order to keep the agency's "pay rate" low resulting in only about 50 percent of disability requests being approved. On the Lean to the Left podcast, Bishins reveals the common practices used by the agency to discourage approval of disability cla...

With us today is Dr. John DeGarmo, leading expert in foster care and parenting, and director of The Foster Care Institute. Dr. DeGarmo conducts seminars across the world on foster care, child sex trafficking, adoption, and child welfare related issues. He also is author of several books, including The Foster Care Survival Guide, Keeping Foster Children Safe Online, and Fostering Love: One Foster P...

Today we’re with Kyle Roedler. He’s a father of two baby girls, a husband and a dog owner living in Atlanta, GA.And he’s determined to push the government to create a safe learning environment for children. It is unacceptable, he says, that children should be endangered when they go to school, supposedly a haven of safety and learning. So, Kyle is taking action. He’s launched a new organization ca...

Something different today on the Lean to the Left podcast. No politics. No Trump or Republican bashing. Instead, we're going to learn how to make love, not war, and goodness knows, this country needs a lot more love. We're going to learn how to have "magical sex" and our instructor is a former Vietnam War fighter pilot who now coaches people on how to have a fulfilling sex life. In fact, Frank Wie...

Political Analyst Dr. Frank Sorrentino is with us today to discuss the FBI raid of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, from a historical perspective, and its potential political impact going forward. On the podcast, Dr. Sorrentino questions the seriousness of the FBI's investigation of classified documents taken to Mar-a-Lago by former President Donald Trump, saying that the Justice Department appea...

Many political pundits today predict that Democrats face a serious blood bath in the November Congressional elections, and that the party will be on the ropes for the foreseeable future. But nationally recognized political analyst Michael P. McDonald doesn't see it that way. Interviewed on the Lean to the Left podcast, McDonald suggests that because of several "crummy" Trump-endorsed candidates, D...

What if you could help the environment, help fight climate change, and make money on your investments at the same time? Our guest on the Lean to the Left podcast has launched a new investment company, Balanced Capital Investments, that lets you do just that, and it sounds like a real winner. Corey Noyes loves to run and hike in his home state of Utah, and while he’s doing that, he’s often thinking...

Host Bob Gatty and author/attorney Mark M. Bello once again explore issues involving child sex abuse in the Catholic Church. While that's been in the headlines for decades, author Tom Hogan's "The Empty Confessional" explores the issue in a unique way—the author goes inside the head of a young priest who has decided to become an avenger. From archaeological digs in Israel, to life in both Protesta...

Today we welcome Roger Canaff, an award winning legal thriller author whose writing is influenced by his experiences as a child protection and anti-violence against women advocate, legal expert, and speaker. He has devoted his legal career to the eradication of violence against women and children, first as a prosecutor in Alexandria, Virginia, then as a Special Victims ADA in the Bronx. Roger also...

Hey guys, thanks for joining us on Lean to the Left. Today we welcome Jason Merchey, author of a new book, “Wisdom: A very Valuable Virtue that Cannot be Bought.”If there is one thing we need today in this very divided country, it is leaders with the wisdom to find solutions for the good of our people, not leaders who stoke division and discord for their own political gains. But it goes beyond pol...

Today our guest is Terry Livingston, the founder of Grand Strand Pride, an LGBTQ+ rights organization located in the coastal area of South Carolina, an ultra conservative state. Terry and his team are fighting to protect the rights of those in the LGBT+ community, and they constantly face challenges from the Republican-controlled state legislature, having to beat back harmful proposals that threat...

Check out this episode of the Dixie Dems on The Lean to the Left Podcast, which is crashed by 'Marjorie," an impersonation of wacko Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene by Robert Thompson, who also hosts the Got Damn Liberals podcast. If you are confused by Thompson, who parrots MTG during the episode but also comments as the Democratic liberal that he is, you'll have an opportunity to get it all straight...

Could political fanaticism propel the U.S. into an authoritarian form of government as has occurred in other countries, including Nazi Germany? That's a possibility that should concern all Americans, regardless of political party, says novelist Tom Davis, a retired Operation Desert Storm commander who served as a key advisor to a Secretary of the Army and several Army Chiefs of Staff."The common t...