To Hum is Human

In this milestone episode of To Hum is Human, I sit down with Ang Roell —beekeeper, educator, and co-leader of They Keep Bees , a 300-hive queen breeding and honey production operation dedicated to ethical beekeeping, biodiversity, and workforce development. Ang is a 2021 Grist 50 Fixer , a founding member of the Adaptive Bee Breeders Alliance , co-founder of the Northeast LGBTQ+ and BIPOC Beekeep...

Liz Chalfin is a practicing artist, master printmaker, and the founding director of Zea Mays Printmaking in Florence, Massachusetts—a community studio and internationally recognized research center dedicated to the safest and most sustainable printmaking practices available. For more than 45 years, she's helped transform the field through education, research, and advocacy, teaching artists ac...

In this episode of To Hum is Human , I sit down with Sherryla Diola , the founder and chef behind Ginger Love Cafe , to explore a journey that spans continents, cultures, and creative reinventions. Born and raised in Davao City in the Philippines, Sherryla spent a decade performing traditional Philippine dance around the world before eventually making her way to Western Massachusetts, where she fo...

In The Psychic Lawyer: Where Evidence Meets the Afterlife, I’m joined by Mark Anthony —also known as The Psychic Lawyer—a fourth-generation psychic medium, Oxford-educated attorney, bestselling author, psychic explorer, and afterlife researcher. Licensed to practice law before the United States Supreme Court, Mark has spent decades bridging the worlds of science, spirituality, logic, and intuition...

In this electric and deeply thoughtful conversation, I sit down with poet, visual artist, performer, and creative provocateur Todd Colby to explore the space where poetry, collage, music, performance, and public art collide. Todd is the author of seven books of poetry, including Brilliant Juice , and his visual work has been exhibited at venues including the Met Cloisters, White Columns, PULP Gall...

In this episode, I sit down with legendary guitarist, songwriter, producer, author, and Fanny co-founder June Millington for a powerful conversation about music, identity, resistance, and the sacred force of women making sound together. June shares stories from her childhood in the Philippines, the moment she first heard the sound of an acoustic guitar, and how music became a bridge into belonging...

In this episode, I sit down with artist and curator Dean Brown for a rich and grounding conversation about belonging, creativity, and the courage to share your voice. Dean is an artist and the Director of PULP , a contemporary art gallery in Holyoke, Massachusetts. His work spans sculpture, photography, and drawing, and has been exhibited nationally and reviewed in The New York Times , Art in Amer...

Love isn’t meant to be perfect—it’s meant to be real. In today’s episode, Our Perfect Us: Authenticity as the True Perfection in Love , I’m joined by Tamara Thompson , a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Reiki Master, hypnotherapist, and artist whose life is rooted in helping others return to their most authentic selves.  After experiencing profound loss, infidelity, and a life-changing turn...

What if the feelings you spent your life brushing off were actually guidance ? What if the things you called “too emotional” or “just spidey senses”… were your gift? In this episode, James O. Joseph —now known as The Unintentional Psychic and owner of the Phoenix Rising Synergy Center —opens up about his unexpected spiritual awakening and the years he spent resisting the path that was calling him....

What if listening could dissolve the idea of borders—not just between countries, but between inner and outer worlds? In this expansive and intimate conversation, I’m joined by Edo Mor —artist, curator, and co-creator of Secret Planet , a discovery-based music series that operates like a farm share for sound. You don’t select from a menu. You arrive with curiosity. You receive what is offered. You...

In this episode, I sit down with trans/non-binary multimedia artist Sunny Allis (they/them) about imagination as a vital, world-shaping force. Sunny is a prolific world-builder whose paintings, sculptures, puppetry, animations, and immersive environments center joy, community, and connection. Their conversation explores play as a form of resistance, art as a safe and expansive space for identity a...

In this episode, I’m joined by the luminous Amihan Jennifer Matias of Kapwa Racial Equity for a deeply grounding conversation on what it means to remember who we are together. Rooted and Rising: The Inner Work of Collective Liberation invites us into the Filipino concept of kapwa —a knowing that we belong to one another—and into the body as a living archive of ancestral memory, wisdom, and intuiti...

What if the simplest thing you can do— humming —is also one of the most powerful ways to come home to yourself? In this episode, I’m joined by Bradford Tilden of Crystal Music Healing , an international bestselling author, composer , classical pianist, angelic shaman, and master intuitive vibrational healer specializing in sound, crystals, gemstone healing, and Universal White Time Healing. Bradfo...

What if museums were more than places to look, but places to feel, question, and heal? In this episode, I sit down with Siddhartha Shah , John Wieland 1958 Director of the Mead Art Museum , for a rich and illuminating conversation about the evolving role of museums in our society. Before coming to Amherst, Siddhartha served as Curator of South Asian Art and Director of Education and Civic Engageme...

What if aging isn’t a decline, but an awakening? In this luminous conversation, I sit down with Sophy Burnham , author of 17 books and a trailblazer in spiritual and creative inquiry. From A Book of Angels —the cultural phenomenon that reshaped how we talk about the unseen—to her recent work, The Wonder and Happiness of Being Old , Sophy invites us to rethink intuition, creativity, love, and what...

What does it look like to take action in a way that’s embodied, intuitive, and true? In this episode, I’m joined by Matt Shamey —Director of Strategic Planning at Strive , yoga teacher, runner, and community-focused leader—for a grounded conversation about movement as a pathway to confidence, resilience, and connection. Raised in western Massachusetts, where he now lives, Matt teaches power vinyas...

In this episode, I sit down with Noelle Dean , owner of Connecting with Noelle. She is a licensed marriage and family therapist who followed an unexpected calling into intuitive mediumship. Our conversation explores the transformative power of intuition, the meaning of healing with honesty, and why integrity holds deep significance in spiritual work. Noelle opens her heart as she shares her own st...

What if the stories we read as children could help us truly see ourselves and others in a new light?  In this heartfelt conversation, I sit down with Grace Lin , the award-winning author and illustrator behind Where the Mountain Meets the Moon , A Big Mooncake for Little Star , and so many other beloved works. Her accolades include a Newbery Honor , Caldecott Honor , the Children’s Literature Lega...

In this episode, we explore a powerful question: What if food could be more than just something we consume? What if it could become a tool for justice, a daily act of love, and a catalyst for systemic change?  If you’ve ever reached for Honest Tea, enjoyed PLNT Burger, or followed the rise of Beyond Meat, you’ve already encountered Seth Goldman’s vision. Seth is the Co-Founder of Honest Tea , Just...

What if your money wasn’t just numbers on a screen, but a mirror of your values, your stories, and your dreams? In this new episode of To Hum is Human, I sit down with Lou Davis , Financial Planner & Advisor at Davis Financial Group , for a powerful conversation. We explore the money stories we inherit from our families, culture, and lived experiences, and how those narratives shape the way we...

In this episode, I speak with Shannon Mitchell of Shannon Mitchell Wellness , a folk herbalist, intuitive medium, writer, and contributing author of The Intuitive Entrepreneur: Deeper Connections for Soul-Driven Success with Deb DeCelle. 🌸 We explore the art of folk herbalism, the rhythm of seasonal living, and the sacred relationships we build with plants. Shannon shares her journey of listening...

In this episode, we dive into the healing frequencies woven between sound, curiosity, and connection. I’m joined by musician, educator, and sound therapist Lacey Lewis , whose journey began as a curious child entranced by vibration, and evolved into a transformative career supporting students at the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Together, we explore what happens when we shift f...

In this episode, we step into one of the most sacred thresholds of the human experience. I’m joined by birth and death doula, spiritual entrepreneur, Reiki Master Teacher, gifted psychic medium, and space-holder LéVonta White , also known as L.N. White of Lighthouse Effect, LLC , for a conversation that gently unpacks what it means to arrive, to depart, and to honor everything in between. Together...

What happens when directing becomes an act of deep listening—where structure meets intuition, and storytelling becomes a form of connection and healing? In this episode, I speak with Daniel Elihu Kramer , an award-winning director, writer, filmmaker, and educator whose work bridges art, leadership, and community. Daniel served as Producing Artistic Director of Chester Theatre Company from 2015 to...

What if a wall could do more than hold paint—what if it could hold a heartbeat? In this new episode of 'To Hum is Human,' I sit down with Britt Ruhe , Executive Director of Commonwealth Murals , to discuss how public art serves as a vessel for connection, identity, and memory. Britt shares how her family legacy led her into community art and why empowering local voices is essential to tr...