E287 Austin Antoine & Raul Herrera are from Get Lit – Words Ignite (founded by Diane Luby Lane), an arts-education non-profit “using poetry to increase literacy, empower youth and inspire communities.” Diane also founded the Get Lit Players, “an award-winning Continue reading →

E286 D.J. Vodicka has been called a “rat,” and “dead man walking” for exposing corruption at Salinas Valley State Prison. Sacrificing his career and risking his life, Vodicka, a decorated veteran officer, served in the Investigative Services Unit (a branch Continue reading →

E285 Sister Irene O’Neill has devoted her life to helping others. She’s the president of Sisters Rising Worldwide, a non-profit of 650,000 Sisters doing life-changing work in 190 countries, sharing ideas and strategies that solve the root causes of Continue reading →

E284 Human Scott Augenbaum is a cybercrime specialist, retired FBI supervisory special agent and former Crimes Against Children coordinator. He’s the author of “The Secret to Cybersecurity,” and spends his time helping to empower people against cyber attacks on their Continue reading →

E283 Human Ben Kutylo is executive director at ForwARd Arkansas, working to “accelerate the innovative and equitable transformation of education in Arkansas.” He’s worked with Chicago schools to help educators change the direction of learning. He’s also the co-founder Continue reading →

E282 Human Dr. Thomas Ousterhout, a psychologist, and member of the Association of Computing Machinery, writes about mental health for TheMighty.com and the “Conquer Your Mind” group, is the author of “The Matrix Has You,” and wrote his dissertation Continue reading →

E281 Human Andrea James is a consumer activist, writer, producer, filmmaker, “sexual radical,” and transgender pioneer. She began her career in advertising, has created award-winning websites and videos of trans-related and scholarly content, founded a production company and the Gender Continue reading →

E280 Human Dr. Mao is a 38th generation practitioner of Chinese medicine and is co-founder of Tao of Wellness and Yo San University, both award winning centers for health and Traditional Chinese Medicine graduate education, respectively. He’s the author of Continue reading →

E279 Human Vince DiPersio is a documentarian. His award-winning work in film and t.v. as an audio-visual storyteller has covered decades of events and humans, including; “The Last Days of Kennedy and King,” “The Big Question,” “People of Earth,” “Hate. Continue reading →

E278 Cameron Esposito is a standup comedian, activist, host and founder of Queery podcast, and author of her memoir “Save Yourself.” She grew up Catholic and studied theology. We discuss representation, comedy, religion, and cancel culture. Her standup special “Rape Continue reading →