E101 – Professor human Dr. Deidre Hill Butler talks about the impact the Nashville flood had on the community of Bordeaux, Afrofuturism, cultural heroes, finding joy in the midst of despair and much more. She is an Associate Professor of Continue reading →

E100 – Susan Ruth’s parents are humans Nan and Maurice share stories of their lives. Nuclear engineering, Physics, Archeology, writing, Radon, Pearl Harbor, Robert Heinlein, Capers and Hijinx, Marines, Navy boats, Hollywood High, Coca-cola cockroaches and other tales. It’s the Continue reading →

E99 – Sexual assault survivor advocate humans Cameron Clark and Sarah Orton, from the Sexual Assault Center in Nashville, Tennessee, are the Clinical Training Program Coordinator and Advocacy Service Coordinator, respectively. We discuss their responsibilities at the SAC and Continue reading →

E98 – Home intruder attack survivor human Larry Goad stared down the barrel of a gun. Strung out on a cocktail of depression and substances, the intruder pointed Larry’s own weapon at him and fired. What happened next is an Continue reading →

E97 – Enneagram specialist human Ramona Reid is a practitioner at (and co-owner of) the Nashville Center for Alternative Therapy. Having studied the Enneagram modality for the past six years, she uses the system to help people understand themselves and Continue reading →

E96 – AI expert and Roboticist human Dr. Ayanna Howard is the School Chair for Interactive Computing at Georgia Institute of Technology. Her work in Artificial Intelligence and robotics has earned her far more accolades than can fit in a Continue reading →

E95 – Gun collector human Drew Smith is an enthusiast who grew up in a simpler time when it wasn’t so strange for a young person to spend their free time with a fishing pole in one hand and a Continue reading →

E94 – Trans icon and author human Kate Bornstein is also a playwright, performance artist and gender theorist. Assigned male at birth, Kate received gender reassignment surgery in 1986. Joining the Church of Scientology (becoming a high ranking lieutenant in Continue reading →

E93 – Broadway rising star human Wade McCollum is a multi-faceted and multi-talented man. He’s a stage and screen actor, director and composer. He’s award winning, deeply philosophical, gracious and funny. His works earns rave reviews and his charisma is Continue reading →

E92 – Poetess and philanthropist human Yashi Brown is the daughter of Rebbie Jackson (and a member of the famed musical Jackson family), Yashi began taking her poetry very seriously in her teens, then more significantly by her early twenties Continue reading →