Episodes

Sam Mitchell, a podcaster and owner of his own media company, is a successful teenager with autism. The creator and host of Autism Rocks and Rolls discusses his mission to change the perspective of autism and destigmatize the negativity that can surround this type of brain wiring.

Writer, storyteller and podcaster Izolda Trakhtenberg discusses how tarot cards can be used to build intuition, imagination, and storytelling skills. The Practical Tarot deck she created has been praised as a terrific tool to unlock intuition, help with focus, and improve personal growth.

Journalist and author Alisa Parenti discusses the case against Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and her historical fiction novel featuring the "Atomic Spies."

Podcast host, content creator, and creativity/life coach Urmi Raval discusses women in podcasting.

Award-winning documentary filmmaker George Siegal discusses natural disasters and their impact on us and the urgent need for those living in disaster-prone areas to build or fortify their homes to withstand the wrath of Mother Nature.

Emmy-winning composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist and conductor, Lucas Cantor, discusses the world of music and finishing Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony with artificial intelligence.

Professor and author Colin Dayan discusses her passion for dogs and how her relationship with animals has shaped her life and work.

Podcaster William Morgan, host of The Geek Gauntlet, discusses geek culture and all things fandom.

International lifestyle consultant Emily Bron discusses remote work, life as a digital nomad, and retiring abroad.

Writer and historian Marci Lynn McGuinness, the world expert on the Uniontown Speedway Board Track, discusses the evolution of motorsports and the daredevils who made it possible for us to go from carriage to automobile as an everyday mode of transportation.

Writers Jason Nave and Adrian Clark discuss the world of boxing and sports entertainment.

Motorsport journalist and screenwriter Michael James discusses the world of dirt bike racing and his new screenplay, which he describes as a “two-wheeled version of The Fast and Furious.”

Author Charlie Sheldon discusses his tales and adventures in the Pacific Northwest on this episode of The Curious Professor.

Screenwriter Cathryn Atkinson discusses her life and work as well as the challenges middle-aged women face in Hollywood on this episode of The Curious Professor.

Nurse practitioner and critical care consultant, Kali Dayton, discusses the life and work of an ICU nurse. Kali is the host of her own podcast, Walking Home from the ICU. Her mission is to humanize the ICU through improved practices in critical care medicine and bring greater honesty and awareness of the reality of sedation and immobility in the ICU.

Film producer Katie Leimkuehler discusses her documentary, Fresh Tracks, the incredible true story of her grandfather, Paul Leimkuehler, a pioneer of the adaptive ski movement.

Award-winning author Brian Finney discusses the intersection of culture, politics, and fiction.

Filmmaker Jeremy Norrie discusses the documentaries he’s made about Bigfoot, aliens, professional wrestling, MMA Fighting, and mindfulness meditation.

Author and film historian, Pam Munter, discusses misogyny in Hollywood and the cost of institutional social oppression on the careers of women in film.

Author and community advocate, Dan Garodnick, discusses his book, Saving Stuyvesant Town, the incredible true story of how one middle class community defeated the largest residential real estate deal in American history, and delivered New York City’s biggest-ever affordable housing preservation win.

Award-winning/optioned screenwriter Gabriell DeBear Paye discusses her screenplay, THE UNSELFISH GENE, based on the life and work of evolutionary biologist and scientific rebel Lynn Margulis.

Writer Anne Katherine discusses the 1903 camping trip when environmentalist John Muir and President Theodore Roosevelt spent three nights in the wilderness together and how it inspired the conservation movement in the United States.

Researcher Dr. Steven Shwartz discusses the robot apocalypse and other myths about artificial intelligence.

Soul Sister Paranormal founder, Dr. Kristy Sumner, discusses the art and science of historical paranormal investigations.