Hey Human Podcast

David Richman’s sister died of brain cancer and he wrote a book called “Cycle of Lives: 15 People’s Stories, 5,000 Miles, and a Journey Through the Emotional Chaos of Cancer.” He interviewed those whose lives had also been irrevocably changed by cancer, either as patients, survivors, loved ones, or caregivers. David is also an ultra-marathoner, […]

E321 Tiensirin is an Akashic Records practitioner and a second-generation intuitive. She’s also an award-winning photographer. We discuss Karma, self-sabotage, doubt, suffering, conditioning, motivation, and more. For more information and links, please visit: HeyHumanpodcast.com

E320 Rachel Rettman returns! As a holistic health practitioner, consciousness explorer, and former opiate addict, Rachel journeyed into the plant medicine of Ayahuasca for her transformative power, along with other entheogens. We discuss her spiritual and health practices, as well as shadow and light work, finding one’s inner voice, and what it was like navigating […]

E319 Bo Roberts, in his time, was the youngest newspaper editor, University of Tennessee Vice President, TN Governor’s Chief of Staff, and president of the 1982 World’s Fair (Knoxville, TN). Bo began his journalism career in the Air Force and has since chronicled some of the nation’s most tumultuous events. We discuss WWII, Dr. King’s […]

E318 Doug Jackson built the SV Seeker, a 74′ steel origami hull, junk-rigged, cargo, motorsailer, in his front yard, from scratch, with the help from volunteers from all over the planet. He’s been a computer programmer and a teacher. He built a submarine with a buddy. He came from a strict, limiting, religious background but […]

E317 Rachel Rettman has one of the most interesting stories. She’s the child of a bitter divorce, was taken from sleep to a “wilderness therapy” camp and subsequent “behavioral therapy” boarding school, became addicted to opiates, became a master Pilates instructor, became a holistic medicine practitioner, and a hypnotist, and she’s just getting started. We […]

316 Bill Persky is a five-time Emmy-winning writer, producer, and director. From The Dick Van Dyke Show, to That Girl (which he co-created), to Kate and Allie and Who’s the Boss, Persky is a tv legend. At 90, he’s still going strong, and he’s currently working on a new project about generations and their history. […]

E315 Victoria Lily Shaffer is the founder of Pup Culture Rescue. She’s an animal welfare advocate and the author of Pup Culture: Stories, Tips, and the Importance of Adopting a Dog. Along with her team and volunteers, she rescues homeless, mistreated, and overlooked animals both locally and internationally. Pupculturerescue.org is devoted to providing proper medical […]

E314 Dedrick Warmack returns to discuss Reconstruction, WWI, The Red Summer, WWII, economics, Civil Rights, economic rights, The Rainbow Coalition, poverty, abortion, education, Queen Victoria and her grandchildren’s wars, who built America, and so much more! For more information and links, please visit: HeyHumanpodcast.com

E313 Sara Schiller is co-founder of Sloomoo Institute, an interactive playground of slime “celebrating joy through sensory play.”  She’s the co-founder of Wooster Collective, a website that showcases and celebrates ephemeral art from around the world. She’s a mom of two daughters (one has Angelman’s Syndrome), and in 2015 her husband, Marc, suffered two near-deadly […]

E312 Cooper Shaw is a dialect and performance coach, writer, award-winning actor, playwright, and director. She got her start with Chicago’s Second City Conservatory Program and her MFA in Acting from The Actor’s Studio Drama School in NYC. She was my dialect coach at The Second City (LA) and she’s wickedly smart and funny. There […]

E311 Dedrick Wormack grew up in Chicago, a kid with great potential: smart, savvy, and godly. Navigating the bonds of family, corruption, gang life, church, and tragedy, he watched as the determined and deliberate destruction of the neighborhoods he loved through the open-air drug markets. Now, he’s an author (Unrest in an Eagle’s Nest), social […]

E310 John Lefebvre was arrested, for the second time in his life, for co-founding and operating a business that was dealing in billions of dollars between online gamblers and Internet bookies and casinos. Over night, he went from being a very, very rich man, to being sentenced to, and serving time in, prison (his crime […]

E309 Dr. Jonathan Flint, FRS, is a British behavior geneticist and psychiatrist, and Professor in Residence in the Dept. of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA. He is co-director of the UCLA Depression Grand Challenge, working to “cut the burden of depression in half by 2050.” Depression is a global health crisis, with a staggering […]

E308 Buck Angel is a porn actor, producer, and documentarian.  He tours the world speaking about human sexuality. A trans man, he has strong opinions about what that means, and is adamant in his position against young people irrevocably transitioning. As a result, he has drawn the ire of others in the LGBTQ+ community (and […]

E307 Les Stapleton is the Mayor of Prestonsburg, KY. He is a retired KY State Patrol and former undercover narcotics officer, a former MMA fighter (winning 9 of 11 bouts). He’s interviewed serial killers, busted drug rings, been shot at, stabbed, and has studied interview and interrogation (he knows how to spot a liar) at […]

E306 Mara Adelman is a physician’s assistant, sexologist, and co-host of the soon-to-launch podcast; Are We There Yet. She assists patients and clients with their health and wellness – body, mind, heart, and soul. We discuss sex, education, wellness, sick parents, siblings, fear, communication, PTSD and more! For more information and links, please visit: HeyHumanpodcast.com

E305 Justin Perry is Mr. 17540.  The world learned of Justin when he was featured on How to With John Wilson, and from a now-infamous TikTok featuring Justin and an adult Amish man, Mervin, whom was led to believe Justin was a teen girl looking for a hookup. Justin ensnares child predators, meeting them, confronting […]

304 Mike Errico is a recording artist, educator (teaching songwriting at Yale, Wesleyan, the New School, and NYU’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music), journalist, and author. His book; “Music, Lyrics, and Life: A Field Guide for the Advancing Songwriter,“ is in its second printing.  He was recently on the show Billions, and has had […]

E303 A. Laura Brody is a costumer, sculptor, curator, educator, arts activist and founder/curator of Opulent Mobility, a world-wide and inclusive art exhibit that re-imagines disability and mobility. Working primarily from reclaimed materials, her artworks “touch on visible and invisible disability, feminism, emotional labor, mental health, and sustainability.” She’s also my cousin-in-law! For more information […]