Debbie talks to bestselling author Nicholas Christakis, MD, PhD, MPH, about the predictable phases of plagues and what this means for our current pandemic, about herd immunity and vaccines, about public health messaging and more. This special 55-minute episode of the podcast is fascinating.

Debbie talks to Jeff Hamaoui about transitions during this time of global transformation, messy middles (a real term), mindset management, and the pattern-interrupting power of physical retreats.

Island Women Speak, the popular multi-generational women's storytelling event that Debbie produces, could not take place this winter. In this short episode, Debbie invites three past performers onto the show to offer a taste of the intimacy and wisdom that the live audience has loved in the past.

Debbie talks to Deer Isle, Maine community leader Rene Colson Hudson about the pandemic fatigue or burnout many of us are feeling even as we are celebrating readily available vaccines.

Debbie talks with Maine’s Poet Laureate Stuart Kestenbaum about loss, love, life, creativity, and the importance of celebrating the ordinary moment.

Debbie and Sam talk about their recent five-day fast, how hard it was, the few pounds they lost, and how it reset their eating habits

Debbie talks with Encore's Marci Alboher and Aanchal Dhar about intergenerational collaboration and how it can address some of the biggest issues this country is facing right now.

Debbie talks with longtime friend and veteran political consultant Diane Feldman about the political divide in the U.S., why polarization is not new, and why polling no longer works the way it did.

Debbie talks to activist and author Ashton Applewhite about ageism, why we need to combat it, and how the pandemic has exposed our prejudices.

Debbie and Sam sit down to wrap up 2020. They talk about the vaccine and (what they thought was) the beginning of the end of COVID, all the TV programs they watched, and more.