Everyday Superhumans

Over thirty years ago a disaster struck Armero, Colombia when a dormant volcano erupted. In its wake, a devastating mudslide plummeted down the mountainside and destroyed the Colombian town. The aftermath left thousands dead, buildings in ruin, and families separated. After the event, the Colombian government did its best to restore the lost city, and reunite the families torn apart. However, in the past few years it has been discovered that three hundred children who were presumed dead are not, and were allegedly given up for adoption, their records now missing. This is the story of one man's quest to reunite one of those children with his mother.

Jared Gossett is an Austin based entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is the owner of Gossett & Co, a local home builder, and Project Rise, a nonprofit dedicated to helping students in underserved communities empower themselves through entrepreneurship. Jared is now leading the project Finding Sergio. Finding Sergio\'s mission is to reunite the lost children of Armero with their surviving parents, beginning with uniting Maria Lucia with her missing son Sergio. In this episode Kyle and Charlie sit down with Jared and talk about the Armero tragedy, the radio story thatinspired Jared to take up the mission, and how uniting one woman\'s missing child will spark a grand reunion between the other parents who also lost their children on that tragic day.

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Opening & Transition Themes Themes - Take a Chance Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Closing Theme - "Door to Door" by Alex Allen

Emancipet is making spay/neuter and veterinary care affordable and accessible to all pet owners in Austin, Killeen, Houston, Pflugerville, and Philadelphia. Since 1999, the clinic has done over a quarter of a million spay/neuter procedures, over thirty-five surgeries are done a day, making the Emancipet veterinarians some of the best in their field.

In this episode, Charlie and Kyle speak with Ian Hallett, the Vice President of Emancipet's Central Texas branches, about the benefits of spay/neuter. How Emancipet helped the community during Hurricane Harvey. Along with the ultimate question on everybody\'s mind: are you a dog or cat person?

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Opening & Transition Themes Themes - Take a Chance Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Closing Theme - "Door to Door" by Alex Allen

There are two families everybody has in their life: the one they're born with and the ones they choose. Not everyone is fortunate enough to be born within a safe household, but we do have the choice to find a family that loves and protects us. Bikers Against Child Abuse (BACA) is the family for those less fortunate. BACA offers the support and protection that has always been ingrained within biker culture to children in need. Founded by a social worker and driven by bikers, BACA has empowered survivors of childhood abuse and shown them that they too can be strong and powerful to overcome the monsters in their life.

Charlie and Kyle chat with Rocksteady and The Kid of BACA Austin about empowering children through biker culture, and the many lives BACA has changed. Who knew that such badasses could be the biggest sweethearts?

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Music in this episode:

Opening & Transition Themes Themes - Take a Chance Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Closing Theme - "Door to Door" by Alex Allen

Are you ready for season 4 of Everyday Superhumans? We know we are! This time we're starting strong with a doctor's office that's revolutionizing HIV treatment right here in Austin, the Kind Clinic.

The Kind Clinic has made Austin a national hotspot for the future of sexual health and wellness. As a program of Texas Health Action, the Kind Clinic provides sexual health services including HIV treatment with PrEP and PEP access, STI testing and treatment, HIV testing, and gender affirming care to Central Texans in need. The clinic strives to provide sexual health services to all members of the LGBTQ community and allies, regardless of race, creed, gender expression, or sexual orientation.

In this episode Kyle and Charlie speak to Marcus Cruz Sanchez, the clinic\'s Director of Communications and Outreach. They chat about the current state of HIV treatment, sexual liberation and how the Kind Clinic is changing the future of LGBTQ+ medical centers.

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Opening & Transition Themes Themes - Take a Chance Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Closing Theme - "Door to Door" by Alex Allen

Every year nonprofits of Austin and the City of Austin team up to spread their good message to eager community members. From looking for a new companion at the Austin Animal Center, to higher education opportunities offered by Capital Idea, and even voter registration, the Austin Energy Community Connections Fair provides thousands of Austinites with great opportunities. 

In this episode of Everyday Superhumans, Kyle plays field reporter and shares his day at the fair with Charlie. From It's Time Texas, promoting exercise and an affordable healthy lifestyle, to Austin Energy's plan of making electric cars affordable for everyone, this episode is full of Superhumans. It's an assembly of Austin's very own Justice League underneath one roof.  

Nonprofits & City Programs in this Episode (in order of appearance)

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College is never easy. You're on your own for the first time, classes are tough and demanding, and you gotta deal with dorm food on top of it all. For Jamie Schanbaum college was made even more difficult. During her freshman year Jamie was diagnosed with meningococcal meningitis, a deadly flesh-eating bacteria that can kill a person in twenty-four hours. Despite this Jamie was able to fight the disease, but not without some major losses. Since she overcame the infection Jamie Schanbaum has been a major advocate for vaccines and started the JAMIE (Joint Advocacy of Meningococcal Information & Education) Group to educate the public.

In this episode of Everyday Superhumans Kyle & Charlie chat with Jamie Schanbaum about being a survivor, Jamie's time at the Paralympics, vaccines and how Jamie turned her experience into the JAMIE Group.

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Opening & Transition Themes Themes - Take a Chance Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Closing Theme - "Door to Door" by Alex Allen

Since 1988 Treefolks has been keeping Austin and Central Texas clean and green. For nearly 30 years the environmental nonprofit has maintained and restored the natural tree population of Central Texas. TreeFolk offers a variety of programs, from Neighborwoods, a program providing free trees for property owners, to education on the native trees of Central Texas, and classes on how to keep your own yard happy and healthy.

Kyle & Charlie chat with Thaïs Perkins, TreeFolks' executive director, about TreeFolks' humble origins to its growth of one of Austin\'s largest environmental nonprofits. They talk about TreeFolks' heroic efforts of restoring the native wildlife of Bastrop after the Bastrop wildfires of 2011, and Thaïs shares how you can get a free tree or two!

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Opening & Transition Themes Themes - Take a Chance Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Closing Theme - "Door to Door" by Alex Allen

Adoption Knowledge Affiliates is a place where adopted people, birth parents, adoptive parents and others are coming together to find a depth of understanding unimaginable before. Whether you’re seeking to form a family through adoption, seeking information about family members you have been disconnected from or just seeking knowledge about the lifelong issues in adoption, AKA provides helpful information through educational resources, on-going programs, and emotional support.

Charlie and Kyle sit down with Jason Ledlie and Jennifer Cochran-Green of Adoption Knowledge Affiliates. The four discuss a push to open closed records, open verse closed adoptions and how adoption has impacted their lives. This episode will make you have all the feels.

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Opening & Transition Themes Themes - Take a Chance Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Closing Theme - "Door to Door" by Alex Allen

Mitscoots Outfitters is an Austin based clothing company that helps outfit and employ the homeless. For every item that the clothing company sells online or in stores, they give an equal quality item to someone in need.

Charlie and Kyle sit down with, co-founder, Tim Scott, and chat about the definition of a social enterprise company and how to turn your passion project into a reality.

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Opening & Transition Themes Themes - Take a Chance Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Closing Theme - "Door to Door" by Alex Allen

Founded in 1951, We Are Blood has been providing blood donations to hospitals in Central Texas, and savings thousands of lives each year in the process. We Are Blood is most notably known for their mobile donation center program, which brings the blood donation center right to your door. The mobile donation center along with We Are Blood's three brick-and-mortar locations, ensure the bank can get all the blood needed to cover all of Central Texas.

In this episode Charlie and Kyle chat with We Are Blood\'s director of business development, Justine Garza, and their director of community engagement, Shaina Novotny. Justine and Shaina talk about We Are Blood\'s mission to provide enough blood to sustain the local hospitals, the differences between blood types, and how you can save a person's life in just fifteen minutes.

Some words you can impress your friends with featured this episode:

Phlebotomist - A person who makes an incision into the vein with a needle (pronounced "flow-bot-a-mist")

Apheresis Donation - The donation of your blood\'s plasma (pronounced "a-fara-sis")

Leukocytes / Leukocytes - The white blood cells (pronounced "luke-o-sites")

Anticoagulant - Blood thinners, used to prevent clotting (pronounced "anti-co-ag-u-lant")

Cryoprecipitate - Frozen product formed from plasma that contains mostly blood clotting agents (pronounced "cryo-per-sip-i-tit")

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Music in this episode:

Opening & Transition Themes Themes - Take a Chance Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Closing Theme - "Door to Door" by Alex Allen