Fill To Capacity (Where Heart, Grit and Irreverent Humor Collide)

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She rises at 3:00 AM, lifts a copper pail filled with river water, and begins to walk. What follows is not activism, performance, or protest. It is prayer.

Anishinaabe Elder and Water Walker Mary Anne Caibaiosai shares a way of seeing the world that is both ancient and urgently needed. Walking rivers at dawn—singing, praying, and carrying water home—she reminds us that healing begins with relationship: to the earth, to our ancestors, and to ourselves.

This is a story about devotion in an age of distraction. About keeping your eyes forward when the world feels fractured and loud. About remembering who you are when everything around you is trying to make you forget.

You may never look at a river—or your own reflection—the same way again.

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Who were the American women who traveled to the ancient land of Modern Persia? Not diplomats. Not adventurers. Nurses. They built hospitals, opened the first nursing schools in the country, and gave women a professional path that would change the course of their lives.

Dr. Lydia Wytenbroek has spent years in the archives recovering this forgotten history. What she found will surprise you.

This is not a simple story of heroism. It's not a simple story of imperialism either. It's messier than that. More human than that. And right now — given everything happening in the world — it might be exactly the story we need.

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What lies beneath isn’t just wreckage—it’s memory, pressure, and silence that refuses to disappear.
 In this haunting conversation, underwater photographer Anastasia Schmuck takes us into a world few will ever see—where war rests on the ocean floor, where wrecks become living ecosystems, and every dive demands skill, trust, and respect.
 This isn’t just exploration. It’s confrontation—with history, with risk, and with ourselves.

Anastasia Schmuck

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Caught in a swirl of news, noise, and what-ifs — this episode won't tell you what to think. It will remind you what's yours.

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What if the fears you can't explain, the patterns you can't break, and the people you can't forget...aren't from this lifetime?

In this gripping conversation, Bobby Sullivan—spiritual intuitive and past life regression practitioner with thousands of sessions— opens the door to the idea that our lives may be part of something much larger. Fears, relationships, even unexplained physical reactions—could they be echoes from somewhere before?

You’ll hear what actually happens in a past life regression—straight, no fluff—and  how unresolved experiences can surface as patterns in our lives today. Bobby talks about why some people stay stuck in pain while others break through it, and what this idea of “earth school” might be asking of us.

And here’s the shift: this isn’t just about revisiting pain. It can be about reclaiming something—your confidence, your strength, the part of you that knows exactly who you are.   This episode just might change the way you see everything.

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What if birding isn’t really about birds at all? In this zany yet deeply insightful episode, Sharon Stiteler—aka Birdchick—talks about attention, wonder, backyard drama, and why noticing the world around you might be one of the sanest things you can do right now. 

Funny, sharp, and gloriously unpretentious, Sharon brings birds down from the lofty branches and into real life: city balconies, neighborhood walks, pandemic survival, mental health, hawks, house sparrows, herons, native plants, and even the smell of birds. Yes, really. 

This one is playful, surprising, and sneakily profound—a conversation about what we gain when we slow down, look up, and listen.

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In this compelling episode, we go back—to when radio wasn’t just technology- it was connection. A lifeline during the Great Depression. A steady presence through war. A shared experience that bound a country together.

And now? As legacy media shrink, local news weakens, and trusted public voices grow harder to find, we ask a bigger question: What are we losing—and who’s preserving what matters?

Rebecca Toov, Collections Archivist at the University of Minnesota lives inside the past—sorting, saving, and bringing forward the voices that shaped us.

From reel-to-reel recordings buried seven stories underground… to a powerful moment when radio stepped in during a time of crisis… to the raw force of hearing people speak in their own voices—

This conversation reminds us: history isn’t silent… unless we let it be. Because the need never went away. People still want to listen.  And maybe now more than ever, we need to remember how.

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Writer and activist Amy Friedman believes stories can change how we see each other. Through All-American Story, immigrants and first- and second-generation Americans share their lived experiences through writing, music, performance, and art — raw, real, and deeply human. 

At a moment when immigration gets reduced to headlines and arguments, these voices bring us back to the only question that matters: what does it mean to belong in America?

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What if comedy isn’t just punchlines — but leverage?

Lynn Harris, founder & CEO of GOLD Comedy didn’t wait for a seat at the table. She redesigned the room.

In this explosively insightful conversation, Lynn pulls back the curtain on gatekeeping, the myth of “confidence,” and why comedy is one of the most powerful delivery systems for culture, access, and who society learns to listen to — in ways policy papers and protests alone cannot reach.

 We trace the long arc of women in comedy, dig into the economics of creative work, and ask why “women’s comedy” is still treated like a category instead of just… comedy.

The real issue was never women finding their voice. It’s whether the world is ready to hear it.  Sharp. Funny. Deeply revealing. This one hits.

If you’ve ever wondered who holds the mic — and why it matters — this conversation is for you.

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What happens when a lifelong psychic begins to lose memory — but not intuition? 

Nationally recognized psychic and teacher Echo Bodine reflects on life after an Alzheimer's diagnosis — and what it means to trust intuition, presence, and surrender as memory changes. 

She talks about the relief of finally understanding what was happening, the unexpected gift of living one day at a time, and how vulnerability has brought her closer to people. Echo shares what an "Alzheimer's day" feels like, why she refuses to let fear spiral, and why intuition — not memory — feels most reliable now. 

We also talk about staying grounded in difficult times, fighting the dark with light, and listening for the steady voice inside when everything else feels uncertain. This is a conversation about presence, courage, and what remains when certainty falls away.

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