As my co-host Spectre wraps up his victorious weekend of training, fundraising and participing as a member of the top-fundraising team, The MissFits 4 Life in the Warrior Dash, North Carolina, I'll be co-hosting the show with two special guests from the Real-Life Superhero community and original members/founders of the New York Initiative (as seen in the HBO documentary, Superheroes), Jack Zero and Zimmer Barnes. Also joining us is Zero's partner, M. Zimmer will be joining us all the way from Beijing, China where he has been Tsinghua University's Hacker in Residence since last August!

We’ll be discussing the digital age of vigilantism, our sister community of ‘Websleuths’ and how cyber research can be an invaluable skill to hone for any Real-Life Superhero team. Groundwork is not for everyone, so if you want to know how you can contribute to your community from home, and pick up some research tips and links to resources along the way, then listen in, call in, or join the live chat room on Tuesday, the 7th at 7PM PST.

We consider it a good sign when our shows run over their alloted time. Such was the case with last week's episode on how to work with your civic leaders. 

This week Rock invites her guest host, Impact, back to continue the conversation and to discuss more about the "grey man" concept for those who want to blend into the crowd while patrolling. Last week we were also joined via phone by former New York Initiative leader, Zero aka Jack Cero. Who knows who will join in this week? You'll just have to listen in to find out.

On this episode of HEROES 101, Rock welcomes this week's guest host and RLSH, "Impact" from Durham, NC. 

Our topic is a Real-Life Superhero-specific topic, but can also be applied to any non-RLSH who are interested in finding ways to serve their communities. 

We'll examine the possible reasons for the lack of RLSH who have established a connection with their local civic leaders (law enforcement, the mayor, soup-kitchen organizers, park and rec staff, etc.), and why, despite numbers in the thousands, only a handful have proper community emergency response training. We'll also provide tips to help establish a working relationship with your city. 

Also, updates on Project HOPE San Diego (July 23, 2016). 

We invite you to call in or join the chat room to add your two cents to the discussion.

Valentine's Day is not for everyone. 

Which one are you on -

Team Warm-and-Fuzzy or Team Love-Can-Bite-Me

??

We wanna know! 

Last week, our Hearts 101 episode was so full of healthy-heart related chat that we didn't really get to discuss ways to have a happy Valentine's Day (whether you love it or abhore it), so we've extended that discussion into its own episode and we promise, at the very least, to give you ideas and make you laugh. 

We're also inviting everyone to call in with their favorite dating stories, both good and bad, but we know which ones are more entertaining!! If you've ever had a date from hell, now is the time to unload that burden! It's a sort of therapy, really -- recounting your tales for all our listeners. Drs. Rock and Spectre are here for you. You'll feel lighter when you're through!

Call in, join us in the chat room or just listen in! 

Tuesday at 7PM PT/10PM ET

It's February and we're getting to the heart of the matter. 

(Sorry)

Recently, a family member of Rock's had a heart attack. He survived (thank goodness), but we've been talking about the heart ever since. What better time to share our healthy heart tips and CPR info? 

As a bonus, we've also got some kick-ass ideas for Valentine's Day, whether or not you've got a date! 

Join us this Tuesday and every Tuesday at 7PM PT/10PM ET!

2015 is over - and what a year it's been!

For our firstshow of the year, Heroes 101 Radio invites YOU, our listeners, to help us celebrate our favorite moments of the past year!

However, since we don't like to dwell only in the past, we're also discussing ways for helping everyone have a safer, happier, healthier new year. We'll be mining both our regular listeners and various members of both the Initiative Collective and the Real-Life Superhero community for tips and ideas.

We want your input! Listen, call, or follow along in the chat room and get your thoughts to us!

 

See you there!

Every now and then, HEROES 101 Radio cuts loose and lets its nerdy flag fly! This is one of those times. 

Following our way-too-short discussion of THE FORCE AWAKENS on this week's episode of Geek Pile Radio, we're continuing the conversation with Geek Pile's hosts, Biff and the Danimator on this week's episode of HEROES 101. 

You probably know by now that Spectre and Rock are two of the biggest Star Wars fans in the galaxy, but did you also know that their soundman extraordinaire, NightBug, is also a walking Star Wars version of Trivial Pursuit? Unlike his usual quiet self, he'll have plenty to add to the discussion this Tuesday night.

We're also honored to be joined by Alain Bloch, founder and head instructor of the Golden Gate Knights Lightsaber Academy in San Francisco. You've probably already seen Alain and some of the Knights in the news or on Anderson Cooper Live. If you're a true Star Wars fan, you've got to make it to one of the Lightsaber classes!

Join us as we highlight 3 years of awesome guests, great tips, and goofy fun! This week, members of the Washington Initiative branch will be joining us LIVE in the studio to add to the mayhem. Tune in at 7pm PST / 10 pm EST

This week, Rock and Spectre are joined by Tabitha, a subject matter expert on the environmental crisis known as fracking, to learn about what fracking is, how it could affect us all, and what we, as everyday citizens, can do to prevent it.

Tune in to learn how we can help keep our world a cleaner and safer place!

About this week's guest:

Tabitha Tripp, a life long Illinois resident, has been a tenacious volunteer and environmental advocate for the last four years. She became engaged in the fracking issue after learning about risks to water supplies and the devastation the industry causes to rural communities. 

She is a board member with the grassroots fracking organization SAFE, Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing our Environment. She is the founder of Shawnee Sentinels, a group formed with for the distinct need of training  citizens non violent direct action and civil disobedience to protect the communities near and around the Shawnee National Forest from extraction issues. Most recently she was elected as Co-chair of Heartwood Forest Council, a 17 state organization that protects the Eastern Hardwood forest. 

For fun, she is painter, poet, mom, and loves to cook. She lives in unincorporated Union County, IL with her two children and partner on a fourth generation family farm, where their only source of water is a deep well.

This week, Rock and Spectre are joined by the MissFits4Life team, a group of real-life superheroes and volunteers who raised $25,000 for charity this summer, took on and conquered the Warrior Dash in Tennessee, and delivered a very large check to some very brave kids!

We're joined by professional body-builder Miss Fit, Warrior Dash captain White Scorpion and a host of other team-mates, who will be sharing tales of training, fund-raising and, most of all, the amazing kids of the St Jude's Children's Hospital.