Hey Human Podcast

E345 Sheldon Epps is a renowned television and theatre director, author (“My Own Directions: A Black Man’s Journey in the American Theatre”), and was the long-time Artistic Director of the famed Pasadena Playhouse in California. He’s currently the executive producer and directs episodes for the hit Netflix show, The Upshaws (and he’s directed a bunch […]

E344 Dr. ALH (Nan) Robkin is an artist, illustrator, editor, poet, retired classics professor and museum archeologist. She’s also Susan’s mom. We discuss psychotic first husbands, WWII, family antics, missed and taken opportunities, life overseas, Susan’s lifelong appreciation of the human form, disappearing children, bomb scares, historic moments, and more! For more information and links, […]

E343 Greg Walter is a research historian, author of “The Ridgewalkers: When Legend Becomes an Encounter” and “Ridgewalkers: In Two Worlds.” He’s a Sasquatch enthusiast, U.S. Coast Guard and Merchant Marine Veteran. He experienced what he believes is a Bigfoot encounter and shares that story, along with other Cryptid lore, some interesting historical facts about […]

E342: Laura is an award-winning writer, TEDx Speaker, certified relationship coach, certified trauma professional, sexuality educator, and author of her best-selling memoir THE PLEASURE PLAN. Laura is currently working on a pilot about her own experience with surviving sexual trauma.  She’s also the daughter of a Holocaust survivor – her mother was in two concentration […]

E341 Johnathan Pushkar is the content creator of MiniSuperHeroesToday merging Marvel, DC, and StarWars with Lego on his social media platforms to the delight of hundreds of thousands of fans worldwide and he’s a LEGO Ambassador Network Member to boot. He’s also a musician and songwriter with a penchant for Beatles-era sounds and songs. He’s […]

E340 Dr. Timothy Shaw is a philosopher who studies moral injury and religion. He is the director of the Australian think tank, Great Philosophical Problems. Their mission is to “provide unifying definition for the construct of Moral Injury to address suicide in veteran and wider civilian populations.” We discuss the philosophical and real-world ramification of […]

E339 Sahaj Sharda is an anti-monopoly activist, Ivy League law student, a college pricing critic, and the author of the upcoming book “The College Cartel.” We discuss current lawsuits aimed at several of the nation’s top colleges, admission practices and scandals, rationing the amount of college seats and education provided, price gouging, collusion, high-pressure testing, […]

E338 Bill Bentley has been in the trenches of the music industry for decades. Writer, archivist, music historian, A&R and PR. He’s been the Senior VP of Warner Bros and music editor of LA Weekly.  He’s also the co-founder of Water Brothers Films. Neil Young, Eric Clapton, Lou Reed and Elvis Costello have all worked […]

E337 Manuel Cuevas is an award-winning, one-of-a-kind couture designer. Raised in Mexico, he moved to Los Angeles in 1951 and was soon designing clothes for the Rat Pack, Bob Hope, going on to create for Johnny Cash, Elvis, countless film and tv shows, movie stars, athletes, presidents and rock stars. He designed the beloved insignias […]

E336 Will Carter‘s wife was diagnosed with cancer, which made him start to think about some things. He began studying as a Conscious Dying End-of-Life coach and Sacred Passage End-of-Life Doula. He’s also a lawyer and musician. We discuss his journey, social history, social justice and systems, his passions in life (and death) and what […]