E229 Eric Jones was on his way to classes on September 11th, 2001, when he saw a fireball erupting from the direction of the Pentagon. He didn’t hesitate. As a volunteer firefighter and EMS, he knew he had skills that would be useful, and for the next few days he pulled survivors and then bodies […]

E228 DPT and Executive Coach human, Roland Cochrun, has been at the top of his game several times over. An admitted over-achiever and perfectionist, it took a lot of soul searching for him to realize continuing at such a break-neck pace would be unsustainable and cost him greatly. Now he helps other people to realize […]

E227 Award-winning photographer, world traveler and author human, Robbie Quinn, has collected his captivating and vibrant images of the people he meets on his daily adventures for his upcoming book, “Street Unicorns.” He says, “I call them all Street Unicorns, bold expressionists of style. Not measured by the extent of being unconventional, but by the […]

E226 Physician, clown, social activist and author human, Dr. Patch Adams, founded the Gesundheit! Institute in 1971 and has been tirelessly traveling the globe to raise awareness and money to complete his vision for the institute. His ultimate dream for this facility, which is located in rural West Virginia, is for it to be a […]

E225 Astrophysicist human, Dr. Erin Macdonald, refers to herself as a “tattooed Scottish-American Slytherin N7 Rebel from Starfleet Academy.” She’s an educator (find her on Twitch and YouTube — “Dr. Erin Explains the Universe”), voice actor, and she hosts a Star Trek Sunday Brunch where she discusses the show with someone who’s watching it for […]

E224 Human Mark Islam is an associate producer for The Amazing Race and he’s one of my most favorite people on the planet. He’s a performing-songwriter who has hosted many songwriter events with his famous friends (and their famous friends) to raise tens of thousands of dollars for charity. He’s everybody’s favorite plus one and […]

E223 David Greenberger has been listening to elderly and disabled people tell their stories, share their thoughts, and dream their dreams, his whole life. Sometimes the word-bursts came in non sequitur, sometimes as a memory so vivid, it was like David had stepped back in time and experienced it first-hand with its storyteller. He knew […]

E222 Anonymous Police Officer human is a retired SWAT negotiator, law enforcement deputy, and police training director. He gives his perspective on police brutality, police unions, BLM, protests, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, No-knock warrants and he also touched on his experience as a hostage negotiator.  For more information and links, please visit: HeyHumanpodcast.com

E221 Muslim American, playwright, actor human, Amir Abdullah chats about his experiences with racism and Islamophobia, Shakespeare and the theatre, his tight knit family, activism, and the places he finds solace and understanding about himself and the world at large. No stranger to television, film and stage, some of Amir’s credits include, Empire and Chicago […]

E220 Hypnotherapist and past-life regression therapist human Lisa Machenberg is an instructor at the Hypnosis Motivation Institute in Tarzana, California, where she teaches medical hypnosis, crisis intervention, hypnotic regression, defense mechanisms, and ethics & law. Her hypnotherapy practice includes, fertility, pain management, fears and phobia elimination and habit control. You may have seen Lisa on […]