Welcome to Hope Is My Middle Name, the podcast where Kate Tucker interviews everyday Americans doing big daring things to make the world a little better. Hope can be complicated these days, and hearing their stories reminds us that we too can make a difference, wherever we are. 

Join us for a new season of Hope Is My Middle Name, every Tuesday now through December. 

New to Hope? Start with "John Christian Phifer: Finding Life in Death with Natural Burial" season 2, episode 1 on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube. 

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Hosted and executive produced by Kate Tucker, Hope Is My Middle Name is a podcast by Consensus Digital Media in collaboration with Reasonable Volume. 

Special thanks to the following Hope guests, featured in this season 4 trailer, in order of appearance:

• Kevin Berthia - Listening to Understand the Mental Health Crisis
• Dr. Theresa Hamlin - forthcoming Hope Is My Middle Name season 4
• Doug Naselroad - Building Instruments to Recover from Floods and Addiction in Appalachia 
• John Christian Phifer - Finding Life in Death with Natural Burial
• Jennifer Arnold - forthcoming Hope Is My Middle Name season 4
• Sergeant Kevin Briggs - Listening to Understand the Mental Health Crisis
• Maria Rush - forthcoming Hope Is My Middle Name season 4
• Sally Sears - Transforming a Toxic Wasteland into a Wildlife Haven