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Christina Marz shares her experience treating pandemic anxiety with horse guided empowerment.  Christina is a systemic family counselor, certified trauma specialist and the founder of Horse Guided Empowerment, a method for holistic therapy with a herd of horses. She teaches the method all over the world and has certified practitioners in Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. Christina lives with her three homeschooled sons and a herd of horses in Cotacachi Ecuador and while she focuses on spreading her method, she also works with underprivileged families in individual therapy. 

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Paul Rogers, award winning environmental journalist, will join us and share stories about his experiences as an environmental journalist and science writer. Paul writes about energy, water policy, environmental justice, parks and other environmental issues. He was a member of the Mercury News Pulitzer Prize winning team that covered the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1990. His most recent article is about the Great American Outdoors Act.   The act would provide nearly a billion dollars for outdoor recreation, land acquisition and most importantly to address the multi-billion dollar maintenance backlog on federal lands. Environmental Journalist, Paul Rogers is one of the few journalist fighting for environmental justice.  He writes for the San Jose Mercury News.  San Jose is the largest city in the bay area of California.

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Yosemite Ranger, Shelton Johnson, shares his stories as a Buffalo Soldier re-enactor.  In addition, Shelton will talk about his experience hosting Oprah Winfrey and a group of her friends on their first camping experience at Yosemite.  Shelton's experience as a four year old standing in the Bavarian Alps planted the seed leading to him becoming a ranger.   He talks about his historical novel, Gloryland, which tells the story of Buffalo Soldier Elijah Yancy.  Shelton Johnson starred in the Ken Burns docu-series on National Parks.  As a result,  he is arguably the National Park Service's most famous ranger.  Yosemite Ranger Shelton Johnson is a master storyteller.  Get his book Gloryland, here.

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Our new trailer highlights up coming podcasts.  We interview Yosemite Ranger and Buffalo Soldier Re-enactor, Shelton Johnson.  Shelton was featured on the Ken Burns documentary on National Parks.  Next up will be award winning environmental journalist, Paul Rogers.  Later in August former National Park Service director Jon Jarvis and his daughter will join us to tell stories about their adventurers.  Give a listen to our new trailer and learn more about the podcast.

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Host Don Murphy and his co-host Anna Murphy explore stories about policing and American racism. They also tackle the confederate flag problem.   Joining Don on the podcast are former California State Park Ranger Peace Officers, Steve Treanor and Rich Rojas.  Steve and Rich share their stories as police officers highlighting the differences between police officers as guardians versus warriors.  They describe the need for police reform.  Don concludes with a story of how policing and American racism came together and almost ended his life.

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On this Father's Day remembrance, host Don Murphy and his co-host daughter, Anna reminisce and share stories about their father daughter adventures.  From the time she was a seven years old Anna helped her father with constructions projects and the two of them often went shopping together.  Anna even invited her father to help shop for her prom dress, which began a life long adventure of father/daughter shopping.  Don also shares a story of taking Anna at age 4 months to the white mountains for a spiritual christening in the moonlight in front an ancient Bristle Cone Pine.  Finally, you will hear Don's take on what social and physical distancing has done to the very human practice of hugging.  Please join us for this Father's Day Remembrance.

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Alphonzo, known to his friends as Zo,  will share stories with us about directing giant entertainment personalties like Oprah Winfrey; and a life changing encounter with famed photographer and director, Gordon Parks.  Zo tells some personal anecdotal stories about Oprah and how a movie based on an Ian Fleming novel, no not James Bond, but Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, influenced his young life and set him on the path to become one of America’s leading African American Film makers.  This episode, like no other so far, reveals how storytelling is a fundamental reflection of who we are as human beings.

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Stories that my father told us as children could be both comical and terrifying.  However, the stories that fascinated me the most were true stories about the sun the moon and the stars.  I would often ask my father unending questions about the wonders that I saw all around me.  In the 1950's, long before Bill Nye the Science Guy or Neil deGrasse Tyson, my father seemed to have all the answers.  Years later I wondered how a country preacher could know so much about science.  In this episode I share how my father's answers to my questions led to a lifelong love of science.  And, in our second story I share how my Mother's love of Sunset Magazine led us on many adventures to Mexico.

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On June 1, over 50 countries will celebrate Children's Day.  We would like to honor our children with this special episode about the love between a girl and her puppy.  The story will be read in Spanish and English.  Our theme music will be played by two of Don Murphy's grandchildren, 10 year old Teigan on cello and 14 year old Eldridge on violin.  It will be an episode you will want to share with your children and grandchildren.

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After reading a biography of Vincent Van Gogh and learning of his unrequited love for one of his cousins, Kee Vos Stricker, our storyteller recalls the deep and painful love he had for one of his cousins that was revealed during a Tom Thumb Wedding.  In part two of the episode Don Murphy tells the story of Baby and Boo, two family friends who his parents help migrate from the piney woods of Louisiana to Southern California.  You will hear about the infamous Angola Penitentiary and dark tales of men losing their limbs in the saw mills.

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