Sheriff Charles Blackwood of Orange County NC came to discuss the systematic improvements that he has experienced over his long career. Sheriff Blackwood shared the differences between a cold release - simply letting an individual go back into the same atmosphere that may have produced crime - and a better system that surrounds an individual with counseling and support with a potential job that could assist him or her into a better environment and better chance at a more positive experience in life.

Composting Trash...Saves money, makes money and enriches our good earth. Who knew? Rhonda Sherman, Director of the NC State University Compost Learning Lab and world renown expert in composting discusses how composting is now done in individual homes & businesses.

While poorly conceived human trash continues to destroy our earth's soil, water and resources, seeking new ways to begin processes of transforming the damage done is what we all can do.

Is it a crisis - Immigration - or is it normal American experience. Ambassador Michael Cotter (retired) and I discussed the many of the details underneath our Immigration crisis that both political parties seem reticent to even bring up.  

 But what about everything else underneath that our political leaders need to be discussing and dealing with? From the history of Immigration to present, we discuss current challenges.

Great Grandson of W.K. Kellogg, Randy Mapes patiently shared with me LIVE his family's famous history of Battles, contentiousness and the legacy of benevolence that influences his life today from his Grandfather Ralph Kellogg.

Randy's patience was on clear evidence in this LIVE interview with me, as I struggled with engineering challenges (while interviewing him). He flawlessly stayed right with me, telling the beautiful stories of his own work to help Veterans in need with medical assistance.

Our Good Earth & Not So Good Earth series (Part II) continued with Dan Schnitzer, Director of Sustainability for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) in North Carolina.

Dan first defined "sustainability" from multiple perspectives - to include a deep analysis & consider of our human sustainability on our earth w/ waste products in the past, and how to better sustain our earth in the future by producing, using, & composting human waste - as opposed to dumping waste into landfills and water systems.

Season 7 begins with a look at The Good Earth. The Not So Good Earth - examining ways we can transform the damage humans have done for lack of knowing how to better care for our earth.

Alexis Besosa presented an innovative program called "Creation Care" to reduce landfill waste and transform "trash" into compostable material. Surprisingly, these programs are saving money and diminishing landfill trash by large percentages (80%+).

Completing June's "The Best of Congressional Representation" with my interview of Graig Meyer (D) of North Carolina's District 50.  Representative Meyer spoke about his large and diverse geographic area of constituency - covering both farming areas and the metropolitan population of Durham. He discussed contemporary issues facing both political perspectives, detailing his approach and leadership objectives.

Representative Amos Quick, III (D) of North Carolina spoke about the status of the redistricting in NC as our state waits for the Supreme Court to decide whether they will hear a full appeal from NC's GOP of the re-drawn district lines. He further discussed NC's challenges in education, detailing his goals for improvements.

Discussing the need to bolster our NC Law Enforcement, he detailed his legislation to support "whistle blowers" within our police departments - protecting them from retaliation.

Patrick Morgan and Val Cesanelli discuss the ways in which they assist clients in family & criminal law.  They described how they listen in detail to the needs of their clients, taking into account the "big" picture perspective of the dispute, considering all possible options to address the problem. Their holistic approach to assisting clients embodies the best of legal representation for individuals seeking a holistic consideration of justice.

North Carolina Representative Verla Insko (D) began our discussion with the news of Theresa May's (Prime Minister of England) resignation and the influence of Russian meddling on the Brexit conflict that likely forced May from office.  She continued to highlight the European elections that have also seen divisions stimulated by far right influence. She recounted the poor re-districting practices of the 1950's & 1960's by Democrats broke norms that led to these same practices made worse by the Republicans.