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Percussionist Brad Dutz doesn't just play drums, marimba and vibraphone. He plays pots, pans, artillery shells, saw blades and cookie tins. Brad has collected hundreds or traditional and non-traditional instruments at his Percussion Ranch in Kelso, WA and he's busy playing and recording his work every day.

Cheri Carandanis's career as a nurse came to a screeching halt in 2019 after a car accident left her with a traumatic brain injury. The cognitive and physical disabilities that resulted left her unable to do her life's work. 

"I could not trust my brain," she recalls. "And so I, I retired my license, and that was tough."

How would she recover? How would she move forward? During her rehab, one doctor suggested she get a coloring book.

"So I did, and I hated it. It was horrible. I ripped up the book. And I think I was just in that moment, like, you are handing me a coloring book and like, literally, you're telling me this is my life now?"

But then she watched a YouTube video of a woman painting on a large canvas. "I'm like, she's painting her feelings. She's not painting a house. She's not painting a bird. She's not painting the ocean. She's painting her feelings, and my intuition kicked in, and it was like, you need to do that."

Six years later, Cheri's paintings are magnificent and selling for thousands of dollars. She's living a life she never imagined. Check out our inspiring conversation!

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A lifelong curiosity about how things work led John Kamal to earn a master's degree in mechanical engineering, which led to Career #1 as an aerospace engineer, Career #2 as a supply chain software innovator and Career #3 as a public school teacher. And then, there's the accordion.

John's creativity has been written in all these venues and it's still going strong. Hear about his invention that showed up in the movie The Martian and his thoughts on teaching STEM in American public schools at a time when homegrown talent in science and technology is sorely needed.

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As a young man in the east African nation of Rwanda, Cedric Muhikira was interested in construction and went to college to become a civil engineer. But he knew that to reach the pinnacle of success in that field, he had to study and practice in the United States. He emigrated in 2019, just in time for the COVID pandemic. And while his growth as an American was put on hold during that time, things blossomed for Cedric in 2021. He is now a civil engineer for a consulting firm supervising the proper use of construction materials. He is also back in school getting a degree in concete technology. As the number 2 building material in the world second only to water, concrete is a $600 billion industry. He hopes one day to take his expertise back to his home country.

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Amobi Miracle Moses Eche wants to be an engineer when he grows up. But right now, he's a prolific author at age 13, having written his third novel, The Busted Tire. With the solid support of his mother, Moses is a middle school honor student with lots of ideas to write about. He's written two short children's books followed by The Busted Tire, a story about a man who loses his way in life, finds drugs and violence, then turns to God for redemption. Moses counts as his first inspiration his pastor. His church is a big part of his life.

I spoke with Moses and his mom in this episode of Type. Tune. Tint. because I admire his commitment to writing and self-publishing. Let's keep an eye on this young man!

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Forty years after the city of Philadelphia bombed a home in an eviction that went off the rails and killed all 11 people inside, there is still interest in the story as evidenced by a number of developments in 2025. Tom Kranz, who covered the story at the scene on May 13, 1985 and wrote a book about it, reports on another book in the works by a university professor, a middle-school project on the rights of the MOVE children and an adaptation of the MOVE story for an episode of a prime time TV series.

Tom's book, Liveshot: Journalistic Heroism in Philadelphia

Link to the episode of FBI: MOST WANTED on CBS/Paramount

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Jacob Moon spent 28 years as a corrections officer in one of Florida's huge county jails. Much of that time was spent supervising psychiatric inmates. So, it's not surprising that the villain of his latest novel, Letter 26, is a psychopathic serial killer who augments kidnapping and murder with mortuary skills. 

Jake's love of writing came early in life and began with short stories about all kinds of subjects, some of which were published. Today, he is enjoying the freedom to write novels and has three to his name. Letter 26 is an engrossing crime story that just one a Maxy Award for suspense/horror, a contest for self-published authors named for a little girl who died of the rare congenital disease Lissencephaly.

Jake and I talk about writing, inspiration and mental illness in the prison system in this episode of Type. Tune. Tint.

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You have to remind yourself that Samantha Ulrich is only 20 years old. With more than 39,000 YouTube subscribers, a new book explaining how to score YouTube success and a nascent clothing line, she has achieved what other entrepreneurs work at for a lifetime. She is a 10-year veteran YouTuber since she started at age 10 posting videos featuring her Barbie dolls.

Now, as Samantha Zazz, her website, zazzifyit.com, promotes her books and her YouTube coaching business. For a monthly or yearly fee, you too can learn the basics of making viral videos that earn money. Her parents have been supportive since the beginning. Today, her mom helps her with photography and sewing. They are a tight family unit.

Have a look/listen to my conversation with Samantha and maybe learn a thing or two about making your mark on YouTube!

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The 6,000 residents of the Moon habitat known as the Daedalus Dome are under attack by a mysterious hacker. Their waste management system has shut down, a ship has blown up killing a thousand citizens and the atmosphere processor is red-lining threatening the entire population with suffocation.

Once again, the Earth-based Planetary Commission turns to Enrico Janice Walton Stein, known globally as Chairman Rick, for his leadership and bravery that twice helped save them. This time, his partner is his 10-year-old daughter, an android named Peach, whose skills navigating the cyber cloud lead her to the hacker. 

Rick, Peach and Moon cop Jenna McNamara embark on a three-thousand-mile trek to find the hacker and stop the AI that is carrying out a deadly mission of revenge.

Hack Rescue: Chasing a Cyber Killer, is the third and final book in the Earth-Moon Trilogy that began with Time Travel Rescue and followed by Moon Rescue.

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Lisa Michaud, an American expat now living in France, is enjoying the sweet spot where music and writing intersect. She has published her second novel, Somewhere in Hollywood, a semi-autobiographical story of a young woman navigating life and love in Los Angeles. Like her protagonist, Lisa marches to the tunes of many drummers, guitarists and singers with an eclectic taste in music and an insightful writing style. Music may well be in her genes as evidenced by a quirky 1968 album featuring her entire family and pianist Chick Corea before he became one of the most celebrated jazz musicians of our time. Lisa has engaging stories and gives a peek into the creativity that has defined her life. Listen or watch this episode of Type. Tune. Tint.

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We Are the Levitts (album referenced above)

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