Episodes

E234 Human Melody Guy has survived enough for several lifetimes. From childhood sexual abuse to a kidnapping when she was in her late teens, to a traumatic brain injury from a transformer explosion (she’s even been sucker-punched in a bar fight). She’ll be the first to tell you life isn’t fair, but she’s also proud […]

E233 Body language and emotional intelligence expert and physician human, Dr. Jack Brown, works with negotiators, sales people, executives, politicians, tv and film directors, private clients and those who are simply looking to accurately interpret others’ body language, as well as to learn techniques to present one’s own nonverbal signals in a more nuanced way. […]

E232 Roman Catholic priest human, Father Mike, entered seminary as a young man and has devoted his life to the Church and his fellow humans. He believes in miracles and the Word and wishes some humans lived their lives as if they were already in Heaven (instead of saving good deeds, words and actions for […]

E231 Taylor Conley sat in a courtroom on Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 and heard the verdict. The jury had deliberated for 8 1/2 hours and declared Taylor guilty of aggravated murder, and first degree felony murder, in the death of Brian Swelah. Taylor was sentenced to life without possibility of parole. All these years later, […]

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 […]

E219 Mike Disa is an animator, writer and director and has animated some of the biggest Disney movies on the planet, including Tarzan, Mulan, Hercules, and Pocahontas. He was raised in a violent neighborhood in Chicago and by the time he made it to adulthood (a feat in itself) he’d already been “a thief, a […]

E218 Gary Dontzig is a multi-Emmy-winning television writer and producer (Murphy Brown), a screenwriter and actor, a vegan and a cancer survivor human. He’s written and produced for many hit shows, including Suddenly Susan, Becker, Hannah Montana and A Different World. His acting resume lists Laverne & Shirley, Logan’s Run, Chico and the Man, and […]

E217 Historian, songwriter and artist human, Elizabeth Elkins is keenly aware each step she takes is rooted in histories known and unknown and is determined to dig deep and expose what she can through written word and song. Her book, Hidden History of Music Row (co-authored with Vanessa Olivarez and Brian Allison) comes out on […]

E216 Bosnian refugee human, Enes Cerić, was born and raised in Jajce, Bosina, to a Muslim family. While he was in college, the unimaginable happened. The Bosnian war (Apr 6, 1992 – Dec 14, 1995) atrocities and genocide have been well-documented and to this day, thousands of people are still missing. Neighbors turned to enemies, […]

E215 Clairvoyant, medium, paranormal investigator, actor and celebrity impersonator human, Richard-Lael Lillard, has been outside of the “norm” since he was a little boy. He saw and heard things other people couldn’t. He knew things, secret things, and as he grew up, he realized that his “weird” was actually a gift and with his gift […]

E214 Transgender woman, playwright and advocate human, Jesse Robkin, was one of Hey Human® podcast’s first ever guests in 2016. Since then she has graduated from college, written a play (Austin’s Home) and continued with her transition. She has big plans and finally feels like she’s in a grounded place. The future is bright. For […]

E213 Educator human, Tony Green, has been teaching Social Studies and African American Studies at California’s Bishop O’Dowd school for over three decades. He’s seen a lot of this country’s turmoil. Why are we fighting against a shared human history that dates back to our collective First Mother, Mitochondrial Eve? We discuss the past, the […]

E212 Sex, love and relationship coach human, Aleah Rose, helps women, men, and couples who want to awaken and explore their intimacy and sexuality. Known as The Sexy Mystic, she incorporates a wide range of practices from conscious communication and intimacy coaching to incorporating elements of Sacred Kink, Tantra, Sacred plant medicine, and Sex Magic. […]

E211 Food, wine, art and design writer human, Argot Murelius, travels the world experiencing and writing about the world’s culinary and visual arts. She is the Executive Director of 12Forward, and profiles innovators and chefs for White Paper, the magazine tied to White Guide (Scandinavia’s premier restaurant guide). The daughter of a diplomat, her childhood […]

E210 Retired research scientist human, Chauncey Bowers, spends his days crafting and performing brilliant, surreal songs and hilarious, insightful Facebook posts. He’s a layered enchilada of Leonard Cohen, John Prine, Hunter S. Thompson and that quirky science professor you had, who you thought may have secretly discovered a doorway to another dimension. In this episode, […]