Episodes

E354 Cheryl Holtzman has the coolest jobs and I want to follow her around. Not only is she a big cat wrangler (and general animal wrangler), and is on tv and film sets with creatures great and small, making sure all is going well, she’s also in special effects production, which is how I met […]

E353 Mark Lester’s life sounds like a movie; from being raised by communists, to aiding indigenous rebels, to making blockbuster movies (including; Commando with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Stephen King’s Firestarter with Drew Barrymore, and the cult classic Class of 1984). We discuss communism, fireballs, Freedom of Speech, feuds, filmmaking, rebellion and more. For more information and […]

E352 Malcolm Christie was raised by a loving single mom but still experienced family violence and emotional upheaval. He was determined to not let the negative define him. As he navigated school, he came up against bad teachers, sports injuries, and criticisms that motivated him to prove any doubters wrong. He’s a champion for the […]

E351 Peter Mehlman is a producer, actor, author (“It Won’t Always Be This Great,” “#measwell, a Novel,” “Mandela Was Late”), and TV writer. He’s responsible for memorable Seinfeld utterances like, “shrinkage,” “double-dipping,” “yada yada yada” and “sponge-worthy,” to name a few. The former sports-journalist cut his teeth with Howard Cosell and has written observations about […]

E350 Andie Zink has spent more than a decade above the Arctic Circle living among indigenous Alaskans as a school counselor, coach, advocate and educator. She’s the 2019 ASCA School Counselor of the Year. We discuss the villages she has lived in, daily life and traditions that date back thousands of years. If you would […]

E349 Alex Robkin is back on the show to talk about his sobriety from heroin (check out our conversation 2018, Episode #91), and his life as an expat in Japan. We chat past, future, daily routines, cultural differences, his newest round of poetry, and catch up on life, in general. I’m a proud aunt for […]

E348 Daniel Hawkins is an exceptional visual artist and musician. In 2017, he built a fully functioning 50-foot solar-powered lighthouse in the Mojave Desert after an extraordinary experience compelled him. I met him at a show in LA featuring his Desert Lighthouse documentary, and artists who have paid homage to the the incredible structure. The […]

E347 Jeremy Lang is a material scientist, environmental consultant and the founder and VP of Sustainability of Pela. After seeing plastic litter on a beach, Jeremy was inspired to create the world’s first compostable plant-based phone case. He founded Pela and is working to eliminate billions of pounds of waste from the global waste stream. […]

E346 Father Sebastiaan is a vampyre, master fangsmith, author and impresario of the Endless Night Vampire Ball. His story is an adventure around the world. We talk Vampire/Vampyre culture, Anne Rice, the birth of the literary vampire, the importance of LARPs, his Sabretooth children, vampire tv shows, movies and more! For more information and links, […]

E345 Sheldon Epps is a renowned television and theatre director, author (“My Own Directions: A Black Man’s Journey in the American Theatre”), and was the long-time Artistic Director of the famed Pasadena Playhouse in California. He’s currently the executive producer and directs episodes for the hit Netflix show, The Upshaws (and he’s directed a bunch […]

E344 Dr. ALH (Nan) Robkin is an artist, illustrator, editor, poet, retired classics professor and museum archeologist. She’s also Susan’s mom. We discuss psychotic first husbands, WWII, family antics, missed and taken opportunities, life overseas, Susan’s lifelong appreciation of the human form, disappearing children, bomb scares, historic moments, and more! For more information and links, […]

E343 Greg Walter is a research historian, author of “The Ridgewalkers: When Legend Becomes an Encounter” and “Ridgewalkers: In Two Worlds.” He’s a Sasquatch enthusiast, U.S. Coast Guard and Merchant Marine Veteran. He experienced what he believes is a Bigfoot encounter and shares that story, along with other Cryptid lore, some interesting historical facts about […]

E342: Laura is an award-winning writer, TEDx Speaker, certified relationship coach, certified trauma professional, sexuality educator, and author of her best-selling memoir THE PLEASURE PLAN. Laura is currently working on a pilot about her own experience with surviving sexual trauma. She’s also the daughter of a Holocaust survivor – her mother was in two concentration […]

E341 Johnathan Pushkar is the content creator of MiniSuperHeroesToday merging Marvel, DC, and StarWars with Lego on his social media platforms to the delight of hundreds of thousands of fans worldwide and he’s a LEGO Ambassador Network Member to boot. He’s also a musician and songwriter with a penchant for Beatles-era sounds and songs. He’s […]

E340 Dr. Timothy Shaw is a philosopher who studies moral injury and religion. He is the director of the Australian think tank, Great Philosophical Problems. Their mission is to “provide unifying definition for the construct of Moral Injury to address suicide in veteran and wider civilian populations.” We discuss the philosophical and real-world ramification of […]

E339 Sahaj Sharda is an anti-monopoly activist, Ivy League law student, a college pricing critic, and the author of the upcoming book “The College Cartel.” We discuss current lawsuits aimed at several of the nation’s top colleges, admission practices and scandals, rationing the amount of college seats and education provided, price gouging, collusion, high-pressure testing, […]

E338 Bill Bentley has been in the trenches of the music industry for decades. Writer, archivist, music historian, A&R and PR. He’s been the Senior VP of Warner Bros and music editor of LA Weekly. He’s also the co-founder of Water Brothers Films. Neil Young, Eric Clapton, Lou Reed and Elvis Costello have all worked […]

E337 Manuel Cuevas is an award-winning, one-of-a-kind couture designer. Raised in Mexico, he moved to Los Angeles in 1951 and was soon designing clothes for the Rat Pack, Bob Hope, going on to create for Johnny Cash, Elvis, countless film and tv shows, movie stars, athletes, presidents and rock stars. He designed the beloved insignias […]

E336 Will Carter‘s wife was diagnosed with cancer, which made him start to think about some things. He began studying as a Conscious Dying End-of-Life coach and Sacred Passage End-of-Life Doula. He’s also a lawyer and musician. We discuss his journey, social history, social justice and systems, his passions in life (and death) and what […]

E335 Nader Hanna is a magician, mentalist, hypnotist and theologian. He studied to live a monastic life but had a change of direction along the way. We discuss Coptic Orthodox Christians, Egypt, the history of Mentalism, hyper-hypnotic states and more! For more information and links, please visit: HeyHumanpodcast.com

E334 Dr. Nitschke became the first doctor in the world to administer a legal, lethal voluntary injection. He is the founder of Exit International, a foundation that believes “it is a fundamental human right for every adult of sound mind, to be able to plan for the end of their life in a way that […]

E333 Karen Poppy is a poet, a lawyer, and an activist. She is also non-binary. She’s most recently had a poem and interview published in Ms. Magazine, and her upcoming first full-length poetry book, “Diving at the Lip of the Water,” will be published in 2023 by Beltway Editions. We discuss the creative process, literary […]

E332 Dr. Maurice Robkin is a scientist and engineer. He’s also the author of the Margaret book series (about a governess turned kick-ass pirate). He’s currently working on his seventh and final book in Margaret’s adventures! He also happens to be my dad. We chat about the edge of the Universe, time, physics, writing, love […]

E331 Joel Green is founder of Pro Level Training and the Nat’l Dir. of Nike Sports Camps. He’s an educator, speaker and author of the book, “Filtering; The Way to Extract Strength From Struggle.” We discuss his childhood, growing up in Philadelphia in a tight-knit faith-based family, and the violence he experienced first-hand. How tragedy […]