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Hey Human Podcast

Hey Human Podcast

Hey Human. I’m Susan Ruth. I have interesting, enlightening, in-depth conversations with people from all walks. Sometimes I agree with them, sometimes their point of view couldn’t be further from mine. The world expands and contracts in experience and conversation. I find people fascinating… every human has a story.

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1:13:03

Malcolm Christie: Let People Be Human

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2023/03/09

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 […]

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1:00:39

Peter Mehlman: Yada, Yada, Yada

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2023/03/02

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 […]

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55:02

Andie Zink: Above the Arctic Circle

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2023/02/23

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 […]

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47:59

Alex Robkin: Past, Present, Future

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2023/02/16

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 […]

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1:19:14

Daniel Hawkins: Out of the Darkness

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2023/02/09

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 […]

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38:34

Jeremy Lang: To Be A Good Ancestor

Hey Human Podcast ·

2023/02/02

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. […]

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1:10:06

Father Sebastiaan: A Sharp-toothed Man

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2023/01/26

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, […]

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49:08

Sheldon Epps: All of the People, Some of the Time

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2023/01/19

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 […]

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1:15:36

Dr. ALH Robkin: Seized Opportunities

Hey Human Podcast ·

2023/01/12

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, […]

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58:18

Greg Walter: A Criptid to Believe In

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2023/01/05

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 […]

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1:21:47

Laura Zam: 18 Buttons, 3 Years & Personal Power

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2022/12/15

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 […]

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1:11:02

Johnathan Pushkar: Artsy-Music-Digital Nomad

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2022/12/08

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 […]

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1:10:00

Dr. Timothy Shaw: On Doves’ Feet

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2022/12/01

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 […]

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45:52

Sahaj Sharda: Anti-Trust Fall

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2022/11/24

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, […]

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57:04

Bill Bentley: Blues Is Elemental

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2022/11/17

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 […]

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38:32

Manuel Cuevas: An Original Thread

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2022/11/10

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 […]

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53:34

Will Carter: The Need to Grieve

Hey Human Podcast ·

2022/11/03

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 […]

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1:17:02

Nader Hanna: Thoughts Are Like Birds

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2022/10/27

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

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Dr. Philip Nitschke: For The Right To Die

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2022/10/20

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 […]

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58:55

Karen Poppy: Go, and Keep Going

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2022/10/13

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 […]

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