Jason Prokowiew: Living in Response

E473 Victoria Salisbury is a retired elementary school teacher who decided she wanted some adventure and went to live in Antarctica, in service to the US Arctic Program. She called it the experience of a lifetime. It inspired her new children’s book, The Selfish Skua’s Supper, and changed her forever. For more information and links, […]

E472 Jason Prokowiew is the author of “War Boy’s: A Father and Son Memoir,” about his Belarusian father’s adoption by the Nazis, after they murdered his family. You can imagine what kind of trauma his father dealt with and how it was passed down to his own family, years later. A heartfelt conversation about resilience […]

E471 Charles Douglas is a political activist and strategist. He’s the executive director and co-creator of Common Power, a Seattle-based organization that fosters multigenerational and diverse groups of volunteers that work across differences to amplify democracy, encouraging people to interact with politics in new ways. For more information and links, please visit: HeyHumanpodcast.com

E470 Sadie Dingfelder is a journalist and author of the memoir “Do I Know You.” She was born with an extremely rare combination of fascinating neurodivergence, including Severely Deficient Autobiographical Memory, Faceblindness, Aphantasia, Stereoblindness, and Topographical agnosia. For more information and links, please visit: HeyHumanpodcast.com

E469 Caleb Gilbert is the president of White Glove Protection Group. He’s spent over two decades in executive protection and his expertise spans 51 countries and nearly every region of the US. He’s protected A-List celebrities, ultra-high-net-worth individuals, and led Fortune 200 corporate protection teams. We discuss training, vigilance, Butler, Kirk, what it takes to be […]

E468 Ungė Zavistauskaitė is most well-known for hosting the travel show Kitokios Trobos (Different Huts). Born and raised in Lithuania, she attended Russian State University of Cinematography, and has appeared in several TV series and film. She recently moved to Los Angeles and is full-throttle exploring her life’s new adventure! For more information and links, […]

E467 Donovan McAbee, PhD., teaches Religion and the Arts at Belmont University, where he explores theology and the arts through literature and writing. He’s also a songwriter, essayist, and poet. His upcoming collection, Holy the Body, was named by Garden & Gun as one of this year’s most anticipated books. For more information and links, […]

E466 Wendy B. Correa is the author of the best-selling memoir, My Pretty Baby. It chronicles her journey from childhood trauma through spiritual practices, music industry encounters, and sobriety. She’s a former radio personality, was Hunter S. Thompson’s personal assistant, and hung out with Joni Mitchell. For more information and links, please visit: HeyHumanpodcast.com

E465 Sirous Esmailzadeh is Iranian-American who was detained in Iran after his passport was confiscated. He was smuggled out of Iran and was trying to find safe harbor back to the states and through a series of events, ended up imprisoned in a notorious Pakistani prison. He recounts the harrowing ordeal and his bittersweet return […]

E464 Michael Trapani is a master storyteller, historian, playwright, voice and stage actor, podcaster (How to Start a War) and author of the Audible exclusive, “How to Start a War,” a gripping blend of narrative storytelling and dramatized scenes and characters, it feels like a Golden Age radio drama. Far from a dry history lesson, […]