All episodes
Building Community Resilience w/ Townley Saye
2026 Christmas Jam Anouncement w/ Mari McCurdy
The Father Effect: Personal Experience and Professional Passion w/ Jordan Heberlien
Talking Libraries w/ Julia Parsons
Impacting Your Local Community with Front Porch Captains Matt Plummer & Faith Chin
Positive Child Interactions
What's in the News? California Budget, Diapers and the Importance of "One Small Thing"
From AI to Hopeville: Why Rural Literacy Is Still a Human Story
Early Literacy + AI Hot Takes on Rural Literacy!
Episode 1: Our Literacy Story — Journeys That Shaped Us
Celebrating the Strength of Small Communities with First 5 Modoc and AmeriCorps
Advocacy Series: Inside Shasta Head Start — The Heart of Northern CA’s Early Learning! ❤️👶
Advocacy and Awareness for Children and Families: A focus on Rural Head Start Impact
Week of the Young Child in the North State: The What and Why We Celebrate!!
Reflecting on a Year of Impact: First 5 Shasta & First 5 Tehama with Data-Driven Insights
First 5 Fall Favs!
Celebrating Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Our Own Champion
Celebrating National Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Awareness Month
Tips on Water Safety and Norcal Water Play Spots for Families
MashUp Series - Episode 1: The Best of our Home Visiting Conversations
Utilizing holidays to promote social emotional development (Valentines Day Edition)
Quality Counts in the North State! ft. Alexis Duffy
TOP TEN with Wendy & Heidi: Why Literacy?
#ChampionChat - Hiking Humboldt Kids w/ Mary Ann Hansen of F5 Humboldt
#ChampionChat - Perinatal & Post-partum support with Anna Bauer of F5 Butte County
Post-Partum Depression Chat with Morgan Vazquez (Part2) #championchat
Post-Partum Depression Chat with Morgan Vazquez (Part1) #championchat
#ChampionChat: Understanding your child's development
#ChampionChat: BIG feelings & how to deal
#ChampionChat - A mental health conversation with Wendy & Heidi
#ChampionChat: 40 Developmental Assets with Susan Wilson
#ChampionChat - Why is modeling so important?
#ChampionChat - What is kindergarten readiness?
Book Walk: Hope Rising - A conversation with the Author: Dr. Chan Hellman
National #ChampionChat: Dr. Chan Hellman on the Science of Hope
Training and Coaching Chat with Tamarra Barrett-Osborne 2/2 - Book Walkthrough
Training and Coaching Chat with Tamarra Barrett-Osborne 1/2
Champion Chat with Julie Kurtz (trauma, play, and the in-between)
Book Walk: The Deepest Well (Discussion)
Book Walk: The Deepest Well - Intro
Home Visiting 4: Tarrah Selland of Northern Valley Catholic Social Service & TAPP Teen Svcs
Champion Chat with Pamela Newman of North State Parent Magazine
Updates on Early Childhood Education with Renee Menefee
Home Visiting 3: Nurse Family Partnership
Champion Chat with Erika Jones
Home Visiting 2: Michelle Schmidt
Home Visiting - 1
What is Bright by Text? featuring Jackie Scott
Rural vs. Urban: A conversation with Anne Schulte from Chico State
Fatherhood Series 6/6: Brian Cole
Fatherhood Series 5/6: Kenneth Cho
Fatherhood Series 4/6: Doug Woodworth
Fatherhood Series 3/6: Joe Chimenti
Fatherhood Series 2/6: Jake Mangas
Fatherhood Series 1/6: Kevin O'Rourke
The state of Education
First 5 Mendocino Resources
Who is your Champion? With special guest Mike Freeman part 2
Who is your Champion? With special guest Mike Freeman
A Local Families NICU Journey and Of Course Literacy part 2
A Local Families NICU Journey and Of Course Literacy
Balance Matters-for Parents, Teachers, Children and you!
Special Edition Featuring Family Table Talks: Oral Health
Early and Middle Literacy Matters!
Special Edition Featuring Family Table Talks: ACEs
Special Edition Featuring Family Table Talks: Self-care
Special Edition Featuring Family Table Talks: 5 Protective Factors
Special Edition Featuring Family Table Talks: Help Me Grow
Special Edition Featuring Family Table Talks: Homeless
Rowell Family Empowerment
Emotional Literacy-what is it and why it matters
Physical Development Benefits: With special guest Rebecca Hoerber
So why Talk Read Sing?
But what is trauma informed anyway?
Developmental Milestones: Why WE SHOULD, and how WE CAN better understand and recognize them in our youngest children.
Special edition podcast: Intro to family table talks with Jenifer Torres
Early Education- the foundation for life long success
Special Edition: Nature Meditation for adults and children
Connecting School Attendance and ACES
Transitions-Big, Little, Yearly, Daily-impact our emotions, our learning, and how we go through the world
Learning Through Failing Motherhood
The Importance of Stress Relief: How Social Connection contributes to Stress Busting
The Importance of Stress Relief: How Nature contributes to Stress Busting
The Importance of Stress Relief: How Sleep contributes to Stress Busting
The Importance of Stress Relief: How Mental Health Care contributes to Stress Busting
The importance of Stress Relief: How Mindfulness Practices contributes to Stress Busting
The importance of Stress Relief: How Nutrition contributes to Stress Busting
The importance of Stress Relief: How Physical Activity contributes to Stress Busting
The importance of Stress Relief: Intro to the Stress Buster Wheel
Focused on Father's: Kevin O'Rorke's Fatherhood Journey
Focused on Fathers: Jake Mangas's Fatherhood Journey
Resources in the NorthState part two
Early Childhood expert doesn't mean motherhood expert: a visit from Tamarra Osborne mother and WestEd Center for Child Families Project Director
Early Childhood expert doesn't mean motherhood expert: a visit from Loreina Santana mother and Special Ed Programs Director Tehama County
Early childhood does not mean motherhood expert: a deeper dive into Wendy and Heidi's motherhood journeys
Creating a local business culture that promotes families and business outcomes together
Did you say math and babies- I mean toddlers- I mean preschoolers? OF COURSE we did!
How to celebrate a child
Center for Mind Body Medicine
Getting Ready for Week of the Young Child by Recognizing Our Champions for NorCal Kids