All Episodes

What Does It Take to Turn “Coming Soon” Into “Now Open”? My Guest: Colin Tarbert, CEO of Jacksonville's Downtown Investment Authority

What If We Built Cities Around People, Not Places- And What If Connection Is The Real Infrastructure? My Guest: Kady Yellow, Social Architect and Vice President of Placemaking and Events, Downtown Vision Inc.

Who Gets To Frame A Community’s Memory? My Guest: Adam Madrid, Filmmaker

Why Should We Care About the Stories Right Outside Our Front Door? My Guest: Brittany Cohill, Executive Director Mandarin Museum & Historical Society

What Happens When Three Different Paths Share the Same Direction? My Guest: Three Mikes on Mic Co-Hosts- Mike Hightower, Mike Miller & Mike Tolbert

What If A City’s Greatest Masterpiece Is Itself? My Guest: Diana Donovan, Executive Director of the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville

What If Your Phone Could Build A City? My Guest: Eric Dunn

What If Every Person Was a Work of Art Waiting to Be Understood? My Guest: Reese the Poet

Who Helps the People Who Protected Our Freedom? My Guest: Jonathan Richmond, Director of Mission United- United Way of Northeast Florida

What If We Judged Women’s Greatness Without A Different Lens? My Guest: Donna Orender

Is Artificial Intelligence the Greatest Opportunity or Greatest Risk of Our Time? My Guest: Angelina Grissom

How Does LOL Jax Turn Local Talent Into Community? My Guest: Monique Madrid, LOL Jax Film Festival, Filmmaker, Producer, Creative

How Do We Grow Jacksonville Without Leaving People Behind? My Guest: Jimmy Peluso, Jacksonville City Council

Are We Awake to the Needs Around Us? My Guest: Colleen Rodriguez, CEO of LJD Jewish Family & Community Services

What Happens When We Stop Teaching Language As Memorization and Start Teaching It As a Connection? My Guest: Donna Guzzo, Language Exploration Enrichment

When One Mission Ends, How Do You Find the Next One? My Guest: Alexa Jenkins, The Periwinkle Crayon

What Happens When We Stop Asking Whether Students Have Potential and Start Asking Whether We've Built Pathways Worthy of Their Potential? My Guest: Hannah Oberholzer, Thrive Scholars Jacksonville

Can Generosity and Wealth Really Go Hand in Hand? My Guest: Kellie Smith, Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy® (CAP®), B&C Financial

What Happens When Giving Young People a Voice Can Change the Trajectory of Their Lives? My Guest: Kathryn McAvoy, The Performance Academy

How Do We Create Ecosystems Where People Don’t Just Network, They Actually Belong? My Guest: Daniel Davis, Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce

Are We Listening to Foster Youth… or Just Talking About Them? My Guest: Kate Temple-Brown, Founder of The Opportunity Project

What If “Holding It All Together” Is the Problem? My Guest: Suri Robinson, MSW- Founder of After The Burn Co

Who Feels the Impact When a City Makes Big Moves? My Guest: Ron Salem, Jacksonville City Council

What If Your Cracks Are The Map To Your Purpose... In A Time Such As This? My Guest: ME

Can Tapping Into Spiritual Energies Unlock Personal Transformation? My Guest: Jax Cassidy, Bestselling Author & Intuitive Healer

Can Conversations Across Faiths Foster Family Beyond Beliefs? My Guest: Hazzan Jesse Holzer

What Happens When Ancient Hospitality Meets Modern Education? My Guest: Sel Buyuksarac, Co-Founder River City Science Academy

From Conflict to Consensus- Can We Foster Fellowship With Feedback From The Opposition? My Guest: John Delaney, University President & Former Mayor

Are Networking Events the Secret to Jacksonville's Thriving Business Scene? My Guest: Liz Grebe, Events Director- Jacksonville Business Journal

From Theater Kid to Outdoor Stage, How Can Creativity Revitalize a Park? My Guest: Liz McCoy, Executive Director of James Weldon Johnson Park

Can Curiosity About Community Connection Be Our Compass To Navigating New Environments? My Guest: Leah Palestrant, Director at Hillel International

Can We Transform Broken Pieces Into a Foundation of Strength and Beauty? My Guest: Elena Øhlander, Visual Artist and Cultural Storyteller

How Can We Provide The Base of The Pyramid With Dignity? My Guest: Colleen Rodriguez, Executive Director of LJD- JFCS Jacksonville

Have You Been Wondering, Where Are The Party People At? My Guest: Seri Kertzner, Founder of The Social Society & OG Party Girl

Can Embracing Our Unique Beauty Enhance Our Aging Journey? My Guest: Audrey Colman

From Salmon Fishing to AI Pioneering, Can One Man's Journey Inspire Many? My Guest: Travis Wold

Can We Curate, Educate & Activate With Parties and Placemaking ? My Guests: Kady Yellow and Haley Wright Tinkle

Can We Protect Our Children By Teaching Them About Insurance Coverage? My Guest: Daniel Miller, Brightway Insurance

Can You Please Ask Me Your Uncomfortable Questions? My Guest: Pastor John Allen Newman, The Sanctuary at Mt. Cavalry

Can We Deeply Listen Our Way To Coexistence? My Guest: Dr. Elliott Rosenbaum, Founder of Emunah Meditation

Now That You Embraced Your Imperfections, Can You Add Captions and a Soundtrack? My Guest: Taylor Hayes, @ImperfectTaylor

From The West Village to the Village of Jax, Who Said "I Don't Do 'Villes"? My Guest: Allishia Bauman, Ambassador of Ubuntu

Can You Strengthen Faith By Talking About More Than Interfaith? My Guest: Elizabeth Andersen, OneJax Inc.

Can a Cantor Help Conduct a Curated Concert of Culture, Connection and Community? My Guest: Hazzan Jesse Merlin Holzer

How Does a Foundation of Giving Grow to Greater Impact? My Guest: Isaiah Oliver, Community Foundation of Northeast Florida

Can Urban Planning Reshape Memories and Future Visions? My Guest: Sondra Fetner, Urbanist

Can Embracing The Less Formal YOU, Ignite Your Professional Empowerment? My Guest: Yanira 'Yaya' Cardona, YaYa Productions

How Do You Know If You Should Spend, Save or Invest? My Guest: ME

How Can We Unpack the "Birth Bag" To Better Understand Mom? My Guests: Megan Mangiarcino & Natalie McBride of Baby Boldly

Can You Make A Holiday Impact In 10 Minutes? My Guest: Donna O'Steen, LJD-JFCS

Can We Overcome Our Fear To Give The Relationship A Second Chance? My Guest: Laura Phillips Edgecombe, Build Up Downtown

AN EPISODE WORTH REPEATING- Maybe You're Reading Too Much Into Things? (FYI- I wasn't!) My Guest: Stacey Goldring, Traces: Voices of the Second Generation

Can Reclaiming Your Roots Help to Propel Purpose? My Guest: Alejandra Amegin

Can Purpose Go From Personal Story to Public Impact? My Guest: Lakesha Burton

How Does Dialogue and Diversity Elevate Our Purpose? My Guest: David Miller

Why Should We Keep Looking For Pages To Turn? My Guest: Tenikka Smith Hughes

How Do We Harness the Power of Community To Amplify Purpose? My Guests: Adam Chaskin and Eric Mann - Together Against Hate: Unity in Our Community

Does Personal Leadership Style Impact Public Connection? My Guest: Commander Alexa Jenkins, United States Navy

Buckle Up! Let's Look At the Intent

Do You Want To Work Out With Me? My Guest: Relationship and Spiritual Coach, Ruchi Koval

I Thought We Were Here To Learn New Things With New People? My Guest: Matt Hartley- Director of University of North Florida's Interfaith Center

What Character Will You Be In Your Story? My Guest: David Miller, Director of Optimism

Why Does Walking The Talk (Literally) Make Him Great At Using His Mouth (Figuratively)? My Guest: Jacksonville Times-Union Journalist, Mark Woods

Time, Talent Or Treasure- What Can I Offer? My Guest: Jacqueline Overby, Executive Director of V for Victory

How Much History Is In Your Backyard? My Guest: Dr. Michael Butler, Flagler College

How Can I Do Better And Have More Enjoyment? My Guest: St. Johns Riverkeeper

Should We Look Harder Or Stop Looking? My Guest: Emily Moody, Director of Community Engagement for Future of Cities

Can We Count On Icons To Keep Us Accountable? My Guest: Melissa Ross

Can You Believe In The Good With Me? My Guest: Deirdre Conner, Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives and Evaluation of the Nonprofit Center of Northeast Florida

Conversation Or Conversion? Jerusalem Or Jacksonville? My Guest: Reverend Rebekah McLeod Hutto, Executive Director of the Interfaith Center of Northeast Florida

A Lesson In Leadership... Can We Go Back To The Future? My Guest: John Delaney, President of Flagler College

Does One Person Really Make a Difference In The Long Run? My Guest: Nat Glover, Retired Jacksonville Sheriff

Can You Lower Your Own Thermostat When You Feel Yourself Losing Your Cool? My Guest: Dr. Patricia Baxter, CEO and Founder of Smarter Emotions- Balancing Head and Heart

When Did Mom The Noun Become An Action Verb Synonymous With Parenting? My Guests: Megan Mangiarcino and Natalie McBride, Co-FoundersCo-Founders of Baby Boldly

When Did You First Notice You Were Different From Other People? OR Did You Notice Other People Were Different First? My Guest: Dr. Kimberly Allen, CEO of 904ward

Can We Do Things Differently To Solve The Same Problems? My Guest: Dr. Colleen Bell, Medical Director of Sulzbacher Center

How Do We Speak One Message In Many Languages- Is Interfaith About More Than Religion? My Guest: Kyle Reese, Executive Director of OneJax Institute

How Do I Even Talk About This? My Guest: Erin O'Malley, Leadership Coach

What Happens When The Build Up Ends Up To Be Anti-Climactic? My Guest: Cheryl Choate Bowen, Intimacy Coach

Who Are The People In OUR Neighborhood? My Guest: David Miller, The Together Strong Community Fund

Sharing My Shame... BUCKLE UP!

What Do Pirate Hunting and Personal Connection Have In Common? My Guest: Alexa Jenkins, United States Navy Commander

Maybe You're Reading Too Much Into Things? My Guest: Stacey Goldring, Traces: Voices of the Second Generation

You Might Be "Woke", But Are You Awake? My Guest: Colleen Rodriguez, Executive Director of the LJD Jewish Family & Community Services