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Season Two Trailer
Do Good, Be Good is coming back for Season Two! On this show, I talk to helpful people about the challenges they face trying to do good. In Season Two you will hear stories from people who served in AmeriCorps. They served in different programs in different parts of...
#11 Bonus Episode: The Art of Sharing Stories by Gabriel Granillo
An interview with host, Sharon Tewksbury-Bloom and past guest, Gina Byars, this is a special bonus episode! Gabriel Granillo, a reporter for our local paper, Flag Live, interview us and created this audio story about Sun Sounds of Arizona, podcasting, and how and why...
#10 BONUS Episode: Dudeists Helping Nepalese Children, Among Other Things
Best friends from Rochester, New York, Dan Maurer and Anthony Mancini are back in the studio with an update on their first year with Elevate Nepal, a nonprofit that is rebuilding homes and schools destroyed by the 2015 earthquake. In addition to updates on the two...
#9 I Sign My Correspondence As Joy with Missy Ivey
Missy Ivey grew up in Texas, where she learned southern hospitality and channeled her joyful exuberance into helping others. Missy shares stories of helping from the perspective of retail, working at a church, and starting her own business as a caregiver and all...
#8 Why Condoms Weren’t Working in India and Other Stories with Jenean Perelstein
An anthropologist, former director of Big Brothers, Big Sisters, and owner of Alchemie Academy, Jenean Perelstein shares her stories and challenges of trying to help others. From researching the spread of HIV in India to supporting kids in the juvenile court system,...
#7 I Called My Boss a Racist and Other Stories from Jamie Paul
Jamie Paul, a Kindergarten teacher in Flagstaff, Arizona, shares her stories from many years working in helping professions. From doing surgery on a frog, to joining Teach for America and realizing how much she didn't know, to calling her boss a racist when she worked...
#6 Who Made You President of the Nonviolent Intervention?
I interview an amazing couple, Luis Fernandez and Mare Schumacher. Luis and Mare both work in the public sector, but on the show we discuss their work as activists for a variety of causes. Luis grew up in Nicaragua and shares stories from the revolution there as well...
#5 Dan Has Building Skills and Anthony Looks Good Holding a Hammer
I interview Dan Maurer and Anthony Mancini, the founders of Elevate Nepal five days before they leave to build homes in Nepal. Dan and Anthony have been friends since childhood and now they are embarking on a new venture to rebuild infrastructure after the 2015...
FIXED: #4 In the Cole Haan Pop Up Studio at Werk It with Kristi Westphaln
There was an issue with Episode 4 in which only the first 8 minutes were playing. This is a repost of Episode 4 with the full episode (19 min). I interview Kristi Westphaln, a pediatric nurse practitioner from San Diego who has also done medical mission work in other...
#4 In the Cole Haan Pop Up Studio at Werk It with Kristi Westphaln
I interview Kristi Westphaln, a pediatric nurse practitioner from San Diego who has also done medical mission work in other countries. Kristi shares a few stories and her views about healthcare. This episode was recorded at Werk It, WNYC Studios’ festival for women in...
#3 If Your Job Was Easy I Would Find a Volunteer To Do It with Eric Wolverton
On this episode I speak with Eric Wolverton. I met Eric when he worked at the local food bank and then we partnered on projects when he was the Executive Director at Habitat for Humanity here in Flagstaff, AZ. Eric shares his insights and lessons from those jobs as...
#2: And Then There Were Four with Gina Byars
In the second episode, I interview Gina Byars, Station Manager of Sun Sounds of Arizona. I have known Gina for years through her community service work in Flagstaff. On the show she shares a personal story of taking in four young children and the effect it has had on...
Podcast Episode #1: Chasing Calves to Chasing Butterflies with Maggie Twomey
I am so excited to bring you the first ever (and first of many) podcast episode for Do Good, Be Good. In this episode I interview Maggie Twomey. She currently works as the Volunteer Coordinator for the City of Flagstaff Sustainability Program, but she started her...
Vacation Series – Are You a Work Martyr?
"How many of you have vacation days you haven't used that you are at risk of losing?" - About one third of the room put their hands up. What??? I was dumbfounded when Julie Lancaster asked this question at a training we co-taught for City employees last month. I did...
How a Leader Allows People To Figure Things Out
Our director, Patricia McKee opened her reflection on the dress rehearsal with, "I saw new things on stage tonight, which means you are starting to play. Excellent!" The actors have been rehearsing for seven weeks. Opening night is in three days. The show is finally...
Being Ok With Being Beginner
Trying to encourage a cyclist at the Trek Dirt Series Mountain Bike camp, I revealed to her that I struggled so much with learning to mountain bike that I went to therapy. I told the therapist, I am here to talk about how frustrated I get when I go mountain biking....
Practical Steps for Memorizing a Speech
I never memorized a speech until I joined Toastmasters. Five speech contests later, I have learned how. It does not always make sense to memorize a speech or a presentation, but if you really need every word to count, then it is worth the time and effort. This method...
Doing Good to Be Better
As I drove up the hill to soccer practice I contemplated my depression. Clinical, I described my symptoms: low affect, loss in appetite, tired and groggy after ten hours of sleep, negative thoughts. Luckily I was still teetering on the edge of a real depressive...
Why My Kitchen Counters are Clean and My Cat Hates Me
One of the wondrous delights of working from home is cranking the music up loud and dancing around the house. We keep our thermostat low (60-65 degrees) and after a couple hours of typing at my desk I can't feel my fingers any more. In order to get my blood pumping...
The Only Way Out is Through
As I descended a difficult stretch of the Arizona Trail, I realized, the only way out is through and how that related to my daily work.