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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 and that…

Hey Human Podcast


    • May 15, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekly NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 8m AVG DURATION
    • 453 EPISODES

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    If you're looking for a podcast that offers engaging and thought-provoking conversations with interesting and diverse guests, then The Hey Human Podcast is a must-listen. Hosted by Susan Ruth, this show delves into the human experience, exploring a wide range of topics from cultural challenges to personal stories of triumph and inspiration. Susan's interviewing style is laid-back yet insightful, creating a comfortable atmosphere that encourages guests to open up and share their thoughts and experiences. The podcast has a refreshing approach in which different viewpoints are welcomed and respected, fostering understanding and connection among listeners.

    One of the best aspects of The Hey Human Podcast is the variety of guests that Susan brings onto the show. From artists to authors, activists to everyday people with extraordinary stories, there is always something new and intriguing to explore. Each episode provides a unique perspective on life and the world we live in, expanding our horizons and challenging our own beliefs and assumptions. Susan's ability to create an open space for conversation allows her guests to truly shine and share their wisdom.

    Another standout aspect of this podcast is Susan's genuine curiosity and kindness as an interviewer. She approaches each conversation with empathy and a desire to learn, resulting in engaging discussions that leave both guests and listeners feeling heard and understood. Susan's wit and humor also add an enjoyable element to the show, making it entertaining as well as informative.

    While it is difficult to find any significant flaws in The Hey Human Podcast, some listeners may prefer more structure or guidance in certain episodes. As the conversations can sometimes flow freely without a set format or direction, it may be helpful for those who prefer more focused discussions.

    In conclusion, The Hey Human Podcast offers an enlightening journey into the hearts and minds of individuals from all walks of life. With its diverse range of topics and guests, Susan Ruth creates an inclusive space for exploration, understanding, and connection. This podcast is highly recommended for anyone seeking meaningful conversations and a deeper understanding of the human experience.



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    Bárbara Ávila & David McDonald: Cocaine Turtles and Tardis Brains

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 57:40 Transcription Available


    E457 Bárbara Ávila and David McDonald met in France. Bárbara grew up in the south of Mexico City and David grew up in Tring, England. Bárbara founded Vavién, which linked young Mexican artisans with French designers. She has also worked in the water and environment sectors for the Worldwide Fund for Nature and UNESCO. She's […]

    Jewell Chambers: A Whole Lotta Something

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2025 63:47 Transcription Available


    E456 Jewell Chambers was raised in rural Mississippi. A playwright and musician, you've probably also heard of her famous siblings, The Chambers Brothers (“The Time Has Come Today”) and perhaps the family gospel band, The Chambers Family Singers. She shares stories from her childhood and nearly a century on the planet. For more information and […]

    Louisa Kendrick Burton: Playing in the Yard

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 50:30 Transcription Available


    E455 Louisa Kendrick Burton is a former Radio City Rockette, writer, producer, and actor. You've seen her on Dirty Sexy Money, As the World Turns, Medium, Seven Pounds, Bridge Across Forever and on stage in Beauty and the Beast, A Christmas Carol, Jesus Christ Superstar, and more!   For more information and links, please visit: […]

    Dr. Maria Michael: Sacred Beings, Sacred Spaces

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 66:12 Transcription Available


    E454 Dr. Maria Michael is a Lakota/Diné traditional elder and healer. For over 40 years, she has been respected as a medical intuitive, channel, empath, healer, psychic and teacher and has  earned five advanced degrees. She has worked alongside, and for, many spiritual leaders in many traditions.  She is especially respected for her ability to […]

    Dr. Blaine Leeds, DDS: Lips Together, Teeth Apart

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025 41:29 Transcription Available


    E453 Dr. Blaine Leeds has been practicing general and cosmetic dentistry for over 28 years. He's on a mission to improve the quality and quantity of sleep for children, teens, and adults.  Oral sleep apnea impedes restorative sleep, which experts are now determining to be the root cause of so many mental, emotional, and physical […]

    Jane Schinasi: As Much As Possible

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025 29:33 Transcription Available


    E452 When Jane Schinasi was in her early twenties, her little brother was diagnosed with a rare cancer. She speaks to how this changed her life, and prompted her to create her foundation Hug Back, making socially and environmentally engaged films, including Tiger's Boxer, inspired by her brother's struggle against all odds. For more information […]

    Anna Rose Moore: A Watershed Moment

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2025 56:09 Transcription Available


    E451 Anna Rose Moore is an actress, writer, director, prison activist, and documentarian. I met her recently and we chatted about the project she's working on exposing horrific abuses inside of women's prisons. Trigger warning for sexual assault and abuse. For more information and links, please visit: HeyHumanpodcast.com

    Meghan Cleary: Owana the Sea Lion

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2025 37:51 Transcription Available


    E450 Meghan Cleary – I met Meghan at a party and she was introduced to me as a journalist who's an expert in shoes, vaginas, and sea lions. I exclaimed, “Sea lions!” and here we are. Meghan's a thought leader, best-selling author, spokesperson and TV personality. We chat about her experience with a particular Santa […]

    Dr. Gerry Ebalaroza-Tunnell: The Aloha Spirit

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2025 50:58 Transcription Available


    E449 Dr. Gerry Ebalaroza-Tunnell is a native Hawaiian. Her work is rooted in the Guiding Principles of A.L.O.H.A., (Ask, Listen, Observe, Heart, Adapt), integrating cultural knowledge and contemporary leadership strategies to support organizational and community development. She holds a doctorate from the California Institute of Integral Studies in Transformative Studies and Consciousness. She's the award-winning […]

    E448 Sharae Foxie and Zeke Goodman: With a Generous Spirit

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2025 41:55 Transcription Available


    E448 Sharae Foxie and Zeke Goodman star in the new Stephen Laughton play, One Jewish Boy, directed by Chris Fields (Echo Theatre, Los Angeles: Previews May 19 – 21st, Opens May 22nd, Closes April 28th). We chat acting, emotions, trauma, compassion and more! For more information and links, please visit: HeyHumanpodcast.com

    Lisa Campion: Like a Little Lightbulb

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2025 43:03 Transcription Available


    E447 Lisa Campion uses a combination of intuition, energy healing Reiki, and therapeutic techniques as a psychic counselor. Born with the ability to see and hear what others couldn't, she spent the first part of her life trying to hide it from the outside world until a chance encounter with guiding light, and a few […]

    Garrett Clancy: Acts of Service

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2025 46:25 Transcription Available


    E446 Garrett Clancy is the chief of the Bell Canyon Volunteer Wildfire Fire Department, founded in response to the devastating 2018 Woolsey Fire. In that capacity he's a Type 1 firefighter, an EMT, and their Public Information Officer. He's also an Army veteran, has served in the National Guard, and is a filmmaker. For more […]

    Adib Khorram: Writing My Own Story First

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2025 43:03


    E445 Adib Khorram is a queer Iranian-American award-winning author. He's most well known for his book “Darius the Great is Not Okay,” which won YALSA's William C. Morris Award for Best Debut Author Writing for Teens, the Asian/Pacific American Literature Association's Young Adult Award, and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor, among other accolades. Other […]

    Austin Mao: Ineffable

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2025 58:20 Transcription Available


    E444 Austin Mao is the co-founder of Ceremonia, a non-profit entheogenic church in Colorado. As a leader in legal and safe psilocybin mushroom and ayahuasca retreats, Ceremonia uses a synthesis of science and shamanism in partnership with plant medicine to guide people in spiritual, mental, and physical well-being. For more information and links, please visit: […]

    Dr. Heather Stone: Your Body Knows How to Heal

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2025 48:33 Transcription Available


    E443 Dr. Heather Stone has treated thousands with persistent low thyroid symptoms for the last 19 years. She supports functional medicine and getting to the root cause of diseases. She is one of the most experienced clinicians in the space of Hypothyroidism, Hashimoto's and hormonal issues. For more information and links, please visit HeyHumanpodcast.com

    Shane Day: Losing My Ideologies

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2025 62:31 Transcription Available


    E442 Shane Day is a writer, director, and producer. We met at a film festival and he told me about his post-graduation travel adventures following in the footsteps of the Beat writers, like Jack Kerouac. His stories intrigued me so much I was excited to have him on the show. His most recent film, The […]

    Jay Zabriskie: All the Faces Looking Back

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2025 67:52 Transcription Available


    E441 Jay Zabriskie is a production manager and instructor at LA Film School, and has been in the industry for decades. I sat in on his class, “African American Images in American Cinema,” and asked him to be on the show to discuss it. Jay is also in my short film, The First, as Mr. […]

    Simon Parkin: The Seeds of History

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2025 39:38 Transcription Available


    E440 Simon Parkin is a video game critic, journalist, author and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.  He's contributed to The New Yorker, Harper's, and The Guardian, among others. His previous book, The Island of Extraordinary Captives, is a New Yorker Book of the Year and winner of The Wingate Literary Prize. His new book, “The Forbidden Garden: […]

    Adam Chester: Every Note That Isn’t There

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2024 55:07 Transcription Available


    E439 Adam Chester is known to The Elton John Band as the “Surrogate Elton” since 2005. Adam plays back up and rehearses The Elton John Band on piano and vocals. He arranged and conducted Elton's 60th birthday concert at Madison Square Garden and he refreshes Elton on songs he may not have played for decades. […]

    Deborah Attoinese and Abby Bolt: A World of Fire and Sacrifice

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2024 67:15 Transcription Available


    E438 Abby Bolt is a 20-year veteran of the U.S. Forest Service and former battalion chief of an elite team of firefighters and Deborah Attoinese is an award-winning filmmaker, writer, director, producer and photographer, whose documentary, Playing with Fire (currently on Amazon), tells Abby's courageous story and her fight for truth, justice, and ultimately, her […]

    Dr. Robert G. Marbut Jr.: One Pill For Everything

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2024 58:51 Transcription Available


    E437 Dr. Robert G. Marbut Jr. is a fentanyl national expert and former White House Homelessness Policy Advisor. He recently was on Hey Human (Ep 434) to discuss the homelessness crisis . He's an executive producer on the new documentary “Fentanyl: Death Incorporated,” and w.e discuss the multi-billion-dollar industry that is ravaging America, as well […]

    Dr. Cheryl Rich: Grow Into a Mountain

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2024 48:43 Transcription Available


    E436: Dr. Cheryl Rich bridges the worlds of entertainment, community service, and spiritual leadership. She's a clinical psychologist, author and producer. She's been active for two decades in street ministry, and is a Certified Victims Mediator and Intervention Specialist, focusing on helping those affected by trauma and adversity. Her personal journey, includes addiction, incarceration, and […]

    Alex Brito: Sensibilities and Senses

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2024 40:22 Transcription Available


    E435 Alex Brito has Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD), a rare condition that targets the central nervous system. It can cause vision loss, chronic pain, and paralysis. Despite challenges—including an initial misdiagnosis, blindness and temporary paralysis, Alex helps others with disabilities and teaches adaptive technology to those with vision loss. She's also the first blind […]

    Dr. Robert G. Marbut Jr.: Everybody Can Do Something

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2024 81:26 Transcription Available


    E434 Dr. Robert G. Marbut Jr. is a renowned expert on homelessness, a senior fellow of Discovery Institute's Center on Wealth & Poverty, and has served under both the Trump and Biden administrations. He recently co-produced the Americans With No Address documentary and EP's the film No Address. We chat about his childhood struggles with […]

    Lyn Yip: Life Is a Journey Home

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2024 61:31 Transcription Available


    E433 Lyn Yip is Malaysian (of Chinese descent) and has lived all over the world, currently residing in Paris. She's a polyglot who works in the sustainability side of marketing with makers and artists. We chat about the culture and ideologies that shaped her childhood, as well as her experiences growing up with the influence […]

    Sovereign Syre: The Process of Patience

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2024 56:24 Transcription Available


    E432 Sovereign Syre is a film and television writer, stand up comic, retired adult film star, and podcaster who co-hosts Ill Repute, a podcast about history's most transgressive women. She also has a great TikTok that's sassy and informative. We chat about her life, her outlook, what keeps her grounded in an ever-changing world, masculinity […]

    John Schu: The “Lower Case v” Voice

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2024 48:17 Transcription Available


    E431 John Schu is an author of best selling children's books, the children's librarian for Bookelicious, a part-time lecturer at Rutgers University, and has served as the Ambassador of School Libraries for Scholastic Book Fairs for almost 6 years. He's also recovered from childhood anorexia and is a champion and advocate for kids, everywhere. His […]

    Huáscar Robles: They Like to Eat Stories

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2024 44:51 Transcription Available


    E430: Huáscar Robles was born in Spain, raised in Puerto Rico, and now lives in Los Angeles. He's an author, journalist, musician, poet, lecturer, and human-rights advocate. We met and immediately I knew that he was a special human. He radiates hope and kindness and it's clear he's spending his time on Earth making it […]

    Tim James: Through the Muddy Water

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2024 50:51 Transcription Available


    Tim James is a hit songwriter with songs penned for Toby Keith, Lee Brice, Jojo Siwa, George Strait, Billy Ray Cyrus, Kenny Chesney, and lots more. An accomplished performer as well, Tim has performed all over the world. He recently published his memoir, “Going Crazy (Left Foot, right foot, breathe),” a funny and raw journey […]

    Andrea Landi: Driving the Way Forward

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2024 39:30 Transcription Available


    E428 Andrea Landi is the president of Landi Technologies, a multinational eco-mobility company that is dedicated to moving the natural gas industry forward and to support advocacy for public policies that advance alternative vehicles and fuels. Landi wants to make low-emission cars and small trucks the standard around the world, with alternative Fuel Systems like […]

    Dr. Angela Meyers: Enhance Human Thriving

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2024 46:20 Transcription Available


    E427 Dr. Angela Meyers is a prominent expert in polymathy studies (a polymath is a person with wide-ranging knowledge and or studies). She's worked at the White House under the Bush and Obama presidencies, and has a show called Polymath's Place on YouTube (I've been a guest on her show). Her work brought her to […]

    Matthew Krayton: When We Talk About Democracy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2024 75:30 Transcription Available


    E426 Matthew Krayton's episode is quite timely, as he's a political strategist, digital age expert, and founder of Publitics, building campaigns at the local, state and federal levels (in both private and public sectors). We discuss the weird and wild ride of American politics and the complications of social media and trying to connect to […]

    Alaric Rocha: In Search of a Legend

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2024 32:57 Transcription Available


    E425: Alaric Rocha's film, “Love, Blood & Aztec Demons: The Lost Films of Juan Moctezuma II,” has been his ten-year labor of love and quest to explore and restore the lost films of a legendary Mexican filmmaker whose complicated life and obsessions cost him everything. Alaric is also an instructor at the Los Angeles Film […]

    Vex Bennett: Our Inner and Outer World

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2024 47:18 Transcription Available


    Vex Bennett is neurodivergent on the Autism spectrum with OSDD (Other Specified Dissociative Disorder) and is a host of a system of alters. Vex is also a Therian (Therians identify as a non-human animal or animals while knowing they are human, relating spiritually, psychologically, and/or emotionally to the essence and behaviors of the animal). Therians […]

    Ed Begley, Jr.: Let The Others Go

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2024 49:44 Transcription Available


    E423 You'd be hard pressed to have not seen a film or television show with Ed Begley, Jr. featured somewhere over the last several decades. His career crosses genre, and format. Most people would be contented to have that success be their only focus, but Ed began his passion for environmental activism early on and […]

    Bob Bledsoe: A Plethora of Pythons, Please

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2024 42:47 Transcription Available


    E422 Bob Bledsoe breeds and raises pythons (mostly ball pythons) and is the founder of Green Room Pythons, educating us on all things python, while helping to dispel fears and myths around these gentle and interesting tube socks. He's a musician, comic and actor, and you've likely seen him in film, or on one of […]

    Nicholas Seedsman: From the Brink in Service

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2024 101:17 Transcription Available


    E421: Nicholas Seedsman is a veteran of the Australian Special Forces (SASR) and three tours of combat duty. His experience with the intense training required to be one of the most elite soldiers in the world set the bar of what a human is capable of enduring. He devoted every ounce of his being and […]

    Ellie Kahn: More Than Just A Name

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2024 39:33 Transcription Available


    E420 Ellie Kahn is a multi-hyphenate human. She's a psychotherapist, producer, journalist, and historian. More specifically an oral historian, a collector of humanity's triumphs and sorrows. She's the founder of Living Legacies productions and helps create meaningful books for people and their families to preserve their history for generations to come. For more information and […]

    Pete Best: Never Say Die, Never Defeated

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2024 57:50 Transcription Available


    E419 Pete Best is perhaps most famously known as the original Beatles drummer, but he's so much more. He's the co-proprietor of both the Liverpool Beatles Museum (the brainchild of his brother Roag) and the Casbah Coffee Club Suites (in the historic and “holy grail” place in Hayman's Green where the Beatles were born). In […]

    Rick French: Live With Your Eyes Open

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2024 52:32 Transcription Available


    E418 Rick French is the co-founder of Pack Paddle Ski Adventures, facilitating adventures to over 30 countries on all 7 continents with people from all over the world. He's also on the board for Journeys of Solutions, “enabling travelers to assist people and communities in the developing countries they have encountered on their trips with […]

    Richard Estep: All Things Weird & Wonderful

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2024 49:53 Transcription Available


    E417 Richard Estep's curiosity about the paranormal was sparked by a haunting at his grandparents, but he didn't begin to investigate such happenings until years later. You may have seen Richard on shows like TV's Haunted Case Files, or Paranormal 911, among others. He's an author of over 30 books ranging from stories of killers […]

    Shannon Walker: The Leash Goes Both Ways

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2024 51:34 Transcription Available


    E416 Shannon Walker is world-class dog trainer and the founder of Man's Best Friend, Top Dog Academy, and Northwest Battle Buddies, a nonprofit that helps train and provide service dogs to veterans experiencing PTSD, traumatic brain injury, and military sexual trauma. Shannon is also the Executive Director of the Association of Service Dog Providers for […]

    Georges Tomb: A Composition of Hope

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2024 33:13 Transcription Available


    E415 Georges Tomb is an award-winning composer and concert pianist. A child prodigy from Lebanon, he was raised in a deeply musical and artistic family, setting the stage for his meteoric rise to international stardom. He's also using his talents for a deep purpose and has gifted various compositions to philanthropic causes worldwide. For more […]

    Dima Barch: The Opposition Bubble

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2024 50:09 Transcription Available


    E414 Dima Barch was born in Russia. He was a film critic and culture and society journalist there, but was forced to flee. An award-winning writer-director with his films Dead End and The Power of the Strike, his stories shine a light on complex trauma, toxic masculinity, and sexuality. We met at the Portland Horror […]

    Wylie McGraw: Spectrum of Confrontation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2024 64:45 Transcription Available


    E413 Wiley McGraw's story is a ride through professional baseball, competitive bull riding, and three tours of service as a US Army Combat Veteran. He's also the host of the Wise Words and Whiskey podcast. We talk about expectations and confrontation, making one's own path, stress addiction, what it's like to be in the chaos […]

    Heather Blumberg: A Haunting in Ontario

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2024 56:36 Transcription Available


    E412 Heather Blumberg is an interior designer and renovator. She and her family discovered ghostly inhabitants after they moved into an abandoned 150-year old Gothic-style funeral home (check the 15:30 and 25:14 min mark for possible EVPs on this episode). The Blumbergs are the stars of the discovery+ show “We Bought a Funeral Home,” and […]

    Bonnie Thies and Robin Flanigan: I Think It’s Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2024 Transcription Available


    E411 Bonnie Thies is an author and Robin Flanigan is an author/journalist. They climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. They also wrote a book together called “Climbing Out: An Adventure in Rediscovering Life After Loss.” It's the true story about 3x cancer survivor Bonnie, after the sudden death of her husband, and her decision to summit Africa's tallest […]

    William Baldwin and Dr. Robert Marbut: Blessing’s Future Is Ours

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2024 Transcription Available


    E410 William Baldwin, activist and actor, and Dr. Robert Marbut, who has worked on issues of homelessness for more than three decades, have spent the last year visiting homeless encampments, shelters, and outreach programs across America. They're part of a huge humanitarian campaign that includes the documentary “Americans With No Address,” narrated by William, a […]

    Fernando Pullum: Leveling the Playing Field

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2024 41:54


    E409 Fernando Pullum is the founder of the Fernando Pullum Community Arts Center in Los Angeles, providing thousands of students over the years with free music and the arts instruction. 100% of his students graduate with a high school diploma! He's performed and worked with legendary artists across multiple genres, and is the recipient of […]

    Patrick Erlandson: The Role of the Father

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2024 65:40 Transcription Available


    E408 Patrick Erlandson began leading the prevention subcommittee of the Long Beach Human Trafficking Task Force in 2012. He founded Father-Con which focuses on an investment in fathers to be mindful and present in the home, reducing the threat of trafficking of children. Patrick also founded the See It End It Film and Arts Festival. […]

    Dr. Annika Hylmö: Lifting Elizabeth’s Burden

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2024 53:00 Transcription Available


    E407 Dr. Annika Hylmö is an award-winning Swedish filmmaker, and we discuss her upcoming documentary, “The Last Witch,” about Elizabeth Johnson, Jr., a 22-year old who was wrongfully convicted of witchcraft during the 1692 Salem Witch Trials, and the efforts to exonerate her by a Massachusetts teacher, her students, and state senator. We also chat […]

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