Boris Belchev left Bulgaria to work elsewhere so he could earn enough money to purchase a camera. Today he is one of Lithuania’s bird guides and wildlife photographers. Take a journey with Boris and learn where he earned money to purchase camera equipment and what he learned along the way.

Inspiration Monday! Inspiring words and quotes regarding human rights and the dignity of life from a menagerie of podcast episode guests.

Author (Escapegoat Daughter) Misty Compton shares her journey of depression, and self-doubt. Finding the support she needed, Misty learned self-love.

Chris Hovorka, Midwestern University, transforms clinical practice for people with orthoses, prosthesis to a client-centric approach improving quality of life. Chris’s goal is to graduate evidence-based practitioners (clinician scholars) by transforming university school curricula worldwide and moving towards client-centered approaches. It’s about valuing the client’s lifestyle, medical conditions, needs, as part of a personalized plan of care.

Skeletal muscles are the most prevalent in our bodies and what we rely on every day to move. Dr. Chris Hovorka, orthotist and prosthetist, trains people to exercise with a goal of providing stability without limiting mobility. Chris’s research at Midwestern University is to transform clinical practices for people with external orthoses, prosthesis to a client-centric approach to improve quality of life.

To close the 2022 season is legendary songwriter piano player, Chris Nole. Being alive is really about having hope and purpose.

The dynamics in music aren’t about volume alone but how that volume is used by musicians to express themselves through their instrument. Songwriter Chris Nole plays dynamically and with passion. Musically talented, Chris composes jazz, country, pop, rock, the blues…whatever his mood! On Part 2 he shares what he learned from being a member of John Denver’s band and how that experience grew his extraordinary talent to becoming one of the top piano artists today.

Chris Nole mesmerizes audiences worldwide with his piano melodies of jazz, country, pop, the blues…whatever the mood! He’s best known as John Denver’s piano player in the 1990s as well as tours and recordings with Faith Hill, Travis Tritt, the Oak Ridge Boys, Don Williams, Shelby Lynne, Emmylou Harris, and others. Chris Nole’s quest is to entertain you with music that makes you feel good.

Physical Oceanographer Nathan Bindoff is director of the Australian Antarctic Program Partnership whose focus is on the role of Antarctica in the global climate system, and the consequences for marine life in ecosystems. Professor Bindoff of the University of Tasmania’s Institute for Marine and Antarctic studies shares updates on recent climate change research.

Reclaim your roots! Our names can share much about where we came from, our culture, our family. Creative writer and podcast host Juliana Ogechi celebrates the stories behind names and how those stories help to transform lives.