People And Perspectives Podcast

Joining the program this morning is Will Foster, Executive Director of Dauphin County CASA and Heather Paterno, Dauphin County CASA Board Member, Attorney, and Author to discuss just what Dauphin County CASA does for children, to give them some hope and guidance within in the legal system, thanks to the volunteers who step up to help these kids. Then YT Bell, Senior Director of And Still I Vote (ASIV) and Bree Spencer, Senior Progr...

April is Autism Acceptance Month with April 2nd World Autism Awareness Day.  Joining the program to discuss the importance of raising awareness and acceptance at this time is Dr. Cheryl Tierney, Behavior and Developmental Pediatrician & Chief Medical Officer at Meliora Health.  Then Carmela Wallace, Founder of Live Free 999 and Dr. Shairi Turner, Chief Health Officer, Crisis Text Line join the program to discuss the growing con...

March is Women's History Month and joining the program to discuss what's being done to recognize the women who've served our country and memorialize them in history and in toys are Monica Mohindra, Director of the Veterans History Project with the Library of Congress and Jeff Imel, President of VictoryBuy Inc. & BMC Toys.  Then Ryan Moss, President of the Non-Profit American Ladder Institute has some ways to be up-to-date on al...

It's reported that 1 in 8 households in PA are dealing with food insecurity, joining the program this morning to discuss how one area Food Bank is working hard to get food on these tables and ways you can help with their mission is Kathy Anderson-Martin, Executive Director of Midwest Food Bank Pennsylvania.  If saving some green when shopping for your own food is something you'd like to learn more about, then Chef Jamie Gwen has so...

Joining the program the morning first to discuss the upcoming Big 33 and all it includes, including a Buddy Dance this Friday are Nicole Whitmire, PSFCA Big 33 Associate Executive Director and Tammy Schuster, Buddy Coordinator with the Big 33.  Then Dr. LaNysha T. Adams, Learning Success Strategist and Author of MePower joins the program with words of wisdom on not letting life circumstances and others' biases get in the way of you...

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness month and joining the program to discuss this and more is Matt Fox, Chair of the American Cancer Society South Central PA Advisory Board.  Then Dr. Monica Murray, Audiologist and Hearing Health Expert joins the program to discuss the statistics related to hearing loss and what you can do to protect your ears before there's an issue.  Then Lori Woodley-Langendorf, All it Takes Founder joins the p...

February is American Heart Month.  Heart Disease is the leading cause of death in America.  Joining the program first to discuss this and more is Dr. Ashley Zinda, UPMC Cardiologist.  Then Mark Eckhardt, CEO of Common and creator of One Million Truths to talk about how he's using AI and your information to identify solutions that address racial and ethnic conflict. And finally, Mike White of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation joins...

Today's guests include Yolonda Richardson, President and CEO of Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, Dr. Jonathan Foulds, a professor of public health sciences and psychiatry at Penn State College of Medicine, Dr. Mercedes Carnethon, Vice Chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Lung Health Cohort Principal Investigator, and Carly Roszkowski, VP of Financial Resilience Pro...

Joining the program first this morning is Kaeli Thomas, Co-Founder and Player with Harrisburg Havoc and Leah Crump, Player with Harrisburg Havoc.  Harrisburg Havoc is a women's tackle football team under the Women's football Alliance, and this year Kaeli and Leah were chosen to compete with Team United, formed with other female players from across the U.S., in this year's Coffee Bowl February 18th. Then Dr Autumn Caviness, Director...

Joining the program this morning to discuss Human Trafficking Awareness month,   what's being done in our area to help victims, and how you can help is Amy Thurston, Co-founder, President & CEO of Hope Inspire Love.  Then Dr. Eric Gehrie, Executive Physician Director at the American Red Cross joins the program to discuss the current need for blood donations and the incentives being offered for those who can contribute to the sh...

 Camp Dragonfly is a summer camp program to help kids coping with the grief of losing a loved one.  Joining the program to discuss this and more are Susan Resavy, Dir. of Family Services with Hospice of Central PA, and Evelyn Lewis, Volunteer Coordinator.  Then Michael Strautmanis , Executive Vice President for External Affairs with the Obama Foundation discusses ways they are working with people from all over the country, includin...

Joining the program today to talk about affordable health coverage options through PENNIE, is Devon Trolley, Executive Director of Pennie.  Then Dr. William Hoffman, Transplant Specialist and Nephrologist with UPMC joins the program to discuss living donors and why it's such a vital option for those in need of an organ transplant.  Then finally, Mark  Compton, Chief Executive Officer with the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission joins ...

It's a new year, and often that means many of us made a resolution or two to start it off.  Joining me to discuss some of the popular ones and with tips on how to continue your resolutions into 2025 is Ann Fields, Founder of Peaceful Poses Kids Yoga and Jenelle Dito, Senior Director of Scores Client Services at FICO.  Then James Schenck, CEO of PenFed Foundation and Andrea McCarren, President, PenFed Foundation join the program to ...

The 108th annual Pennsylvania Farm Show is returning to Harrisburg this coming weekend and joining the program to discuss all the things that it brings to our area and state is Russell Redding, Secretary of Agriculture for the Commonwealth and 
Dave Smith, Executive Director with the PA Dairymen’s Association.  Then, Kamilah Bunn, CEO of the National Adoption Association and Stacy Barr, adoptive parent join the program to discus...

Today's guests include Jennifer Pipa, Vice President of the American Red Cross Disaster Programs,  Sherman Gillums, Office of Disability Integration and Coordination Director with FEMA,  Jennifer Williams Senior Research Amplification Specialist for the Fire Safety Research Institute (FSRI), Aaron Frazier, Chief Operating Officer with VCA Animal Hospitals, and Dr. Timbrala Marshall, Urgent Care Medical Operations Leader with VCA An...

The Christmas Holiday is quickly approaching, and joining the program to discuss what we can do to help make it a healthy holiday for us and our families is Katrina Thoma, Nurse Practitioner and Director of Medical Services with Sadler Health Center & Laurel Spagnolo, Director of Development and Community Engagement with Sadler Health Center.  Our mental health can also be taken for a spin this time of the year, what we can do ...

Joining the program first to discuss PA’s health insurance marketplace, and how it can benefit you and your family is Devon Trolley, Executive Director of Pennie.  Then  Dr. Erin Furr Stimming, Principal Investigator with Huntington Study Group and Professor of Neurology at McGovern Medical School and Katie Jackson, a Huntington's Disease advocate joins the program to talk about this rare, inherited disease.  And finally, Dr. Phil ...