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Nov 8, 2022

Sam Quinones is a journalist, storyteller, former LA Times reporter, and author of three acclaimed books of narrative nonfiction.

His most recent book is The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth, released in 2021. The book follows his 2015 release,  Dreamland: The True Tale of...


Nov 4, 2022

Adversity should be his middle name (it's not); no matter the circumstance, Paul Jr. finds himself drawn to helping others, and making his losses his lessons.

At 29 years old, Paul Thomas O'Hara, Jr. (our Host Lori Windfeldt's nephew) has turned his life of tragedy into triumph.

Growing up in the shadow of his deceased...


Oct 10, 2022

I have worked in the health care field since 2004 in a variety of positions ranging from bodywork, medical billing, harm reduction, HIV and hepatitis C testing and counseling, case management, housing programs (HOPWA and Ryan White Part B), outreach, assertive community treatment (ACT) case management for people...


Oct 10, 2022

Cary is a Certified Professional Recovery Coach, She Recovers Designated Coach and Certified Life Coach.  Cary strongly believes that our healing is rooted in our pain.  She focuses her coaching on creating opportunities for clients to connect with self, others, and spirit to promote healing.  Cary is in long term...


Oct 10, 2022

A prominent advocate, speaker, author, and media commentator, Ryan Hampton travels coast-to-coast to add solutions to our national addiction crisis. In recovery from a decade-long opioid addiction, Hampton has rocketed to the center of America’s rising addiction recovery advocacy movement. An alumnus of the...