At the Podium with Patrick Huey
At the Podium — where real stories meet quiet courage.
Join host Patrick Huey in intimate, soul-centered conversations with writers, creators, visionaries, and healers. Each episode peels back the layers of memory, transformation, identity, and human longing — the stories we think we’ve left behind and the truths waiting to bring us home. Whether we’re talking second chances, reinvention, spiritual awakening, healing, or deep creative work, At the Podium is a space to sit firmly in honesty, vulnerability, and hope.
If you’re seeking a podcast that embraces life’s messiness, celebrates emotional truth, and holds space for redemption and growth — welcome. This is more than a show. It’s a living room of possibility, a place to reflect, to heal, and to come home to yourself.
🕯️ Expect thoughtful interviews, personal stories, and questions that linger long after the episode ends.
Episodes
114 episodes
Nora Zelevansky: Memory, First Love & the Selves We Leave Behind.
What do we do with memory when it is no longer behind us, but standing in front of us? How does what we remember shape the present, inform the future, and color—sometimes even haunt—the past?Author
Mark Godoy Jr: The Child I Lost, The Man I Became.
Content Note: This conversation includes discussion of childhood abuse and its lasting effects.At seven years old, Mark Godoy Jr. was abus...
Mike Elliott: How I Healed the Wounds That Shaped the Man I Became.
When Mike Elliott’s marriage ended, he found himself collapsed on his kitchen floor, shaking and crying out, “I don’t want to die.” In that moment, the successful adult man disappeared—and Mike recognized something much older underneath: the in...
Dr. Rosslyn Knight: What Does It Mean to Belong in Higher Education?
What does it mean to belong in higher education—and who gets the message that college is a place for them?Dr. Rosslyn Knight has spent more than 25 years in education, including leading developmental education initiatives across the Mar...
Taylor Abbitt: The Hardest Instrument to Master Is Yourself.
What does it really take to master an instrument?For Juilliard-trained double bassist Taylor Abbitt, now a member of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra in Sweden, the answer has very little to do with the instrument itself.What s...
Jonathan L. Allen: The Courage to Live Truthfully.
What does it cost to live truthfully?Jonathan L. Allen has spent his life asking that question. Raised in the church and ordained as a minister at a young age, he eventually faced a decision that would reshape his faith, his relationshi...
Who Are You Becoming? | Connor Schoen on Leadership, Identity & Authenticity
When Connor Schoen co-founded Breaktime at just 19 years old, he set out to change the lives of young adults experiencing homelessness. Years later, after leading one of Boston's most influential nonprofits, receiving national recognition, and ...
US Congressman Christian Menefee: Serving the Community that Shaped You. When Responsibility Becomes Personal.
When Christian Menefee was elected to represent Texas's 18th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, he quickly discovered that public office is about far more tha...
Attica Locke: Who Do You Become When Life Guides You Home?
Season 4 of At the Podium begins with one of the people who has shaped my life more than almost anyone else. Before she became a bestselling novelist, award-winning screenwriter, and one of America's most important lit...
McCord Henry: There Comes a Moment When You Know.
McCord Henry spent years building a successful career while privately fighting battles that threatened to take everything from him.Raised in a conservative Christian household in North Carolina, McCord grew up surrounded by faith, ...
Zak Sandler: The Composer Who Turned Bipolar Into a Creative Superpower.
For many families around the world, conversations around mental health happen quietly — or not at all. In this At the Podium episode, Broadway composer...
Chris Hetherington on Discipline, Masculinity & Life After Football
Former NFL fullback Chris Hetherington spent 11 years playing professional football, but this conversation is ultimately about much more than sports.In this episode of At the Podium, Chris reflects on discipline, masculinity, fatherhood,...
Masculinity, Trauma, and the Work of Healing with Zarak Fatah
What if the life many men are chasing—success, intimacy, freedom—actually sits on the other side of healing? In this episode of At the Podium, Patrick Huey sits down with
Seven Continents in One Year: Cole Sjoholm on Solo Travel, Growth, and Self-Discovery
What happens when travel becomes more than destinations on a map, and instead becomes a reflection of our shared humanity?In this episode of At the Podium, Patri...
Tembi Locke on "Someday, Now," Legacy, and the Courage to Begin Again.
In this landmark 100th episode of At the Podium, Patrick Huey sits down with Tembi Locke , New York Times best...
Michael Q. Pugliese on Stewardship, Legacy, and Building Circadia.
Michael Q. Pugliese is the third-generation CEO of Circadia, a global skincare compan...
Tijuana Ricks on Origin, Representation, and Taking Up Space.
Actor, director, writer, and producer Tijuana Ricks joins
Calvin Anderson on Faith, Mental Health, and the Season That Changed Him.
In this deeply personal and unguarded conversation, NFL tackle Calvin Anderson reflects on the year his life completely fell apart — and the unexpected...
Justin Wren: I Fight for the Forgotten Because I was Once One.
Justin Wren is a big man—and not just in physical stature. When you meet him in person, he takes up space. With his professional athlete’s frame and long blond hair, you can’t miss him. He has ...
Willie Mae Sharpe: I Should be Dead, but God Held onto Me.
Willie Mae Sharpe is a woman who has lived a big life — a life that has taken her to some of the most prestigious stages within the gospel and Christian broadcast worlds. Her improbable journey b...
Eric Litman: How Tech and AI Empower Humans to do Better at Being Human.
Eric Litman — the founder of Aescape — has the mind of an explorer. In the world of spa and welln...
Derrick Young Jr.: Don’t Let the Chaos and Noise of Today Steal Your Joy.
Derrick Young Jr. is a modern-day wellness warrior, advocate and pioneer committed to living a life of unrestrained excellence and impact. He emodies the principles of courage, citizenship and action that Theodore Roosevelt speaks about in his ...
DeLisa Guerrier: In the Blink of an Eye, Your Life Can Change.
We break things. That is what we as humans do. We have an almost innate compulsion to systematically destroy what is around us, usually in the name of greed, access, revenge. Even in the “greatest story ever told,” there is Judas. Who for 30 pi...
