How Can I Help?
Do you want to make a positive impact on the world, but don’t know where to start? Does learning about the challenges people face make you want to help, but you don’t know how? Do thoughts and prayers sound fine, but you think taking action is better? On this podcast, Caitlin McHugh Stamos finds nonprofits, businesses, and individuals who are making a positive impact in the world and she figures out how to help their causes.
Episodes
30 episodes
Help for Fire Victims
Ed Diab is a leading wildfire litigation attorney who has recovered over $1.65 billion on behalf of wildfire victims against power companies. He has secured numerous landmark settlements, including $415 million in the 2017 North Bay Fires, $582...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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47:18
Help Turn Life Challenges into Personal Growth with Christyn Taylor
In 2010, Christyn Taylor’s life took a drastic turn when her then seven-year-old daughter, Rebecca, was diagnosed with chronic pancreatitis. She immediately immersed into the world of pancreatitis as her daughter subsequently endured over 1,...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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40:31
Help By Rethinking Adoption with Gretchen Sisson
Gretchen Sisson is the author of Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood and a sociologist at Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health in the department of obstetrics, gyne...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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47:09
Help Black Mothers Change the Statistics with St. John’s Community Health– Black Health and Wellness Program
Heather Alexander and Lydia Callins lead St. John’s Committed to Black Wellness & Health Program which aims to provide support to Black Women and their families. The goal of the program is to improve the health and quality of life ...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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46:04
Help Children of Incarcerated Parents with Michael’s Daughter Foundation
Ciera Payton’s father spent time in prison while she was growing up, and her arts teachers were instrumental in shaping the incredible person she is today. With Michael’s Daughter Foundation she provides free and low-cost enrichment pr...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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34:34
Help Children in Foster Care with Foster Love
Our guest, Gianna Mulkay is Executive Director of Foster Love, a nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of children in foster care. Through collaborations with individuals, companies, and community partners, they provide essential ...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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22:59
Help Our Essential Farm Workers with Celebration Nation
Flor Martinez was a child farm laborer and has been advocating for and helping farm workers ever since. With her nonprofit, Celebration Nation, she provides clothing, water, food, sun/weather protection, toys, and health clinics to far...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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54:23
Help Change the Conversation about Guns with 97 Percent
Mathew Littman is Executive Director of 97percent, a new gun safety organization (@97percentorg). He previously served as chief speechwriter to Joe Biden and appears frequently on ...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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38:33
Help Our Country with Kate Paris from Red, Wine, and Blue
Katie Paris is a 20-year veteran of national politics and an Ohio suburban mom. She moved to Ohio from Washington, DC, almost ten years ago, but it wasn't until the 2018 election that she quit her job in national politics to focus closer to ...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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31:00
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Helping You Have the Best Time at DisneyWorld
AJ Wolfe Writer and entrepreneur. Owner of Cambrick Yard Media, an online media company creating high-quality, entertaining, and useful online brands and products. Topics currently covered by our properties include personal finance, so...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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36:58
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Help Migrant Children with Yes We Can
Estefanía Rebellón is the co-founder and Executive Director of Yes We Can World Foundation, a female-led nonprofit organization that believes every child has the right to education and safe spaces regardless of their location, current legal ...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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35:34
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Help Afghan Allies with No One Left Behind
Our guests today are helping to keep America’s promise to our allies in Afghanistan. Right now there are people who risked their lives to help our soldiers and journalists during the war and are continuing to fear for their lives as th...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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44:34
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Help End Human Trafficking with Rebecca Bender
Rebecca is a CEO and a published author who has earned a distinct reputation as a trailblazer and thought leader in the field. Her specialized training has equipped well over 100,000 professionals including FBI, Homeland Security, local law ...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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51:48
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Help Bring Healthy Food to EveryTable
We know that a diet consisting of only unhealthy fast food is linked to all kinds of health problems and even a shorter life span, but in areas where the median income is at poverty levels, fast food is all you’ll find. We call them food ...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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41:58
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Help Us Honor Bob Saget’s Legacy with The Scleroderma Research Foundation
The sudden loss of our dear friend Bob Saget January 9, 2022, was not only a terrible loss for those of us who knew and loved him, but the entire scleroderma community. Motivated by the passing of his sister, Gay, at the age of 47 in 1994 from ...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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51:09
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Help Save the Planet with The Climate Reality Project
Phyllis Cuttino is president and CEO of The Climate Reality Project which was founded by Vice President Al Gore to educate and train climate activists. Phyllis is a leader with deep experience and success leading campaigns, coalitions ...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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28:33
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Help Save Democracy with Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson
This special episode we welcome back voting rights activist, podcaster and documentary filmmaker Kim Moffat, and founder of Vote Mama Foundation and Vote Mama Lobby Liuba Grechen Shirley. The three of us have an inspiring conv...
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Season 1
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44:40
Help Advocate for ALS with Amanda Stevens, Mayuri Saxena, & Sandra Abrevaya
ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a neurodegenerative disease that attacks the cells of the nervous system and the brain. Most people who get diagnosed have a life expectancy of only 2-5 years on average. There are currently ...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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38:07
Community Helps with Mike Porath from The Mighty
Christine Porath joins me as co-host again as we talk with her brother, Mike Porath, about how community can help support us after difficult diagnoses. Mike’s daughter was diagnosed with a rare condition and it was a community he found online t...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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44:07
Art Helps with April Henry and Bonnie Root
April and Bonnie share how their art has helped heal them and how teaching art to others, especially the children of Matsiko, changes the world.Be The Love producer and creative director, April Henry is an International award-w...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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41:09
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Help Honor those We’ve Lost with Jamie Epstein Kolnick
All of us have or will experience the loss of a loved one. Jamie Epstein Kolnick lost three close family members before turning 30 and shares with us how she handles grief, how to show up for someone you know who is grieving, and how helping...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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21:47
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Helping You Have the Best Day at Disneyland
We’ve covered a lot of heavy, real issues, and we will do more of that in upcoming episodes, but today I thought I’d give us a little breather and a little magic. I brought together the most knowledgeable Disneyland Influencers I know,...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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44:04
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Help Elect Moms with Liuba Grechen Shirley of Vote Mama and Jasmine Beach-Ferrara
Mothers in Congress are leading the way on children and family issues. In new research Lisa A Bryant and Julia Marin Hellwege found that mothers write, on average, five more bills over their time in congress compared to women who are not ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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Help Pass Responsible Gun Laws with Kristin Song and Fred Guttenberg
Kristin Song and Fred Guttenberg lost children to senseless gun violence, one on a playdate and the other in a school massacre. Now, they are fighting to make sure no one else feels their pain. As a parent of a young child who goes on pla...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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32:55
Help Refugees At The Border with Zoe Winkler Reinis and This Is About Humanity
We all have seen the treatment of refugees at the border on the news. It is one thing to watch it on tv; it is something entirely different to drive down from LA, stand next to the walls built at our border, and hear the families' stories in sh...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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