A surge of listener energy from our Rescue Cats conversation carries straight into a double-header week built on clarity and action. We start by acknowledging what thousands of downloads confirmed: practical stories change how we see our work. ...

A bow on a box makes for a heart-melting reveal, but what happens after the wrapping paper is gone? We sit down with longtime adoption coordinator Jerri Clay Hays to unpack the real work of turning a holiday surprise into a lifelong bond. From ...

Forget tidy boxes. I grew up harmonizing to soft rock while training my voice in gospel, and that mix still shapes every note I sing and every song I love. Today I open that door and invite you into the real soundtrack—Queen on the shelf next t...

The spark was simple: share stories from all walks of life. What followed was anything but simple—months of posting solo, friends drifting from excitement to skepticism, and a promise to keep going when the room got quiet. We open the door on t...

A single melody can carry a show. We celebrate composer Chris Murphy Elliot with a warm birthday tribute and the story behind Reaching for the Stars, the theme that turned a short-lived radio experiment into the musical backbone of our podcast....