The Josh and Friends Podcast
Broadcasting since the boombox days.
The Josh & Friends Podcast is the heart of this channel — a monthly deep dive into music, memories, and the people who shaped my life. From award-winning college journalism and Seattle radio (KISW, KZOK, KBSG) to Studio 12A in Phoenix, I’ve spent decades behind the mic documenting the soundtrack of our lives.
Along the way, this channel has grown into a living archive — featuring curated music playlists (including viral favorites with millions of views), conversations with radio personalities and lifelong friends, firsthand stories from Woodstock to Vietnam, game day traditions, nostalgia travel features, and the everyday moments that turn into lifelong memories.
Because everyone has a story — and every era has a soundtrack.
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The Josh and Friends Podcast
Broken Hearts, Organ Donors & College Coeds (Feat. Aolani Glover)
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Episode 121: This week the show welcomes Aolani Glover to the program! I first met Aolani at Central Washington University back in 1997. As fellow residents within the same dorm, we would soon begin hanging out with our group of friends partaking in random activities such as ab workouts, dinner parties and drinks on the weekends.
After graduating, Aolani took up a job working at Nike in Oregon. She later began training to become a police officer in Washington when she suddenly suffered a serious health issue that nearly took her life. This tragic event eventually led to her receiving a heart transplant at the UW Medical Center in Seattle.
Aolani joins the podcast to speak about her experience living as a transplant patient, and discuss the music that helped to inspire her journey along the way.
0:00 - Cold Open / Intro (Lee Michaels)
1:43 - Weather / School, Family & Church
9:07 - CWU & The Dorms
18:07 - The Dunhams / 8-Min Abs / Dining Hall
23:12 - AM Geology Class
26:03 - Strong Personality / Adulting
28:28 - College Major & Degree
30:16 - Lee Olson / Passing Classes
35:21 - Recruiting / Drinking / Red Robin
39:43 - Job at Nike / Mother's Illness
45:14 - WaMu / Married Life
51:12 - Police Training / Waiting at Hospital
59:39 - Heart Tests / Coding / Harborview
1:08:33 - Myspace Update / Hallucinations at UW
1:11:00 - Device Options / Second Heart Failure
1:16:27 - Transplant Waiting List / Utah Nurse
1:24:43 - Heart Transplant Stats / Masks & Covid
1:31:54 - Meeting Donor's Family
1:42:52 - Lifespan Of Recipients / Aolani's PSA
1:46:37 - Heart Attacks & Warning Signs
1:51:37 - Surviving & Purpose
1:58:15 - Organ Donations, Science & Technology
2:02:09 - Inspirational Music / Songs About Hearts
2:07:49 - E.T. & Pop Culture / Staying Positive
2:11:03 - Outro / Close
AOLANI'S HEART LINKS
* Life Center Northwest
https://lcnw.org/
* Organ Donation and Transplantation: How Does it Work?
https://youtu.be/K4bS7YZjqhY
* Sign Up to Save Lives: Be An Organ Donor
https://www.donors1.org/learn-about-organ-donation/sign-up-to-save-lives/
* How UNOS, OPOs and transplant programs work together to save lives
https://unos.org/about/national-organ-transplant-system/
MUSIC CLIPS
* Roxette - Listen To Your Heart (Official Music Video)
* Elton John, Kiki Dee - Don't Go Breaking My Heart (with Kiki Dee)
* Stevie Nicks - Stop Draggin' My Heart Around (Official Video) [HD Remaster]
* Bee Gees - How Can You Mend a Broken Heart, live 1975
* Billy Ray Cyrus - Achy Breaky Heart live at Jay Leno 1993
* Neil Diamond - Heartlight (E.T. - Heartlight)
* Deee-Lite - Groove is in the Heart (Live in Roskilde 1991)
* Heart of Glass - Blondie | The Midnight Special
* Bonnie Raitt - Just Like That (Official Lyric Video)
🎵 MUSIC USED
► Theme Song: Corbyn Kites - "Overdrive"
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