Hope Is My Middle Name

We're striking out across the country in search of hope, talking with everyday Americans finding innovative, often unconventional ways to build resilience, build community, build hope. Whether designing a town for the homeless, cleaning up boatloads of trash in the bayou, bringing folks out of incarceration and addiction, transforming coal mines into farmlands, or saving the planet to save our lives, these people remind us that we too can make a difference in our own unique way. I'm Kate Tucker, and HOPE is my middle name.

Hope Is My Middle Name is a society podcast hosted by Kate Tucker, with 31 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Kate Tucker hosts Hope Is My Middle Name, a society show with 31 episodes published.

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  Episode #10

  The Unbreakable Bond: Service Dogs and Their Life-Saving Impact with Jennifer Arnold

  Dec 17, 202450 minS4

  <p>Educating dogs to change the world, that’s the work of Canine Assistants founded in 1991 by Jennifer Arnold, in the wake of her father’s unexpected death and her diagnosis of multiple sclerosis at age 16. Fueled by legacy and limitation, Arnold funded her scrappy startup with wide-ranging odd jobs and a donation bucket at the local Walmart. To date, the non-profit has placed over 3,000 service dogs with people who have mobility difficulties, Type 1 Diabetes, epilepsy/seizure disorders, and other special needs. Their Community Service Dogs provide therapy in Children's Hospitals for kids, parents, and staff, and their Community Facilitators are...

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  Episode #9

  Hope and Healing for Kids and Families Living with Autism: Dr. Theresa Hamlin

  Dec 10, 202450 minS4

  <p>“What happens here matters everywhere” is the motto for The Center for Discovery, tucked away in the hills of upstate New York, where for the past forty years Dr. Theresa Hamlin has been hard at work revolutionizing care for people with autism and other complex needs. With a robust team of researchers, Dr. Hamlin developed the HealthE6 model, a holistic approach to calibrating brain, body, and environment through diet, movement, and stress management. In autism, stress is a major factor and the HealthE6 model offers tangible ways to find equilibrium. We have a long way to go in understanding autis...

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  Episode #8

  Empowering Art and Community In and Out of Prison: Rahsaan “New York” Thomas

  Dec 3, 202444 minS4

  <p>What if art could build a bridge from incarceration to liberation? For Rahsaan “New York” Thomas the road was long, but he turned a 55 to life prison sentence into an opportunity. Through art, he would empower fellow incarcerated artists to transcend the limits of their sentences, and maybe even one day walk free, like Rahsaan did in 2023. </p><p>Today Rahsaan directs Empowerment Avenue, a non-profit he founded while inside San Quentin and now runs on the outside, along with a myriad of creative endeavors including the San Quentin Film Festival, and his work on the Pulitzer-prize winning podcast, Ear H...

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  Episode #7

  A Tornado Destroyed Greensburg So They Rebuilt as America’s Greenest Town

  Nov 19, 202448 minS4

  <p>Growing up on a farm in Kansas, Bob Dixson never dreamed of being mayor. But when a tornado leveled 95% of his small town he came out of retirement and into rebuilding from the rubble, a thriving climate resilient community. Today Greensburg is America’s greenest town, powered entirely by renewable energy with smart infrastructure for water conservation, and the most LEED-certified buildings per capita in the US.  </p><p>Hear the story of Greensburg, as Bob tells it, from the night the tornado took the roof off his house, to the example it is today of resilience, small town valu...

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  Episode #6

  Veterans Turning PTSD into Posttraumatic Growth with Boulder Crest’s Ken Falke

  Nov 12, 202452 minS4

  <p>Ken Falke loves jumping out of airplanes. As a 21-year veteran bomb disposal specialist in the U.S. Navy, he’s a high risk, high pressure kind of guy. But when a jump went bad at age 27, he found himself out of commission and staring down a discharge. At that moment, Ken faced a decision he says all trauma survivors must make – he chose to be a victor, not a victim. </p><p>What seemed like the end, held in it the seed of a transformative mission Ken would launch with his wife in 2010 to help veterans, first responders and t...

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