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Hosted by Liz Hirsh Naftali · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 99 episodes
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Tired of all the bad news? Liz’s Coffee Connection is a weekly podcast hosted by Liz Hirsh Naftali, featuring real conversations over coffee with thoughtful voices from all walks of life. Each episode explores stories of heart, humanity, and hope—reminding us what’s still good in the world. Part healing balm, part caffeine pick-me-up for the soul, this podcast invites you to stop doom scrolling, start joy scrolling, and remember that we have far more that connects us than divides us.
Liz Hirsh Naftali hosts LIZ’S COFFEE CONNECTION, a news show with 99 episodes published.
Liz sits down with Lindsay Pinchuk for a conversation about leadership, Jewish advocacy, storytelling, and the power of community. Lindsay reflects on how summer camp shaped her confidence and independence, how growing u
Liz sits down with former Tennessee Senator and Governor Lamar Alexander for a conversation about leadership, family, music, and what public service is really supposed to look like. From growing up in a small Tennessee t
Liz sits down with Dr. Asif Mahmood — physician, immigrant, humanitarian, and Vice Chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom — for a deeply personal conversation about service, faith, immig
After three years apart, this is the first Mother’s Day Yael Alexander will spend with her son Edan back home. For 584 days, Yael lived with uncertainty, going through Mother’s Day 2023, 2024, and 2025 without him, holdi
Liz sits down with Hunter Biden for an honest and deeply personal conversation about loss, addiction, recovery, and redemption. Hunter reflects on growing up after the tragic loss of his mother and sister, the unwavering
Liz sits down with Pennsylvania State Representatives Jared Solomon and Jesse Topper for a conversation about friendship, public service, and what it really takes to work across political difference. One is a Democrat fr
Holocaust survivor Herta Amir joins Liz for a rare and deeply personal on-camera conversation—her first time publicly sharing her story. Though Liz has known Herta most of her life as a family friend and community leader
Liz sits down with Mayor Karen Goh of Bakersfield, California, for a conversation about service, resilience, faith, and leadership. From being born in India and moving through London before arriving in Bakersfield as a c
Liz sits down with Pastor Ryan Warren, a unique voice blending faith, hip hop, and community leadership. From dancing in studios across the country to serving as a pastor in Dallas, Ryan shares how his passions for worsh
Liz sits down with former San Francisco Mayor and legendary California Assembly Speaker Willie Brown. From growing up in Mineola, Texas during segregation to becoming one of the most influential leaders in California his
In this episode, Aliza Sokolow shares how food builds health, community, and confident, curious kids—and why nourishing ourselves is inseparable from caring for one another.
In this episode, Liz Hirsh Naftali sits down with Ambassador Ryan Crocker, a six-time U.S. ambassador whose service took him to Lebanon, Kuwait, Syria, Pakistan, Iraq, and Afghanistan. From growing up in an Air Force fam
Rabbi Sharon Brous joins Liz Hirsh Naftali for a deeply personal conversation about leadership, grief, curiosity, and the urgent need to rehumanize one another. Rabbi Brous reflects on growing up in New Jersey, discoveri
Liz sits down for a virtual coffee with Congressman Gabe Amo of Rhode Island. Rep. Amo reflects on his journey as the son of West African immigrants, his path into public service, and what it means to be the first person
Rahm Emanuel reflects on public service, parenting, and the national education emergency he believes America can’t ignore. From dinner-table debates to Chicago school reform, this is a candid conversation about leadershi
Liz sits down for a virtual coffee with James Talarico, a Texas leader shaped by faith, service, and a deep commitment to “love thy neighbor.” James shares how his granddad’s teaching—love God and love neighbor—became th
“Listen, learn, and lead — in that order.” Congresswoman Haley Stevens joins Liz’s Coffee Connection to talk leadership, Michigan grit, and why listening comes before lawmaking. From factories to farms, women in STEM to
Barry Goldwater Jr. recalls growing up in a politically famous family, his early career as a stockbroker, and an impulsive night that led him into Congress. He reflects on his relationship with his father, friendships wi
Mandana Dayani’s story begins in Tehran—where, as a child, she lived with bomb sirens, fear in the streets, and the pressure to hide her Jewish identity. By age five, her family fled on a one-day visa, leaving everything
Welcome to Liz’s Coffee Connection (formerly The Capitol Coffee Connection)! New Year, new season, new name, same heart. I’m still bringing you conversations with diverse leaders about heart, humanity, and hope—things we
Lindsay Pinchuk
Dear FoundHer
1 appearance on this show
Hunter Biden
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Ryan Warren
anchor of Triple M’s The Rush Hour · October 7th Coalition
1 appearance on this show
Willie Brown
Vice President of Revenue Cycle · Sentara Healthcare
1 appearance on this show
Ryan Crocker
former U.S. envoy to Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq
1 appearance on this show
Rabbi Sharon Brous
1 appearance on this show
Gabe Amo
U.S. Congressman (RI-01) · Rhode Island
1 appearance on this show
Rahm Emanuel
former Congressman, Chief of Staff to President Obama, Mayor of Chicago, U.S. Ambassador to Japan
1 appearance on this show
James Talarico
Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Texas · Texas state
1 appearance on this show
Haley Stevens
Congresswoman · Michigan’s 11th District
1 appearance on this show
Mandana Dayani
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council
1 appearance on this show
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