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Harvest Assembly" Jesus is Everything" - Pastor's Matt Stewart, Dr. Dana Cavallaro and Pastor Brad Sheddharvestva
2025-12-2836 min
Chakira's Corner: DeKalb County District 4 UpdatesDeKalb CEO Lorraine Cochran-Johnson on Housing, Real-Time Crime Center, Water Billing, and MoreIn this episode of Chakira’s Corner, Commissioner Chakira Johnson welcomes DeKalb County CEO Lorraine Cochran-Johnson for a wide-ranging conversation on housing, public safety, infrastructure, water billing, and inclusion. They discuss the Park 500 rapid-housing acquisition, why general fund dollars matter for wraparound services, and how DeKalb’s new Chief Housing Officer is steering a broader strategy across affordable, workforce, and market-rate housing. The discussion also covers long-term revitalization along the Memorial Drive corridor (including the 4380 Memorial Drive purchase), a major investment in a Real-Time Crime Center with drones and FLOCK cameras, and targeted fixes for high water bills, plus effo...
2025-10-0745 min
Chakira's Corner: DeKalb County District 4 UpdatesAddressing Homelessness, Youth Development, and Stone Mountain Trail RevitalizationIn this episode of Chakira’s Corner, Commissioner Chakira Johnson shares key updates on the Stone Mountain Trail Master Plan and how community feedback is shaping future improvements in walkability, connectivity, and public art along the trail. She also highlights efforts to expand transitional housing and services for DeKalb’s unhoused residents, explaining how county and district funds are being directed to provide wraparound support.Other topics include the unveiling of new murals in Clarkston and Scottdale, the county’s push to reintroduce the DeKalb Arts Council, and major youth development initiatives like partnerships with 100 Black Men of DeK...
2025-09-0930 min
Today In History with The RetrospectorsWelcome To Sea WorldThere were no orcas or rollercoasters, but there were ‘seamaids’ serving tropical drinks when Sea World San Diego first welcomed guests on 22nd March, 1964. Originally conceived as a themed restaurant with a marine show inside, the founders had pivoted to build a seaquarium instead, drawing thousands of eager visitors, including, bizarrely, Senator Barry Goldwater.It wasn't until the acquisition of the famous killer whale, Shamu, that SeaWorld's identity truly solidified, but the park's success sparked ethical debates about the treatment of animals, from ‘Free Willy’ to ‘Blackfish’.In this episode, Arion, Rebecc...
2024-03-2212 min
The REI Concierge PodcastMatt Shedd, Retired Foreign Service Officer, Shares His REI StoryLisa and Tim are excited to have Matt Shedd joining today. Matt is a retired Foreign Service Officer who has strategically built his real estate investing portfolio over the years to supplement his retirement. Matt and his wife have been conservative investors with great success! He's got a LOT of wisdom to share and lessons learned with his journey!Connect with us:Schedule a call with TimSchedule a call with LisaSchedule a call with JeanLearn more at thereiconcierge.com
2022-11-2358 min
History Makers RadioTyler SheddTyler Shedd is a Pastor and Missionary based in Adelaide, Australia. In this interview he shares about his journey of faith and being raised in the USA, his missionary work in Asia among the Poor and Vulnerable and women caught in the sex industry, and about his first ever sermon in Brazil! Listen in to his story!
2022-11-1600 min
Pastoral Theology: The Man of God - Albert N. MartinUnit 6: Lecture 11 - Contents of Public Prayer | Albert N. MartinGuidelines with respect to the essential contents of public prayer
1) They should be comprehensive, with invocation, adoration, thanksgiving, confession, intercession, supplication.
1 Tim. 2:1Ezra 9Neh. 9Dan 9Matt. 6:9-13
Remember the helpful little acronym: A.C.T.S.
A-dorationC-onfessionT-hanksgivingS-upplication
2) They should be definite.
Luke 11:5-13Luke 18:1-8
Robert L. Dabney, Lectures on Sacred Rhetoric, Edinburgh: Banner of Truth Trust, 1979), p. 356.
3) They should be appropriate.
a) The content should be appropriate in terms of...
2022-07-3156 min
City Cast ChicagoNew Leadership at Improv Institutions, Chicagwa Takes, and What is a Lumpsucker?City Cast producer Simone Alicea is in the host chair this week to dig into some top stories around Chicago. She’s joined by two of the hosts of one of her favorite podcasts, “Hello from the Magic Tavern,” an improvised comedy chat show set in a fantasy world. Arnie Niekamp plays a fictional version of himself who fell through a magical portal in Chicago, and Matt Young plays his wizard co-host. Some of the stories they get into this week are the big names on the new advisory board at The Second City and the return of iO after i...
2022-05-1331 min
The Bruce St. James ShowWhat's up with Hallmark Christmas movies?Ramblin' Ray Stevens fills in for Bruce and Judy today. Ray and WLS' Nick Gale share a few small wins they've had in their lives recently. Ray talks to former Chicago resident John Daniels to find out why he moved to a different city. Ray warns listeners to watch out for a bison on the loose. There are only 14 days until Christmas, and it still has not snowed. Illinois State Climatologist Trent Ford explains why. Ray wonders if Matt Nagy's last day will be after the Bears VS the Packers game on Monday. Ray wasn't sure what to get his...
2021-12-101h 50
Inspired To GreatnessITG #38 - Owning Your PaycheckWelcome to Inspired to Greatness... the show all about spreading inspiration, motivation, and being great., I am your host, I hope you are having an amazing day, my friends! Today we are talking about Entrepreneurship & Business!We are going to discuss a little about how we run our businesses, how owning and growing a business works into our life, and give some tips about how we succeed at the whole thing."Selling is not a pushy, winner-takes-all, macho act. It is an empathy-led, process-driven, and knowledge-intensive discipline. Because, in the end, people buy from people." -Subroto B...
2021-10-141h 22
Finding Help: Therapy, Recovery, & CommunityEscaping Internet Addiction: Pornography, Shopping, Social Media, and Gaming Addictions with Zulaikha Straight, MA, LPCInternet addiction is a condition that we are just starting to recognize and grapple with collectively as a culture. It’s also something that the therapy community is also starting to take seriously and address with clients. And I think if we are honest, most of us can likely identify some form of internet addiction in our own lives, be it mild or severe. Zulaikha Straight, MA, LPC, is a trauma therapist and certified addiction coach specializing in internet addiction. We talk about how this addiction can take on many different forms, including shopping, pornography, social media, and gaming ad...
2021-09-2250 minFinding Help: Therapy, Recovery, & CommunityAmphetamine Psychosis, Spiritual Awakening, Total Acceptance | Adam AbramowitzA lot of times there’s a thin line between a mental breakdown and a spiritual experience. Adam has had his fair share of both. He shares them here and it’s quite a ride.
Things kicked up a notch when he was a NCAA Division 1 football player managing a worsening drug problem. In a televised ESPN game, he had a psychotic break. Spiritual experiences, continued drug use, 12 Step Recovery, and total acceptance eventually follow.
1:35 Amphetamine induced psychotic break during a D1 NCAA football game
5:05 Continued psychosis for 4 months
7:20 Psychosis ends then...
2021-08-2759 min
Finding Help: Therapy, Recovery, & CommunityMythology, Spirituality, & Therapy: Transforming Suffering into Poetry with Mitchell Smolkin, MACP, RPA Jungian psychotherapist who approaches the most seemingly ordinary human experience with the curiosity and reverence of a philosopher and a poet, Mitchell Smolkin, MACP, RP, is a profoundly interesting conversation partner. We work through some big questions in this episode. Specifically, we discuss how therapy can intersect with spirituality in moments of great suffering to be a profound meaning-making tool in our lives.
How do we find dignity in suffering? [1:30]
Accepting suffering and resisting violence to the individual;
Carl Jung’s influence and his “appetite for mythology” as a tool for making meaning;
12 Step Recovery as a fr...
2021-08-0545 minFinding Help: Therapy, Recovery, & CommunityFrom Alcoholic Hallucinations to Connection + Hope with Kyle C.Terrible things always happened to Kyle when he drank. And yet Kyle could NOT stop drinking, even though he desperately wanted to.
We start off our conversation with his description of being in the hospital with the DTs. And it makes "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" seem tame.
He recalls after being detoxed, swearing he's not going to drink at the same time that he's lifting the bottle to his mouth.
Eventually, through the process of a 12 Steps program, surrender, and community, a life characterized by isolation and despair starts to give w...
2021-07-2344 minFinding Help: Therapy, Recovery, & CommunityA Nonviolent Approach to Addiction with Matt Shedd, MAIf addiction is a process characterized by a state of violence toward oneself and others, perhaps the way to recovery is nonviolent. Perhaps lasting habit change doesn't involve forcing, coercing, or punishing ourselves into doing things differently but instead consists of a process of disarming ourselves of ineffective coping mechanisms. And in taking that risk, maybe we can open ourselves to finding a new power grounded in community rather than alienation. In this podcast episode, Matt Shedd lays out how he sees the language and process of nonviolent direct action as coinciding with the process of 12 Step Recovery and...
2021-07-0916 minFinding Help: Therapy, Recovery, & CommunityEveryone's Brain Is Different | Neurodiversity with Kelli Willard, LMFTWhat happens if a therapist properly understands their client’s unique brain differences and challenges? It can potentially save the client and therapist years of pursuing therapeutic interventions that are ineffective for that client’s particular brain. Kelli Willard’s approach as a therapist changed dramatically when she officially received an ADHD diagnosis. A better understanding of how her own brain functioned helped her shift her entire perspective, not just on her own daily life, but also on working with individuals and couples as a therapist. In our talk we discuss neurodiversity and how everyone’s brain functions differently. Kelli’s...
2021-07-0133 minFinding Help: Therapy, Recovery, & Community“Anything Is Welcome” | Radical Acceptance & EMDR with Natasha Vayner, LCSWWhat if we learned to welcome every emotional experience we had–even the unpleasant ones?
Natasha Vayner, LCSW, talks about how she uses radical acceptance in the work she does with her clients. “There’s space for feeling, for thoughts, and there’s space for anger–really anything,” Natasha explains. “Anything is welcome.”
She also explains how she uses EMDR, a technique that provides a specific methodology for clients to create this room for new experiences.
“[With EMDR] clients hear themselves saying the things that they never thought they would say. They are feeling the things...
2021-06-2426 minFinding Help: Therapy, Recovery, & CommunityRacial Trauma and Cultural Humility with Sherrae Lachhu, LMFTWhat is it like to be an African American therapist helping clients work through racial trauma that one is also experiencing?
According to Sherrae Lachhu, LMFT, doing this well involves having the humility and willingness to learn about each client's unique personal and cultural backgrounds.
"All trauma is not the same," Sherrae points out. "I know trauma; I know oppression; I know what it feels like to come from a marginalized community. I don't know how everybody within my community feels, let alone other communities."
In Sherrae's work as a therapist based in Hun...
2021-06-1732 minFinding Help: Therapy, Recovery, & CommunityMaking Therapy Accessible to Diverse Cultural Backgrounds with Ana Aluisy, LMFT, LMHCAna Aluisy is a therapist in Tampa, Florida, specializing in multicultural couples counseling and making mental healthcare accessible to minority communities. In our talk we cover a range of issues, like why more people are coming to therapy during COVID, the unique bond that can exist between a therapist and a client, and the challenges that minority communities can often face to receive mental health support. Here are some of the the main subjects we touch on:
-Why more people are coming to therapy during Covid (1:30)
-What therapy is actually like (3:10)
-Working with c...
2021-06-1032 minFinding Help: Therapy, Recovery, & CommunityEmotionally Focused Therapy with Travis Ramsey, LPCEven if the mental health difficulties don’t seem connected to our family relationships, a lot of times they are. We all participate in systems, like our families, that affect us whether we acknowledge it or not.
As Travis Ramsey, LPC, puts it, “If one part of our family isn’t working well, it doesn’t make all the other parts behave better, it makes them behave worse.” And at the same time, “When one person changes, it can change the whole family system.” As an emotionally focused couples and families therapist, Travis helps clients see the difficulties t...
2021-06-0327 min
Energy Matters with Commissioner EcholsMatt Kisber (Gresham Smith), Alan Shedd (Oglethorpe Power) and Stephen LoftinIn this episode, Commissioner Tim Echols and KC Boyce talk big solar with Silicon Ranch. In the 2nd half, Edward Gresham joins from Savannah to talk energy efficiency. After that, Tim interviews Alan Shedd and Stephen Loftin about plug-in hybrids.
2021-06-0353 minFinding Help: Therapy, Recovery, & CommunityEscaping Perfectionism with Bianca Hughes, LPCBianca Hughes, LPC, shares that the unrealistic desire to be perfect exists in all of us and is at the root of many mental health difficulties. We discuss how perfectionism shows up differently for men and women. We also talk about how the pandemic has affected mental health. Bianca credits the slowed down pace of life with creating an increased demand for therapy as people come face-to-face with their inner perfectionist and are seeking help as a result. In addition to her therapy practice, Bianca hosts the “Authentic Wednesday Podcast” in which she invites guests to take off their perf...
2021-05-2730 minFinding Help: Therapy, Recovery, & CommunityWill Couples Therapy Be Able to Help Us? with Becky Wofford, LMFTHow come my partner and I keep getting into fights and we don’t know why?
How come my partner doesn’t seem to care about me any more?
Is it even possible for us to find our way back to each other?
My guest today is Becky Wofford of Lifespring Counseling with offices in Acworth and Marietta, Georgia. Our conversation today focuses on Becky’s work with couples using emotionally focused therapy. She shares about the uniquely deep loneliness that people experience when they are in a strained relationship; the apprehension they often feel about op...
2021-05-1729 minFinding Help: Therapy, Recovery, & CommunityA Feeling of Safety Beyond Words with Alyce Wellons, LCSWAlyce Wellons, LCSW, is a therapist who is remarkably grounded, thoughtful, and present. You can hear the care and wisdom that she brings to her therapy practice when she describes how she works with clients. Alyce has over 20 years of experience as a psychotherapist, and she explains how her views about therapy have matured over time. Specifically, she talks about how, as a young therapist, she thought that working with trauma was about going right into the content of the traumatic event in the client's life. It wasn't until she gained more experience that she began to realize the...
2021-05-1129 minFinding Help: Therapy, Recovery, & CommunityWorking with Men in Therapy with Dr. Steve FoglemanWhat are some of the obstacles that men face in getting help with their mental health? What makes therapy work well? And if it works well, why is it so hard for people to reach out for help? These are just some of the big questions that I tackle with Dr. Steve Fogleman, a psychologist who focuses on interpersonal process therapy in his work with clients. In our talk, we discuss how sharing in a safe context of therapy allows clients to work through and address past traumas. We also talk about how media representations of therapy shape our ex...
2021-05-0430 minFinding Help: Therapy, Recovery, & CommunityA Therapist for People Who Don’t Like Therapy with Melanie Storrusten, LSCWMelanie Storrusten, LCSW works with a lot of clients who have had bad experiences with therapy in the past. Melanie specializes in trauma, and her approach incorporates the most up-to-date research on how trauma affects the nervous system. She discusses how trauma needs to be engaged with gently, delicately, and slowly. We also talk about how events in the news can affect trauma survivors. Melanie talks about different media representations of therapy on TV shows like "Grey's Anatomy" or "This Is Us" can sometimes be harmful or helpful in giving people an idea of what therapy is actually like.
2021-04-2732 min
What Can You Tell MeDive Officer Amanda WeilerEpisode 24 - Amanda Weiler took a class in high school which changed her life forever when she learned to SCUBA dive. After working in some pretty delightful spots around the world doing research, she eventually made her way to Chicago where she began volunteering at and then working at Shedd Aquarium. She is now working as a dive officer at Moody Gardens in Galveston, Texas.Instagram - scubamandaMusicFather John Misty: “Fear Fun” “I love you, honey bear” & “Pure Comedy”Iration: “Hotting Up” & “Time Bomb”Slightly Stoopid: “Everything you need” & “top of the world”Arcs: “yo...
2020-09-281h 14
Vermont TalksTalking with Anthony Girelli of Fall From Sanityvermonttalks.com/17I was lucky enough to be able to chat with Anthony about his musical career and various projects he's worked on in the past. Anthony is currently involved in the band Fall From Sanity (Progressive Rock Band from Burlington, Vermont. Blair Shedd - Vocals, Matt Sicard - Guitar, Anthony Girelli - Drums/Keys, Sean Dollar - Bass), with members spread across the state of Vermont. This is a special project because most of he members have only played together a few times in person. Each band mate records their individual part and then Anthony has been mast...
2020-08-1151 min
CausepodsFighting Addition with Matt Shedd of the Stories of Recovery podcastMatt Shedd joins me today from Marr Addiction Treatment Centers. Matt is the host of their podcast, Stories of Recovery | Alcoholism, Addiction & Twelve Step Spirituality. They share personal experiences of dealing with substance abuse from the perspective of a client in a treatment center, a family member, or a counselor.Matt talks about why they chose podcasting as a medium to get these stories out there as well as advice for others looking to start a podcast. We also discuss how you can donate to Marr’s scholarship fund to help those who need assistance getting the treat...
2020-07-3023 min
I Know This Guy With Norm FarrarEp. 9 w/ Matthew Shedd - Opening the Mind's ApertureYou won't want to miss this one! Matt served in the U.S. Army Special Forces from 1984 - 2000 where he served in a Kurdish refugee camp along the Turkish-Iraqi border following the first Gulf War. He then joined the U.S. Department of State where he and his wife served in Bosnia, Estonia, China, Rwanda, and Poland. We gain some fascinating insight into the life of someone who has helped keep the peace in refugee camps, seen the aftermath of the Rwanda genocide and was in Berlin when the Berlin Wall came down. Not only we...
2020-07-1400 min
Kubernetes Podcast from Googlekpt, with Morten Torkildsenkpt ("kept") is a new open-source tool for Kubernetes packaging built by Google Cloud. Morten Torkildsen is an engineer at Google, focusing on configuration management and the workloads APIs, and he worked on Kpt. He explains it to Adam, while Craig fills his mind with penguins. Do you have something cool to share? Some questions? Let us know: web: kubernetespodcast.com mail: kubernetespodcast@google.com twitter: @kubernetespod Chatter of the week The Easter Bunny is an Essential Worker in New Zealand From the archives: Dragon research (discussed in Episode 53) Keepers are letting the penguins run loose...
2020-04-1428 min