Hope Is My Middle Name
Consensus Digital Media
We're striking out across the country in search of hope, talking with people doing big daring things to make the world a little better. From cleaning up boatloads of trash in the Port of Houston, to installing a solar-powered heritage in West Virginia, to planting a tree in Tennessee after every loving burial, these Americans are building a more sustainable future, building community, building resilience, building hope. I’m Kate Tucker, and Hope is My Middle Name.
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Mary Goddard: Restoring Native Culture with Regenerative Tourism in Alaska
Hope Is My Middle Name
12/06/22 • 41 min
In the age of TikTok and Instagram, it seems there’s no place we haven’t seen, but if you’ve ever been to Alaska, you know there’s a whole lotta world left to discover—a world on the forefront of climate change, the energy transition, advocacy for Native rights, and... regenerative tourism. Because in the midst of all that Alaskans are navigating, including challenges with transportation, supply chain, and food security, they’re seeing unprecedented numbers of tourists. The islanded town of Sitka swells from under 9,000 to nearly half a million in the summertime, coming in on cruise ships. These ships bring opportunities, and they also bring complications for the people who live there, and for the environment. In her role as regenerative tourism catalyst, Mary Goddard relies on Alaska Native values of sustainability and hospitality to build a healthy relationship between her community and the tourists who visit, inviting us to join in stewarding the land, the sea, and the culture.
Mary Goddard's food blog is ForestFreshAlaska, and you can find her artwork at AlaskaMary.com. If you want to visit Sitka, she recommends you stay at CampStarlightAlaska. And if you’re a veteran or first responder, Mary and her husband invite you to reconnect with nature at Waypoint for Veterans.
Mary's references in the episode include: AIANTA (American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association), Spruce Root; Sustainable Southeast Partnership, and Sealaska.
Connect with Kate Tucker on instagram.com/katetuckermusic
Hosted and produced by Kate Tucker, Hope Is My Middle Name is a podcast by Consensus Digital Media in collaboration with Reasonable Volume.
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12/06/22 • 41 min

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Betty Reid Soskin: Remembering a History for All Americans in Our National Parks
Hope Is My Middle Name
12/13/22 • 27 min
Betty Reid Soskin became a park ranger at the age of 85, bringing a wealth of experience to the National Park Service. As Betty says, “What gets remembered is a function of who’s in the room doing the remembering,” and Betty’s history is helping other untold stories come to light at Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, California. From working in a Jim Crow union hall during the war, to starting one of the first Black-owned record shops in America, to receiving a Presidential Medal, Betty has lived many lives and she’s fully shown up for all of it. Now 101, Betty shares with us why she has even more hope for the future.
For more about Betty’s memoir, and forthcoming documentary, visit SignMyNameToFreedom.com
Find your local National Park at FindYourPark.com
Connect with Kate Tucker on instagram.com/katetuckermusic
Hosted and produced by Kate Tucker, Hope Is My Middle Name is a podcast by Consensus Digital Media in collaboration with Reasonable Volume.
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12/13/22 • 27 min

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Bayou Dave: Cleaning Up Trash to Save the World
Hope Is My Middle Name
01/17/23 • 33 min
Bayou Dave, aka David Rivers, has a calling. It involves a whole lot of trash and a vision for a clean, healthy, vibrant world that his kids can grow up in. So every day, he goes out on Houston’s Buffalo Bayou on a big makeshift barge and picks up trash—167 dump truck loads every year. He’s been called King of the Bayou, and he notices every little shift in the ecosystem. To hear him talk about the return of the snakes, or the bald eagles—his delight is contagious and his commitment, compelling.
To see Bayou Dave take on rivers of trash visit BuffaloBayou.org
Connect with Kate Tucker on instagram.com/katetuckermusic
Hosted and produced by Kate Tucker, Hope Is My Middle Name is a podcast by Consensus Digital Media in collaboration with Reasonable Volume.
Please follow, rate, and review this podcast, it makes a BIG difference. Thank you!
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01/17/23 • 33 min
Kevin Berthia & Kevin Briggs: Listening to Understand the Mental Health Crisis
Hope Is My Middle Name
11/29/22 • 44 min
Kevin Berthia and Kevin Briggs are an unlikely pair. But their friendship saves lives. And it was hard won, founded on what matters – mutual respect, trust, and listening. They met when Sergeant Briggs was in the state highway patrol and Kevin Berthia was jumping off a bridge. Today they stand side by side as suicide prevention advocates, helping people know they’re not alone, that there is hope and a future. It’s been many years now since they met and we are honored to be part of their ongoing conversation.
Learn more about Kevin Berthia and his work at kevinberthiafoundation.org
And Kevin Briggs at pivotal-points.com
Find Kate on instagram.com/katetuckermusic
Hosted and produced by Kate Tucker, Hope Is My Middle Name is a podcast by Consensus Digital Media in collaboration with Reasonable Volume.
If you or someone you know is experiencing suicidal thoughts, please call or text 988. Or you can talk online at 988lifeline.org
Warning Signs of Suicide
• Talking about wanting to die
• Looking for a way to kill oneself
• Talking about feeling hopeless or having no purpose
• Talking about feeling trapped or unbearable pain
• Talking about being a burden to others
• Increasing the use of alcohol or drugs
• Acting anxious, agitated or recklessly
• Sleeping too little or too much
• Withdrawing or feeling isolated
• Showing rage or talking about seeking revenge
• Displaying extreme mood swings
What to Do
• Do not leave the person alone
• Remove any firearms, alcohol, drugs, or sharp objects that could be used in a suicide attempt
• Call or text 988 for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
• Take the person to an emergency room or seek help from a medical or mental health professional emergency room, or seek help from a medical or mental health professional
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11/29/22 • 44 min
Tim & Beth Reese: Building Small Town Resilience in West Virginia
Hope Is My Middle Name
11/15/22 • 38 min
Are America’s small towns in decline? Not if you ask Beth and Tim Reese. They’re part of a powerful revitalization effort in Capon Bridge, West Virginia, a town of 400 nestled on the Cacapon River, at the “Gateway to the Mountains” of Appalachia. The community of Capon Bridge believes that restoring old buildings, rather than tearing them down, attracts young people and new businesses, like the Farmer’s Daughter Market & Butcher serving up “West Virginia’s Finest Finest” including one of America’s best burgers. A son of West Virginia, Tim’s heritage is in coal, but he sees a future “mining West Virginia sun,” and his early investment in solar power is catching on throughout Hampshire County. Though they’ve lived in Capon Bridge for over twenty years, the Reeses still see themselves as newcomers, and they take a community-directed approach to building resilience.
More about Tim & Beth Reese at https://www.facebook.com/taprootfarmwv
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Hosted and produced by Kate Tucker, Hope Is My Middle Name is a podcast by Consensus Digital Media in collaboration with Reasonable Volume.
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11/15/22 • 38 min
Ron Pringle: An American Dream to End Hunger
Hope Is My Middle Name
11/08/22 • 45 min
Ron Pringle believes in a hunger-free America. And he’s determined to help build it. But with more than 38 million people, including 12 million children, experiencing food insecurity in the United States, it could take a lifetime. Ron's powerful personal story energizes his work as CEO of Inter-Faith Food Shuttle, a massive force for good in North Carolina’s Raleigh-Durham area, growing and serving millions of pounds of food per year with innovative programs that address the root causes of hunger. Because, as Ron says, “If you want to break a pattern, it starts in the mind. And if food is present, a child can hope, a child can dream, a child can grow up to give back.” Like Ron did.
See Inter-Faith Food Shuttle in action on Farms Across America now streaming on YouTube.
For more about Ron’s work, visit FoodShuttle.org and follow on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram at @foodshuttle
Follow Kate Tucker on Twitter and Instagram at @katetuckermusic
Hosted and produced by Kate Tucker, Hope Is My Middle Name is a podcast by Consensus Digital Media in collaboration with Reasonable Volume.
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11/08/22 • 45 min
John Christian Phifer: Finding Life in Death with Natural Burial
Hope Is My Middle Name
11/01/22 • 47 min
John Christian Phifer’s life revolves around death. He performed his first burial at the age of six, wrapping a grasshopper in a shroud of leaves, and today he digs bigger graves on a sweeping nature preserve in the hills of Tennessee. With each funeral, the land is restored and loved ones have wide open space to grieve and to celebrate the life we all are so lucky to live. Hear how John Christian went from mortician to man with a life-giving mission in this first episode of HOPE season 2.
To find out more about Larkspur, visit LarkspurConservation.org and follow John Christian on Instagram.
Hosted and produced by Kate Tucker, Hope Is My Middle Name is a podcast by Consensus Digital Media in collaboration with Reasonable Volume.
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11/01/22 • 47 min
A Tale of Two Truckers: Hauling Hope Across America
Hope Is My Middle Name
12/22/21 • 32 min
Truckers make the world go round, especially these days with serious supply chain disruptions, the ongoing crisis of the pandemic, and the ever-increasing importance of front-line workers. We talk with two truckers out there delivering hope and crucial supplies on rough roads, in bad weather, in the face of loneliness, isolation and invisibility. They’re risking their lives for us every day, and they have some great stories to tell. From a truck stop in Kentucky, we hear from Shelli Conaway who started Trucks with Room to Spare to bring life-giving supplies to victims of natural disaster; and in a forest in Ohio, Kate talks with her dad, Kevin Tucker, because it was riding shotgun in his semi, that she learned to love the road and all its unpredictable adventure.
Connect with Kate Tucker on instagram.com/katetuckermusic
Hosted by Kate Tucker, Hope Is My Middle Name is a podcast by Consensus Digital Media in collaboration with Reasonable Volume.
Please follow, rate, and review this podcast, it makes a BIG difference. Thank you!
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12/22/21 • 32 min
George Patterson: From Mine Land to Farmland
Hope Is My Middle Name
10/14/21 • 26 min
Twenty-six year-old farmer George Patterson expands on his family’s coal-mining heritage with a new enterprise—reclaiming abandoned mine land to grow food and restore the land for generations to come. When George’s dad told him he could go to business school or go into business, he set up shop in a shipping container on a mine site, with air mattress and shotgun in tow. George worked by day and binged YouTube by night to teach himself the art and science of agriculture as an economic driver. Now he’s got a full-fledged farm in not one, but seven shipping containers, with four full-time employees and zero air mattresses. And he’s sleeping in a real bed, bought and paid for with his hard-earned profits. Today, business is booming, but it’s not about profit for George, it’s about helping a community find hope in good hard work and fantastically delicious food, food that is truly wild and wonderful like its West Virginia home.
Hosted by Kate Tucker, Hope Is My Middle Name is a podcast by Consensus Digital Media in collaboration with Reasonable Volume.
Hope Is My Middle Name is more than a podcast; it’s a community. We want to know who’s giving you hope today. Post #reasonstohope on your socials and tag @katetuckermusic for more hope.
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10/14/21 • 26 min
Jon Turner: Veteran on a Life-Giving Mission
Hope Is My Middle Name
06/17/21 • 26 min
Iraq War veteran Jon Turner takes us from an ambush in Ramadi to a homestead in Vermont, where he’s found a way to heal a traumatic brain injury through farming. Hands in the dirt, boots on the ground, Jon Turner is on a mission to build community and serve our country as a farmer, father, teacher and always, as a veteran.
Hosted by Kate Tucker, Hope Is My Middle Name is a podcast by Consensus Digital Media in collaboration with Reasonable Volume. Read about Jon Turner and Wild Roots Farm Vermont at garden-and-health.com.
Hope Is My Middle Name is more than a podcast; it’s a community. We want to know who’s giving you hope today. Post #reasonstohope on your socials and tag @katetuckermusic for more hope.
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06/17/21 • 26 min
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How many episodes does Hope Is My Middle Name have?
Hope Is My Middle Name currently has 20 episodes available.
What topics does Hope Is My Middle Name cover?
The podcast is about Society & Culture, Spirituality, Community, Religion & Spirituality, Podcasts, Inspiration, Relationships, Innovation, Hope and Sustainability.
What is the most popular episode on Hope Is My Middle Name?
The episode title 'Mary Goddard: Restoring Native Culture with Regenerative Tourism in Alaska' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Hope Is My Middle Name?
The average episode length on Hope Is My Middle Name is 38 minutes.
How often are episodes of Hope Is My Middle Name released?
Episodes of Hope Is My Middle Name are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of Hope Is My Middle Name?
The first episode of Hope Is My Middle Name was released on Apr 19, 2021.
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