Hope Is My Middle Name: Stories that Inspire Hope

09/24/24 • 1 min

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Welcome to Hope Is My Middle Name, the podcast where Kate Tucker interviews everyday Americans doing big daring things to make the world a little better. Hope can be complicated these days, and hearing their stories reminds us that we too can make a difference, wherever we are.

Join us for a new season of Hope Is My Middle Name, every Tuesday now through December.

New to Hope? Start with "John Christian Phifer: Finding Life in Death with Natural Burial" season 2, episode 1 on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube.

Connect with Kate on Instagram and Youtube, and subscribe to the Hope newsletter for behind-the-scenes stories of hope and the people who inspire us.

If you like what you hear, please follow Hope Is My Middle Name on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, and leave us a rating and review! Your feedback makes a huge difference in helping us reach more people with more hope.

Hosted and executive produced by Kate Tucker, Hope Is My Middle Name is a podcast by Consensus Digital Media in collaboration with Reasonable Volume.

Special thanks to the following Hope guests, featured in this season 4 trailer, in order of appearance:

Kevin Berthia - Listening to Understand the Mental Health Crisis
Dr. Theresa Hamlin - forthcoming Hope Is My Middle Name season 4
Doug Naselroad - Building Instruments to Recover from Floods and Addiction in Appalachia
John Christian Phifer - Finding Life in Death with Natural Burial
Jennifer Arnold - forthcoming Hope Is My Middle Name season 4
Sergeant Kevin Briggs - Listening to Understand the Mental Health Crisis
Maria Rush - forthcoming Hope Is My Middle Name season 4
Sally Sears - Transforming a Toxic Wasteland into a Wildlife Haven

Join us for a new season of Hope Is My Middle Name, every Tuesday now through December.

New to Hope? Start with "John Christian Phifer: Finding Life in Death with Natural Burial" season 2, episode 1 on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube.

Connect with Kate on Instagram and Youtube, and subscribe to the Hope newsletter for behind-the-scenes stories of hope and the people who inspire us.

Hosted and executive produced by Kate Tucker, Hope Is My Middle Name is a podcast by Consensus Digital Media in collaboration with Reasonable Volume.

Special thanks to the following Hope guests, featured in this season 4 trailer, in order of appearance:

Kevin Berthia - Listening to Understand the Mental Health Crisis
Dr. Theresa Hamlin - forthcoming Hope Is My Middle Name season 4
Doug Naselroad - Building Instruments to Recover from Floods and Addiction in Appalachia
John Christian Phifer - Finding Life in Death with Natural Burial
Jennifer Arnold - forthcoming Hope Is My Middle Name season 4
Sergeant Kevin Briggs - Listening to Understand the Mental Health Crisis
Maria Rush - forthcoming Hope Is My Middle Name season 4
Sally Sears - Transforming a Toxic Wasteland into a Wildlife Haven

Previous Episode

What’s in the Water: West Virginia’s WaterKeeper on the Future of Appalachia’s Rivers

Almost Heaven, West Virginia isn’t just coal mines and country roads. Called the Birthplace of Rivers, the state sits on the Eastern Continental Divide, where 40 rivers and 56,000 miles of streams provide drinking water for millions of people from the Chesapeake Bay out to the Gulf of Mexico.

And yet, while West Virginia serves the country with her pristine headwater streams, there are entire counties in the state that have been on boil water alerts for years, with wells contaminated by coal mining and fracking, with no infrastructure for clean drinking water, with no funding, and no real plan. Compounding that are issues of food insecurity, poverty, and addiction. With limited access to well-paying jobs, education, and broadband, West Virginia’s population continues to dwindle, and it leads the nation in opioid deaths.

Where is the hope for a place like West Virginia? It’s in the people, and it's in the water, according to Angie Rosser, West Virginia’s Headwaters WaterKeeper and executive director of West Virginia Rivers Coalition. As Angie says, “We're well-positioned geographically, resource-wise, to have this paradigm shift around what it means to develop natural resources [...] as something to preserve and hold up, as something we are the keepers of. You can experience this and it will make meaning for your life, your family, your connection to nature and the bigger world around us. So I'm excited about that and that’s why I'm not leaving. I'm staying here.”

Join us for a delightful conversation on rivers, resilience, and restoration born in the hills of Appalachia on this season finale episode of HOPE.

Learn more about Angie Rosser and West Virginia Rivers Coalition at https://wvrivers.org/

If you liked this episode, listen next to Tim and Beth Reese: Building Small Town Resilience in West Virginia on HOPE Is My Middle Name season 2, episode 3.

Follow Kate’s adventures through West Virginia on Made In America, now streaming on YouTube.com/ConsensusDigitalMedia

Connect with Kate on YouTube.com/KateTucker and instagram.com/katetuckermusic and please follow, rate, and review the show on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, it means a lot to us!

Hosted and executive produced by Kate Tucker, Hope Is My Middle Name is a podcast by Consensus Digital Media in collaboration with Reasonable Volume.

Next Episode

Connecting Faith and Science to Solve the Climate Crisis with Katharine Hayhoe

Chief Scientist at the Nature Conservancy, climate researcher, “Science Mom,” and evangelical Christian, Katharine Hayhoe is not out to save the planet, she’s out to save us from the devastating impacts of climate change. As a scientist, Katharine knows that the earth will adapt to global warming, but the conditions, if left unchecked, will ultimately lead to our extinction. As a Christian, she views climate change as a failure to love, since its effects are already impacting those who have contributed the least to its cause. With Biblical mandates to care for God’s creation and love our neighbor as ourselves, Katharine is helping people of all backgrounds and faiths better understand, address, and combat climate change with compassion and hope. Join us for a joyful conversation on the power of science and faith joining forces to solve the climate crisis.

Discover videos, links, and more about Katharine Hayhoe in the show notes at HopeIsMyMiddleName.com and connect with Kate Tucker on Instagram @katetuckermusic

If you liked this episode, listen next to Bayou Dave: Cleaning Up Trash to Save the World, Hope Is My Middle Name season 2, episode 7.

If you like the show, please follow us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, and leave us a 5-star rating and review.

As always, thank you so much for listening!

Hosted and executive produced 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 - Hope Is My Middle Name: Stories that Inspire Hope

Transcript

Kate Tucker: 00:00

I'm Kate Tucker, host of Hope Is My Middle Name, and we're striking out across the country in search of hope, bringing you voices of everyday Americans finding innovative, often unconventional ways to build community, build resilience, build hope.

Kevin Berthia: 00:14

I knew that I was 25 minutes from my destiny.

Theresa Hamlin: 00:17

But I saw hope. I saw opportunities.