Your Average American podcast: Recent Episodes
Mike Heathcote
Trigger warning...if you are easily offended and would unfriend me, don't listen.
MAHA, Diet, Gender Affirming therapy...
PROCRASTINATION, SOME DAYS ARE EASIER, TRUMP TRADING CARDS, IMMIGRATION PROBLEM IS A GOOD PROBLEM
Finish up talking about sports salaries/money.
I apologize now, I got a lil choked up at the end, and NOT about sports lol
Julia Ramirez is an advocate, organizer, and cultural producer on the southwest side of Chicago. Trained in Restorative Justice and healing pedagogies, Julia served as the program director for Light in the Night, a multi-organization approach to reducing gun violence throughout the City of Chicago. Julia worked directly with youth and families who are experiencing or have experienced gun violence. Her observations and insight into victimization and crime are shaped by her professional work, her involvement in community organizing and by her own personal experiences with the tragic shooting of her brother. Since 2009, Julia has participated in non violence initiatives on and off campus. She has a Bachelors in Social Work and is a current student in the master of social work program at Northeastern Illinois University. Her work will continue to surround working with victims of violence through the Chicago Public schools systems as a re-engagement specialist.
An interview with Dr. Ramon Del Castillo. Dr. Del Castillo has been present in the Chicano movement for decades. He is a poet, teacher and community activist. Listen as we gain his life perspective and his thoughts about current events.
Introducing Mecca Scott, National Organizer.
We talk about...
Growing up in Harlem/South Bronx
Joining the Army
Loving who loves you
Being Black and a Woman in the military
Finding a church in the South
Black Panther
Gun Control
& more.
Introducing Antonio Mendez, Executive Director of Serve Colorado.
We talk about...
Living up to your Parents' success
Growing up in NYC
Staying Catholic
Serve Colorado
Being a White House Intern
& more...
Introducing Brandon Hellwig, Community Organizer.
We talk about...
Charter Schools
Teaching in inner city Chicago
Challenges facing Denver & Chicago education
Guns
& more...
Introducing Derek Rose-Walls.
We talk about...
Religion
Could MLK exist today?
Trump
Immigration
Gun Control
Colin Kaepernick
MJ or Lebron? & more...
Introducing Julie Reyes, Anthropologist and current Research Administration Executive.
We talk about...
The American Dream
Being Catholic and a Feminist
Anthropology
Immigration
Gun control & more...
Enjoy the show!
Introducing Fire Chief Arturo Morales, from Castle Rock, CO.
We talk about...
Making a difference
Managing Y2K
Continental Flight 1713
9/11 & conspiracy theories
Immigration
Gun Control/Reform & more...
This is a very brief introduction to me, Mike Heathcote, the host of this podcast. I hope to provide a space where we can get to know our different perspectives, understand them and begin to have meaningful conversation, then begin to make progress.
Thank you for listening.