Friday, November 22. Kelli Fagan, Operation Homefront Senior Director, Region 1

In many ways military families are just like any other families. They worry about money, benefits, retirement; sometimes both parents have to work to survive; they worry about their children’s health and education, they go through marital problems, and they want to buy a nice house where to settle …

Friday, November 15. Amy Tiemeyer , self-professed volunteeraholic.

Amy Tiemeyer is a self-professed volunteeraholic. As a matter of fact, she’s written a book about volunteering: “Stories of a Volunteeraholic.” This book is the fruit of the stories and experiences of her volunteer journey over forty years. Amy Tiemeyer also talked about the Travis Manion Foundatio…

Friday, November 8. Dr, Hammer, author of GAIN without Pain: The Happiness Handbook for Health Care Professionals

Joining us today we have Dr. Greg Hammer, a Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, a pediatric intensive care physician, a pediatric anesthesiologist, a mindfulness expert, and the author of GAIN without Pain: The Happiness Handbook for Health Care Professionals, to discuss a real con…

Friday November 1: Pastor Steve Jamison of Eastridge Church.

Eastridge Church in Seattle and Issaquah every year, for the past 21 years, has been donating 1,500 turkeys and bags of groceries every year to those in the community who need a little help to put a holiday meal on their table. To talk about this, we’ve invited Pastor Steve Jamison. He and his wife…

Friday October 25: Danielle Madrid, Founder and Executive Director of Havens Community Connections, and Michelle Hollomon, Licensed Mental Health Counselor.

October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Domestic violence is the third leading cause of homelessness among families, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. We were recently joined by Danielle Madrid, Founder and Executive Director of Havens Community Conne…

Friday October 18: IGNITE.

The latest STEM statistics show that women remain underrepresented in both Engineering and Technology degrees and careers. While women receive over half of bachelor’s degrees awarded in the biological sciences, they receive far fewer in the computer sciences, engineering, physics, and mathematics a…

Friday October 11. John Breyault, National Consumers League Vice President of Public Policy, Telecommunications, and Fraud

As the director of the Fraud.org campaign, John Breyault is a nationally-recognized expert in fraud, with more than 17 years of experience in educating consumers and advocating for stronger consumer protections at the federal, state, and local levels. Breyault also regularly advises technology and …

Friday October 4. Marlina Velasco-Barker, Program Manager of Washington Therapy Dogs

Marlina Velasco-Barker is the Program Manager of Washington Therapy Dogs and Nicci Noteboom is the Marketing & Communications Director for the Washington State Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association. Marlina and Nicci joined The Sound of The Puget Sound to talk about how therapy dogs can help peop…

Friday September 27. Marina Rockinger, Seattle Radio Personality.

If you’ve lived in Washington for the past few years and you listen to radio, you’ll recognize the name Marina Rockinger… The most rocking name is Seattle radio, basically. The name may sound familiar from listening to oldies or country music… Or from learning about health issues from LifeBeat wit…

Friday September 20. Book Author Marilyn Raichle.

Today’s guest is a local author and Alzheimer’s Disease awareness advocate, and she has just released a book about dementia and Alzheimer’s. It’s called “Don’t Walk Away, a Care Partner’s Journey.” In this book, Marilyn Raichle chronicles her journey with her mom who was experiencing late-stage Dem…