Cheryl Farrell is an award-winning performance storyteller and corporate communications consultant. She is founder of Cheryl Farrell Communications LLC that coaches corporate clients in diverse industries. Her trademarked Pop-Up Storytelling for Organizations helps business leaders and employees collaborate better by sharing personal stories in a strategic and structured way. Cheryl’s eclectic career for more than 30 years includes roles as vice president of communications for a major U.S. bank as well as recurring television personality on the popular quiz show Jeopardy! As a public speaker, she often examines how Black women excel at the intersections of race, gender, and age.

Chaz Ebert, beloved wife of Pulitzer Prize-winner Roger Ebert, is the CEO of Ebert Digital LLC, publisher of the preeminent movie review site RogerEbert.com. Her book, “IT’S TIME TO GIVE A FECK” is a call for the elevation of unity among humanity and a movement to transform empathy into action by choosing to become a part of the conversation surrounding the philosophical principles that matter for the betterment of our local and global societies.

Besides being an award-winning poet and author, Henry Shukman is an authorized Zen Master in the Sanbo Zen lineage, and is spiritual director emeritus of Mountain Cloud Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico. His book Original Love is “a manifesto, a map, and a manual, an essential guide for spirituality in the twenty-first century replacing the concept of original sin with original love as the true foundation of our life.”

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Lauren Passell is the founder and CEO of Tink Media. Devin Andrade, another Tink team member, is also a digital content producer, co-founder of Two Market Girls, and creator of Podstack, a podcast recommendation newsletter. Tink is a podcast growth and ideas company that specializes in podcast PR, creative partnerships, in-app placement, and out-of-the-box strategies that will help a show find its perfect audience. As Tink says, “It’s not your job to grow the beautiful show you made. It’s ours.”

Jean and Alison speak with the beloved actor and environmental activist- Ed Begley, Jr. Ed talks about his environmental work, what makes him laugh, his family (including his dogs who make an appearance) and his book,To The Temple of Tranquility and Step On It! This memoir shares hilarious and poignant stories of his improbable life, focusing on his relationship with his legendary father, adventures with Hollywood icons, the origins of his environmental activism, addiction and recovery, and his lifelong search for wisdom and common ground.

Nancy Allen & Marlene McGuirt from WeSPARK Cancer Support Center share how WeSPARK enhances the quality of life for cancer patients, survivors and their loved ones by providing free programs and services, thereby alleviating the physical and emotional side effects of a cancer diagnosis.