• The Purple Leash Project: creating safe spaces for domestic abuse survivors and their pets
    Dec 13 2024

    Karen Kirk of Lydia's House and Lorie Westhoff with Nestle Purina talks with Lynn Schmidt about their partnership in developing and maintaining pet-friendly domestic violence shelters.

    https://lydiashouse.org/

    https://www.purina.com/purple-leash-project

    https://www.thehotline.org/

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    23 mins
  • Honoring and supporting America's veterans
    Nov 18 2024

    Retired Marine Corps pilot Garret Biss inspires Lynn Schmidt with his personal story as a veteran and how we all need to "Be the connection."

    https://unspokentrauma.vet/

    https://thewarriorreset.com/

    https://988lifeline.org/

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    28 mins
  • We are going to be okay
    Nov 1 2024

    Lynn Schmidt hosts a solo episode to discuss the stress that a majority of Americans are feeling in the run up to the election and shares ways in which the electorate can make it through

    https://carnegieendowment.org/posts/2020/07/7-ideas-to-reduce-political-polarization-and-save-america-from-itself?lang=en

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    20 mins
  • Putting people first when it comes to voting
    Oct 17 2024

    Greg Kramer, Vice President of Government Relations at Easterseals Midwest, sits down with Lynn Schmidt to help spread awareness about the challenges people with disabilities face in voting and the need for policy change.

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    35 mins
  • Falling off the fiscal cliff
    Oct 10 2024

    Lynn Schmidt talks with G. William Hoagland from the Bipartisan Policy Center who explains why the federal deficit is out of control and no one, including the two presidential nominees, wants to address it.

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    39 mins
  • Peace, grief, consolation, and the anniversary of October 7
    Oct 3 2024

    Michael Oberlander sits down with Lynn Schmidt and discusses the year since Hamas' terrorist attack on Israel, grief and the promise of consolation, and the hope for peace.

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    28 mins
  • Lucas Kunce on caring for Missourians and reinvesting in our communities
    Sep 18 2024

    Marine veteran and Democratic U.S. senatorial candidate Lucas Kunce joins Lynn Schmidt to share why he's running for the U.S. Senate, the opioid crisis, and how he would like to reinvest in Missouri communities.

    Link: https://lucaskunce.com/

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    27 mins
  • Defending American democracy with National Security Leaders for America
    Sep 13 2024

    National security expert Major General Randy Manner shares with Lynn Schmidt the work that he and others are doing to counter growing threats to our democratic institutions, norms, and processes.

    Link: https://www.nsl4a.org/

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    31 mins