Hope Lives Here
An anthology series of true inspirational stories, Hope Lives Here features real people telling their own uplifting stories of overcoming adversity, with their tales supplemented by actor portrayals, sound design, and original music.
Episodes
April 22, 2024 • 35 mins
One couple's unsuccessful journey through fertility treatment pushes them apart... only to discover they were given faulty medical guidance, when the male partner impregnates another woman after their separation.
Hope Lives Here is a production of Voyage Media. The series is produced by Nat Mundel, Robert Mitas, and Dan Benamor. This episode, The Emu Club, was written, directed and produced by Dan Benamor. Executive produced by Jam...
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January 8, 2024 • 45 mins
Nancy Major was a normal person, she had an executive job, and had just gotten married. But when she lost everything, all at once, and had to support her child, she was lured into a life as a high-end prostitute. This life was incredibly financially lucrative for Nancy, but at a tremendous cost to her soul. And it all come shattering down, before a miraculous turn of events changed Nancy's life forever.
You can find Nancy's book, A...
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June 13, 2023 • 34 mins
Richard Cypert was born with a form of cerebral palsy and was supposed to only live to 10 years old, but not only did he outlive medical predictions, he willed his way to the Paralympics as a champion cyclist.
Hope Lives Here is a production of Voyage Media. The series is produced by Nat Mundel, Robert Mitas and Dan Benamor. This episode, "Stud Man Rich" was written and directed by Jason Cheyney, based on the screenplay of the same...
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March 27, 2023 • 12 mins
Mark Feuerstein (Royal Pains, What Women Want) talks to Voyage Media's Head of Podcasts Dan Benamor about relating to the subject of his episode, stuttering, profuse sweating, and a wild next film he's got coming out.
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March 27, 2023 • 26 mins
Mark Feuerstein (What Women Want, Royal Pains) stars in this episode, as Hal Holbrook. Stuttering defined Hal's life... until one day, it didn't.
Hal Holbrook, the subject of this episode, has written a children's book, The King Who Wanted a Whale, which is available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01JNPMB2M
Hope Lives Here is a production of Voyage Media. The series is produced by Nat Mundel, Robert Mitas, and Dan Benamor. ...
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January 30, 2023 • 20 mins
The story of one family's American Dream, as a father comes to the United States and overcomes tragedy and hardship to change the future for his family, forever.
Hope Lives Here is a production of Voyage Media. The series is produced by Nat Mundel, Robert Mitas and Dan Benamor. This episode, "It's About Us", was written, directed and produced by Denise Carlson. Based on the book, "It's About Us", by Sylvia Villasenor. The book is a...
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January 16, 2023 • 28 mins
A young black baseball player overcomes persecution and tragedy to lead his team to a championship game.
Based on the novel Pitch Black by Christine Turner Jackson, you can find the novel and more information about Benjamin Turner at: https://christinethewriter.com
Hope Lives Here is a production of Voyage Media. The series is produced by Nat Mundel, Robert Mitas and Dan Benamor. This episode, Pitch Black, was written, directed and...
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January 2, 2023 • 19 mins
An incredible romance between a couple when one of them is diagnosed with Early Onset Alzheimer's, and they decide to make the most of the time they have before the disease can progress too far, by running marathons all over the world.
To learn more about Tony and Cat's story, you can read Tony's book, "Running All Over The World", on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Running-All-Over-World-Early-Onset/dp/1636921930/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?cri...
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December 19, 2022 • 25 mins
An incredible romance that changed history. Lisa King is the 5th granddaughter of Wiley Pope, who married and legally freed a slave, creating the first and only known "Deed of Emancipation" in Kansas, which made his wife Lucy, in 1860, a free woman and set a course for their extraordinary family that unfolded across generations. You can hear the extraordinary story of how Wiley met, fell in love with, and freed Lucy, and how those ...
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December 14, 2022 • 1 min
It's cold. It gets dark early. This is the time of year where you might need a little pick-me up. This holiday season, Voyage Media presents Season 2 of Hope Lives Here, an anthology series of inspirational true stories. From the story of a love against all odds in the era of slavery that changed the course of history, to a married couple trying to literally outrun Alzheimer's by running marathons all over the world, to a young bas...
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January 17, 2022 • 23 mins
For 43 years, Janice Steele took care of her daughter Terri as a mother would for a small child. Due to complications at birth, Terri was developmentally delayed. She grew into an adult woman's body, but at the psychological age of a young girl. Janice and Terri refused to let this challenge define them, in this story that is the utmost testament to the power of a mother's love.
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January 10, 2022 • 23 mins
Evelyn Lumme had to take a leap of faith and go halfway around the world to find her true love. She upended her life and risked everything to be with a man she had only known over the internet.
To hear more of Evelyn's story, you can find her book, Between Two Cultures: The House of Horror, on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Between-Two-Cultures-House-Horror/dp/1664104291
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January 3, 2022 • 33 mins
Parveen Smith knows things she couldn't possibly know, like that a stranger crying on a train has lost the love of her life. She has healed herself from serious illness, and she's healed others, in ways that defy what we think we know about how the world works. How? Find out for yourself, in this episode.
To hear more of Parveen's stories, you can find her two books, Seeing is Believing, Believing is Seeing and Head in Heaven, Feet...
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December 27, 2021 • 34 mins
Geoff and Poppy Spencer met in college, fell in love, and then broke up. 32 years later, they reconnected, and rekindled their relationship. They revisit how it all went wrong, and how they ultimately found lasting love together (and started a business as relationship coaches) in this episode.
To learn more about Geoff & Poppy Spencer's story, you can find their book, One Billion Seconds: There's Still Time To Discover Love on Amaz...
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December 23, 2021 • 30 mins
In 1983, Jim Verhovec was in a terrible car accident that cost him his memory... not of everything, but of the woman he was engaged to. As Jim tried to rehabilitate after the accident, he also tried to fall back in love with the woman he was supposed to marry.
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December 14, 2021 • 2 mins
The trailer for the new inspirational anthology series from Voyage Media, Hope Lives Here. Real people tell their own uplifting stories of overcoming adversity, supplemented by actor portrayals, sound design, and original music.
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