To Hum is Human

In this electric and deeply thoughtful conversation, I sit down with poet, visual artist, performer, and creative provocateur Todd Colby to explore the space where poetry, collage, music, performance, and public art collide.

Todd is the author of seven books of poetry, including Brilliant Juice, and his visual work has been exhibited at venues including the Met Cloisters, White Columns, PULP Gallery, and the Hammond Museum. As a per...

In this episode, I sit down with legendary guitarist, songwriter, producer, author, and Fanny co-founder June Millington for a powerful conversation about music, identity, resistance, and the sacred force of women making sound together.

June shares stories from her childhood in the Philippines, the moment she first heard the sound of an acoustic guitar, and how music became a bridge into belonging after moving to California in the 1...

In this episode, I sit down with artist and curator Dean Brown for a rich and grounding conversation about belonging, creativity, and the courage to share your voice.

Dean is an artist and the Director of PULP, a contemporary art gallery in Holyoke, Massachusetts. His work spans sculpture, photography, and drawing, and has been exhibited nationally and reviewed in The New York Times, Art in America, and Paper Magazine. His recent se...

Love isn’t meant to be perfect—it’s meant to be real.

In today’s episode, Our Perfect Us: Authenticity as the True Perfection in Love, I’m joined by Tamara Thompson, a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Reiki Master, hypnotherapist, and artist whose life is rooted in helping others return to their most authentic selves. 

After experiencing profound loss, infidelity, and a life-changing turning point in her 30s, Tamara left a cor...

What if the feelings you spent your life brushing off were actually guidance?
What if the things you called “too emotional” or “just spidey senses”… were your gift?

In this episode, James O. Joseph—now known as The Unintentional Psychic and owner of the Phoenix Rising Synergy Center—opens up about his unexpected spiritual awakening and the years he spent resisting the path that was calling him.

As a kid, James was drawn to psych...

What if listening could dissolve the idea of borders—not just between countries, but between inner and outer worlds?

In this expansive and intimate conversation, I’m joined by Edo Mor—artist, curator, and co-creator of Secret Planet, a discovery-based music series that operates like a farm share for sound. You don’t select from a menu. You arrive with curiosity. You receive what is offered. You listen.

Edo and his partner Rosario hav...

In this episode, I sit down with trans/non-binary multimedia artist Sunny Allis (they/them) about imagination as a vital, world-shaping force. Sunny is a prolific world-builder whose paintings, sculptures, puppetry, animations, and immersive environments center joy, community, and connection.

Their conversation explores play as a form of resistance, art as a safe and expansive space for identity and emotion, and the wisdom that emer...

In this episode, I’m joined by the luminous Amihan Jennifer Matias of Kapwa Racial Equity for a deeply grounding conversation on what it means to remember who we are together.

Rooted and Rising: The Inner Work of Collective Liberation invites us into the Filipino concept of kapwa—a knowing that we belong to one another—and into the body as a living archive of ancestral memory, wisdom, and intuition. We talk about decolonization as a...

What if the simplest thing you can do—humming—is also one of the most powerful ways to come home to yourself?

In this episode, I’m joined by Bradford Tilden of Crystal Music Healing, an international bestselling author, composer, classical pianist, angelic shaman, and master intuitive vibrational healer specializing in sound, crystals, gemstone healing, and Universal White Time Healing. Bradford is also one of the pioneering teacher...

What if museums were more than places to look, but places to feel, question, and heal?

In this episode, I sit down with Siddhartha Shah, John Wieland 1958 Director of the Mead Art Museum, for a rich and illuminating conversation about the evolving role of museums in our society.

Before coming to Amherst, Siddhartha served as Curator of South Asian Art and Director of Education and Civic Engagement at the Peabody Essex Museum, where h...

What if aging isn’t a decline, but an awakening?

In this luminous conversation, I sit down with Sophy Burnham, author of 17 books and a trailblazer in spiritual and creative inquiry. From A Book of Angels—the cultural phenomenon that reshaped how we talk about the unseen—to her recent work, The Wonder and Happiness of Being Old, Sophy invites us to rethink intuition, creativity, love, and what it truly means to live fully.

We explore...

What does it look like to take action in a way that’s embodied, intuitive, and true?

In this episode, I’m joined by Matt Shamey—Director of Strategic Planning at Strive, yoga teacher, runner, and community-focused leader—for a grounded conversation about movement as a pathway to confidence, resilience, and connection. Raised in western Massachusetts, where he now lives, Matt teaches power vinyasa yoga and spends his time running thr...

In this episode, I sit down with Noelle Dean, owner of Connecting with Noelle. She is a licensed marriage and family therapist who followed an unexpected calling into intuitive mediumship. Our conversation explores the transformative power of intuition, the meaning of healing with honesty, and why integrity holds deep significance in spiritual work.

Noelle opens her heart as she shares her own story, including her experience with ca...

What if the stories we read as children could help us truly see ourselves and others in a new light?

 In this heartfelt conversation, I sit down with Grace Lin, the award-winning author and illustrator behind Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, A Big Mooncake for Little Star, and so many other beloved works. Her accolades include a Newbery Honor, Caldecott Honor, the Children’s Literature Legacy Award, and recognition at the White Ho...

In this episode, we explore a powerful question: What if food could be more than just something we consume? What if it could become a tool for justice, a daily act of love, and a catalyst for systemic change? 

If you’ve ever reached for Honest Tea, enjoyed PLNT Burger, or followed the rise of Beyond Meat, you’ve already encountered Seth Goldman’s vision. Seth is the Co-Founder of Honest Tea, Just Ice Tea, and PLNT Burger, Chair of t...

What if your money wasn’t just numbers on a screen, but a mirror of your values, your stories, and your dreams? In this new episode of To Hum is Human, I sit down with Lou Davis, Financial Planner & Advisor at Davis Financial Group, for a powerful conversation.

We explore the money stories we inherit from our families, culture, and lived experiences, and how those narratives shape the way we relate to abundance, security, and ri...

In this episode, I speak with Shannon Mitchell of Shannon Mitchell Wellness, a folk herbalist, intuitive medium, writer, and contributing author of The Intuitive Entrepreneur: Deeper Connections for Soul-Driven Success with Deb DeCelle. 🌸

We explore the art of folk herbalism, the rhythm of seasonal living, and the sacred relationships we build with plants. Shannon shares her journey of listening to nature’s wisdom, how humor and wr...

In this episode, we dive into the healing frequencies woven between sound, curiosity, and connection. I’m joined by musician, educator, and sound therapist Lacey Lewis, whose journey began as a curious child entranced by vibration, and evolved into a transformative career supporting students at the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired.

Together, we explore what happens when we shift from simply hearing music to listening...

In this episode, we step into one of the most sacred thresholds of the human experience. I’m joined by birth and death doula, spiritual entrepreneur, Reiki Master Teacher, gifted psychic medium, and space-holder LéVonta White, also known as L.N. White of Lighthouse Effect, LLC, for a conversation that gently unpacks what it means to arrive, to depart, and to honor everything in between.

Together, we explore the mirrored energies of ...