Causepods

Have you ever had an opportunity in your life to pursue something new?

Today we are talking with Nellie Harden, who had a very different start in her life but found through a family emergency where her passions could realign. She started with the 6570 Project to help families help their kids design and build their life.

For anyone who might find them at a crossroads in life, this episode will resonate with how you might just find you...

Have you ever said you were ok when you were hurting?

At some point, we have all said we were ok when something wasn’t right. It is the next thing we do after that matters. Did we continue lying to ourselves, or did we let someone know or get help?

Today we are talking with Erik DaRosa and Marc Fernandes, who have different mental health stories. Still, they both found relief in finding a way through it together. During t...

Could your book be a podcast?

Today we are talking with Sandy Ciaramitaro, who did just that with her children's series. In this non-traditional way of starting a podcast, she found success by creating follow-on content that kept the younger readers between the age of 5-12 engaged in becoming a good egg. This path had some challenges because parents are the pathway to the kids, but it has worked, and her foundation, The Good Egg Fou...

Do you feel alone and have a diagnosis of Autism?

Our guest today Sam Mitchell, shares how he has taken his story and combined it with the stories of others and helps members of the Autism community feel connected.

In the last 20 years, Autism has been on the rise, and with that, a need for connection has risen in the Autism community. We all know that feeling when you are around people who understand you and get you, and for people ...

Have you ever felt rejected for being who you are?

Many episodes here on the show have highlighted issues where people are rejected or, worse, injured for someone just being who they are. Today we are talking with DeVannon, who has a story written over the last decade. He now helps others fight their battles with sex, drugs, and Jesus. 

A common theme on the show is that pain can have a purpose and those who find it begin a road...

Did you know that 1/10 people in the world have a genetic disorder?

Today we are talking with Kira Dineen, who started podcasting in high school as a project. Ten years later, it is still going and has evolved, connecting Geneticists and people affected by rare diseases. 

Most people live their life like any other normal human being. Still, a few are born with rare diseases that will impact them for the rest of their lives or, i...

When Roe vs Wade was overturned, did you wonder how you could help?

"Every podcaster has a voice" is the common language in the industry, but what happens when the voices combine to advocate for change? That is precisely what Arielle did with the recent Roe vs. Wade overturned issue. She posted a call to action on Twitter which exploded into people rallying around the effort and offering to play a consistent host read ad at the begi...

Have you ever been in a situation that didn’t have a way out?

Today we are talking with Andrew Pledger, and his story of leaving the religion he grew up in will make you see the faith differently. Andrew has found power in his story and in sharing other stories for people to share their stories of abuse and religious Trauma in various religions.

We dive into the hot issues he has walked through, the enemies he has created, and how he...

We don’t know what we don’t know. 

Today we are talking with Rachel Bernstein about cults and stories of healing. It’s a dark world that most know little about, and most won’t until it hits home. But, as we discuss today, research into the topic is just getting started on the physiology of influence and manipulation. 

With every episode, perspective is a powerful tool to influence how you see and interact with the world, ev...

Is your money working for you, or are you working for it?

As Kriti tells us in this episode, there is a shortfall by schools to teach adequate financial literacy information in schools. Growing up, it simply wasn’t taught in her schools, and it wasn’t until she bought a home that she started to see the large world of money for what it is. 

The WhyFi Matters podcast is an excellent example of a niched podcast focused on a specifi...

Have you struggled to pay yourself a salary as a non-profit?

As a non-profit, you get so focused on helping the cause you are concentrated on that your needs become the least of your problems. Add on top of that any guilt you might feel paying yourself through the organization.

Our guest today, John Stange, was in a similar boat with the church and was close to having to close up his church. Until he found a path in podcast...

Have you ever considered a daily podcast? 

It’s a podcast category that is often overlooked because of what seems like too much work. But, under the right circumstance, it can be the perfect tool to provide short, daily value to a demographic you want to reach. Made famous by John Lee Dumas with Entrepreneurs on Fire, it ushered in proof that it can be done and successful. 

Our guest today Carey Green has shown th...

What would it feel like not knowing?

For most of our life, we always get to know what's wrong, how to fix it, and what comes next. As we hear today, that is not always the case when it comes to diseases and for many people, they live life, not knowing what's wrong or how long they have. 

Our guest Kristine opens up about her story of feeling alone and a passion that came from it to find things in common within the rare dise...

Purpose can come from anywhere.

We often think of purpose as something that comes from something you love, but more often than not, purpose comes from the hard things in life. For example, today we are talking with Mike Graglia, who found a purpose through the struggle of being a child's parent with SYNGAP1. A rare disease where a specific protein is not created that is essential for nerve growth. It is so rare that it was...

What is hard to get back once it's lost?

Today's guest, Jennifer Lee, shares how she had the feeling of safety shattered in a robbery. It was a long journey of almost two years before she could begin the process of rebuilding it. We often take that feeling for granted, whether it be in our home or out in public; as she says, it's hard to explain what it feels like. But that is what her stories all have in common. They...

Have you ever heard a story and said that couldn't happen to me?

As a culture, we love shows like Law and Order, Criminal Minds, NCIS, but we typically live our lives every day that can't happen in real life. Today's guest Bill Mitchel shares his story about the murder of his daughter following her graduation from college. He has taken this tragedy and made it his message to help give others the tools, resources, and support t...

How many children scream for help but have no one to help?

It is easy to go about our daily lives and isolate ourselves from the evil in our world, but that doesn't mean it isn't present. Today, Asia Raine talks about how her podcast Letters to the People are these complex stories of trauma from dark places where children's cries go unheard. 

Sharing these episodes and stories is one of the reasons Causepods was founded bec...

Does your podcast offer hope?

Many of the podcasts featured here on Causepods do just that, and today we have a special episode. It’s about illuminating opportunities in the medical community for Black Doctors. 

Sometimes in a world of noise, confusion, and pain, we need good stories about people ahead of us in life, showing the way and bringing resources for those who are just getting started to lead the way forward.

These podca...

How connected locally are you?

We often hear of a podcast with a National or International focus, but today’s guest Ryan Sullivan shares with us how he focused on local and how telling the stories of local artists has been a unique project for him.

As a podcast, we record audio, share it, and move on typically. Still, one special episode he recorded became a living legacy of the personality of a guest who passed away after being on t...