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Hope Lives Here

Hope Lives Here

By: Voyage Media
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 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.2021 Social Sciences Spirituality
Episodes
  • East Within West

    East Within West
    Nov 3 2025
    Kim grew up as an adopted child in Canada, with her biological family's identity a tantalizing secret. It would take a lifetime of searching and a trip around the world... to achieve a reunion unlike any she could have expected. You can read the memoir this episode is based on here Hope Lives Here is a production of Voyage Media. The series is produced by Nat Mundel and Dan Benamor. This episode was executive produced by Kim MacLaurin, based on her memoir East Within West. Story produced by Sophie Lee. With Sydney Shiotani as Kim and Cheryl Chong as Nora. Edited, sound designed and mixed by James Scully. Original music by Derlis Gonzalez. If you're enjoying the show, please leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, and subscribe now for future episodes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    36 mins
  • Salvation In The Unlikeliest Of Places - Bonnie Bell, A UFO, And A Manson Killer

    Salvation In The Unlikeliest Of Places - Bonnie Bell, A UFO, And A Manson Killer
    Oct 8 2025
    It took a UFO experience and jail time with one of the Manson family killers, for Bonnie Bell's nomadic life to find a spiritual home. Hope Lives Here is a production of Voyage Media. The series is produced by Nat Mundel and Dan Benamor. This episode was executive produced by Bonnie Bell. Written and directed by Dan Benamor. Starring Roshelle Simpson, as Bonnie, and Carolina Bonetti as "Katie" and Bonnie's granddaughter. Based on Bonnie's novel, "21 Pencils: The Woman Nobody Believed, available on Amazon at this link: https://www.amazon.sg/21-Pencils-Woman-Nobody-Believed/dp/B0FK2JH7V2 Edited, sound designed, and mixed by James Scully. If you're enjoying the podcast, please leave us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts or anywhere you're listening, and subscribe now, for future episodes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    23 mins
  • Walking Out Of A 20-Year Career... And Into Psychedelic Medicine

    Walking Out Of A 20-Year Career... And Into Psychedelic Medicine
    Oct 2 2025
    A school principal abruptly quits his 20-year career, then spirals into suicidal depression, before finding a complete transformation after experimenting with psilocybin mushrooms, frog venom, and MDMA. Hope Lives Here is a production of Voyage Media. The series is produced by Nat Mundel and Dan Benamor. This episode was executive produced by Michael (which is not his real name), and story produced by Sophie Lee. Starring Jonathan Regier as Michael and Roshelle Simpson as Charlotte. Original music by Derlis Gonzalez. Edited, sound designed, and mixed by James Scully. If you're enjoying the show, please leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts, or anywhere you're listening, and subscribe now for future episodes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    36 mins
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