Episodes

  • Disordered Eating

    Disordered Eating
    Dec 17 2025
    About one in eleven Americans will suffer sometime in their life from disordered eating. Treating eating disorders can be extensive, arduous and very expensive, ranging from thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars. What are the problematic disordered eating patterns and how can they best be treated? Dick’s guest, Carolyn Karroll is a Licensed Clinical […]
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    36 mins
  • Life Lessons: A Conversation with Retirement Community Chaplains

    Life Lessons: A Conversation with Retirement Community Chaplains
    Dec 4 2025
    A chaplain in a retirement community is part spiritual advisor, part counselor, part crisis responder and part sage on life’s tough subjects. Dick’s guests are Nicole Espe, who has served as a parish pastor as well as a hospital night chaplain and Jessica McCarty whose capstone project explored loneliness in the aging population and the […]
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    35 mins
  • Teaching Disadvantaged Kids

    Teaching Disadvantaged Kids
    Nov 20 2025
    Half of students in public schools in the United States are low income. Also half are minorities. What are the challenges and what are the solutions to better educate these kids? Dick’s guest, Art Rainwater retired in 2008 after 10 years as Superintendent of Madison Metropolitan School District in Madison, Wisconsin. He is currently Clinical […]
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    33 mins
  • Lessons From Prison

    Lessons From Prison
    Nov 5 2025
    Dick’s guest, Douglas Smith, was a social worker, a policy insider at the Texas capitol and a father when untreated mental illness and addiction led him to rob a bank and land in prison for nearly six years. He is now flourishing as a social worker helping people develop leadership skills. His recent book is […]
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    36 mins
  • Prison & Jail Reform

    Prison & Jail Reform
    Oct 22 2025
    There are currently about 2,000,000 people incarcerated in the United States. Some say this system of justice is thoroughly unjust, costly and needlessly punishes instead of rehabilitates. What can be done to improve or even fix this system? Dick’s guest, Diane Endres-Ballweg is a business owner, philanthropist and author who recently attended the Advanced Leadership […]
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    37 mins
  • Workplace Motivation

    Workplace Motivation
    Oct 1 2025
    A recent Gallup poll found that only 32% of American workers feel engaged in their jobs. How can employers best motivate their workers, particularly in the non-profit sector, to feel engaged and fulfilled? Dick’s guest, Dr. Melinda Weisberg holds a Doctorate in Management, Masters Degree in Education, (with an emphasis in adult education and organizational […]
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    33 mins
  • Mass Shootings (Encore)

    Mass Shootings (Encore)
    Sep 11 2025
    Since 2006, there have been over 600 mass shootings in the United States, resulting in more than 3,000 murders. Why these large numbers? Who are these mass shooters? How can we intelligently address this issue? Dick’s guest, Dr. Richard LaBrie is a Clinical Psychologist who specializes in mass and individual trauma.
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    39 mins
  • How to Have a Successful Marriage (Encore)

    How to Have a Successful Marriage (Encore)
    Aug 20 2025
    Dick’s guests, divorce attorney Allan Koritzinsky and psychologist Dr. Kenneth Waldron share 5 myths about marriage and the 7 essential ingredients of a successful marriage from their book “The Road to Marital Success is Unpaved.” Dr. Kenneth Waldron Allan Koritzinsky
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    43 mins