In Episode 3, we speak with Peter Carucci and Becki Davis of the band The Four26 (https://thefour26.com/) to discuss their initiative, Share Your Story, where they guide diverse groups—including veterans, seniors, youth, and prisoners—through the songwriting process. By delving into personal experiences, memories, traumas, and emotions, participants create songs that serve as a definitive expression of their stories, as well as a catharsis. Learn more about this impactful program that discovers and celebrates individual narratives through music.

In Episode 2, Fulfilling a Promise to Leave a Legacy of Hope: Inside the Icla da Silva Foundation, discover the inspiring journey behind the creation of a foundation that has impacted countless lives. Airam da Silva, President of the Icla da Silva Foundation (https://icla.org/), shares the moving story of the foundation’s origins and its remarkable efforts to provide essential financial and emotional support to individuals and families in need of bone marrow or cord blood transplants.

Episode 1, The Ongoing Mental Health Crisis Among Adolescents, is a discussion with Principal Dr. Dan Holtzman that focuses on the mental health crisis among teenagers. We hear the perspectives of a high school principal on the current situation as well as some advice for both parents and educators.

When my grandfather enlisted for the war, he was 29, older than most. He said, “I heard that the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, so I went straight to Times Square and waited on line to sign up for the war.”