Hey Human Podcast

Jan 29 2025 443 ep. 68 mins 27

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Hey Human. I'm Susan Ruth. I have interesting, enlightening, in-depth conversations with people from all walks. Sometimes I agree with them, sometimes their point of view couldn't be further from mine. The world expands and contracts in experience and conversation. I find people fascinating and that every human has a story.

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Shane Day: Losing My Ideologies

Jan 29 2025 62 mins

E442 Shane Day is a writer, director, and producer. We met at a film festival and he told me about his post-graduation travel adventures following in the footsteps of the Beat writers, like Jack Kerouac. His stories intrigued me so much I was excited to have him on the show. His most recent film, The […]

Jay Zabriskie: All the Faces Looking Back

Jan 22 2025 67 mins

E441 Jay Zabriskie is a production manager and instructor at LA Film School, and has been in the industry for decades. I sat in on his class, “African American Images in American Cinema,” and asked him to be on the show to discuss it. Jay is also in my short film, The First, as Mr. […]

Simon Parkin: The Seeds of History

Jan 01 2025 39 mins

E440 Simon Parkin is a video game critic, journalist, author and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He’s contributed to The New Yorker, Harper’s, and The Guardian, among others. His previous book, The Island of Extraordinary Captives, is a New Yorker Book of the Year and winner of The Wingate Literary Prize. His new book, “The Forbidden Garden: […]

Adam Chester: Every Note That Isn’t There

Dec 25 2024 55 mins

E439 Adam Chester is known to The Elton John Band as the “Surrogate Elton” since 2005. Adam plays back up and rehearses The Elton John Band on piano and vocals. He arranged and conducted Elton’s 60th birthday concert at Madison Square Garden and he refreshes Elton on songs he may not have played for decades. […]

Deborah Attoinese and Abby Bolt: A World of Fire and Sacrifice

Dec 18 2024 67 mins

E438 Abby Bolt is a 20-year veteran of the U.S. Forest Service and former battalion chief of an elite team of firefighters and Deborah Attoinese is an award-winning filmmaker, writer, director, producer and photographer, whose documentary, Playing with Fire (currently on Amazon), tells Abby’s courageous story and her fight for truth, justice, and ultimately, her […]

Dr. Robert G. Marbut Jr.: One Pill For Everything

Dec 11 2024 58 mins

E437 Dr. Robert G. Marbut Jr. is a fentanyl national expert and former White House Homelessness Policy Advisor. He recently was on Hey Human (Ep 434) to discuss the homelessness crisis . He’s an executive producer on the new documentary “Fentanyl: Death Incorporated,” and w.e discuss the multi-billion-dollar industry that is ravaging America, as well […]

Dr. Cheryl Rich: Grow Into a Mountain

Dec 04 2024 48 mins

E436: Dr. Cheryl Rich bridges the worlds of entertainment, community service, and spiritual leadership. She’s a clinical psychologist, author and producer. She’s been active for two decades in street ministry, and is a Certified Victims Mediator and Intervention Specialist, focusing on helping those affected by trauma and adversity. Her personal journey, includes addiction, inc

Alex Brito: Sensibilities and Senses

Nov 27 2024 40 mins

E435 Alex Brito has Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD), a rare condition that targets the central nervous system. It can cause vision loss, chronic pain, and paralysis. Despite challenges—including an initial misdiagnosis, blindness and temporary paralysis, Alex helps others with disabilities and teaches adaptive technology to those with vision loss. She’s also the

Dr. Robert G. Marbut Jr.: Everybody Can Do Something

Nov 20 2024 81 mins

E434 Dr. Robert G. Marbut Jr. is a renowned expert on homelessness, a senior fellow of Discovery Institute’s Center on Wealth & Poverty, and has served under both the Trump and Biden administrations. He recently co-produced the Americans With No Address documentary and EP’s the film No Address. We chat about his childhood struggles with […]

Lyn Yip: Life Is a Journey Home

Nov 13 2024 61 mins

E433 Lyn Yip is Malaysian (of Chinese descent) and has lived all over the world, currently residing in Paris. She’s a polyglot who works in the sustainability side of marketing with makers and artists. We chat about the culture and ideologies that shaped her childhood, as well as her experiences growing up with the influence […]