Spotlight with Laurie Hardie

Each week host Laurie Hardie brings you the issues affecting the Pacific Northwest and the people making a difference in our community and sometimes beyond. Expect compelling conversations with local leaders and influencers. Spotlight is dedicated to presenting you with issues that matter - including education, health, mental health, and the environment.

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Spotlighting Wild Grief
MEGAN CARLISLE is the Field Director of Wild Greif. They provide guided programs in nature, free of charge, to grieving youth, families and people of all ages. combining peer based grief support with the healing power of nature.
23 min
2
Spotlighting Secrets of the Octopus with Sy Mon...
Affectionally dubbed the “octopus whisperer”, acclaimed author SY MONTGOMERY, returns to the species she knows and loves, offering current and compassionate stories about the scientists on the front lines of octopus research and conservation.
26 min
3
Spotlighting Abandoned at Birth with Janet Sher...
The truth is that adopted children experience displacement and rupture from their mother and that trauma can impact an individual for a lifetime.
26 min
4
Spotlighting Strong Like Mom
Meghan and Marie with Strong Like Mom, talk about stigma, stereo type and dignity.
32 min
5
Spotlighting Snohomish MedShed
Jeff, Dorothy and Karen tell us about this amazing ministry called the Med Shed.
25 min
6
Spotlighting Stand for the Silent
"We need families, communities, teachers, and schools to all take this seriously and make anti-bullying and suicide prevention a high priority.
27 min
7
Spotlighting Holiday Hunger Food Drive
Holiday Hunger Food Drive, QFC has teamed up with Food Lifeline to End HUNGER.
25 min
8
Spotlighting Wild Grief
Guided programs in nature, free of charge, to grieving youth, families and people of all ages. combining peer based grief support with the healing power of nature.
23 min
9
Spotlighting Give an Hour ~ Toxic Work
67 percent of people would leave their job without another one to go too.
26 min
10
Spotlighting Ballard NW Senior Center
The Ballard NW Senior Center is known as the friendly Center where all are welcome and appreciated
23 min
11
Spotlighting Bridging the Political Divide Rega...
In the last twelve months, nearly 110,000 Americans died of an overdose.
35 min
12
Spotlighting Fire in the Hole with Bob Parsons
In his In his literary debut, Fire in the Hole!, this extraordinary entrepreneur not only recounts the exploits of his youth.. but his hellish days at the mercy of Catholic school nuns, his harrowing tour of combat duty in Vietnam as a US Marine, his pioneering contributions to the software and internet industries, and his latest ventures in power sports, golf, real estate, and marketing.
19 min
13
Spotlighting No Scrap Left Behind with Teralyn ...
On average, Americans spend 25% of their food budgets on foods they never eat. Mother-of-three Teralyn Pilgrim decided to do something about it in her own household.
23 min
14
Spotlighting LearningRX with Leanne DiSanto on ...
What if you could improve the way you learn and think?
26 min
15
Spotlighting My Grief is not Like Yours with Th...
26 min
16
Spotlighting Hope for Secondhand Suffering with...
Camille Block is the author of Hope for Secondhand Suffering: Tools for the heart when you can't fix our loved one's pain.
21 min
17
Spotlighting Giving back and Honoring Others w...
He is a Starbucks Community Champion, author, philanthropist AND he has a Ted Talk.
26 min
18
Spotlighting Cancer Pathways with Michelle Millman
When someone is diagnosed with cancer, it touches not only that person, but also everyone around them.
25 min
19
Spotlighting Move-me.org with Tina Tesch-Myers
By reducing plastic and chemicals in our home, we are not only protecting our health but also the health of the Planet.
26 min
20
Spotlighting Puget Sound Heart & Stroke Walk
Saving lives step by step: Puget Sound Heart and Stroke Walk, Sept. 21 and 28.
25 min
21
Spotlighting More Than Pink Walk Susan G Komen
Our finish line is a world without breast cancer, and we know the only way we can get there is together.
21 min
22
Spotlighting Secondhand Suffering
Camille Block is the author of Hope for Secondhand Suffering: Tools for the heart when you can't fix our loved one's pain.
21 min
23
Spotlighting DFI: How to Identify, Prevent and ...
Financial fraud steals more than money — it robs hundreds of thousands of people of their hopes, dreams, and futures every year.
23 min
24
Spotlighting Bartell's School Tools Drive with ...
Teachers often spend 500 dollars or more for supplies for their students.
23 min
25
Spotlighting ReCooped PNW
Reduce. Reuse. ReCoop.
26 min