The Best of Us: Being Human in Sarasota
Episodes
Episode 9: The Best of Us: August 17 2025 with Paul and Kristina Abernathy (On Nourishment: Part 2)
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode focuses on Trauma-Informed Community Development, a framework developed by the Neighborhood Resilience Project. Based in Pittsburgh, the ...
Episode 8: The Best of Us: August 3 2025 with Greg Cruz (On Nourishment: Part 1)
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features a conversation with Greg Cruz, the founder and executive director of Streets of Paradise. An organization that fights homelessne...
Episode 7: The Best of Us: June 15 2025 with Peg Shanley (Father's Day Special)
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“The Best of Us: Being Human in Sarasota” explores our town’s growing resilience-driven culture. For each episode, we hear from a guest who is p...
Episode 6: The Best of Us: June 1 2025 with Johana Kuemerle-Pinillos
07 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode delves right into the topic that underlies all the discussions so far on this show: trauma. We focus on one local guest’s expertise for...
Episode 5: The Best of Us: May 18 2025 with Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode’s topic is on The Love of the Land explored in two parts. For part one, which aired on WSLR on May 4, Jon Thaxton discussed land preser...
Episode 4: The Best of Us: May 4 2025 with Jon Thaxton
10 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode’s topic is on The Love of the Land and is explored in two parts. For part one, which aired May 4 2025, Jon Thaxton discusses land prese...
Episode 3: The Best of Us: April 6 2025 with Tonya DiSapio and James Encinas
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The third episode of The Best of Us: Being Human in Sarasota aired April 6 2025. This episode explores both sides of domestic violence—victim and pe...
Episode 2: The Best of Us: March 2 2025 with Wendy Ingram and Gregg F. Martin
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The second episode of The Best of Us: Being Human in Sarasota aired March 2 2025. The hour-long show explores the mental health risks that can arise i...
Episode 1: The Best of Us: February 2 2025 with Emily Brown and George Prochik
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The first episode of The Best of Us: Being Human in Sarasota aired February 2 2025. The hour-long show explores how the practice of repairing, making,...