# Celebrating Differences There is something unique about you that the world needs! We are all different and each of us can learn a lot about ourselves by listening to others talk about who they are and how they created the person that we talk with. We do some special series to dig deeper into topics that intrigue us. We tend to keep an open mind so expect some of our content or guests to be different than what you are used to. https://tinyurl.com/jr6wvms2 Page: Feed: --- ## 111 | Gradient Coffee Roastery | John Mills _2026-07-17_ Send us Fan Mail We have a coffee roaster in the neighborhood. I got a chance to talk with John Mills and his son Quinten about them and the business. I learned a lot about coffee roasting and we will do a segment soon on the intricacies of roasting. But here is our conversation about John and his journey to being a neighborhood coffee roaster. Here is a link for those who want to see the video… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/1908618/episodes/19509755-111-gradient-coffee-roastery-john-mills.mp3) ## 110 | Supporting People | Justin Early _2026-02-21_ Send us Fan Mail During this midterm election cycle we will be talking with some of the candidates that will be on our ballots for the March Primary and the Election in November. In this episode we managed to connect with Justin Early who is running for the US Congress in Texas District 31. As you can imaging during this primary season we were lucky to catch him in between campaign tasks. We met… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/1908618/episodes/18720904-110-supporting-people-justin-early.mp3) ## 109 | Keeping Our Skys Dark | Andrew Gauld _2026-01-14_ Send us Fan Mail Episode 109 | Andrew Gauld Andrew is a friend and neighbor and was born in central Scotland. He's married with children and works as a specialist in Dark Skies. If you are not familiar with the term Dark Skies, it means to design lighting that keeps light pollution from ruining our views to the magnificence of the universe. It also helps wildlife navigate and bats find food.… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/1908618/episodes/18507595-109-keeping-our-skys-dark-andrew-gauld.mp3) ## 108 | Helping Students Stretch | Amy Chahine-Villanueva _2025-06-18_ Send us Fan Mail Episode 108 | Amy teaches Social Behavior Skills in a local elementary school. I think that many of us could have benefited from her teaching. She is requesting help in equipping two new classrooms if you would like to chip in. Her Amazon wish list is at shorturl.at/863Ev and she can be reached on Facebook at Amy Chahine-Villanueva Support the show [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/1908618/episodes/17357920-108-helping-students-stretch-amy-chahine-villanueva.mp3) ## 107 | Flying for a Living | Matt Caldwell _2025-05-01_ Send us Fan Mail Episode 107 | We talked with Matt Caldwell who flys the big jets, Boeing 787s for United. He goes to some interesting places and when he is home he works to give back to young people who are interested in aviation. Equipment List: Audio Rode Wireless Micro used as microphones into Rode Capture software on an iPhone 15. Software: Audio: Audacity Credits:– Video and audio production… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/1908618/episodes/17076288-107-flying-for-a-living-matt-caldwell.mp3) ## 106 | Young Man with Big Dreams | Joshua Allman _2025-04-13_ Send us Fan Mail Episode 106 | Joshua asked to interview me about bicycling for a school project. He is 13 years old and a seventh grader and I was duly impressed with his maturity and comfort working with and adult he had never met before. I invited him to come talk about his life and he (after asking his parents for permission) jumped right in. Equipment List: Audio Rode Wireless Micro used as… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/1908618/episodes/16970839-106-young-man-with-big-dreams-joshua-allman.mp3) ## 105 | E-Sport Entrepreneur | Chris Martin _2025-01-10_ Send us Fan Mail Episode 105 | Hello and welcome to Celebrating Differnces, a podcast where we interview interesting people who are making a difference in the world. I had a chance to talk with Chris Martin about his work as a American History teacher at an Austin Middle School and especially his work as a E-Sport Entrepreneur. Its ok if you don't know what that is because I didn't either. Chris… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/1908618/episodes/16411884-105-e-sport-entrepreneur-chris-martin.mp3) ## 104 | Translate dialogue into effective action | Krista Laine _2024-12-09_ Send us Fan Mail Episode 104 | Krista Laine, newly elected to Austin City Council for District Six, discusses her background and plans for the district. Born in Houston, Texas, in 1974, she represents a diverse, suburban area with challenges due to its split between Williamson and Travis Counties. Lane emphasizes improving city services, particularly 911 response times and multimodal… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/1908618/episodes/16245671-104-translate-dialogue-into-effective-action-krista-laine.mp3) ## 103 | Slow Traveling | Heidi Beierle _2024-10-29_ Send us Fan Mail Episode 103 | Heidi rode across America by bike at age 35 and now she has written an amazing book about the experience and what she found on the way. We talked about the book, riding bikes and Heidi's love of slow traveling, a different way of seeing the world and the people she meets. Heidi's experiences are special and her view of the world is worth listening to. Support the… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/1908618/episodes/16010351-103-slow-traveling-heidi-beierle.mp3) ## [Persona-led AI publishing (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/3SLFKh30dOCe) _2024-10-29 · **Sponsored**_ Generate drafts, schedule subdomain publishing, and keep human review where needed. ## 102 | Ride/Walk/Bike across Texas | Charlie Gandy _2024-10-06_ Send us Fan Mail 102 | Charlie Gandy has been doing things to help people for a long time. Now in his sixties he has turned his hand to creating an epic adventure trail across Texas | xTexas. In this episode of Celebrating Differences we review Charlie's accomplishments and set up for a future podcast to talk about the how special this trail will be. Yes, and we do ask you to consider donating to… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/1908618/episodes/15875988-102-ride-walk-bike-across-texas-charlie-gandy.mp3)