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Episode Notes

Jenny's story behind founding a disaster recovery start-up following a catastrophic typhoon in Saipan [1:50]

Organizing and community activity in Rochester, Minnesota [5:45]

Describes the work of a listening poet and the birth of The Good Listening Project [10:30]

Why Jenny became a listener poet [14:55]

The start of curiosity through Appreciative Inquiry [17:55]

How Jenny's mom defended her right to ask questions [20:45]

How questions can be a pathway to healing [30:30]

The definition of love [36:30]

Questions used to listen [37:20]

Powerful communications tool [39:40]

The movement of emotions is a definition of healing [43:00]

A poem for a 13-year-old, "My Family is a Family" [44:45]

Co-creation of a poem [48:50]

A poem for a Father whose daughter died, "Evermore" [49:26]

A discussion on grief [54:00]

How the practice of listening can address the specter of loneliness [59:00]

Unlimited Boundaries and flipping questions [1:01:55]

Focusing on the quality of questions [1:09:09]

Emergence and breakthrough through silence [1:09:50]

Poem by Mark Nepo [1:12:30]

An invitation and where to reach Jenny Hegland [1:13:40]

Resources Mentioned

Saipan

United for Saipan

CARE CNMI Saipan

University of Minnesota Rochester

Vote "No" Campaign

The Good Listening Project

Kay McKeen

Frankie Abraland

The Art of Hosting and Harvesting Conversations That Matter

Appreciative Inquiry

David Cooperrider

angel Kyoto williams

Harvard Sprint to Accelerate Vaccination Equitably (SAVE) in Community and Rural Health

Suzanne Firstenberg

Sebastian Junger

Unlimited Boundaries

Mark Nepo

Jenny Hegland on LinkedIn

Beauty Pill

Producer Ben Ford

Questions Asked

How does one go from life in Minnesota to founding a disaster recovery start-up following a catastrophic typhoon in Saipan?

What kind of organizing did you do in Rochester, MN?

What was the origin of the Vote "No" Campaign?

What is a listening poet?

What prompted you to join this task (listener poet)?

What is harvesting (conversations)?

How did your curiosity and care for others start?

Is there a pocket of coherence or innovation where things are working?

How do you know this is true?

Is there anything in your origin story that comes up in the quest of asking questions?

What questions do you use to draw people out?

What would you like to have a poem about?

Tell me more.

What was that like for you?

When you think about reading this poem, how do you want it to make you feel?

What is the story behind the poems?

What if time is all we have?

Why does this question have this effect on you?

Any thoughts on how questions might be used?

He's been in the drone business for nearly a decade and he believes in the power of drones to do good!  He's excited about the future of drones, and so are we here at the "Props Clear" podcast!

The last guest of 2023 is Randall Warnas, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Workhorse.  We cover a range of topics, including laws concerning Chinese-made drones, the power of AI and how drones can help people have a better, healthier life.

We also share our love of sanitation workers, and you might hear Pokemon discussed too.  

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Drones can help make lives better.  It can connect people across vast land and oceans too.  Jillian Angeline talks with Pearla Cordero, founder of Bella Wings Aviation on Guam and founder of the Women in Aviation International Guam chapter.  She's also a flight attendant at a major U.S. airline.

Pearla discusses her love of aviation from a young age and how she's getting the next generation excited about unmanned aviation on Guam and beyond.  If you've never been to the Marianas, this episode is a great way to get a glimpse into the Pacific islands.

And if you do have connections there, find out how the latest technology may be used on your island home.

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For the Season 2 Finale of Exit Spring Mountain, we’re talking about the care packages we send and receive to offer help and hope to our families and friends abroad. Balikbayan boxes are also a topic of conversation, as they have helped float the Phillippine country for decades. Many Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders also send remittances - funds transferred from migrants or recent immigrants to their home countries. What does the money pay for? Why do AAPI communities continue this practice? And how can this be a lifeline for families and governments in other countries?

Professor Constancio Arnaldo, an assistant professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary Gender and Ethnic studies and Asian and Asian American Studies at UNLV discusses the historical context of why remittances and balikbayan boxes are important for Filipino and Filipino American communities. Bernardo Blanco, who has been participating in sending remittances to family in the Phillippines for decades, explains why he feels it is his duty to continue to help his family abroad for as long as he lives. JD Reyes, a first-generation UNLV student and Chamorro from Saipan, explains why he loves staying connected with his family back home  through the care packages he receives and sends. 

Exit Spring Mountain is a podcast from Nevada Public Radio. Our team includes senior producer Nessa Concepcion, academic research consultant Mark Padoongpatt and assistant producer, researcher and social media manager, Isabelle Chen Rice. Joe Schoenemann oversees podcasts as news director at Nevada Public Radio, and our sound editing, mixing, and mastering is by Christopher Alverez.

Hey, y'all! This week we are branching outside of the 50 states and taking a look at the Northern Mariana Islands. This American territory/commonwealth has a long, intricate history, but also features one of the more hilariously corrupt people we've talked about thus far. Join us as discuss Benigno Fitial and his self-focused Covenant Party.

Have you ever picked up hitchhiking hippies on the way to a nude beach? This dude has. What is the Hawaiian Meat Grinder? He tells the world about what life is like as a seafarer in the pacific, his trials and tribulations as a Texas A&M Maritime cadet, and how he went back to sea as a hawse-piper.  Sea stories of failures, triumph, optimism, and good clean living. 

I hope you enjoy.

Fair winds and following seas.

On International Nurses Day, we’re wrapping up a two-part story for our ‘Rehabilitationships’ podcast. 

This is the story of Annie Cangco and Kathie Fetting, two nurses who met in 2019, following a devastating super typhoon in Saipan.

Annie was staying in a shelter with her family, including her eldest son Bradley, who was living with a spinal cord injury following a car crash.

Kathie, a nurse at Mary Free Bed, was volunteering with the American Red Cross for disaster relief. Kathie and Annie met and quickly formed a friendship, as they worked together to help her son.

This episode picks up the story when Kathie returns to the U.S., and starts working to find a way to bring her new friends to Mary Free Bed.

On this International Nursing Day, listen the episode below to learn what truly makes a good nurse, and why nursing is more than the career, it’s a calling.

If you’re interested in changing a life, including yours, become a nurse at Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation. We’re looking for nursing staff who’ll bring hope, love and inspiration to patients – and each other. Find out more by visiting: maryfreebed.com/nursing.

For more on Mary Free Bed’s ‘Rehabilitationships’ Podcast: https://www.maryfreebed.com/rehabilitationship-podcast/ 

Find out how you can volunteer at the American Red Cross: https://www.redcross.org/about-us/our-work/disaster-relief.html 

For National Nurses Week, our newest episode of Rehabilitationships takes a trip across the Pacific.

su·per ty·phoon - /ˈso͞opər tīˈfo͞on/

Definition: a destructive force inspiring the community to respond…

Annie Cangco lived in Saipan, a small island in the western Pacific Ocean and a commonwealth of the United States.

Annie was a caregiver for her family, including her eldest son who was living with a spinal cord injury. 

Her family’s world was devasted in 2018, when a super typhoon hit the island, leaving half of it destroyed.

Kathie Fetting is a registered nurse who works at Mary Free Bed. At the time of the typhoon, she was also volunteering with the American Red Cross in disaster relief. 

After seeing the news of the destruction in Saipan, Kathie backed up her bag and shipped out to help.

In the first episode of a two-part story, Annie and Kathie share their story of how a super typhoon brought them together.

You’ll hear from Annie about life on the island, her son’s accident and when the storm first hit. Kathie shares her story as well – including her journey into nursing and the Red Cross, and her first experiences of the typhoon damage.

We’ll share the conclusion of their story Thursday, May 12, on International Nurses Day.

Feeling inspired to change a life too? Mary Free Bed is looking for nursing staff who’ll bring hope, love and inspiration to patients – and each other. Find out how you can join our nursing team here: https://www.maryfreebed.com/nursing-careers/ 

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Find out how you can volunteer at the American Red Cross: https://www.redcross.org/about-us/our-work/disaster-relief.html 

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In this episode Dave Moore chats with two sisters who are Pueblo natives and are now thousands of miles away on the island of Saipan. It’s safe to say Aria and Grace Keilbach are Pueblo’s Podcast’s most long-distance guests.

Saipan is a very small island — smaller than Pueblo (in square miles) in fact! It’s located in the Pacific Ocean near Guam — think north of Australia and south of Japan! It’s just a tiny dot on the map.

After World War II, countless combat dogs that had been used to sniff out bombs and hiding Japanese, were lost or left behind. Today the descendants of those heroic war dogs are known as boonie dogs, a mix between Bloodhounds, Rottweilers, Labradors, and German Shepards. They roam the island living off any scraps they can find and enduring the harsh rainstorms and blistering heat.

While Aria & Grace have been there, they’ve seen horrible animal abuse and treatment of animals, including starved mama dogs, neglected puppies, and more. Many of the pups have health issues from the neglect, like broken jaws, vision problems and fleas and ticks! Now they've dedicated their time -- in between their school work -- to an organization they founded and named Boonie Babies.

 Aria & Grace are now working to rehome dogs, give them the vet care they need and make a difference in the island. Unfortunately they don’t have a certified vet on the island so many animals die without care. However, a small clinic on the island does what they can, but cannot perform surgeries. The clinic recently faced a hurdle of it’s own. The land was re-zoned by the government, forcing the clinic out. Aria and Grace say they will stay on the island until their work has made a difference. 

Host: Dave Moore Guests: Aria and Grace Keilbach Editor: Carly Moore Music: J.B. Skelton