How Can I Help?
by Caitlin McHugh Stamos
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About this podcast
Do you want to make a positive impact on the world, but don’t know where to start? Does learning about the challenges people face make you want to help, but you don’t know how? Do thoughts and prayers sound fine, but you think taking action is better? On this podcast, Caitlin McHugh Stamos finds nonprofits, businesses, and individuals who are making a positive impact in the world and she figures out how to help their causes.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 38 episodes
- Help the Starfish Project · 18 min · Season 5 Episode 5Jenny McGee is the founder and CEO of Starfish Project, a nonprofit social enterprise that helps women escaping exploitation to build new futures through meaningful employment…
- Help Children Flourish with CHLA’s Literally Healing Program · 22 min · Season 5 Episode 3Mads Gobbo is the program supervisor of Literally Healing, an innovative literacy program at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Mads worked in independent bookstores for a decade…
- Helping guide and protect you in the age of AI · 47 min · Season 5 Episode 2Catharina Doria is an AI ethicist, consultant, and content creator with an audience of more than 200,000 followers across social platforms. Recognized in 2023 as one of the 100…
- Help Conserve our Planet with Jason Wise · 33 min · Season 5 Episode 1Jason Wise is an outdoor and online (@jasonjourneyman) environmental educator, a Certified California Naturalist, native plant dad, and a proud tree hugger. He has a masters…
- Support the LGBTQIA+ Community with Andrew Levitt AKA Nina West · 36 min · Season 4 Episode 5NINA WEST (Andrew Levitt) He rose to international prominence on the 11th season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” Other notable credits include Weird: Tina Romero’s Queens of the Dead…
- Help Spread Kindness with Steven Sawalich · 26 min · Season 4 Episode 4Steven Sawalich’s latest work, Case for Kindness, is an award-winning documentary exploring the transformative impact of kindness on society and emphasizes its critical role in…
- Help Rewire America with Stacey Abrams · 27 min · Season 4 Episode 3*Interview recorded in February 2025. Rewiring America is looking to electrify the country! Whether it’s replacing your gas stove top, changing out your heat pump, adding a solar…
- Help Habitat For Humanity rebuild after the Eaton Fire with Bryan Wong and John Stamos · 28 min · Season 4 Episode 2Habitat for Humanity has been helping to put roofs over people’s heads for decades and in the aftermath of the Eaton Fire in January of 2025, CEO of Habitat for Humanity San…
- Help for Fire Victims · 47 min · Season 4 Episode 1Ed Diab is a leading wildfire litigation attorney who has recovered over $1.65 billion on behalf of wildfire victims against power companies. He has secured numerous landmark…
- Help Turn Life Challenges into Personal Growth with Christyn Taylor · 41 min · Season 3 Episode 6In 2010, Christyn Taylor’s life took a drastic turn when her then seven-year-old daughter, Rebecca, was diagnosed with chronic pancreatitis. She immediately immersed into the…
- Help By Rethinking Adoption with Gretchen Sisson · 47 min · Season 3 Episode 5Gretchen Sisson is the author of Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood and a sociologist at Advancing New Standards in Reproductive…
- Help Black Mothers Change the Statistics with St. John’s Community Health– Black Health and Wellness Program · 46 min · Season 3 Episode 4Heather Alexander and Lydia Callins lead St. John’s Committed to Black Wellness & Health Program which aims to provide support to Black Women and their families. The goal of the…
- Help Children of Incarcerated Parents with Michael’s Daughter Foundation · 35 min · Season 3 Episode 3Ciera Payton’s father spent time in prison while she was growing up, and her arts teachers were instrumental in shaping the incredible person she is today. With Michael’s…
- Help Children in Foster Care with Foster Love · 23 min · Season 3 Episode 2Our guest, Gianna Mulkay is Executive Director of Foster Love, a nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of children in foster care. Through collaborations with individuals…
- Help Our Essential Farm Workers with Celebration Nation · 54 min · Season 3 Episode 1Flor Martinez was a child farm laborer and has been advocating for and helping farm workers ever since. With her nonprofit, Celebration Nation, she provides clothing, water…
- Help Change the Conversation about Guns with 97 Percent · 39 min · Season 2 Episode 9Mathew Littman is Executive Director of 97percent, a new gun safety organization (@97percentorg). He previously served as chief speechwriter to Joe Biden and appears frequently…
- Help Our Country with Kate Paris from Red, Wine, and Blue · 31 min · Season 2 Episode 8Katie Paris is a 20-year veteran of national politics and an Ohio suburban mom. She moved to Ohio from Washington, DC, almost ten years ago, but it wasn't until the 2018 election…
- Helping You Have the Best Time at DisneyWorld · 37 min · Season 2 Episode 7AJ Wolfe Writer and entrepreneur. Owner of Cambrick Yard Media, an online media company creating high-quality, entertaining, and useful online brands and products. Topics…
- Help Migrant Children with Yes We Can · 36 min · Season 2 Episode 6Estefanía Rebellón is the co-founder and Executive Director of Yes We Can World Foundation, a female-led nonprofit organization that believes every child has the right to…
- Help Afghan Allies with No One Left Behind · 45 min · Season 2 Episode 5Our guests today are helping to keep America’s promise to our allies in Afghanistan. Right now there are people who risked their lives to help our soldiers and journalists during…
