I'm an award-winning student documentarian who is especially interested in building a better future for humanity. Created during the COVID-19 pandemic, my debut film, Growing Peace in the Middle East, documents the amazing story of Jewish and Arab women in Israel being brought together through hydroponic farming and sustainability. To date, the short has earned nominations and wins in 100+ categories globally, including the prestigious London Independent Film Festival and International Human Rights Arts Festival. In 2021, I founded Growing Peace Inc., a non-profit organization that is working to help people around the world access food and become self-sufficient.

    Steven Hoffen, a high school teen, was inspired to action following a visit to Sindyanna of Galilee, a nonprofit organization in Israel where Arab and Jewish women work together closely, cultivating social change as they grow produce in hydroponic gardens.

   Through a series of remote interviews conducted during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, Steven documented Sindyanna’s efforts. There was a meaningful, ongoing collaboration between Palestinian and Israeli women, despite their cultural differences, demonstrating the importance of learning and the economic opportunities grown through the power of agricultural science.

   From these interviews, Steven created an original short film, “Growing Peace in the Middle East,” now an award-winning documentary, to help show the world a really unique way that these amazing people are achieving greater independence and opportunity. In this particular case, Sindyanna brings together women whose lives couldn’t be more different and teaches them hydroponic farming skills that help them combat food insecurity while empowering them with meaningful, skilled, uplifting work.

  To continue to raise awareness and grow the humanitarian impact of his film, Steven formed the namesake nonprofit Growing Peace Inc. Inspired by the outcomes at Sindyanna, Growing Peace centers around hydroponics as a medium to educate, empower and help those in need. Growing Peace has now installed hydroponic gardens in Israel and throughout New York City. 
After Steven's successful fundraising effort, his first hydroponics project to help an underserved community was installed in early 2022. Since then, Steven has worked to bring hydroponics to food pantries and other organizations that help those in need.
 

  “I hope to play my part in improving the world by providing healthy and nutritional food where it is less available and sharing a platform that can help teach others to become more aware of the benefits of farming technologies that improve our climate.”
- Steven Hoffen

My guest, Sylvie Sterling, is an international cat whisperer, speaker, intuitive, and spiritual teacher. She is the author of "Your Cat is Your Guide," where she reveals the secret soul mission of cats: To help their humans align with their soul purpose. Sylvie empowers cat lovers around the world to awaken to their true selves through their cats. As emissary to the Lyran star nations, she helps awakening souls connect to their starseed mission and galactic origins. Sylvie’s been featured on: Coast to Coast radio, Conscious Life Expo, New Living Expo, DisclosureFest, summits, podcasts and Newsweek Magazine. 

Hugo Chavez-Rey was born in Lima, Peru. His family emigrated to the U.S. in 1956 when he was just 7 years old. He has been married to his wife, Mary for 15 years. Together they have 6 children, 9 grandchildren, and 1 great- grandchild.

Hugo retired from the telecommunications industry in 2011 after 35 years. He has been an activist in the Republican party for over 43 years. He has held numerous positions at several levels within the party in Texas, and since 1999 in Colorado.

He has worked on various political campaigns, both local and national, and has been a delegate and alternate delegate to 4 National Republican Conventions.

He is an Air Force veteran having served at the tail end of the Vietnam War. He is a Constitutional, Pro-Life, Pro-Business, Pro-2nd Amendment, America First conservative. Up until December 31, 2022, he served as the Chairman of the Colorado Hispanic Republicans, a position he held since 2013.

Today he dedicates his time between his family and serving as a conservative voice, messaging to Hispanic voters, in an effort to grow the base of Hispanic voters within the Republican Party, which he believes is the natural home for Hispanics of all backgrounds.

He has launched his radio and internet career with his first radio podcast: “The Hispanic Patriot” in an effort to reach as many Hispanics as possible speaking about topics of importance to all Hispanic immigrants and voters. He hopes to do his part in the effort to make the Republican Party the new home for the majority of Hispanics.

Katherine is a Shamanic and Energetic Medicine Practitioner, mentor, and trainer of healing, therapeutic, spiritual practitioners, and coaches.

Katherine supports people to heal themselves and bring their magic to the world by integrating spiritual development and energetic mastery. She has extensive backgrounds in Eastern and Western Alchemy, Somatic, and Shamanic modalities.

She teaches healing skill development, channeling and mediumship, Qi Gong, internal energy work, meditation, and more.

Utilizing energy work, hands-on healing, practice cultivation, and mentorship, she shepherds people through awakening and the journey to full alignment.

She is a ritualist, ceremonialist, Earth lover, and artist in deep prayer and service to her community and the world.

Her book, The Healer’s Process, offers the inner work, skill development, and practices to help you fulfill your sacred purpose. 

Though the name Clayton Haslop is by no means a household name, his artistry as a violinist has been enjoyed by millions through his work as concertmaster and solo violinist on numerous highly successful films and soundtracks. Amongst them are Avatar, Titanic (James Horner, composer), Ratatouille, Up (Michael Giacchino, composer), The Matrix quadrilogy (Don Davis, composer), and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Alexander Desplat, composer). Concurrent with this activity have been stints as concertmaster of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, The Los Angeles Opera, and many other ensembles around the United States.

Coming from a musically minded family, Clayton began the study of violin at age 8 and, at 20, was invited by Sir Neville Marriner to give 6 enthusiastically received performances around California as soloist with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Other early accomplishments included being accepted as a private student by legendary 20th century violinist Nathan Milstein, an experience that influenced his artistic development for many years.

Unfortunately, or fortunately, depending how one looks at it, life as a first-call Hollywood recording artist and freelance concert violinist was not to last. In his late 30’s Mr. Haslop began noticing small, aberrant movements in the ring finger of his left hand. Over time, as the loss of control became increasingly unmanageable, it became clear that the issue was a neurological “over use” injury known as Focal Dystonia, or FD.

How Clayton managed to overcome this all too frequently career ending development is the primary focus of discussion in upcoming interview. It is a fascinating story with a surprising ending, I think, that will interest many of our listeners.

Over the past 25 years I have worked in front of camera as an actor, built several businesses as an aspiring entrepreneur, and invested in real estate across the country which allowed me the freedom to keep growing and exploring.  

Over the past decade of my life I made a significant shift, and dedicated myself to discovering what kind of artist I want to be in life, and what it is I would create if profit wasn’t the motivating purpose. That is when Re/creation Cafe was born. I discovered that people and places are my art, and I wanted to create spaces where people can connect more authentically through creative social experiences that encourage adults to play more. I spent the next several years curating events around this idea, and eventually decided to dedicate everything I have to building a space for people to share in these types of creative social experiences on a regular basis.

Construction on Re/creation Cafe started in 2017, and lasted until March of 2024. Re/creation Cafe is now open to the public, and offers the community breakfast, lunch, and dinner as well as live music, live painting, and many more experiences that remind us all to keep playing. 

KD

Highly talented Rap Artist with extensive experience in entertaining live audiences.  Deep background in recording and production studios.  Experience in live stage plays.

Demi Demaree

Singer/songwriter for Villiebillies, a former Universal/Motown group. Demi’s unique versatility has landed him on stage with industry superstars such as Jelly Roll, Hank Williams Jr., Sublime & more.

While with Villebillies, Demi co-wrote “Holy Water,” a song later covered by Alice Cooper on his album ‘Paranormal.’ Demi is currently a solo artist still performing today under the stage name Ipcus Pinecone.

Jimmy Pearson is a unique and soulful artist, vocalist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and actor. He brings an unparalleled energy to his music and to the stage, which will leave you dancing for days. His music is a place where he can speak fully about his experiences in life and the growth that comes from them.

Originally from Oberlin, Ohio, Jimmy has been rocking the west coast since 2013. His style is a healthy mix of soul, funk, alternative, and unintentional pop. He also has scored multiple films, bringing his unique flavor to the screen, and has even composed original music for these films, as well as appeared on screen in some of them.