Fill To Capacity (Where Heart, Grit and Irreverent Humor Collide)
Podcast for people too stubborn to quit and too creative not to make a difference!Join visual artist Pat Benincasa in conversation with a riveting roster of guests to uncover extraordinary stories of everyday people. Listen as they share their quirky wisdom, unlikely adventures, and poignant life lessons! Fasten your emotional seatbelt for this journey of heart, humor and grit!
Episodes
134 episodes
"Don’t Need To Borrow Trouble"
Caught in a swirl of news, noise, and what-ifs — this episode won't tell you what to think. It will remind you what's yours.
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A Journey Through Past Lives With Bobby Sullivan
What if the fears you can't explain, the patterns you can't break, and the people you can't forget...aren't from this lifetime?In this gripping conversation, Bobby Sullivan—spiritual intuitive and past life regression practitioner...
The Extraordinary Ordinary — with Birdchick
What if birding isn’t really about birds at all? In this zany yet deeply insightful episode, Sharon Stiteler—aka Birdchick—talks about attention, wonder, backyard drama, and why noticing the world around you might be one of the sanest ...
Stay Tuned- Radio History in the Archive
In this compelling episode, we go back—to when radio wasn’t just technology- it was connection. A lifeline during the Great Depression. A steady presence through war. A shared experience that bound a country together.And now? As legacy m...
Vision, Voice, and Stories That Shape Us
Writer and activist Amy Friedman believes stories can change how we see each other. Through All-American Story, immigrants and first- and second-generation Americans share their lived experiences through writing, music, performance, an...
From Punchlines to Power- Remaking Comedy
What if comedy isn’t just punchlines — but leverage?Lynn Harris, founder & CEO of GOLD Comedy didn’t wait for a seat at the table. She redesigned the room.In this explosively insightful conversation, Lynn pulls back the curtai...
Psychic Knowing in a Changing Mind With Echo Bodine
What happens when a lifelong psychic begins to lose memory — but not intuition? Nationally recognized psychic and teacher Echo Bodine reflects on life after an Alzheimer's diagnosis — and what it means to trust intuition, presence, ...
Science, Soul, and 2nd Chances – From Saving Lives to Changing Lives
What happens when the doctor becomes the patient?ER physician Dr. Christina Miller spent years moving fast—hospital coffee, vending-machine candy, adrenaline, and crisis care. She was trained to save lives on the edge. Then lupus stopped...
When Story Becomes Your Way Home
What happens when curiosity turns into responsibility—and saving stories becomes the work?In this moving episode, Stephanie Detton, a 4th-grade teacher in Colorado and co-host of Italian American Stories Podcast reflects on grow...
A Familiar Tune Rewrites The Moment
What if the songs that shaped you could one day save you? When Justin Russo watched 4,000 people wave back at him in perfect rhythm during a music festival, he discovered something profound about connection—but it would take years before he und...
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1-800-RU-Kidding-Me: Wild Cards
Tired of doom scrolling? Try life scrolling. This episode tracks down the wild cards- moments that flip the script, rewrite what’s possible, and proves that the future is still wide open. No spoilers — just know this: you’re about to h...
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Digital Detox and the Great Unscroll
In a world wired for breaking news and dopamine scrolling, writer and dad-of-two, Jason Bartz, did the unthinkable- he ditched his smartphone for a dumb phone. Not as a gimmick, but as a line in the sand — for his time, his kids, and his sanity...
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Our Candy Machine Cosmos
Whoa! In this 7-minute episode, we step into the Candy Machine Cosmos — where you insert something small — a coin, a thought, a risk — and what comes back is always unexpected: sometimes grace, sometimes grief, but always a call to see anew....
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Click. Post. Gone? What Is Your Digital Legacy?
Got emails? A blog? Social media? A website? Then you’ve got a digital trail—but what happens to it when you’re gone?In this eye-opening episode, Len Rosen—futurist, tech writer, and founder of the site 21stCenTech —asks the que...
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Friction Not Fiction- The Things That Matter
The ground keeps shifting. Some truths don’t—won’t. In just 5 minutes, this episode hits where it matters.. Truth. Justice. Memory. Not trends. Not fiction. Friction. Because what matters… holds.OR - 🌟watch colorful video on YouTube<...
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Vision Without Sight
Motorcycle crash and everything stopped. Kijuan Amey, Former Air Force Staff Sgt. refueling jets at 30,000 feet, entrepreneur, and student on the verge of a pilot’s wings- with broken bones and lost sight- had to decide. What follows isn’...
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Grounded & Gutsy: Rachel Finch on Life with Horses
In rural Queensland, Australia, a young trainer builds trust one horse at a time. At just twenty-something, Rachel Finch runs YP Performance Horses, guiding everything from high-strung racehorses learning to relax to unhandled colts taking thei...
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Mind the Light: Stories From the Edge of History
Who kept the lights burning when storms raged, men died, and the sea threatened everything? More often than we realize, it was women—forgotten in the records, but essential to history.In a riveting and deeply human episode, Shauna MacDon...
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From Shoestring to Powerhouse: Moving Mental Health Care Forward
When Sue Abderholden took the reins at the Minnesota chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) in 2001, the organization ran on duct tape, a few staff, and big hopes.Two decades later, NAMI MN has become a statewide leade...
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Hospice and Harmony: Life in a Major Key
What happens when bedside stories we almost never hear step into the light—and sing? In this episode, Ben Kintisch—chaplain, Cantor, and playwright behind “Life Review: The Hospice Musical” —shares how end-of-life moments became songs ...
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The Radical Resistance of Tenderness
When the world goes hard, softness isn’t weakness—it’s strategy. This quick episode is about what happens when you answer cruelty… with a seat at the table.
Gen Z Unplugged: Why Dumb Phones Make Smart Sense
Plot twist: Gen Z, first to grow up with smartphones and social media 24/7- decide now to unplug? Meet Olivia Telecky, a 20-year-old Minnesota college student whose article “The Dumb Phone Trend—A...
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Wagging Tails, Open Hearts: The Power of Helping Paws
🐾 What does it mean to truly give someone their life back?Alyssa Golob, Executive Director of Helping Paws, takes us inside their mission to train service dogs for people with physical disabilities, veterans, and first responder...
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Where Service Becomes Story and Story Becomes Art
What happens when a veteran’s truth is shaped by a writer, interpreted by an artist, and transformed into something the world can finally see? When the silence of war is met—not with politics—but with art?With unflinching honesty, Marine...
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