Thomas Smith is the principal at Bishop McCort High School in Johnstown, PA. He has worked at various schools in the area, and has coached wrestling and football teams along the way.

I was initially interested in talking with Thomas to learn more about McCort's new Bright Futures Fund, an alumni-created fund to provide tuition assistant for high performing students. Our conversation touched on this and many other aspects of his administrative work with the school as well as past schools, where he hopes to take the school moving forward, and most importantly, how faith plays into the curriculum and atmosphere of Bishop McCort.

Enough summary, enjoy the episode!

Frank is a political activist, organizer, and communicator for the Pittsburgh branch of the Party for Socialism & Liberation.

This was a fun one, this is the first time I've had an explicitly politically themed episode. This is meant as the first step for conversation, no matter your own beliefs or ideologies

William (Bill) Thwing is a musician, poet, pastor, and environmental activist. He has written several memoirs and books of haiku poetry.

This was an incredible episode - Bill shared so much wisdom even in the short hour we got to talk. Enjoy!

Check out more of Bill's work:

His music

Link to his books on Amazon