At the Podium with Patrick Huey

Patrick Huey
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At the Podium — where real stories meet quiet courage. Join host Patrick Huey in intimate, soul-centered conversations with writers, creators, visionaries, and healers. Each episode peels back the layers of memory, transformation, identity, and human longing — the stories we think we’ve left behind and the truths waiting to bring us home. Whether we’re talking second chances, reinvention, spiritual awakening, healing, or deep creative work, At the Podium is a space to sit firmly in honesty, vulnerability, and hope. If you’re seeking a podcast that embraces life’s messiness, celebrates emotional truth, and holds space for redemption and growth — welcome. This is more than a show. It’s a living room of possibility, a place to reflect, to heal, and to come home to yourself. 🕯️ Expect thoughtful interviews, personal stories, and questions that linger long after the episode ends.

  1. Sep 29

    Nora Zelevansky: Memory, First Love & the Selves We Leave Behind.

    Send us Fan Mail What do we do with memory when it is no longer behind us, but standing in front of us? How does what we remember shape the present, inform the future, and color—sometimes even haunt—the past? Author Nora Zelevansky returns to At the Podium to talk about memory, nostalgia, first love, friendship, and the complicated selves we carry across time. Her newest novel, Backslide, written under the pen name Nora Dahlia, follows two former first loves forced back into each other’s lives decades later—and explores what happens when memory collides with the people they have become.  In this conversation, Nora and Patrick explore the emotional landscape of memory: the freedom of growing up before cell phones and social media, the ways formative experiences continue to shape us, the truths and omissions that accumulate inside long friendships, and why relationships rarely divide neatly into heroes and villains.  At the emotional center of the episode, Nora brings that idea out of fiction and into her own life. She reflects on the quiet grief of watching her daughter move on to a new school and realizing that an entire season of her own life—the friendships, laughter, community, and daily rituals surrounding that school—had ended as well.  At its core, this conversation is a journey in which Nora and Patrick move past nostalgia into the strangely beautiful and melancholic experience of encountering a person, place, or version of yourself that still exists vividly in memory even though time has moved on. It is where memory becomes both gift and ache: a way of preserving who we were while reminding us that time continues to change who we are. 👍 Like 📝 Subscribe & Share 💬 Comment below to support the channel To learn more about "At the Podium" and Patrick Huey, click on the link: https://www.patrickhueyleadership.com/ For more information contact Patrick at patrick@patrickhueyleadership.com

    Nora Zelevansky: Memory, First Love & the Selves We Leave Behind.

  2. Sep 22

    Mark Godoy Jr: The Child I Lost, The Man I Became.

    Send us Fan Mail Content Note: This conversation includes discussion of childhood abuse and its lasting effects. At seven years old, Mark Godoy Jr. was abused by an older cousin. What happened to him would reverberate across the decades that followed—through anger, isolation, difficulty trusting others, fractured relationships, and questions about vulnerability and what it meant to be a man. For years, Mark remained largely silent, not only about the abuse itself, but about the turmoil it created in his life and within his spirit.  Then he began the difficult work of healing.  In this deeply personal and honest conversation, Mark talks about childhood sexual abuse and its lasting impact, the silence that often surrounds male survivors, his return to therapy, and the role faith and forgiveness have played in his life—not as reconciliation with the person who harmed him, but as a way of releasing himself from the anger he had carried for years. We also talk about the child Mark remembers being before the abuse: happy, affectionate and trusting—and the man he has become through the long process of reclaiming his life.  This is a conversation about what was lost, what can be healed, and the possibility of building a life beyond what happened to us. Listen. Reflect. Become. Support for Men Healing from Sexual Abuse: https://1in6.org  RAINN Anti-Sexual Violence Organization: https://rainn.org 👍 Like 📝 Subscribe & Share 💬 Comment below to support the channel To learn more about "At the Podium" and Patrick Huey, click on the link: https://www.patrickhueyleadership.com/ Patrick on IG: https://www.instagram.com/thepatrickhuey/ At the Podium on IG: https://www.instagram.com/atthepodium_patrickhuey/ For more information contact Patrick at patrick@patrickhueyleadership.com

    Mark Godoy Jr: The Child I Lost, The Man I Became.

  3. Sep 15

    Mike Elliott: How I Healed the Wounds That Shaped the Man I Became.

    Send us Fan Mail When Mike Elliott’s marriage ended, he found himself collapsed on his kitchen floor, shaking and crying out, “I don’t want to die.” In that moment, the successful adult man disappeared—and Mike recognized something much older underneath: the infant who had once been separated from his biological mother and was terrified of being abandoned again. That realization began a much deeper journey. In this episode of At the Podium, Mike reflects on being adopted, the grandmother who became his safe place, and the extraordinary experience of reading the journals his birth mother left behind. What began as a story he once carried with embarrassment eventually became something he describes as an honor. Our conversation widens into masculinity, vulnerability, relationships, personal responsibility, and the mythology of the self-made man. We also wrestle with a harder question: when powerful, high-performing men begin to heal their own wounds, what responsibility do they have for the collateral damage they may have caused along the way? Today, Mike uses what he has learned to work with men seeking greater connection with themselves and the people they love. His story is a reminder that healing is not simply an individual pursuit. Again and again, we are shaped, challenged, and ultimately transformed in relationship with others. We don’t heal alone. 👍 Like 📝 Subscribe & Share 💬 Comment below to support the channel To learn more about "At the Podium" and Patrick Huey, click on the link: https://www.patrickhueyleadership.com/ Patrick on IG: https://www.instagram.com/thepatrickhuey/ At the Podium on IG: https://www.instagram.com/atthepodium_patrickhuey/ For more information contact Patrick at patrick@patrickhueyleadership.com

    Mike Elliott: How I Healed the Wounds That Shaped the Man I Became.

  4. Sep 8

    Dr. Rosslyn Knight: What Does It Mean to Belong in Higher Education?

    Send us Fan Mail What does it mean to belong in higher education—and who gets the message that college is a place for them? Dr. Rosslyn Knight has spent more than 25 years in education, including leading developmental education initiatives across the Maricopa County Community College District. Her work has centered on student success, educational access, and what happens when institutions either recognize a student's potential—or fail to see it. In this episode of At the Podium, Rosslyn and I reconnect more than three decades after first meeting as students at Vanderbilt University. We talk about the teachers who shaped us, including the seventh-grade teacher who saw what Rosslyn was experiencing as the only Black girl in an honors classroom and introduced her to Toni Morrison's *The Bluest Eye*. But our conversation also asks harder questions about higher education today. What do we really mean by “merit”? What are the consequences when a student is told, “Maybe college isn't for you”? Why are men of color increasingly absent from college campuses? What does the end of race-conscious admissions mean for access and opportunity? And are we asking 17- and 18-year-olds to take on financial burdens they cannot yet fully understand? This is a conversation about education, race, student debt and access—but underneath all of it is something more fundamental: the lasting power of being seen, being believed in, and knowing that you belong. Listen. Reflect. Become. 👍 Like and Share 📝 Subscribe 💬 Review below to support the channel At the Podium on IG Patrick on IG For more information contact Patrick at patrick@patrickhueyleadership.com

    Dr. Rosslyn Knight: What Does It Mean to Belong in Higher Education?

  5. Aug 25

    Taylor Abbitt: The Hardest Instrument to Master Is Yourself.

    Send us Fan Mail What does it really take to master an instrument? For Juilliard-trained double bassist Taylor Abbitt, now a member of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra in Sweden, the answer has very little to do with the instrument itself. What struck me most about Taylor wasn't simply his extraordinary talent—it was his quiet humility. Beneath his reserved demeanor is a young artist thoughtfully growing into his own voice, discovering not only what it means to perform at the highest level, but what it means to become fully himself. In this episode of At the Podium, Taylor reflects on the lifelong pursuit of artistic excellence, the discipline of preparation, learning to trust your own voice, and why every artist must eventually become their own teacher. We discuss the transition from student to professional artist, what it means to perform with conviction, and why true mastery begins long before stepping onto the stage. Taylor also shares the influence of acclaimed bassist Joseph Conyers, his experience competing in the Sphinx Competition, finding his place as a biracial musician in the world of classical music, and the quiet confidence that comes from letting his excellence speak for itself. Whether you're a musician, entrepreneur, artist, leader, or simply someone striving to become better at what you do, this conversation is a reminder that the hardest instrument you'll ever master is yourself. 👍 Like and Share 📝 Subscribe 💬 Review below to support the channel At the Podium on IG Patrick on IG For more information contact Patrick at patrick@patrickhueyleadership.com

    Taylor Abbitt: The Hardest Instrument to Master Is Yourself.

  6. Aug 18

    Jonathan L. Allen: The Courage to Live Truthfully.

    Send us Fan Mail What does it cost to live truthfully? Jonathan L. Allen has spent his life asking that question. Raised in the church and ordained as a minister at a young age, he eventually faced a decision that would reshape his faith, his relationships, and the future he thought he was meant to live. Choosing authenticity came with real consequences—but it also opened the door to a life rooted in purpose rather than fear. In this episode of At the Podium, Jonathan and Patrick Huey explore faith, identity, courage, and the ongoing work of becoming more fully ourselves. They discuss Leadership Brainery's mission to expand access to graduate education, the importance of representation and leadership, the freedom that comes from living truthfully, and why "coming home" is less about a place than learning to live in alignment with who you are. Whether you're navigating change, questioning your purpose, or simply searching for the courage to live more honestly, this conversation is an invitation to consider what becomes possible when fear no longer gets the final word. Listen. Reflect. Become. 👍 Like and Share 📝 Subscribe 💬 Review below to support the channel At the Podium on IG Patrick on IG For more information contact Patrick at patrick@patrickhueyleadership.com

    Jonathan L. Allen: The Courage to Live Truthfully.

  7. Aug 11

    Who Are You Becoming? | Connor Schoen on Leadership, Identity & Authenticity

    Send us Fan Mail When Connor Schoen co-founded Breaktime at just 19 years old, he set out to change the lives of young adults experiencing homelessness. Years later, after leading one of Boston's most influential nonprofits, receiving national recognition, and navigating the pressures of leadership, he found himself confronting a different question: Who am I becoming? In this episode of At the Podium, Connor reflects on the hidden cost of leadership, learning to embrace rather than hide his youth, coming out as pansexual, and discovering that authentic leadership begins when the person you are in public and the person you are in private become one. This conversation isn't simply about running a nonprofit. It's about identity, integrity, purpose, and the freedom to keep evolving. Together, we explore what it means to lead without performing, to hold power with humility, and to build a life that remains open to whatever comes next. Whether you're leading a company, building a career, navigating your own identity, or simply wondering who you're becoming, Connor's story is a thoughtful reminder that the greatest leadership journey is often the one taking place within ourselves. Connor Schoen is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Breaktime, a Boston-based nonprofit working to end young adult homelessness. He has been recognized as a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, a Boston Healthcare for the Homeless Changemaker Award recipient, and one of Boston's Ten Outstanding Young Leaders by City Awake. Listen. Reflect. Become. 👍 Like and Share 📝 Subscribe 💬 Review below to support the channel At the Podium on IG Patrick on IG For more information contact Patrick at patrick@patrickhueyleadership.com

    Who Are You Becoming? | Connor Schoen on Leadership, Identity & Authenticity

  8. Aug 4

    US Congressman Christian Menefee: Serving the Community that Shaped You. When Responsibility Becomes Personal.

    Send us Fan Mail When Christian Menefee was elected to represent Texas's 18th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, he quickly discovered that public office is about far more than politics. It is about carrying the hopes, struggles, and stories of the community that shaped you. In this episode of At the Podium, Congressman Menefee reflects on growing up in Houston, the public programs that shaped his family's life, and why he believes government can expand opportunity when it serves people well. Together, we explore leadership, education, citizenship, personal responsibility, and the lasting influence of public servants who came before him. Throughout our conversation, Christian shares how serving the very neighborhoods that formed him has transformed his understanding of responsibility. Every school, every park, every family, and every opportunity now carries a personal weight. It is a perspective that shifts public service from a profession to a calling. Rather than debating political headlines or partisan talking points, this conversation explores the deeper questions that exist beneath them. What is government for? What do we owe one another as citizens? How do leaders remain grounded in their convictions while carrying the expectations of an entire community? And what kind of legacy is worth leaving behind? Whether your work is in public service, business, education, or your own neighborhood, this episode is ultimately about stewardship—what it means to accept responsibility for something greater than yourself, and how that responsibility has the power to shape not only the communities we serve, but the people we become. 👍 Like and Share 📝 Subscribe 💬 Review below to support the channel At the Podium on IG Patrick on IG For more information contact Patrick at patrick@patrickhueyleadership.com

    US Congressman Christian Menefee: Serving the Community that Shaped You. When Responsibility Becomes Personal.
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At the Podium — where real stories meet quiet courage. Join host Patrick Huey in intimate, soul-centered conversations with writers, creators, visionaries, and healers. Each episode peels back the layers of memory, transformation, identity, and human longing — the stories we think we’ve left behind and the truths waiting to bring us home. Whether we’re talking second chances, reinvention, spiritual awakening, healing, or deep creative work, At the Podium is a space to sit firmly in honesty, vulnerability, and hope. If you’re seeking a podcast that embraces life’s messiness, celebrates emotional truth, and holds space for redemption and growth — welcome. This is more than a show. It’s a living room of possibility, a place to reflect, to heal, and to come home to yourself. 🕯️ Expect thoughtful interviews, personal stories, and questions that linger long after the episode ends.

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  • Creator
    Patrick Huey
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    114
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 At the Podium with Patrick Huey
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