A Hat Tip For Hands

John Tanasse
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"A Hat Tip For Hands" is a podcast about and in appreciation for people caring for people, their communities, and the planet, whether a health provider, a garbage collector, or a passerby. We explore goodwill, general human kindness, ingenuity, compassion, creativity, and problem solving. This includes anyone known or unknown, with a story big or small, reaching out making a difference. And that includes you! Really!

  1. 17/07/2021

    #29 Thanks A LOTT to a Wastewater Wizard: Infrastructure Super Friends Part 1 (featuring Ken Butti)

    Ken Butti, Director of Operations and Facility of LOTT Clean Water Alliance, shares all things wastewater treatment from the bowl to the sea. Ken gives an overview of how this happens, its implications on our environment, and a peek into one of this nation's best treatment facilities right here in the south Puget Sound. Ken's competence, kindness, and care, will have everyone thinking about what happens after the next flush!

    46 min

  2. 21/06/2021

    #28 Bridges Between People: Team Gonzalez Part 2 (featuring Danielle Gonzales)

    Danielle Gonzalez, a behavioral analyst, talks about her work bridging the gap between those with autism and others. She shares her work with Behavior Bridges, finding ways to help those with autism connect, interpret, understand, and develop life skills to better function in their daily lives. We explore the secret society of having family members with special needs, and the impact her brother, Brandon, has had on her. We talk babies, mixed race family, and about getting it right, rather than being right.

    39 min

  3. 10/06/2021

    #27 Team Gonzalez Part 1, Diaries Of A Co-worker Part 2 (featuring Dr. Eliseo Gonzalez)

    Dr. Eliseo Gonzalez, chiropractor, joins us to talk about becoming a provider, about our parallel universes as colleagues and having brother's with special needs and  Down's Syndrome, and shared roots in Yakima, WA.  We explore cultural and racial identity and the notion of asking others about their identity preferences.  Dr. Eli, as he's known in our office, shares his experience as a Texano, Yakamanian, Mexican American, Latino, Hispanic,  bi-racial, one-quarter French, fellow human.

    51 min

  4. 27/05/2021

    #26 Three Generations of Coastal Custodians: Trash Talk, Part 1 (featuring Bill Irey, Tim Irey, and Grant Irey)

    Three generations of Irey's, Bill, 84, Tim, 53, and Grant, 18, share their tradition of beach clean up on remote stretches of the Olympic National Park, coastal trail, in Washington State. We talk (coastal) trash, the outdoors, family, and stewardship. Their infectious outlook on taking care of our world will have you carrying a grabber and a box of trash bags everywhere you go!

    34 min

  5. 20/05/2021

    #25 Caring, Connecting, and Contemplating as a Nurse, Immigrant, and Asian American (featuring Toni Ransom)

    Toni Ransom, shares her perspectives as a nurse over her career and this past year as we commemorate International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife, designated by The World Health Organization for 2020.  In addition, Toni shares her experience as an immigrant from South Korea, and her life as an Asian American. We talk about the experience of finding a better life, racism, and the challenges of finding a sense of place in the face of attitudes of difference.

    1h 4m

  6. 12/05/2021

    #24 A Rainforest Super Friend and A Climate Change Champion: Environmental Ambassadors Part 1 (featuring Allie Russell and Peyton Russell)

    Allie Russell, age 9 1/2, and Peyton Russell, age 12, share their journeys of advocating for the environment. Allie tells us about hosting a Driveway Sale, where she shares a presentation of the Congo, and puts her artistic and  baking talents to work to raise resources for the Rainforest Action Network, while her brother, Peyton, puts on a clinic about climate change through his involvement with Earth Club, Stream Team, and Wonder Week projects. These remarkable young leaders' advice to adults will have you on your toes ready to jump into action! Spectacular!

    35 min

  7. 07/05/2021

    #23 Bread Baking Brigade: Food Bank Super Friends Part 2 (featuring Mary Rose)

    Mary Rose, shares her story of moving to a new state at the beginning of  the pandemic to retire. She talks about finding  community with neighbors and with volunteers baking bread for the food bank. We discuss the power of the collective, finding new friends, making the world "breader," and solving hunger one loaf at a time.

    45 min

  8. 29/04/2021

    #22 A Brother, A Bus, and Beyond (featuring Steve Tanasse)

    Steve Tanasse, my oldest brother and a bus driver, tells stories of driving his routes for Seattle Metro and Community Transit in Everett WA. He shares his experiences of working with the public, and the process of losing  the work he loves, forced to retire early. We talk about life's transitions, bringing purpose to our work, and beyond the void that shows up when we no longer work, but still want to.

    34 min
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About

"A Hat Tip For Hands" is a podcast about and in appreciation for people caring for people, their communities, and the planet, whether a health provider, a garbage collector, or a passerby. We explore goodwill, general human kindness, ingenuity, compassion, creativity, and problem solving. This includes anyone known or unknown, with a story big or small, reaching out making a difference. And that includes you! Really!

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  • Creator
    John Tanasse
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2021
  • Episodes
    29
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    A Hat Tip For Hands