I asked my friend, my mentor, my 'big brother' Fred to humor me in 2020, by allowing me to have him on my podcast. I affectionately called him "Boss", and per usual, he was willing and excited to encourage my creative, storytelling nonsense. He...

JUST SAY IT – S01 E23 - Esther Pearl, PIXAR Studios, and reel-stories.com*FINAL EPISODE OF SEASON ONE *Esther Pearl is the founder and Executive Director of Reel Stories. She received her Bachelor’s in Visual Arts from th...

JUST SAY IT – S01 E22 - Rene Howitt & COPE24, Changing Our Parenting ExperienceRene Howitt is the founder of a non-profit child advocacy organization COPE24…Changing Our Parenting Experience. She is also an appointed member o...

JUST SAY IT – S01 E21 - Troy Williams and the film "The Prison Within"*Trigger Warning - difficult topics discussed**EXPLICIT LANGUAGE*JUST SAY IT podcast with host and author, Jen SluMac: Seeking Belov...

JUST SAY IT – S01 E20 - Charlie - She escaped a forced marriage. Survivor, Sister & Artist *Trigger Warning - difficult topics discussed**EXPLICIT LANGUAGE*JUST SAY IT podcast with host and author, ...

JUST SAY IT – S01 E19 - Michelle Ashe, 42 year old African American Woman*Trigger Warning - difficult topics discussed**EXPLICIT LANGUAGE*JUST SAY IT podcast with host and author, Jen SluMac: Seeking Be...

JUST SAY IT – S01 E18 - Ginny Berson, Activist, Olivia Records & Racial JusticeJUST SAY IT podcast with host and author, Jen SluMac: Seeking Beloved Community through stories, conversations and questions. Learn more at her

JUST SAY IT – S01 E17 - Diatra Simpson, Chains are Meant to be BrokenJUST SAY IT podcast with host and author, Jen SluMac: Seeking Beloved Community through stories, conversations and questions. Learn more at her

JUST SAY IT – S01 E16 - Kim Boardman, Educating our YouthJUST SAY IT podcast with host and author, Jen SluMac: Seeking Beloved Community through stories, conversations and questions. Learn more at her

JUST SAY IT - S01 E15 - Charles Ryan, Reentry Mentor & MoreJUST SAY IT podcast with host and author, Jen SluMac: Seeking Beloved Community through stories, conversations and questions. Learn more at her

S01 E14 - JUST SAY IT - Jon Slusser, A Creative and Resourceful DadMy brothers are amazing people. I have three, this is one of the two younger ones, Jonathan. He grew up in the same world that I did and I admire who Jon is as a man, a ...

JUST SAY IT - S01 E12 - Leo Mercer, Mercer Brotherhood, Part IIJUST SAY IT podcast with host and author, Jen SluMac: Seeking Beloved Community through stories, conversations and questions. Learn more at her

JUST SAY ITS01 E11 - Leo Mercer, Mercer Brotherhood, Part Ifrom the website: http://www.mercerbrotherhood.org/about/Hello beautiful souls. my name is Leo Mercer and music i...

JUST SAY IT - S01 E10 - Excerpt from Jen's Book: "soulnotskin"How our lives collide - a reflection. I believe in the power of story to connect us. There are no hard or fast lines separating us. What affects one of us affects al...

JUST SAY IT - S01 E09 - Hector James, Reentry Faith Initiative, part IIIThis conversation took place in 2018 and is still relevant today. Hector is a family man, a servant of his faith and lives a life of ministry. I was fortuna...

JUST SAY IT - S01 E08 - Hector James, Re-entry Faith Initiative, Part IIThis conversation took place in 2018 and is still relevant today. Hector is a family man, a servant of his faith and lives a life of ministry. I was fortun...

JUST SAY IT - Hector James, Re-entry Faith Initiative, Part IS01 E07This conversation took place in 2018 and is still relevant today. Hector is a family man, a servant of his faith and lives a life of ministry. I was fortunate to wor...

JUST SAY IT - S01 E06 - My old buddy Mike, Part IIThis interview took place in 2018.This is Mike Van Vliet. He hails from the Chicago area and he's an artist, procrastinator, recovering alcoholic and he's a pretty grateful guy. I ...

JUST SAY IT - S01 E05 - Mike Van Vliet, My old buddy Mike, Part IThis interview took place in 2018.This is Mike Van Vliet. He hails from the Chicago area and he's an artist, procrastinator, recovering alcoholic and he's a pretty g...

JUST SAY IT - S01 E04 - DD & Jen, Depression & Suicide - Part IIThis is part two of a two part episode dealing with depression and suicide.The conversation took place in July 2018, and DeeDee and I had both recently lost some...

JUST SAY IT - S01 E03 - DD & Jen, Depression & Suicide - Part IThis is part one of a two part episode dealing with depression and suicide.The conversation took place in July 2018, and DeeDee and I had both recently lost s...

JUST SAY IT S01 E02 - Wifey and I talk skiingMy wife and I are trying out the new Yeti podcasting microphone she got me for Christmas in 2017.  We're about to go on a ski trip and we're very excited. What we didn't know yet was that...

JUST SAY IT - S01 E01 - First show!Starting something fun. Storytelling, conversations and questions. I've wanted to establish a podcast for years but have not seen it through because I have a day job and can't decide what I want to do t...