Love Is Strength: Pride Month and World Caring Day Special

About this episode

A special edition discussing love, empathy, and music with notable guests during Pride Month and World Caring Day.

What does it mean to truly care — for yourself, your community, and the world? On this special World Caring Day and Pride Month edition of Big Blend Radio, host Lisa Smith and award-winning singer-songwriter and co-host Johnny Schaefer welcome two extraordinary guests for a conversation about love, empathy, music, and the courage to be human. 🎬 Geoffrey Levin — founder of the rock band PEOPLE! and director of the new documentary Brothers Broken — shares his journey from the San Francisco folk scene (alongside Jerry Garcia, Jefferson Airplane & Janis Joplin) to 46 years in Scientology, and his long road back to love and family. 🎵 Grammy Award-winning Melissa Manchester reflects on her anthem "A Better Rainbow" — written the morning of President Obama's second inauguration — and what it means to write a song as a prayer. She also shares news about her upcoming role in the musical Cagney and her new album Audacity with Ann Hampton Callaway. The conversation moves through chosen family, the demonization of empathy, the science of gratitude, and why love is not a weakness — it's a muscle. 🎵 Music to Celebrate Pride Month & World Caring Day Playlist: - Spotify…

People in this episode

Host: Lisa Smith

Guests: Geoffrey Levin, Melissa Manchester

Topics covered

• Pride Month
• World Caring Day
• love
• empathy
• music
• community
• gratitude

Keywords

• Pride Month
• World Caring Day
• love
• empathy
• music
• Geoffrey Levin
• Melissa Manchester
• Brothers Broken
• A Better Rainbow
• Cagney

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: PEOPLE!

Books & works: Brothers Broken, A Better Rainbow, Cagney, Audacity

Places: San Francisco

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