Melissa Vaughan - WRIR

Nate Wise - Soar365

SOAR365 supports individuals with disabilities and their families through programs that span early childhood therapy, youth and adult day services, employment services, and inclusive community spaces like PARK365. SOAR365's Nate Wise joins the Good Eye Podcast to discuss their impact which touches more than 2,000 lives each year. SOAR365 [https://soar365.org/] The Good Eye Podcast0 [https://www.goodeyepodcast.com] SOAR365 Recognized as one of Richmond's Best [https://soar365.org/news/most-recent/soar365-recognized-in-richmond-magazines-2025-best-of-rva-survey/]

T Veiga - The Queer Ketamine Nurse

T Veiga, also known as The Queer Ketamine Nurse, has had chronic physical and mental health conditions since birth that escalated in severity over the years. A journey to feel better, included pills, supplements, Pulsed Electromagnetic Frequency (PEMF) devices and detox helped a little, but problems continued. After graduating from the #1 Nursing Program in Virginia in 2021 some LGBTQ+ identifying friendsintroduced T to the concept of Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP). T witnessed a transformation of their mental health and felt a calling to spread their personal healing journey and serve the LGBTQ+ population around the world. They completed Cybin's Psychedelic Facilitator Training, wrote "The Ketamine Handbook", and are now based out of Las Vegas where they speak at events, appear as a guest on podcasts, lead retreats, and provide sitter, consultation, and coaching services to primarily LGBTQ+ identifying clients. www.TheQueerKetamineNurse.com [https://www.TheQueerKetamineNurse.com] Book [https://shorturl.at/8YObJ]Recent podcast [https://open.spotify.com/episode/3JyRyJGwWHSBFBD4tffAfD?si=fc52fc02039f4336] The Good Eye Podcast [https://www.goodeyepodcast.com]

Melissa Vaughan - WRIR

In this dual episode of Studio B RVA and the Good Eye Podcast, the conversation is with Melissa Vaughan, President of WRIR, Richmond's independent community radio station. She took over in 2020. She had previously acted as Volunteer Coordinator. Since taking over as WRIR's fearless leader, she has spearheaded growth, expanded programming, volunteer and fundraising for the station and even led efforts to buy a new building so the station could grow further and increase its service to the community. WRIR on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/wrir973/] Support WRIR [https://www.wrir.org/donate/] Get involved [https://www.wrir.org/station/volunteer-opportunities/] Engage [info@wrir.org] StudioB RVA [https://www.studiobrva.com] Good Eye Podcast [https://www.goodeyepodcast.com]

Laura Faison - Goodwill

Laura Faison is the Chief Communications Officer for Goodwill of Central and Coastal Virginia. We discuss creating Halloween costumes from repurposed materials available at Goodwill, sustainability practices, Goodwill's mission, donation policies and more. Goodwill [https://www.goodwill.org/] Good Eye Podcast [https://www.goodeyepodcast.com] Contact [jay@jaysmack.com]

Go Forward Together Ride/Forward Fest Kickoff at Final Gravity

Today's episode was recorded live at Final Gravity Brewing during the kick-off event on August 14th. The Go Forward Together Ride and Forward Fest event following the ride is Saturday, October 5th. In this episode we talk with Forward Foundation Executive Director Andrea Starr, Ride Committee member and rider/participant Steve Dragone, and rider/participant Jeff Smack about this year's upcoming event, past events and growth (this is year 5), the mission of the Forward Foundation, volunteers, supporters and sponsors, details about registration, the cycling community including our official support shop Blue Ridge Cyclery, the 50 and 30 miles routes and more. Register and find more info about the ride and the after-event here. [https://www.goforwardtogetherride.com/] www.goforwardtogetherride.com [https://www.goforwardtogetherride.com] Learn more about the Forward Foundation and their mission of assisting single parents in financial crisis here: [https://forwardfoundationva.org/] www.forwardfoundationva.org [https://forwardfoundationva.org/]