Episodes

The story of one family's American Dream, as a father comes to the United States and overcomes tragedy and hardship to change the future for his family, forever. Hope Lives Here is a production of Voyage Media. The series is produced by Nat Mundel, Robert Mitas and Dan Benamor. This episode, "It's About Us", was written, directed and produced by Denise Carlson. Based on the book, "It's About Us", by Sylvia Villasenor. The book is available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Its-About-Us-Sylvia-Vi...

A young black baseball player overcomes persecution and tragedy to lead his team to a championship game. Based on the novel Pitch Black by Christine Turner Jackson, you can find the novel and more information about Benjamin Turner at: https://christinethewriter.com Hope Lives Here is a production of Voyage Media. The series is produced by Nat Mundel, Robert Mitas and Dan Benamor. This episode, Pitch Black , was written, directed and produced by Denise Carlson. Based on the book Pitch Black by Ch...

An incredible romance between a couple when one of them is diagnosed with Early Onset Alzheimer's, and they decide to make the most of the time they have before the disease can progress too far, by running marathons all over the world. To learn more about Tony and Cat's story, you can read Tony's book, "Running All Over The World", on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Running-All-Over-World-Early-Onset/dp/1636921930/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?crid=R1X1URBPG6M1&keywords=running+all+over+the+world&qid=1672262466...

An incredible romance that changed history. Lisa King is the 5th granddaughter of Wiley Pope, who married and legally freed a slave, creating the first and only known "Deed of Emancipation" in Kansas, which made his wife Lucy, in 1860, a free woman and set a course for their extraordinary family that unfolded across generations. You can hear the extraordinary story of how Wiley met, fell in love with, and freed Lucy, and how those choices reverberated all the way to Lisa's life, in the first epi...

It's cold. It gets dark early. This is the time of year where you might need a little pick-me up. This holiday season, Voyage Media presents Season 2 of Hope Lives Here , an anthology series of inspirational true stories. From the story of a love against all odds in the era of slavery that changed the course of history, to a married couple trying to literally outrun Alzheimer's by running marathons all over the world, to a young baseball player overcoming tragedy to triumph against persecution, ...

For 43 years, Janice Steele took care of her daughter Terri as a mother would for a small child. Due to complications at birth, Terri was developmentally delayed. She grew into an adult woman's body, but at the psychological age of a young girl. Janice and Terri refused to let this challenge define them, in this story that is the utmost testament to the power of a mother's love. To learn more about Janice and Terri's story, you can find Janice's book, Remembering Terri , on Amazon: https://www.a...

Evelyn Lumme had to take a leap of faith and go halfway around the world to find her true love. She upended her life and risked everything to be with a man she had only known over the internet. To hear more of Evelyn's story, you can find her book, Between Two Cultures: The House of Horror, on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Between-Two-Cultures-House-Horror/dp/1664104291 Hopes Lives Here is a production of Voyage Media. The series is produced by Nat Mundel, Robert Mitas, Dan Benamor and Adam Pri...

Parveen Smith knows things she couldn't possibly know, like that a stranger crying on a train has lost the love of her life. She has healed herself from serious illness, and she's healed others, in ways that defy what we think we know about how the world works. How? Find out for yourself, in this episode. To hear more of Parveen's stories, you can find her two books, Seeing is Believing, Believing is Seeing and Head in Heaven, Feet on Earth , on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Parveen-Smith/e/B09...

Geoff and Poppy Spencer met in college, fell in love, and then broke up. 32 years later, they reconnected, and rekindled their relationship. They revisit how it all went wrong, and how they ultimately found lasting love together (and started a business as relationship coaches) in this episode. To learn more about Geoff & Poppy Spencer's story, you can find their book, One Billion Seconds: There's Still Time To Discover Love on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/One-Billion-Seconds-Theres-Discover/dp...

In 1983, Jim Verhovec was in a terrible car accident that cost him his memory... not of everything, but of the woman he was engaged to. As Jim tried to rehabilitate after the accident, he also tried to fall back in love with the woman he was supposed to marry. Subscribe to Hope Lives Here for future episodes of true inspirational stories. If you're enjoying the show, please leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts or anywhere you're listening.

The trailer for the new inspirational anthology series from Voyage Media, Hope Lives Here . Real people tell their own uplifting stories of overcoming adversity, supplemented by actor portrayals, sound design, and original music.