The Discourse Podcast

Hello Everyone, today I am honored to have on Bill Protzmann as my guest. Over the last nine years, Bill has been helping Veterans deal with Post-Traumatic Stress through the use of music. In 2011, Bill founded Music Care Inc., which is dedicated to teaching others how to use music as self-care and became a San Diego County Live Well Partner in 2018 In 2014, Bill was recognized for his work with an Award of Excellence from the National Council for Behavioral Healthcare Has recorded two all-original albums Had a one-man show called “Connected!” which focuses on using music as a self-intervention tool for issues related to military service A Volunteer at Guitars for Vets since 2010 starting out of Veterans Village in San Diego A Partner of the San Diego Veterans Coalition The author and publisher of “More Than Human – The Value of Cultivating the Human Spirit in Your Organization”, which became an international best-seller And the publisher of “In Our Eyes In Our Words – Portraits from the Edge of Society”, which received an Independent Publisher of the Year award in 2019 To find out more about Mr. Protzmann or to get links to his social media accounts, use this link: https://linktr.ee/billprotzmann

Hello Everyone, I know that this episode is a week late and is a very rough edit. I have been super busy with school and sick for the last couple of weeks. However, I wanted to ensure that this episode got out to celebrate Filipino American History Month!!! So I hope that you enjoy this episode where I dive a little bit into my experience of growing up Filipino American with my very good friend, Audrey Soriano. And until next time, Aloha 'oe.

Hello Everyone, In this episode, I have the pleasure of having on my friend and old roommate, Juan Ortiz, to talk about life as a veteran working in the event planner space. Juan is a Local Coordinator for the Oceanside Silkies Hike, the Director of Development for Triple B Adventures, and Lead Event Coordinator for the San Diego Mac N’ Cheese Festival. Upcoming Events Oceanside Silkies Hike - October 5th Register For The Hike Bunker Labs West Coast Muster - October 17th and 18th Veteran and Mil-spouse Entrepreneur Showcase San Diego Mac N/ Cheese Festival - October 26th Buy A Ticket!!! The Modern Mountain Man Rendezvous (3MR) - November 15th to the 17th Take A Break & Go Camping!!! Learn More About TBA Check Out Their Podcast Juan Ortiz Fellow Juan on Instagram For Future Events I hope that you enjoy the episode and until next time, Aloha 'oe...

Hello Everyone, and welcome to this special episode of The Discourse Project. Today, my guest is my good friend, Tom Baker. This is a special episode because Tom and I just wrapped up a week in Washington DC for Student Veterans of America's Leadership Institute where we joined 120 other student leaders from around the country to develop our core values and hone our leadership skills. In this episode, we talk about our time in the institute, some of the topics and lessons that we discussed while we were there, as well as what Tom has planned for the future. One of the things we focused on throughout this week was trying to figure out what each of our core values are, how they were introduced to our lives, and how they fit into the kind of person and leader we want to be. So, what are your core values? Leave them in a comment below. I hope that you enjoy the episode, and until next time, Aloha 'oe.

Hello Everyone, and welcome to the second episode of The Discourse Project. At the end of the episode, we mentioned that this episode would be covering the Veterans Empowerment Act with my good friend and fellow San Diego Mesa College alum, Tom Baker. However, we are both going to be in Washington DC together next week for Student Veterans of America's Leadership Institute so we decided to just record a new episode while we are there to give a more up to date conversation about what is going on in the veteran space. Fortunately, I was able to have on my friend and fellow CAUSE alum, Benjamin Tran, to talk about advocating for the communities we care about through participation in various levels of politics.

This episode of The Discourse Project focuses the conversation on the Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement and the Mauna Kea Protest and how music has played an essential role within both topics. In the episode I reference a lot of videos that I found interesting while doing research for this episode. Instead of leaving a link for each, I have compiled them into a playlist on Youtube for your convenience:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTLbIycVEXlQmgZSnvyjq6tmL4LzoeERo I hope that you enjoyed this episode, and please leave a comment on our Facebook page if you found anything in particular interesting, have a question, or want to contribute something to the continuation of this conversation. Follow Us on Facebook:TheDiscourseProject2019 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDiscoursePro Until next time, Aloha 'Oe

This episode is to announce the revamping of The Discourse Project, as well as what to expect in upcoming episodes. Follow The Discourse Project Social Media Accounts to stay up to date on upcoming projects: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDiscoursePro Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/TheDiscourseProject2019/ Are you interested in being a possible guest, suggesting a future episode topic, or becoming a contributor? Then send an email to: TheDiscourseProject@gmai.com