Qavah The Podcast

On this episode of Qavah, we talk to one of the bravest people you will ever hear.Lydia was born into a storm brewing between her native people, the Tutsis, and the Hutu people.

Gary has been a part of the stunt industry since before there were stunt schools. In the 40 years he has worked in film, Gary has worked with Jack Nicholson, Penny Marshall, Alan Arkin, James Caan, Bruce Willis and Garry Marshall…those are just a few.

On the last episode of Qavah, we visited with Lydia Nimbeshaho, who survived the horrific Rwandan genocide in 1994. After her parents were killed, she and her siblings went to live in an orphanage with other survivors.

For this episode of Qavah, we got to hear from a world-class equestrian athlete. Her world is far different from ours. She knows things about discipline and dedication beyond what I personally have ever experienced. Because she has such talent, life has taken her to amazing places. But where this talent comes from might surprise you.Deborah McAlexander’s life radically changed at the age of 24, when she lost something that most of us take for granted. The faith that she was raised with suddenly became real in a whole new way.

We spoke with Deborah on our last episode of Qavah, when we learned about how she rebuilt her life after that diagnosis. Simple tasks, like going to the grocery store, were things she had to completely relearn.Now, almost thirty years later, we peek into her new life. Deborah could suddenly sense the sounds, smells, and textures of the world around her more sharply than ever. She was navigating her environment in her own way.

I grew up in the seventies, when variety shows were on everyone’s television, and they were larger than life.These shows would have all kinds of performances, from comedy to magic to acrobatics, but our favorites were the country music singers. I wanted to BE Dolly Parton! So much so that I was Dolly Parton for Halloween, and my sister was Loretta Lynn.Today I get to sit where today’s country music stars have sat. In a town called Mineola, Texas, there’s a small studio tucked away beside the historic Beckham Hotel.

Coming of age in the 1960s in London, John DeFoore had to make sense of a crazy world.He did that through music.

Our guest today is John DeFoore, a musician in Mineola, Texas, who shared with us last time that his thoughts used to get him in trouble.

In 1923, a little girl named Doris was born in Fate. And so began a life that would change countless others.

On this episode of Qavah, we explore the reality of bullying and the impact it has. We visit with Adam Wallace who shares his story about overcoming the wounds of bullying that stemmed from growing up with scarring on his face and a fluency disorder. According to the American Speech Language Hearing Association Stuttering, the most common fluency disorder, is an interruption in the flow of speaking characterized by repetitions (sounds, syllables, words, phrases), sound prolongations, blocks, interjections, and revisions, which may affect the rate and rhythm of speech

Omar McGee shares how his life went from living in Park Villa to Los Angeles. “My brother would just introduce me to Black powerful people and I would really like Martin Luther King books Bill Russell Michael Jordan just all these books and books and books and I would just read read read read play basketball all day no girls know anything I was just totally focused and that’s how I you know got my life back together”

This episode of Qavah, we visit with Terri Hoover, who has experienced just about all life has to offer. We all experience pain in our lives, and we all deal with it in different ways. It can feel lonely at times, because it’s hard to find someone who will be honest about what they’ve been through. Sometimes, though, a rare soul will come along and share their experience - and how they dealt with it, whether good or bad.

This episode of Qavah, we visit with Terri Hoover, who has experienced just about all life has to offer. Terri Hoover, ladies and gentlemen. She’s been through hell and back. In fact, the road is pretty familiar to her by now. She’s lost a dad and a husband. She’s been hurt by people who said they would help. She’s been in and out of rehab for every drug you can name.

This episode of Qavah, we visit with Terri Hoover, who has experienced just about all life has to offer, but this is the hardest thing she could ever face.Broken is not even the word it is so there is nothing and I have buried cousin father to uncles all the same year my dad and his brother all got killed in the same year my first husband friends I Buried a lot of people I’m a grandparents I buried a lot of people there is nothing like burying your child

On this episode of Qavah, we explore life for Dr. Ron Taylor from a small town in Texas to serving in the the army during the Viet Nam war.Dr. Ron Taylor’s life is a story of a small world quickly becoming huge.KA So before you went to Vietnam where was the farthest place you’ve ever beenRT I went to Galveston one time we took a vacation where we had gone to New Mexico so that’s probably the furthest El Paso and family vacations but no I don’t think I don’t recall that I’ve ever been on an airplaneKA So what did you think about going to VietnamRT I was scared to death

On this episode of Qavah, we explore life for Dr. Ron Taylor from a small town in Texas to serving in the the army during the Viet Nam war.Those of us who have graduated from college might remember crossing the stage, receiving that diploma, and suddenly walking into a big, scary “adult” world. Dr. Ron Taylor experienced the very same thing when he graduated from A&M University in the small town of Commerce. But when Dr. Taylor graduated, he and his classmates were quite literally sent to another world.TAYLORwe flew in a helicopter all the way from the basecamp I was in the first infantry division and we flew in a helicopter to Saigon

On this episode of Qavah, we explore life from a refugee's perspective. From persecution in Iran, to dealing with the United Nations and finally landing in Dallas, Mary shares her life story of hardship and overcoming.

On this episode of Qavah, Mary’s family is forced to practice a religion they don’t believe, her husband is arrested and she finds herself with an unplanned pregnancy.