S3 E30 - Mike McCann - Characters Attract Characters - and Mike McCann is a character WITH character, compassion and a ton of creativity. He's been through a lot of traumas and stresses growing up getting beaten in the projects, child abuse by some not quite real nuns, losing friends and family members and finds healing by being of service and being in nature, particularly on a River. he has written books of fast-paced, fascinating and often very funny short stories.

Reach out to us to share a story, ask a question, get CryBaby-BadAss shirts and hoodies or see tour dates: ⁠https://www.nancynorton.tv/⁠

Follow Mike McCann on Youtube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@mikemccann5978⁠

Links to Books:

Give me the Hudson or the Yukon by Mike McCann

⁠https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3120088-give-me-the-hudson-or-the-yukon⁠

Return to the River by Mike McCann:

⁠https://booksrun.com/9780962753015-return-to-the-river⁠

Black Elk Speaks - by ⁠John G. Neihardt⁠, ⁠Black Elk⁠

⁠https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35476.Black_Elk_Speaks⁠

Blink (the power of thinking without thinking) by Malcom Gladwell

S3 E30 - Mike McCann - Characters Attract Characters - and Mike McCann is a character WITH character, compassion and a ton of creativity. He's been through a lot of traumas and stresses growing up getting beaten in the projects, child abuse by some not quite real nuns, losing friends and family members and finds healing by being of service and being in nature, particularly on a River. he has written books of fast-paced, fascinating and often very funny short stories.

Reach out to us to share a story, ask a question, get CryBaby-BadAss shirts and hoodies or see tour dates: https://www.nancynorton.tv/

Follow Mike McCann on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@mikemccann5978

Links to Books:

Give me the Hudson or the Yukon by Mike McCann

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3120088-give-me-the-hudson-or-the-yukon

Return to the River by Mike McCann:

https://booksrun.com/9780962753015-return-to-the-river

Black Elk Speaks - by John G. Neihardt, Black Elk

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35476.Black_Elk_Speaks

Blink (the power of thinking without thinking) by Malcom Gladwell

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40102.Blink

The Power of Awe by Eagle and Amster

https://thepowerofawe.com/book/

Living in the Light by Shakti Gawain

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/336734.Living_in_the_Light

S3 E29 - Anthony Bartolo - Comedic Anxiety Relief - Anthony shares about growing-up anxious as the son of undocumented immigrants and going to a very strict Catholic School frozen with fear and anxiety about getting in trouble.. Hear how he finally got free to speak truth to power with the help of the story of Jesus flipping the tables in the temple, the bold comedy of George Carlin and the controversial film The Last Temptation of the Christ by Martin Scorsese.

Reach out to Nancy: https://www.nancynorton.tv/

Watch Anthony Bartolo's Comedy: https://www.instagram.com/bartolololcomic/

Some topics mentioned on this podcast:

Are you a Highly Sensitive Person?

https://hsperson.com/

Learn about Eczema:

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/9998-eczema

Learn about Immigrant Rights with ICE:

https://www.npr.org/2025/09/05/nx-s1-5517998/ice-arrest-rules-explained

Foreign Adoption Citizenship Concerns:

https://adoptioncouncil.org/article/addressing-adoptee-citizenship-concerns/

Listen to more George Carlin:

https://www.youtube.com/@OfficialGeorgeCarlin