Impactually
Who doesn’t like a good story with real-life superheroes? Impactually features everyday people doing extraordinary work for the benefit of the communities in which they live and often those beyond. We focus on how the influence of their work is inspiring others to act, the brands who actively partner with them by bringing resources to the issue, and the power of kindness. Welcome to Impactually - the power of one voice, multiplied. Impactually is a production of Humm Productions, a 501c3 media collaborative
Episodes
December 21, 2023 • 32 mins
You knew a storm was coming but you never imagined it would be this bad. You climb to safe ground, but relief is temporary. Then you hear it. Our story starts here.
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September 28, 2023 • 30 mins
For one man during COVID, his local park offered a virus-safe place to share time and camaraderie with others where few places existed. Armed with a frisbee and a few new friends, he found a calling to serve his diverse community in need of good clean (and green) fun. It’s called Target and our story starts here.
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February 28, 2023 • 38 mins
We want our kids (and ourselves for that matter) to emulate positive role models - people who inspire us to be better humans. Their influence affects the way we view the world around us and ultimately impacts decisions we make on how we conduct ourselves and live our lives. For one man growing up in the rural ghetto, he was drawn into a world of crime, quick cash, addiction, and incarceration. It’s a story about hard knocks, abo...
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January 26, 2023 • 36 mins
For one woman in Illinois watching the horrors of 9/11 on her television sparked her own personal call to action. Surely, she thought, New York City hospitals would be in great demand for blood donations and as a young, physically active mother of four – donating blood was the least she felt she could do. But an unexpected low-grade fever turned into something much worse, changing her life and bolstering her promise to help others...
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April 26, 2022 • 35 mins
What animals bring to society – to our families, into our homes or our work – is priceless. But sometimes, their lives don’t start out or end up so great. From Houston to Wisconsin, for two women, their passions in life have come as a calling and they care for souls, both two and four-footed, with a love and patience focused to bring, heal or resurrect life. It’s called Rescued and our story starts here.
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April 5, 2022 • 39 mins
For one woman in Teton County, Wyoming, education exposed her to concepts and truths about nutrition’s roll in the health of our communities. A most unconventional date with a guy named Alex piqued her interest – refocusing her life’s work path to non-profit food rescue. It’s called Dumpster and our story starts here.
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March 22, 2022 • 30 mins
For one couple, the quest for a little extra space turned into an improbable journey that centers around the tucked away history of a small house with a captain, and a very special young girl. This episode shares the benefits of historic preservation through the story of the Captain Timothy Hill House on Chincoteague Island, VA. It’s called The Jennie Effect and our story starts here.
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March 8, 2022 • 25 mins
There is a group of passionate volunteers who feel SO strongly about the Mountain State finding hope that they are collectively writing a new narrative and bolstering their imagination from the inside out.
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August 24, 2021 • 39 mins
From his work with local nuns looking for answers about their barren apple trees to his consulting with golf courses in natural habitat management to classrooms, and his own design workshop - he is a true beeliever in the good story - the gospel of abundance as taught by bees and he’s helping protect Wisconsin’s beloved pollinators. It’s called BEHOLD and our story starts here.
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July 7, 2021 • 50 mins
She sent out an all-points-bulletin to 55 Michigan women - musicians, vocalists, and recording engineers, to gather virtually from across the state. They banded together to demand equality by paying homage to a woman who was among the first to break glass ceilings in the recording industry. It’s called RESPECT and our story starts here.
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March 30, 2021 • 48 mins
For two Jewish women whose parents miraculously survived the Holocaust, storytelling as a means of remembering the tales of horror and heroism are part of their family legacies. While their stories of loss and survival are different, they are bonded in their work as active voices of the Second Generation. It’s called “Testimony,” and our story starts here.
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December 31, 2020 • 33 mins
We may call nurses humanitarian super heroes for any number of reasons, but at the end of the day they are people just like the rest of us. For one nurse who for decades has been a champion and advocate for her patients and their families through some tough medical therapies – even death, the reality of COVID is beyond her imagination. For another, nursing was not where his career began, but a shift has brought a sense of purpose...
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November 15, 2020 • 27 mins
Maria Yuan learned the meaning of democratic civic engagement by witnessing the journey of her immigrant family and how they embraced their duties as new American citizens. For another, Emma Welsh-Huggins, it was a college experience: a broad range of social science studies and a keen eye to the benefits of civic engagement. It's called “Now what?” and our story starts here.
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October 29, 2020 • 48 mins
Imagine, or maybe you don’t have to, caring for a dependent with a sensory processing disorder. In the United States alone 1 in 20 people - children, teens and adults, experience some degree of difficulty filtering information from one or more of their heightened seven senses. An overload of stimuli to their sight, hearing, sense of touch, taste and smell, balance and body awareness, become stressful, painful or even terrifying -...
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October 6, 2020 • 37 mins
Modern philanthropy is known as the powerful impact of kindness directed towards stranger, setting out to improve the human experience. Put giving and wealth together, these two very complimentary instruments allow us to address and work to answer global issues creatively, constructively and with purpose. But with giving patterns focused on 60+ US population and each averaging only two donations each year, what gives? What if te...
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August 18, 2020 • 40 mins
This is a true, ongoing story of David versus Goliath. Of a tiny, 100-year-old Baptist church that – like David, stands alone in stark contrast to its neighbors – a towering apartment building to one side and a parking lot and open construction site to the other where church elders decry desecration of the remains of their enslaved African ancestors. For an unrelenting parishioner and her team, they are determined in their missi...
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July 14, 2020 • 31 mins
What if a large cappuccino could significantly change a person’s life. Sound implausible? Think again. For one woman, opening a small restaurant staffed by at-risk youth was her first step in mending a hole in the social justice system. It’s called Brewed and our story starts here.
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June 16, 2020 • 34 mins
Think Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, Stranger Things, Harry Potter. Dungeons and Dragons is a game of where friends as fictional characters embark on imaginary adventures within a fantasy setting. Each game is a quest. Each quest has a challenge. Ultimately, players must rely on one another to survive.
But what happens when one of those friends is faced with a real-life challenge? And how does a game based in fantasy offe...
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May 5, 2020 • 28 mins
Champale Anderson wasn’t raised with wealth but she remembers goodness around her. Today she is that most important person to her north St. Louis neighborhood. Most notably, she is a champion for the children who call Penrose home. And lucky for them - there is so much more to her mission than food. It’s called Sweetie and our story starts here.
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April 7, 2020 • 32 mins
There's a special bond among Michiganers, particularly in the music community. And there is one woman in this unique fraternity who is playing a significant role in supporting out-of-work artists. Her work manifests as a love for her fellow musicians in good times AND in bad. It’s called Music in the Mitten, and our story starts here.
This show is part one of a three-part series focusing on individuals and their communities help...
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