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Fishing Without Bait 534: Building Community With Casa San Jose With Monica Ruiz
October 6th, 2026 | 20 mins 34 secs
Civic Engagement, Compassion, Privilege, Representation, advocacy, belonging, casa san jose, community advocacy, community building, community resources, difficult conversations, fear based thinking, honesty open mindedness willingness, human dignity, human rights, identity, inclusion, jim ellermeyer, latino community, listening, mental health, mindfulness, mindfulness podcast, monica ruiz, personal growth, pittsburgh, pittsburgh latino community, positive living, recovery, seat at the table, sister janice vanderneck, social work, social worker, wellness
Jim Ellermeyer welcomes Monica Ruiz of Casa San Jose for Part 1 of a conversation about community, advocacy, belonging, and making sure people have a voice in decisions that affect their lives. Monica shares the growth of Casa San Jose and reflects on confronting prejudice, creating meaningful conversations, and building a more welcoming Pittsburgh. We’ll return to the rest of Melissa Carey’s interview in the following weeks.
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Fishing Without Bait 523: Beyond the Party Line
July 14th, 2026 | 23 mins 54 secs
Civic Engagement, Communication, Compassion, Emotional Intelligence, abortion discussion, accountability, adoption, bipartisan conversation, community, critical thinking, difficult conversations, family support, forgiveness, foster care, infertility, jim ellermeyer, lifelong caregiving, listening to learn, mental health, mindful living, mindfulness, mr. rogers, personal responsibility, political dialogue, political representation, producer mike, recovery, representative democracy, republican perspective, respect, respectful disagreement, social media echo chambers, special needs care, teenage pregnancy, voter education, wellness, wise mind
In Part 2 of our conversation with Missy Sorg, we explore difficult questions surrounding abortion, adoption, foster care, family support, voter education, and personal responsibility. Missy and Jim Ellermeyer also examine how political labels and social media echo chambers interfere with our ability to listen, learn, and treat one another with respect.