From Veterans Day 2017, a very personal, uninterrupted interview with my longtime friend, Paula Pedene, one of the very first VA Healthcare whistle blowers. She tells her story. And by the way, after 37 some years of serving our country and veterans, she is still going strong doing just that, including organizing the Phoenix Veterans Day Parade - the parade she founded 21 years ago. Our podcast is from our weekend radio show.

It's another "Best of" from 2017. In this segment, you'll hear from both a white supremacist, and, his parole officer - a black woman! An awesome story we all need to hear!

Another edition of the "Best of 2017." The most amazing pizza delivery you've ever heard, and, bikers headed to Sturgis are in the right place and the right time, and save lives!

The Best of 2017 - Volume 1 - First, after an all nighter, exhausted firefighters go to breakfast, and guess who pays? Then, an amazing beach rescue; next Allstate finds an old TV ad, and finally he proposed where? And of course, right in the middle of the show, Liz’s Fun Facts!

More cool stories: In this episode, some real appreciation given to one of the brave Vegas heroes. Next, they all decided to go and paint a house in Kansas, for a very good reason. Then, a little girl writes to Google about her dad’s birthday, and finally, months after the fact, a realtor gets a heartwarming surprise!

4 more great stories with pictures on our website - www.TheOptimisticSpin.com Up first, a college student helping seniors, and teaching young men to give by cutting lawns, for free! Next, Cutting hair on the streets of Philly takes quite an unexpected twist. Then, the Santa Rosa Police help over a thousand kids, who lost everything, to have a night they will remember! And finally, he’s 95, and he is inspiring his neighbors twice a day! And right in the middle of the show, Liz’s Fun Facts!

Special Veterans Day episode: First, I talked with Rich Mulder of Liberty Performance Training, former Army officer, graduated of US Military Academy,West Point, served 5 years in the Infantry, earned Bronze Star & Combat Infantryman Badge. Next, A personal interview with Paula Pedene, one of the very first VA whistle blowers. After 37 some years of serving our country she is still going strong doing just that, including organizing the Phoenix Veterans Day Parade - the parade she founded 21 years ago.

4 More Cool Stories: In this episode, a head on collision two cars ahead of him, and a real hero jumps into action. Then a kidnapped girl, escapes, swims across a lake and running through a farmer's field when he spots her! Then, two amazing stories, an 8 year old saving lives on his kayak, and a 10 year old doing something to help the hearing impaired. And right in the middle of the show, Liz’s Fun Facts!

More cool stories: In this episode another amazing teenager saving someone’s life, then it happened right there at Burger King, right in the parking lot! Next a mother with a toddler on a train who really impressed someone, so much so that he did something very special; and finally an inspiring Vegas-Boston connection.

4 More cool stories: In this episode, you'll hear a skinhead whose parole officer was black, and change his life, then Spinatos in Phoenix feeds the homeless; then a real American Dream story, and finally he donates tons of prepper supplies. And in the middle of the show, Liz's Fun Facts!