Brett Feldman, co-founder of USC Street Medicine, has spent nearly two decades bringing health care directly to people living on the streets. But this conversation is not only about medicine.

It is about the wound beneath homelessness: the feeling of being unwanted, unseen, and pushed from place to place with nowhere for the body—or the soul—to rest.

Brett shares how one man under a bridge changed the direction of his life, why trust is harder than most of us imagine, and why the work begins not with fixing someone, but with approaching them as precious.

This episode explores homelessness, love, spiritual poverty, moral injury, community responsibility, and what it means to deliver care without distance.

A conversation about what happens when medicine becomes a form of tenderness.

What happens when a country is discussed constantly, but rarely understood?Bobak Kalhor brings a filmmaker’s eye, an Iranian-American life story, and a historian’s discipline to a conversation that moves from Iran’s revolutionary past to the unconscious forces shaping humanity’s future. Having left Iran as a child during the revolution, Bobak speaks from both personal memory and years of historical inquiry, including his documentary A Dying King: The Shah of Iran.This conversation does not reduce Iran to headlines, regimes, or slogans. It asks what the West often fails to understand: that Iranians may argue, divide, and oppose one another internally, but that external attacks can quickly transform division into unity.From there, the conversation turns inward. Bobak reflects on Dr. Bernard Bail’s dream work, the mother’s imprint, and the question of who we are before fear, anxiety, trauma, and history imprint themselves on us. He describes the search for the authentic self as difficult work — but the kind of work that opens more doors the deeper it goes.The episode ultimately returns to love: not as sentiment, but as the internal tool humanity has neglected. Technology may advance, wars may grow more sophisticated, and political systems may change, but Bobak argues that what we build inwardly may be the only thing we truly take with us.

Cynthia Marks of the And Now Love Podcast sits down with guests from Compton Junior Equestrians, a Richland Farms youth horse program dedicated to helping children grow through mentorship, education, responsibility, and connection with horses.

Founded by Maisha Akbar, the program gives young people a safe and meaningful place to learn discipline, emotional awareness, confidence, and care. In this episode, the guests share how horses can become powerful non-judgmental companions, helping children and adults calm their minds, process emotions, and reconnect with themselves.

The conversation explores the healing presence of horses, the importance of education, the use of tools like the feelings wheel, and the life-changing impact of mentorship. The guests also discuss the real cost of caring for horses, the need for community support, and how Compton Junior Equestrians continues to create opportunities for young people in Compton and beyond.

This episode highlights a program rooted in love, responsibility, and hope—showing how horses can help young people find purpose, stability, and a stronger sense of self.

Learn more or support the program: comptonjrequestrians.org