Fill To Capacity (Where Heart, Grit and Irreverent Humor Collide)
Podcast for people too stubborn to quit and too creative not to make a difference!Join visual artist Pat Benincasa in conversation with a riveting roster of guests to uncover extraordinary stories of everyday people. Listen as they share their quirky wisdom, unlikely adventures, and poignant life lessons! Fasten your emotional seatbelt for this journey of heart, humor and grit!
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 37 minutes
- Episodes
- 115
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Hospice and Harmony: Life in a Major Key
What happens when bedside stories we almost never hear step into the light—and sing? In this episode, Ben Kintisch—chaplain, Cantor, and playwright behind “Life Review: The Hospice Musi…
The Radical Resistance of Tenderness
When the world goes hard, softness isn’t weakness—it’s strategy. This quick episode is about what happens when you answer cruelty… with a seat at the table.
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Gen Z Unplugged: Why Dumb Phones Make Smart Sense
Plot twist: Gen Z, first to grow up with smartphones and social media 24/7- decide now to unplug?
Meet Olivia Telecky, a 20-year-old Minnesota college student whose article “The Dumb Ph…
Wagging Tails, Open Hearts: The Power of Helping Paws
🐾 What does it mean to truly give someone their life back?
Alyssa Golob, Executive Director of Helping Paws, takes us inside their mission to train service dogs for people with physical …
Where Service Becomes Story and Story Becomes Art
What happens when a veteran’s truth is shaped by a writer, interpreted by an artist, and transformed into something the world can finally see? When the silence of war is met—not with po…
Coffee, Chaos, and a Lightning Bolt
The high-voltage impact of the ordinary-in this quick episode!
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In the Middle of Madness, This!
While the world scrolls through chaos and cruelty, something else is happening—quietly, insistently, beautifully. This episode is a dispatch from that other world. The one where people …
Shaping Sound: The Master Craft of Nina Poots
What happens when wood becomes voice, and craft becomes calling?
Luthier Nina Poots doesn’t just build string instruments—she brings them to life. Born in the Netherlands and now working…
From Ashes to Action
In this riveting episode, Joel Sosinsky and Andi Sosin take us inside the 1911, Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire—one of the deadliest workplace disasters in U.S. history—and the fierce …
Finding Wonder: The Urgency of Dark Skies
When was the last time you really saw the stars? Not just a few twinkles—but the Milky Way stretching overhead like a cosmic river?
Caroline “Siffy” Torkildson—geographer, explorer, and …
Lens, Light And The Edge of Wild
🚗 She left a marriage, packed her life into a Kia, and drove straight into the unknown. What Brittany Colt found on the other side wasn’t just a new beginning—it was a radical reclaimin…
Running Toward the Fire: The Many Lives of Kristianne Schultz
What kind of person runs toward the fire — not away? Kristianne Schultz has lived many lifetimes in one: firefighter, EMT, surgical tech, acupuncturist, healer. But behind every role is…
When DNA Unlocks a Prison Door
What happens when the justice system gets it wrong—devastatingly wrong?
In this riveting episode of Fill To Capacity, attorney Chris Renz shares the harrowing story of how his legal team…
The Fierce Quiet of Truth- Joan of Arc Today
⚖️ When truth stands alone, it still stands—just ask Joan of Arc. 🛡️⚜️
Joan of Arc Scroll MedalThis brass alloy medal can be worn on a necklace, a keychain, dogtags, on a bag, or in your…
Legacy In Action: Rosalynn Carter and the Power of Care
Who cares for the caregiver?
In this powerful and tender conversation, Mandy Barr—President Carter’s great-niece and Engagement Specialist at the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers…
Silent Storms: Parental Burnout To Breakthrough
In this revealing episode, we go to the heart of a crisis too many parents carry in silence. Dr. Kate Gawlik—Doctor of Nursing Practice, researcher, professor, and mother of four—expose…
We Came From Somewhere
What do Bugs Bunny, a book of Italian love poems, and a burned diploma have in common? Me. And Papaco.
In this episode, I trace a line from my grandfather’s one-armed resilience to my ow…
Depave the Way: Restoring Land, Reconnecting Communities
Pavement is everywhere—trapping heat, polluting water, and cutting us off from nature. But what if we could tear it up and bring life back to our cities? Enter Depave, a dynamo organiza…
A Dialogue Across Time and Absence With Aidan Ryan
In this moving episode, Aidan Ryan—writer, publisher, and filmmaker discusses his deeply personal book, I Am Here - You Are Not - I Love You. The book unearths the extraordinary yet ove…
Don’t Get Played- Get MediaWise With Brittani Kollar
Misinformation floods the internet. Can you separate fact from fiction?
In this must-hear episode, Brittani Kollar, Deputy Director of MediaWise at the Poynter Institute, breaks down the…