People Helping People

About People Helping People

People Helping People Live is a mission-driven podcast built on the belief that real change begins with real conversations. Through honest, intentional dialogue, we bring together everyday people, business owners, nonprofits, and community leaders to share stories, identify real needs, and build genuine relationships. One conversation at a time, we are creating a growing network of people who believe in showing up, giving back, and doing the work together. The impact we create doesn’t start with fundraising. It starts with connection. As our conversations grow into relationships and our relationships grow into community, meaningful action naturally follows. Our fundraising efforts and charitable initiatives are a byproduct of the trust, awareness, and momentum built through the podcast and the People Helping People network. To ensure transparency and real impact, we organize our work into chapters, each focused on a specific cause or need. Every chapter has a clear purpose, a defined goal, and a visible outcome—so our supporters can see exactly how their support is changing lives. People Helping People Live is not about charity for attention or causes without clarity. It’s about people helping people, in real time, with real stories, real solutions, and real results. This is change driven by conversation. This is community built on connection. This is People Helping People.

Publisher

Alexander J

Category

business · education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 Jun 2026

Latest episode

17 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

85 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   17 Sept 2026

   Ep 85 The EMT Who Took Command of a Mass Casualty Scene Alone, Then Built a Business on the Side

   Alex Anduaga has been a Tucson firefighter and EMT for almost ten years, and one call still sticks with him. A semi rear-ended a line of cars on I-10, and when he and his partner arrived, they were the only unit on scene. No captain, no battalion chief, nobody above him. So Alex took command himself, for twenty minutes, ordering helicopters and additional ambulances while triaging eight injured people, including two little girls in the back of one of the cars. He walks through that call in detail, and it's the kind of story that makes you rethink what "firefighter" even means. Alex says 85% of what his department runs is medical, not fire, and most people have no idea. He also gets honest about something most first responders don't say out loud: how he's managed to avoid the moment where the job catches up with you emotionally, and why he thinks the guys who struggle most are usually the ones who tied their whole identity to the badge. That idea carries into the second half of the conversation, where Alex talks about Chief's Window Cleaning, the business he built on the side using nothing but YouTube and word of mouth. He didn't pay himself for the first eighteen months. He reinvested everything back into equipment until the business could stand on its own, and eventually it grew enough that he was able to have his wife stay home with their two boys. His advice for anyone stuck in the planning stage of a business is blunt: stop prepping and just file the paperwork, because your own hesitation is the only real obstacle in the way. What ties the whole episode together is something Alex keeps coming back to: don't let your career become your entire identity, because eventually that chapter ends, one way or another, and you need to already know who you are outside of it. Whether you're a first responder, thinking about starting something on the side, or just feel like your job has quietly become all of you, this one's worth the listen. 🎨 Connect with Alex Anduaga: 📸 Instagram: @alex__anduaga 💼 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/alex-anduaga-58bb3b220 📘 Facebook: facebook.com/alex.anduaga.854210 💙 Presented by People Helping People Live 🎧 Real Conversations. Real People. Real Impact. 🎙️ Edited podcast releases every Tuesday at 6PM MST 🌐 Website: https://peoplehelpingpeoplelive.com (https://peoplehelpingpeoplelive.com) 📺 YouTube: @peoplehelpingpeoplelive 📸 Instagram: @peoplehelpingpeoplelive 🤝 Sponsors Diabetes Network of Arizona — Be the reason a Type 1 diabetic feels supported. 💙 Donate: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation- (https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-).. 📞 480-518-5417 T-Town Boxing — Tucson's home for boxing, fitness, and discipline. 🌐 Website: https://boxingtucson.com (https://boxingtucson.com) 📸 Instagram: @ttownboxing Mike Cylkowski — Advertising on streaming & TV platforms. 📞 515-305-5311 ✨ When people help people, healing turns into hope — and hope changes lives.

2. 

   11 Sept 2026

   Ep 84 The Dogs Who Saved Zach Skow's Life (And Why He's Now Doing the Same for Guys in Prison) | People Helping People Live

   Zach Skow drank himself into liver failure by 28. He needed a transplant to survive, and you had to prove six months of sobriety just to qualify. While he waited it out, wondering if he'd make it, three rescue dogs did something no doctor could: they gave him a reason to keep going. Zach tells the story of standing in his bathroom in the middle of the night, sick and covered in his own mess, staring into a mirror and not recognizing what was looking back. His dogs were sitting by the toilet, waiting, like they still saw something worth waiting for. That night cracked something open in him, and it's the same thing that eventually became Marley's Mutts Dog Rescue and the Pawsitive Change program, now running inside six California state prisons, including a maximum-security yard where guys who've been locked up for decades are learning to foster and train dogs of their own. He and Alexander get into what it actually looks like to ask for help as a man, why "trudging forward" is a better description of recovery than "walking," and how Zach found a version of spirituality that had nothing to do with religion and everything to do with three dogs who loved him before he could love himself. He's also refreshingly honest about the hard week he's having right now, and how easy it still is to slip into old patterns even years into recovery. If you've ever felt like the person in the mirror was someone you didn't recognize anymore, or you've written off people in prison as people who can't change, this conversation is going to move something in you. Zach isn't interested in painting a prettier picture than the truth. He's just living proof that the truth can still turn into something good. 🎨 Connect with Zach Skow: 🌐 Website: marleysmutts.org (http://marleysmutts.org) 📸 Instagram: @zachskow 🐕 Marley's Mutts: @marleysmutts 🐾 Pawsitive Change: @pawsitivechangeprogram 🤝 Support the prison program: marleysmutts.org/pawsitivechange 💙 Presented by People Helping People Live 🎧 Real Conversations. Real People. Real Impact. 🎙️ Edited podcast releases every Tuesday at 6PM MST 🌐 Website: https://peoplehelpingpeoplelive.com (https://peoplehelpingpeoplelive.com) 📺 YouTube: @peoplehelpingpeoplelive 📸 Instagram: @peoplehelpingpeoplelive 🤝 Sponsors Diabetes Network of Arizona — Be the reason a Type 1 diabetic feels supported. 💙 Donate: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation- (https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-).. 📞 480-518-5417 T-Town Boxing — Tucson's home for boxing, fitness, and discipline. 🌐 Website: https://boxingtucson.com (https://boxingtucson.com) 📸 Instagram: @ttownboxing Mike Cylkowski — Advertising on streaming & TV platforms. 📞 515-305-5311 ✨ When people help people, healing turns into hope — and hope changes lives.

3. 

   20 Jul 2026

   Ep 83 Is There A Difference Between Manifesting And Praying? With Zach Edwards and Joel Bloomquist

   Faith, ego, manifestation, simulation theory, and UFOs — all in one conversation. When Alexander sits down with two of his closest friends, Zach Edwards and Joel Bloomquist, there's no agenda, no script, and no filter. Just three guys who trust each other enough to go there. They get into ego — how it sneaks in, how it hides behind religion, how becoming a father or watching your parents age can quietly strip it away. Zach talks about reading the Bible every single morning this year, missing one day, and immediately knowing something was off. Joel connects manifestation to scripture in a way that genuinely reframes the whole concept. And Alexander sits in the middle of it all, honest about where he is with God — grateful, curious, and still figuring out what the constructs mean to him personally. Then things get really interesting. UFO files, simulation theory, atoms that stop moving when they're being watched, and whether any of it shakes a faith built on personal experience. Spoiler: it doesn't. But the conversation around it is worth every minute. This is the episode you send to a friend who's spiritually curious but allergic to religion. It's raw, it's real, and it's one of the best roundtables this show has ever had. 🎙️ Connect with our guests: 📸 Joel Bloomquist: https://www.instagram.com/youngmynd (https://www.instagram.com/youngmynd) 📸 Zach Edwards: https://www.instagram.com/playyard.info (https://www.instagram.com/playyard.info) 💙 Presented by People Helping People Live 🎧 Real Conversations. Real People. Real Impact. 🎙️ Edited podcast releases every Tuesday at 6PM MST 🌐 Website: https://peoplehelpingpeoplelive.com (https://peoplehelpingpeoplelive.com) 📺 YouTube: @peoplehelpingpeoplelive 📸 Instagram: @peoplehelpingpeoplelive 🤝 Sponsors Diabetes Network of Arizona — Be the reason a Type 1 diabetic feels supported. 💙 Donate: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation- (https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-).. 📞 480-518-5417 T-Town Boxing — Tucson's home for boxing, fitness, and discipline. 🌐 Website: https://boxingtucson.com (https://boxingtucson.com) 📸 Instagram: @ttownboxing Mike Cylkowski — Advertising on streaming & TV platforms. 📞 515-305-5311 ✨ When people help people, healing turns into hope — and hope changes lives.

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