Susan Mara Bregman lives in Boston, Massachusetts, where she is a professional photographer and founded Red Nickel Studio. Susan is the author of three books – “New England Neon” (2018), “New England Candlepin Bowling” (2020), and “Along Route 1: Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts” (2023) – and plans to release a fourth book “New England Sweets” in 2025.

Susan finds hope in the desire people have to learn more about New England. You can learn more about Susan’s work at www.rednickel.com.

American Tributaries is a podcast sponsored by American Tributaries, Inc., a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit based in Brooklyn, NY, and dedicated to promoting fellowship and understanding in America through this podcast and through domestic travel for U.S. high school students, practicing core values of curiosity, respect, compassion and humility, unconditionally. For more information, please visit www.AmericanTributaries.com and, on Instagram, @AmericanTributariesTravel and @AmericanTributariesPodcast.

Walter Stein lives in Belle Fourche, South Dakota, where he is a paleontologist and owner of Paleo Adventures, which leads clients on dinosaur fossil digs. Walter likes to consider himself a “giant kid in a big sandbox.”

Walter finds hope in the vast majority of reasonable, good people that inhabit the middle ground on many contemporary issues. You can learn more about Walter’s work at www.PaleoAdventures.com.

American Tributaries is a podcast sponsored by American Tributaries, Inc., a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit based in Brooklyn, NY, and dedicated to promoting fellowship and understanding in America through this podcast and through domestic travel for U.S. high school students, practicing core values of curiosity, respect, compassion and humility, unconditionally. For more information, please visit www.AmericanTributaries.com and, on Instagram, @AmericanTributariesTravel and @AmericanTributariesPodcast.

Robin Mazor lives on the Hawaiian island of Kuai, where she has lived for decades and is Executive Director of the nonprofit Reef Guardians, which is dedicated to raising awareness of the marine environment, monitoring its health and educating the next generation of ocean advocates.

Robin finds hope in the kids.

You can learn more about Robin’s work at www.reefguardians.org and more about local marine life by downloading the organization’s app “Hawaii SeaLife”.

American Tributaries is a podcast sponsored by American Tributaries, Inc., a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit based in Brooklyn, NY, and dedicated to promoting fellowship and understanding in America through this podcast and through domestic travel for U.S. high school students, practicing core values of curiosity, respect, compassion and humility, unconditionally. For more information, please visit www.AmericanTributaries.com and, on Instagram, @AmericanTributariesTravel and @AmericanTributariesPodcast.