THNX: A Feelgood Podcast

With negativity and dire news surrounding us, it is important to remember the good people who take action to make our world better. THNX is a feelgood podcast that gives people a chance to recognize someone who -- even through a very small interaction -- had a positive and profound impact on their lives.

THNX: A Feelgood Podcast is a society podcast hosted by Rand Mintzer and Avery Lalumandier, with 303 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Rand Mintzer and Avery Lalumandier hosts THNX: A Feelgood Podcast, a society show with 303 episodes published.

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  Episode #302

  Episode 302: Wayne Basist, J.D.

  Aug 18, 202659 min

  Wayne Basist is a Certified Health & Life Coach and a Positive Intelligence-Trained Mental Fitness Coach who founded ESQ Mental Fitness in 2024. Born and raised in New York City, he played basketball at the University of California, Los Angeles before earning his law degree at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, California. While working successfully as an attorney, he was in a car accident that changed his life. Ever since, his mission has been to help others heal physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Wayne and his wife have two adult sons and call Lake Conroe, Texas home.

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  Episode #301

  Episode 301: Woody Witt and Thomas Helton

  Aug 11, 202655 min

  Woody Witt is an active performer, composer, and educator based in Houston, Texas. He has played saxophone with some of the most well known jazz musicians of our time and has 13 CDs to his credit as a leader or co-leader. Thomas Helton, also based in Houston, Texas, is a bassist and composer who is adept at playing jazz, classical, experimental, and avant-garde music. A recipient of numerous awards and accolades as well as the founder or co-founder of multiple bands, he has released three CDs of original compositions and improvisations. Listen to our conversation with the duo!

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  Episode #300

  Episode 300: Gary Tyler

  Aug 4, 202656 min

  Gary Tyler, from St. Rose, Louisiana, was sentenced to death and spent 41 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Despite his wrongful conviction and incarceration, he led an exemplary life behind bars in service of others, including quilting as a way to raise money for the prison's hospice program. Since his release in 2016, he has continued creating, and some of his art is featured in the Smithsonian in Washington, DC. He was the 2019 and 2020 Art Matters Awardee and released his memoir "Stitching Freedom" in 2025. Gary calls Los Angeles, California home.

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  Episode #299

  Episode 299: Denise Peterson

  Jul 28, 202657 min

  Denise Peterson is a full-time professional neutral, focusing her practice exclusively on dispute resolution services. She mediates civil cases and is on several arbitration panels. In addition to being licensed as an attorney in Texas and New York, she is a solicitor to the Senior Courts of England and Wales. During the Spring and Fall semesters at South Texas College of Law, Ms. Peterson becomes professor Peterson as she teaches both the mediation clinic and negotiation experiential learning classes. She also serves on the American Bar Association Legal Education in Dispute Resolution committee.

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  Episode #298

  Episode 298: Judge Manpreet "Monica" Singh

  Jul 21, 202657 min

  Judge Manpreet "Monica" Singh is a native Houstonian who earned her Bachelor's Degree from the University of Texas at Austin and her JD from South Texas College of Law. She made history as Texas's first Sikh Judge as well as the first female Sikh Judge in the U.S. when she was elected to Harris County Civil Court at Law #4 in 2022. Prior, she was a practicing attorney for 21 years and has received numerous awards and recognitions, served on multiple boards, and sits as a Chapter Representative for the American Board of Trial Advocates. Monica has two sons and calls Houston, Texas home.

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