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I have conspicuously avoided what Lauren has thrown herself into because I thought it was too hard (at least for me). Listen about how Lauren talks through her own giving, her best practices for nonprofits, and (just maybe) convinces me that I
I was ignorant about the real nature of race in America. I thought, especially after Charlottesville, that the last vestiges of this were finally dead. I was wrong. Please, listen with me as a friend, Marine Officer, and brilliant man talks
Robert is a designer, architect, and humanitarian who has been involved with a slew of projects to try to improve the lot of those who are otherwise overlooked, including a recent project we collaborated on to push back Covid-19, especially in
Robert is a designer, architect, and humanitarian who has been involved with a slew of projects to try to improve the lot of those who are otherwise overlooked, including a recent project we collaborated on to push back Covid-19, especially in
He’s back with a new project IGIST, to inspire the next generation of students, scientists, and inventors, especially if they are like his young daughters. He’s tried to create a story and an experience that will capture the imagination of the
From stock pusher to pauper to preacher, from for-profit to non-profit to social enterprise, from private to public sector, Nic shares his triumphs and heartbreaks about a life searching to find and create more love, in many modalities. Referen
A single thread of Tim’s life is selfless service, to country, first in the military, then in government, then in philanthropy, and now locally. Admittedly, at this point, there’s nothing that Tim asks of us other than to look at ourselves and
Elena Kelareva is a Xoogler software engineer/product manager-cum-social enterprise founder. She is trying to bring tech jobs and tech-enablement to a largely-overlooked agricultural and coal region in Victoria, Australia. Hear about her first
Tim Day moved from humble beginnings in Brooklyn to the Marine Corps to HBS to business leadership, and ultimately to philanthropy focused on education, animal welfare, and the Marine Corps. Listening to him challenges the notion that we are
One of my listeners told me that I often say ‘people know enough about me’ and then move on to talk about the interviewee. They challenged that premise and suggested that I do a podcast about my own experience, and talk through some of what I’
Annie Harper talks about how her experience as a software engineer, traveler, and woman let her to found Equal Reality, a company that allows people to see the world through others eyes. References from the show: Equal Reality: www.equalreality
Luke Larson is a Marine Infantry Officer, published author, and president of Axon (Ticker AAXN), formerly Taser. He makes the case that providing police officers with non lethal weapons greatly reduces the overall risk to society. He also tal
This might be one of the few times that you get to hear from people who have collectively shot tens of thousands of rounds and have four decades of military experience. Listen as we talk about guns, the second amendment, regulation, training,
Beth Eggleston is the founder of the Humanitarian Advisory Group, an organization that tries to help governments, militaries, and nonprofits more effectively accomplish their goals in disaster-struck areas. She describes how she tries to help
Lyndon Frearson is the head of Ekistica, a consulting firm, that tries to work with people in remote areas to fulfill their goals. More than that, he is trying to export the knowledge learned from these remote areas back to larger communities
Terry Wilson made a significant mid-career change from the finance department of Westfield to trying to apply the same business acumen to the social problems of unemployment and unskilled labor. Over 1500 people have obtained work experience
His path veered hard right from what he was planning to do at Google, and in his social enterprise. He is, in his own words, ‘Taking a break from work to deal with a Stage 4 cancer diagnosis.’ He still manages to encourage and challenge peopl
Neal ‘Rudy’ Rickner is the head of strategy and operation at Mikani, one of the GOOG/Alphabet X companies that is trying to make high-altitude power generation kites. He is also, and depending on the time of day, more importantly a father, hu
The son of holocaust survivors, Joe Blady spent 22 years as a successful anesthesiologist, then because a civil servant in the department of defense and a columnist. He explains how he is trying to make the lives of uniformed service members be
Ben Harris, the co-founder of Epic Charter Schools, a fast-growing school system working in Oklahoma talks about his passion for education, how competition in that arena can make education better. He also talks about his conservative political
Lesego Serolong is the founder of nonprofits and social enterprises that span continents. Her latest project is much more local, and focuses on developing a community of farmers in South Africa. We had a wide ranging conversations about commu
Christine Lee is the rector of All Angels church in New York City. She is the Episcopal Church’s first Female Korean-American priest. She has more reason than most to feel like the church can feel exclusive, but talks extensively about how she
Nick and Dan have taken circuitous routes to be hedge fund managers either or both have them would have gone by the title: philosopher, investment banker, historian, author, professor, and Marine Infantry Officer. They talk through their reason
This is a bonus episode with the two brilliant black men behind the Human’s are Interesting podcast. They tackle the issue of Charlottesville head-on, and point to a way out that includes honesty about the past and present, and reaching out to
Sometimes experience comes alone, and sometimes it is well-considered, and we can learn from it. Harrison Young has spent a long career at the top of a variety of fields, and makes the case for how today one of the best ways to make it better i
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