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109: Nita Baum – Her Serendipitous Journey To Transformational Leadership
Guest Overview Nita Baum is an entrepreneur, co-creator, facilitator, mentor-coach, and community-builder. She is also board lead for Solar responders – the NGO from previous guest Hunter Johansson – so thanks to Hunter for making this happen. Born in New York to an inspiring cancer scientist mother and a philosophical
108: Covid19 – Frontline Heroes Feeding New York – The Migrant Kitchen
Guest overviews The Migrant Kitchen is a special Covid19 episode. Recorded over Zoom, I interview Nasser Jaber, the co-founder of The Migrant Kitchen who’s team is currently delivering 50 thousand free meals a day in NY and NJ to feed the families of those impacted by the Covid-19 crisis, including local
107: Evolution of Education & Impact of Covid19 – Maria Dantos Part 2
Guest Overview The evolution of education is Maria Dantos’s mission. She was born to a gregarious Greek immigrant father and ‘Mayflower compact’ mother. She grew up in her family-run haunted hotel in Vermont, with safety and freedom to play and explore her imagination. Immersed in abundant love she developed a
106: A Serendipitous Path To Educational Reform – Maria Dantos
Guest Overview A serendipitous path to educational reform led Maria Dantos to become an educator, teacher administrator and educational reformer. Maria was born to a gregarious Greek immigrant father and ‘Mayflower compact’ mother. She grew up in her family-run haunted hotel in Vermont, with safety and freedom to play and
105: Cancel Corona – Nick Fitz Co-Founder Momentum App
Cancel Corona is the new initiative from philanthropic giving app, Momentum. We just interviewed our past guest Nick Fitz on his team’s amazing Cancel Corona initiative. Nick explains how he and his team have quickly pivoted to build out the web app to enable anyone or any brand to use
104: The Serendipity Of Nookie Town And Beyond – Tori O’Connell
The Serendipity of Tori Chickering O’Connell was born in New Jersey to parents that cultivated a loving, safe, and creative home environment where comedy, music, and dance were a central part of the daily furniture of growing up. There is no question that this nurturing environment set her on a
103: The Power Of Not Giving a Damn – Tori Chickering O’Connell
Tori Chickering O’Connell was born in New Jersey to parents that cultivated a loving, safe, and creative home environment where comedy, music, and dance were a central part of the daily furniture of growing up. There is no question that this nurturing environment set her on a path to a
102: Resilience In The Time Of Covid19 – Dr Courtney Rennicke
We recorded this bonus episode with an early guest Dr. Courtney Rennicke on her advice on building resiliency in the time of Covid19. Courtney discusses Covid10 and resiliency in relation to our baseline nervous system’s reactions to stress, tangible examples dealing with it, relates it to the Polyvagal theory and
Theory of Enchantment In A Post Covid19 World
Theory of Enchantment founder Chloe Valdary was born in New Orleans, to a homemaking mother and banker father, and grew up in an environment of inquiry and orthodoxy that led her to opening a Pandora’s box of curiosity. Through curiosity, talent and education Chloe developed a love of art, music
100: Chloe Valdary – Serendipity, Spirit and Storytelling, Part One
Guest Overview Chloe Valdary was born in New Orleans, to a homemaking mother and banker father, and grew up in an environment of inquiry and orthodoxy that led her to open a Pandora’s box of curiosity. Through curiosity, talent and education Chloe developed a love of art, music and English
EP: 099 – Covid19 Resources, Articles, Ads and Podcasts,
We are late with this week’s digest, but we are living through unusual times. As we enter what, we are being told in the US, will be our Pearl Harbor moment, we are sharing some thought-provoking articles we’ve read and some uplifting, amusing videos that we found and some public
098: Artbridge – Democratizing Art With Passion and Persistence
ArtBridge, is a New York non-profit founded by Rodney Durso to empower emerging artists to transform New York’s ubiquitous construction scaffolding into large scale art exhibits In part two we focus on Rodney’s second life, as an artist and social entrepreneur forming ArtBridge in 2009 to give emerging artists unprecedented
097: Rodney Durso – Life’s Twisting Journey To Social Purpose: Part One
Guest Overview Rodney Durso is founder of Artbridge, a New York a non-profit that empowers emerging artists to transform New York’s ubiquitous construction scaffolding into large scale art exhibits In part one of this two-parter, we cover growing up in Long Island to a creative and artistic mother and a
096: Weekly Digest – Covid19 Podcasts, Posts and Resources
As the frenzy of the Covid19 crisis engulfs us, we feel inspired, that everyone we talk to (on Zoom!) is each doing their bit to help alleviate the physical isolation, reduce suffering, or to offer support. Humanity is pulling together. We are going to stay focused on content related to
095: Journalistic Principles and Poetic Perspectives- Tina Kelley
Guest Overview Tina Kelley describes herself as a cheerful optimist with a morbid streak. She is the author of Abloom and Awry, Precise, and The Gospel of Galore, and co-authored Almost Home: Helping Kids Move from Homelessness to Hope, and she reported for the New York Times for 10 years,
094: Weekly Digest No 17 – Singularity University Covid19 Summit Reflections
Hi everyone We are late with this week’s digest but it’s been a week of rapid changes as we witness the accelerated spread of the Covid19 virus. Today in New York the reported infections reached over 5000. So as we all start to inhabit the virtual world, I attended the
093: The Dance Between Love and Power – Lorna Davis – Part 2
Guest Overview B Corp evangelist Lorna Davis is a transformational thinker, leader, and visionary for why and how organizations can combine social, and environmental priorities with their financial imperatives to deliver improved business performance. As a highly respected coach, international speaker Lorna also serves on a number of boards to
092: Lorna Davis – Corporate Social Impact, Leadership Values and Vision
Guest Overview Lorna Davis was born in South Africa in the age of Apartheid, her education, parental guidance, curiosity, and worldly ambitions set her on the path to a stellar career in international business and marketing and finally leading Danone to become the first billion-dollar entity to become a public
EP: 091- Weekly Digest
In light of the severity and global impact of Covid19, we thought that this week we should share information that could provide you with additional useful information as well as to take some pause for reflection and refuel your optimism. Podcast worth a listen In this episode of the podcast,
090: Encouraging Serendipity And A New Civilization – James Clark
Guest Overview Born in SF, adopted and raised in NYC, by an author and illustrator mother and an ethical Wall Street banker, father, James (Jim) Clark grew up with abundance and privilege and a deep sense of love. Jim’s mother would wake him each day with an exercise that conditioned
089: James Clark – Power of Networks, Expansive Thinking, and Purpose
Guest Overview James Clark was born in SF, adopted and raised in NYC, by an author and illustrator mother and an ethical Wall Street banker father. James (Jim) Clark grew up with abundance and privilege and a deep sense of love. Jim’s mother would wake him each day with an
087: Social Impact Gaming As A Path To Purpose – Jan Roessner
Guest Overview Social impact gaming entrepreneur and Co-Founder of One Earth Rising has a mission to harvest and harness the power of philanthropy through interactive experiences, providing a playful path to social impact. Jan Roessner was born in Germany to a creative father and a loving but disciplinarian mother. After
086: Path to Purpose – Social Impact Gaming Entrepreneur – Jan Roessner
Guest Overview Jan Roessner is Co-Founder and CEO of One Earth Rising, a social impact gaming company with a mission to harvest and harness the power of philanthropy through interactive experiences, providing a playful path to social impact. Jan Roessner was born in Germany to a creative father and a
085: Weekly Digest No 14
Podcast we loved It’s a series called Audience from the team at Castos. We get asked a lot about the process of podcasting. So rather than share how we do it, better to find some folk who already have. This series is an honest, unfiltered, and real-time view inside their
084: North Brooklyn Farm, The Catskills, The Future And Beyond – Ryan Watson.
Guest Overview North Brooklyn Farm was founded by Ryan Watson and Henry Sweets. Serendipity brought them together, unified by their vision of the power of urban farming to improve the health of local communities, they spent seven years nurturing and building North Brooklyn Farm, on the banks of the East
083: Ryan Watson – Building Community and Social Fabric Through Urban Farming
Guest Overview Serendipity brought Ryan Watson and Henry Sweets together, unified by their vision of the power of urban farming to improve the health of local communities, they spent seven years nurturing and building North Brooklyn Farm, on the banks of the East River in Brooklyn, nestled under the Williamsburg
082: Weekly Digest – De-robing the KKK, Prof G’s Predictions, Black at The Brits , Moldy Whopper and Giving Innovation
Last Week’s Podcast Last week’s guest was Nick Fitz, founder, and CEO of the new charitable giving app, Give Momentum, Born in Washington DC, raised in a reform household, to socially conscious parents, Nick learned values “around justice and giving back” from an early age. Serendipity brought him together with
081: Digital Critical Edition – Craft & Creativity From The Past Made Ready For The Future
Guest Overview The Digital Critical Edition is Professor Pamela H Smith’s latest output from Columbia University and the Center for Science and Societies Making and Knowing Research Project. Pamela was born and raised in a small isolated California town, influenced by what she describes as a ‘consistent, persistent, and gentle’
080: Pamela H Smith – Learning From The Historian Of Science
Guest Overview Pamela H Smith was born and raised in a small isolated California town, influenced by what she describes as a ‘consistent, persistent, and gentle’ math teacher father and the ‘artistic and creative’ mother, serendipity led her to discover her love of the history of science in Woolongong University
EP: 079 – CIA, Inconspicuous Consumption, Technology, Video Inspiration, and Existence
First the Podcast, we loved. Tatiana Schlossberg On Design Matters Debbie Millman is probably the most accomplished podcast host. In this recent episode, Debbie interviews Tatiana Schlossberg, journalist, author of Inconspicuous Consumption Tatiana is also the daughter of Caroline Kennedy, and a granddaughter of John F. Kennedy, the 35th U.S. president. As