Latest Activism Documentary Podcast Episodes
BONUS: Ignorance Was Bliss - Not Enough Fish In The Sea - Tribute to Kate Walinga with Corinna Bellizzi (ep. 445)
Care More Be Better: Social Impact - Sustainability - Regeneration - April 19, 2024 23:40 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsCan algae be interesting? (Hint: Yes. Yes, it can.) Can it save the world? (Hint #2: Also yes.) Give this a listen. It matters. Special Tribute Episode Care More Be Better Host / Ignorance Was Bliss Guest: Corinna Bellizzi Ignorance Was Bliss Host: Kate Wallinga (Archival Audio), republished ...
Transforming Our Nutrition System With Dr. Grace Hameister
Care More Be Better: Social Impact - Sustainability - Regeneration - April 17, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsThe US government has started backing food as medicine for the prevention of chronic diet-related health and wellness issues. For this to yield the expected results, the current nutrition system must be revamped and transformed. Corinna Bellizzi explores this topic with food specialist and chiro...
Best of ESD: Democracy Prep Charter Schools, with Rashid Duroseau (Civics Program Director, Democracy Prep Public Schools)
Education for Sustainable Democracy - April 17, 2024 10:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsWhat if a school made preparation for democracy its central goal? That’s what Democracy Prep tries to do - not in just one school but in many. This charter school network includes 24 schools in five states, with schools at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. In this episode, Brett ...
Securing The Second Human Evolution With Jeffrey Charles Hardy
Care More Be Better: Social Impact - Sustainability - Regeneration - April 10, 2024 10:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsMany corporations and industries nowadays focus more on earning a profit and less on supporting humanity, which is what truly matters. Money is now the major commodity and human life has become utterly disposable. For Jeffrey Charles Hardy, the only way to make real change today is to secure the...
A Resilient Approach To Forest Fire With Sandra Younger
Care More Be Better: Social Impact - Sustainability - Regeneration - April 03, 2024 10:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsAs the climate crisis continues to worsen, natural disasters will only get more dangerous, which leads to traumatic experiences if completely ignored. For this episode, Corinna Bellizzi focuses on forest fire and the urgent need for more resilient tools to get through such a dangerous phenomenon...
Reboot Episode: How can we live and work in radically different ways?
Weaving the Future - March 31, 2024 03:00 - 1 hourWeaving the Future Podcast is a passion project birthed at the height of the pandemic, and the podcast episodes I released at this time are very close to my heart. They capture deep reflections on the kind of world I want to live in and my role in shaping it. The podcast has mostly been on hiatu...
Uphold The Truth And Create Real Impact With Miyoko Schinner, Vegan Activist
Care More Be Better: Social Impact - Sustainability - Regeneration - March 27, 2024 10:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsNumerous corporations are currently in control of the world’s food production and distribution. Unfortunately, a lot of them are more concerned with raking in huge profits than making a real impact, leaving many people sick, hungry, and underserved. Award-winning chef, author, and entrepreneur M...
Best of ESD: Teaching Elections & Modeling Political Tolerance, with Wayne Journell (University of North Carolina at Greensboro)
Education for Sustainable Democracy - March 23, 2024 18:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsThis is a rebroadcast of an interview with Professor Wayne Journell about teaching elections, recorded in 2020. How should educators teach about elections? How can they maximize student learning, foster engagement, and minimize overly heated exchanges among students? Professor Wayne Journell f...
Elevating Compassion Today With Ali Horriyat
Care More Be Better: Social Impact - Sustainability - Regeneration - March 20, 2024 10:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsEarning a huge amount of money and amassing numerous possessions will never give you genuine satisfaction in life. Instead of focusing on your material wealth, you will find deeper meaning by elevating and prioritizing compassion to the world. In this episode, Corinna Bellizzi sits down with Ali...
Exploring Algae Technology With Professor Isaac Berzin
Care More Be Better: Social Impact - Sustainability - Regeneration - March 13, 2024 10:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsNumerous space-age technologies are currently changing how people eat and nourish themselves while using fewer resources. One of these innovations is algae technology. In this episode, Corinna Bellizzi explores this cutting-edge technology with Professor Isaac Berzin, an affiliate scientist at M...
Political Vaudeville: FTA (1972), Jane Fonda, and Mobilizing the Military Against Vietnam
Politics of Cinema - March 08, 2024 12:30 - 1 hourAs we celebrate 3 years of the show, we decided to take a look at one of our favorite eras of American film - the 1970's. We're specifically looking at the Vietnam Anti-War Movement as captured by a fictional film and a documentary; Milestones (1975) and F.T.A. (1972). On this episode we discu...
Going Green Through Crowdfunding With Will Wiseman
Care More Be Better: Social Impact - Sustainability - Regeneration - March 06, 2024 11:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsMost green energy projects, no matter how admirable they could be, are often impeded by a lack of funding and government leverage. Thankfully, there is one efficient way to support them using your own money: crowdfunding. Corinna Bellizzi is joined by Will Wiseman, who is making this process muc...
BONUS: The Future of Nutrition: Harnessing the Power of Algae for Health and Sustainability | Forever Young Features Professor Isaac Berzin
Care More Be Better: Social Impact - Sustainability - Regeneration - March 01, 2024 01:56 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsThis bonus episode is a comprehensive discussion from the Forever Young podcast's 500th episode, featuring hosts Kelly Cappasola, co-host Corinna Bellizzi, and special guest Professor Isaac Berzin. The episode focuses on the importance of algae in nutrition, particularly its role in producing Om...
Reconnecting Earth And Soul Amid Climate Chaos With Leah Rampy
Care More Be Better: Social Impact - Sustainability - Regeneration - February 28, 2024 11:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsAs the climate chaos continues to worsen, our disconnect with the earth and soul is slowly becoming the norm. If not addressed at once, it will lead to even bigger and irreversible problems. Leah Rampy, a professor, leadership consultant, and corporate/nonprofit executive, leads the charge in re...
The Unique Impact Of ‘Griselda’ With Aurora Cossio
Care More Be Better: Social Impact - Sustainability - Regeneration - February 26, 2024 11:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsThe Netflix drama series ‘Griselda’ explores the highly interesting but deeply controversial life of Griselda Blanco, the mind behind one of the most profitable cartels the world has ever known. Corinna Bellizzi sits down with Colombian-Italian actress and producer Aurora Cossio, who plays the c...
Transform Your Health With Greener, Cleaner Living | Chef Babette Davis
Care More Be Better: Social Impact - Sustainability - Regeneration - February 21, 2024 11:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsGet to know Chef Babette Davis, a survivor who shares how she moved from a meat-eater who suffered from many health ailments including eczema, acne, digestive issues and drug addiction to become a plant-based lifestyle icon. Today, she thrives as a vivacious and beautiful woman in her 70s who lo...
Maximizing Youth Voter Registration, with Laura Brill (The Civics Center)
Education for Sustainable Democracy - February 15, 2024 11:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsWe have millions of young people in school every year who become eligible to register during their time in school, but there are few mechanisms in place to get them registered. Laura Brill is starting to change that. Through her new organization, the Civics Center, she’s trying to make voter reg...
Blue Mind: For The Love Of Water With Dr. Wallace J. Nichols
Care More Be Better: Social Impact - Sustainability - Regeneration - February 14, 2024 11:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsThe concept of Blue Mind has been around since the beginning of recorded human history. At present, Marine biologist Dr. Wallace J. Nichols advocates for this very concept, spreading the positive impact of water on our lives. Joining Corinna Bellizzi, he talks about his book “Blue Mind” and how ...
The Continuous Process of Becoming: Robert Kramer's Milestones (1975)
Politics of Cinema - February 09, 2024 11:30 - 1 hourAs we celebrate 3 years of the show, we decided to take a look at one of our favorite eras of American film - the 1970's. We're specifically looking at the Vietnam Anti-War Movement as captured by a fictional film and a documentary; Milestones (1975) and F.T.A. (1972). On this episode we disc...
Remaking A World In Crisis With Osprey Orielle Lake
Care More Be Better: Social Impact - Sustainability - Regeneration - February 07, 2024 11:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsNo matter how you look at it, there is no denying that today’s world in crisis is in need of urgent saving. Wars are happening left and right, the environment is in a sorry state, and those in power continue to take advantage of every single opportunity. Corinna Bellizzi chats with activist, tho...
Life Lessons From A Cancer Survivor With Edward Miskie
Care More Be Better: Social Impact - Sustainability - Regeneration - January 31, 2024 17:58 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsBeing diagnosed with a chronic illness seems like a death sentence at first. Nevertheless, here is Edward Miskie, a cancer survivor who proves that with enough perseverance and a strong mindset, nothing can stop you from moving forward. He joins Corinna Bellizzi in looking back on his battle aga...
Alexander Inchbald: How Art And Silence Can Help Reconnect Yourself With Mother Nature
Care More Be Better: Social Impact - Sustainability - Regeneration - January 24, 2024 11:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsWith so much happening in the world today and everyone having easy access to mobile devices on a whim, humanity is becoming more and more disconnected from Mother Nature. Climate artist Alexander Inchbald joins Corinna Bellizzi to share how painting in the most unusual setting taught him that qu...
Lateral Reading & Other Media Literacy Skills, with Sarah McGrew (University of Maryland)
Education for Sustainable Democracy - January 21, 2024 14:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsIn today’s media environment, there’s no shortage of information and disinformation – so how do we know if we’re being misled? How can young people know? The ability to tell fact from fiction is vital for maintaining a healthy civil society, and researchers are exploring how to teach these skill...
How Eco-Fiction Can Push Forward The Fight Against Climate Crisis With George Paxinos
Care More Be Better: Social Impact - Sustainability - Regeneration - January 17, 2024 11:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsThe climate crisis is worsening each day that passes, and yet society continues to turn a blind eye to its alarming impact on the entire planet. Climate activist George Paxinos, celebrated as the world’s most cited neuroscientist, has decided to try a different approach to catch everyone’s atten...
Buñuel's Banquet: Feasting on Satire in The Exterminating Angel (1962)
Politics of Cinema - January 12, 2024 12:00 - 52 minutesLuis Buñuel was a master at creating lasting images that stay in the viewers brain long after the film is over. He had a career that spanned multiple decades and working in multiple countries, yet he consistantly took aim at political and social elites. In his 1962 masterpiece, The Exterminat...
The Palestinian Experience: Documented and Portrayed
Politics of Cinema - December 22, 2023 12:30 - 1 hourOn this episode, we're looking at two cinematic exampoles of the Palestinian expereince. One documentary and one fictionalized portrayal. The documentary, Gaza Ghetto: Portrait of a Palestinian Family (1985), captures exactly what the title implies. We get the lived experiences from grandmoth...
Best of ESD: Guiding Productive Political Discussions, with Diana Hess (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Education for Sustainable Democracy - December 17, 2023 21:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsWhat do students learn when they discuss controversial political issues? What are the benefits and limitations? How can teachers guide these discussions and maintain a positive classroom environment? In this episode - published originally in late 2020, renowned social studies education scholar D...
FOREVER YOUNG RADIO SHOW: How To Turn Your Metabolic Fire Back On with Dr. William Li, NYT Bestselling Author of Eat To Beat Your Diet
Care More Be Better: Social Impact - Sustainability - Regeneration - December 13, 2023 01:05 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsRepublished with permission and with thanks to Kelly Cappasola and the Forever Young Radio Show Team. I was honored to co-host this interview episode with my favorite doctor in health & wellness, Dr. William Li. This will be the 3rd time my loyal listeners have heard from him on this podcast, ...
3 Years of Podcasting: Reflections, Top Episodes, and Listener Feedback Request (guests discussed include: Paul Hawken, Mo Gowdat, Mokhtar Alkhanshali, Dr. William Li, Nina Simons, Tzeporah Berman, Donna Grantis, Kelly Ryerson, Starhawk, Jeffrey Smith, and the incredible Beth Craig)
Care More Be Better: Social Impact - Sustainability - Regeneration - December 06, 2023 06:48 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsThis week, I'm thrilled to share a few of my reflections and takeaways after reviewing my top episodes of all time after 3 years of podcasting. This will be our 168th episode. The primary goal of this podcast episode is to connect with my audience. What have you liked over the past 3 years? What...
The Hard And Noble Work Towards Education Equity With Rosalinda Agana
Care More Be Better: Social Impact - Sustainability - Regeneration - November 29, 2023 11:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsAround 95% of girls in the most disadvantaged African rural communities never completed senior high school. Rosalinda Agana grew up in Northern Ghana and experienced the lack of access to quality education herself. But now, she is on a mission to build education equity on a global scale. Joining...
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