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Changing How We Think About Aging
Better Angels: Women Creating Change - October 06, 2022 11:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWhy are we so afraid of getting older? The truth is that most people are happier the older they get, but our culture is focused on triggering all our fears about the worst possibilities. And most of us don’t even realize how much we’re buying into ageist ideas and language. Ashton Applewhite is...
How to Make Your Activism Count
Better Angels: Women Creating Change - September 28, 2022 12:11 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsBy now we all really understand that sitting back and watching isn’t going to create the world we want to live in. But sometimes we don’t know how to get started and how to effectively fight for change. Today’s guest, Eileen Flanagan, traces her activist awakening to the years she spent as a Pe...
Making Fashion a Force for Good
Better Angels: Women Creating Change - September 21, 2022 12:15 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWhether a T-shirt costs $5 or $100, it can take 100 human hands to make it. Most of those are the hands of women who probably aren’t being paid a fair wage and often are working long hours in often unsafe conditions. When we’re stocking our closets or grabbing a cute new top on sale, we don’t t...
Where Women Athletes Make the Rules with Cassidy Lichtman
Better Angels: Women Creating Change - April 14, 2022 19:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWhat would a pro sports league look like if the athletes made the decisions? In this episode, pro volleyball player Cassidy Lichtman talks about coming out of retirement to play with Athletes Unlimited. Launched in 2020, Athletes Unlimited is a network of women’s pro volleyball, basketball, soft...
Where Women Athletes Make the Rules with Cassidy Lichtman
Better Angels: Women Creating Change - April 14, 2022 19:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWhat would a pro sports league look like if the athletes made the decisions? In this episode, pro volleyball player Cassidy Lichtman talks about coming out of retirement to play with Athletes Unlimited. Launched in 2020, Athletes Unlimited is a network of women’s pro volleyball, basketball, soft...
Reinventing Yourself in Uncertain Times
Better Angels: Women Creating Change - December 08, 2021 13:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsAre you ready to make a change in your life? Or are you ready to make a transition? If you think they're the same thing, you're not alone. But understanding the difference is a crucial first step if what you're longing for is a transformational shift in your life.After achieving a major mileston...
A Latina Entrepreneur's Radical Approach to Healthcare Equity
Better Angels: Women Creating Change - December 01, 2021 12:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWhen Bronx native Ivelyse Andino witnessed the inequities in the healthcare system firsthand, she did something radical. Andino gathered neighbors around her kitchen table to talk about their experiences. Those conversations became a cornerstone of the company she soon launched to transform heal...
Promoting Justice in an Amazing Space
Better Angels: Women Creating Change - November 16, 2021 12:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsSharon Prince, CEO and Founder of Grace Farms, has fulfilled an ambitious vision to build both a foundation with an interdisciplinary humanitarian mission and an intentionally-designed space that embodies hope and peace. Housed in the sinuous, innovative River building designed by Pritzker Prize...
Funding Local Businesses to Tackle the Wealth Gap
Better Angels: Women Creating Change - November 10, 2021 12:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsSmall Business Saturday is coming up on Nov. 27, reminding us to do some of our holiday shopping at small companies and the local businesses that keep our communities vibrant and create jobs. But what more can we do? In Northern California, six grassroots organizations have come together to crea...
How to Make Connections That Matter
Better Angels: Women Creating Change - November 03, 2021 11:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsInstead of asking people you meet to help with your career or business, what if you asked what you can do for them? That shift is key to building connections that not only support your success but bring more meaning to your life--something we’re all looking for more than ever. Susan McPherson ha...
Ep. 4 - The Multimillion-Dollar Brand Taking a Bite Out of Landfills
Better Angels: Women Creating Change - October 27, 2021 11:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsLindsay McCormick had one of those business ideas that make you instantly ask: why didn’t someone think of that before? Lindsay was a TV producer when she began thinking about all the landfill waste we make when we toss out toothpaste tubes. Soon she was talking to dentists, learning about chem...
The Multimillion-Dollar Brand Taking a Bite Out of Landfills
Better Angels: Women Creating Change - October 27, 2021 11:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsLindsay McCormick had one of those business ideas that make you instantly ask: why didn’t someone think of that before? Lindsay was a TV producer when she began thinking about all the landfill waste we make when we toss out toothpaste tubes. Soon she was talking to dentists, learning about chem...
Ep. 3 - Pop Culture as a Force for Good
Better Angels: Women Creating Change - October 19, 2021 12:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThe power of storytelling is indisputable, but who is--and isn’t--telling those stories shapes our world far more than how much we simply enjoy a film or book. Bridgit Antoinette Evans and Tracy Van Slyke are leaders in building a more inclusive Hollywood and creating cultural change through sto...
Pop Culture as a Force for Good
Better Angels: Women Creating Change - October 19, 2021 12:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThe power of storytelling is indisputable, but who is--and isn’t--telling those stories shapes our world far more than how much we simply enjoy a film or book. Bridgit Antoinette Evans and Tracy Van Slyke are leaders in building a more inclusive Hollywood and creating cultural change through sto...
Ep. 2 - Choosing Love over Fear with Scarlett Lewis
Better Angels: Women Creating Change - October 06, 2021 13:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn our divisive world, it can seem that values such as love and compassion are slipping further away. But during these turbulent times we need one another more than ever. Today's guest, Scarlett Lewis, faced the unthinkable when her son, Jesse, was killed in his first-grade classroom at Sandy Ho...
Choosing Love over Fear with Scarlett Lewis
Better Angels: Women Creating Change - October 06, 2021 13:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn our divisive world, it can seem that values such as love and compassion are slipping further away. But during these turbulent times we need one another more than ever. Today's guest, Scarlett Lewis, faced the unthinkable when her son, Jesse, was killed in his first-grade classroom at Sandy Ho...
Ep. 1 - Leveling the Startup Playing Field with Jaime Schmidt
Better Angels: Women Creating Change - October 05, 2021 16:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsJaime Schmidt started Schmidt’s Naturals in her kitchen and in only seven years scaled it to an acquisition by Unilever. Now Jaime is empowering other entrepreneurs through her inclusive investment firm, Color, and Supermaker, a media company that celebrates inclusive and disruptive independent ...
Leveling the Startup Playing Field with Jaime Schmidt
Better Angels: Women Creating Change - October 05, 2021 16:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsJaime Schmidt started Schmidt’s Naturals in her kitchen and in only seven years scaled it to an acquisition by Unilever. Now Jaime is empowering other entrepreneurs through her inclusive investment firm, Color, and Supermaker, a media company that celebrates inclusive and disruptive independent ...
Bees at the Ancestral Table
“Bee There. Do That.” - December 10, 2020 13:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsFinally!! South Africa’s dropped to its lowest lockdown level during the global Covid pandemic. Everything and everyone’s in bloom… Amazing to consider what we’ve weathered during the Winter months while in hibernation. What’s been taken away from us, has sprouted again, like the trees, flowe...
Creating Better Futures. Made in Zimbabwe with love; Mawuyu, Ice Cream & Wine.
“Bee There. Do That.” - August 21, 2020 18:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsLeaving home always feels good, when you know you’re going to return. But what about those of us, who don’t? In this episode, I chat with three Zimbabweans who’ve left home, returning with ancestral lineage gifts of cradle to gravel worldwide favourites; Ice Cream, Wine, good Health and Wellnes...
White is Right, when it comes to Kenyan Coffee & Barista Pros
“Bee There. Do That.” - July 28, 2020 12:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsLike you, I’ve grown tired and out of patience while waiting for this Covid 19 drama to die down. And yet here on the Continent, we’re told, most countries haven’t even yet seen the peak rise in cases. Well I don’t know about you, but I’m tired! In need of coffee to make the most basic of decisi...
The Blacker the Banana (or Plaintain), The Sweeter the Mash!, with Chef Coco and Cherae Robinson
“Bee There. Do That.” - May 25, 2020 17:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsStill locked-down here on the Continent (and recording from my home office), due to Covid-19; Banana bread baking has truly gone viral!!! From Tiktok challenges, thanks to original sound from @Makayladid, to gymnast-nurses strutting and kicking and getting our "attention", everybody needs a sw...
The Blacker the Banana. The Sweeter the Mash!, with Chef Coco, Cherae Robinson and Portia Mbau
“Bee There. Do That.” - May 25, 2020 17:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsStill locked-down here on the Continent (and recording from my home office, not usual recording studio), due to Covid-19; Banana bread baking has truly gone viral!!! From Tiktok challenges, thanks to original sound from @Makayladid, to gymnast-nurses strutting and kicking and getting our "at...
Bunny Chow? What, who, how and now? Our need for Cooperative Food System change.
“Bee There. Do That.” - April 30, 2020 14:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings**First Things First ** - This Quarantine life, is a bugger to Audio Recording. This episode sounds just like it really happened; Outside of the comfort of my normal recording studio; Origin Audio. You'll surely hear the difference, but will love the outcome nonetheless. Thanks for listening. ...
Food Waste & Social Impact - A Whale of a Tale. Gefilte & Fish Curry for the Nation.
“Bee There. Do That.” - February 20, 2020 07:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsAccording to the WWF SA, In South Africa one third of all food produced, a total of 10 million tonnes of edible food is wasted every year. Ms. Pavitry Pillay, says it was her Grandmother's human rights lineage and DNA which has powered her interest in saving our seas and making an impact, as sh...
SEASON 2 - Back to the Future; Food. Race. Impact
“Bee There. Do That.” - February 13, 2020 11:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsWelcome baaaaack!!!!! Thanks for your thoughtful listening, interest, comments, shares and all the buzzzz! We're excited to share a bit of a recap, some insight and future plans with you for this upcoming season. It's a quickie, so don't worry about those brownies burning. It's all good. You...
Destination Impact Hope! Voluntourism and Tasting change in Africa with Chandell Stone and Marlon Parker.
“Bee There. Do That.” - November 26, 2019 11:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsVoluntourism and Social Impact often go hand in hand, on the Continent. But too often, the good news isn’t shared. Well, in this episode, I chat with Destination Impact Founder, Chandell Stone and RLabs Founder, Marlon Parker. A “reach one, teach one” sharing about hope, aspiration and success...
Destination Impact Hope! Volunteerism and Tasting change in Africa with Chandell Stone and Marlon Parker.
“Bee There. Do That.” - November 26, 2019 11:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsVoluntourism and Social Impact often go hand in hand, on the Continent. But too often, the good news isn’t shared. Well, in this episode, I chat with Destination Impact Founder, Chandell Stone and RLabs Founder, Marlon Parker. A “reach one, teach one” sharing about hope, aspiration and success...
Destination Impact Hope! Voluntourism and Tasting change in Africa with Chandell Stone and Marlon Parker.
“Bee There. Do That.” - November 26, 2019 11:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsVoluntourism and Social Impact often go hand in hand, on the Continent. But too often, the good news isn’t shared. Well, in this episode, I chat with Destination Impact Founder, Chandell Stone and RLabs Founder, Marlon Parker. A “reach one, teach one” sharing about hope, aspiration and success...
Part 2 - "An Empty Plate, Social Justice & Ancient Grains"
“Bee There. Do That.” - September 27, 2019 09:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIn this episode, we continue to examine the foresight of South Africa's political legend and initiator of the Black Consciousness movement, Stephen Bantu Biko, with focus on food sovereignty and security in South Africa. Who gets to eat. What we eat and how it's sold to us, is a staple in today...
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