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Anna Laymon: Helping Us Make the Most of the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence
What's America's Purpose? - September 01, 2021 17:32 - 47 minutesListen to Anna Laymon, Vice President of Programs and Planning at America 250 who until recently ran America’s Women’s Suffrage Commission commemorating women’s equality. Anna gives us her take on America’s purpose and how each of us can participate in the five year national effort to recognize...
Season 1 Greatest Hits of What’s America’s Purpose Podcast!
What's America's Purpose? - July 17, 2021 18:14 - 1 hourDescription: Listen to snippets from 22 wonderful guests on a whirlwind discussion about America’s purpose in the 21st century. In one show, you’ll hear from famous leaders, experts, and average citizens alike all discussing American ideals, what they are and ought to be, how they inform Ame...
Radhika Shah: Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals for All Americans!
What's America's Purpose? - March 24, 2021 20:00 - 48 minutes“More Americans are asking themselves a fundamental question, What’s America’s Purpose? That’s the question we ask ourselves on this podcast in conversations with entertaining guests about achieving sustainable prosperity in the 21st Century. We will unwrap American history, Strategy, and Citiz...
Fred Kenney: How Can We “Ship” Ourselves Toward a Sustainable Future?
What's America's Purpose? - February 25, 2021 17:34 - 56 minutesListen to Fred Kenney, former US Coast Guard Admiral who now works for the UN’s International Maritime Organization, about what can be done to improve our oceans and the way we ship things here at home and across the world. Enjoy! Learn more about the UN’s IMO:https://www.imo.org/en/Abou...
Andrew J. Hoffman: Living With Purpose By “Reconstructing America!”
What's America's Purpose? - January 05, 2021 11:00 - 1 hourListen to author and scholar Andrew Hoffman tell us about his journey from being a carpenter building homes to helping each of us build a calling in life tied to the Great Work of our time; constructing a sustainable America! Enjoy! Learn more about Andy Hoffman and his work: http://www.andr...
Mustafa Santiago Ali: America’s Road to Environmental Justice
What's America's Purpose? - December 22, 2020 09:00 - 1 hourListen to inspiring environmental justice leader Mustafa Santiago Ali tell his story about growing up in Appalachia amongst civil rights leaders and cancer causing pollution and how it informed his leadership in and out of government to get our nation to respond to the disproportionate impacts o...
David Levine: Can American Business Help Lead the Way to a Sustainable Future?
What's America's Purpose? - December 14, 2020 09:00 - 55 minutesListen to the President of the 250,000 member American Sustainable Business Council David Levine talk about the exciting progress that businesses are making; doing well by doing good. From his days as a community organizer to his work with the Obama/Biden Administration to make business a pow...
Libby Sommer: Buy More Sustainable Apparel Now!
What's America's Purpose? - December 01, 2020 07:59 - 57 minutesListen to Bolt Threads’ innovator Libby Sommer talk about the exciting release of a new leather-like material called Mylo that’s made from mushrooms and will be in products sold by major brands in 2021. From her beekeeping days as a girl growing up in Nebraska to becoming a top scientist at th...
Richard Opie: The Most Secure Election in American History
What's America's Purpose? - November 21, 2020 21:12 - 43 minutesListen to one of the designated 2020 election observers in the battleground state of Wisconsin, Richard Opie, describe what he witnessed leading up to and on election day November 3, 2020. As a longtime Wisconsin citizen and leading lawyer and educator, Rich shares his observations about the ...
Jenna Nicholas: Impact Investments that Build a Better America
What's America's Purpose? - November 03, 2020 07:59 - 55 minutesImpact Investments that Build a Better America, Jenna Nicholas Listen to Impact Investing leader and CEO of Impact Experience, Jenna Nicholas give her take on America’s Purpose and how investors of all types can make smarter investments that can generate financial, social and environmental re...
Alfred Diaz-Infante: A Place to Live For Every American
What's America's Purpose? - October 20, 2020 06:59 - 52 minutesListen to a long-time affordable housing leader and CEO and President of CHISPA, Alfred-Diaz-Infante, give us his take on What’s America’s Purpose and steps necessary to make housing available and affordable for every American. From his family’s immigrant story of hard work leading to citizen...
Liz Covart: Knowing Our American History Is Key To Progress
What's America's Purpose? - October 06, 2020 17:22 - 38 minutesListen to Liz Covart, historian of early America, and the award-winning host of her own podcast, Ben Franklin’s World. Liz gives her take on What’s America’s Purpose, why early American history matters to our future, and how the best historians in the country can help each of us think about w...
Mathy Stanislaus: Community Builder for ALL Americans
What's America's Purpose? - September 22, 2020 06:30 - 1 hourListen to a long time NYC community builder Mathy Stanislaus who focuses on equality and environmental justice for ALL Americans give his take on What’s America’s Purpose. From the story of his family escaping Sri Lanka when he was a boy, to his finding the American Dream with help from so many...
John Cruden, Veteran and U.S. Justice Department Leader
What's America's Purpose? - September 08, 2020 14:37 - 1 hourListen to John Cruden, a decorated Marine who went on to serve at the highest levels of the United States Department of Justice, give us his take on What’s America’s Purpose. From his stories of protecting the health of Americans from illegal pollution to his leadership in the development of Am...
Kathleen Rogers, Earth Day Network President
What's America's Purpose? - August 25, 2020 07:01 - 49 minutesListen to long time environmental leader Kathleen Rogers give her take on What’s America’s Purpose and hear how leaps of progress in tackling the climate crisis may not be that far away. Kathleen’s years of global leadership in the environmental movement informs her provocative take as to why th...
Scott James Let’s Prepare Our Neighborhoods NOW!
What's America's Purpose? - August 10, 2020 07:01 - 50 minutesListen to Prepared Neighborhoods Author, Activist and Entrepreneur Scott James and hear his take on America’s Purpose and how each of us can prepare ourselves, our families and our neighborhoods for predictable crises like storms, floods, earthquakes and pandemics. From helping to build sustain...
Sarah Lee: How Can We Manufacture a Sustainable Society?
What's America's Purpose? - July 28, 2020 07:01 - 54 minutesHow Can We Manufacture a Sustainable Society? Governor’s Advanced Manufacturing Lead, Sarah Lee Listen to Sarah Lee, Washington Governor Inslee’s Director of Advanced Manufacturing, tell her story of learning to help average citizens with bottom-up efforts and partnerships that give people b...
Wei-Tai Kwok How Do We Make Climate Positive Career Choices?
What's America's Purpose? - July 27, 2020 15:38 - 1 hourHow Do We Make Climate Positive Career Choices? Climate Activist Wei-Tai Kwok As important as it is to understand the history and strategy behind America’s Purpose, inspiring accelerated progress comes from hearing relatable stories about what every day American citizens can do to make Ameri...
Leon Panetta What are the 5 Key Ingredients to the American Leadership We Need NOW?
What's America's Purpose? - July 04, 2020 07:30 - 1 hourWhat are the 5 Key Ingredients to the American Leadership We Need NOW? American Patriot and Statesman, Leon Panetta Description: Listen to the former Secretary of Defense and son of Italian immigrants tell his 50-year story of living the American dream by helping to get things done by, for a...
Scott Jenkins How Can Sports Lead a Cultural Shift Toward American Purpose?
What's America's Purpose? - June 25, 2020 19:13 - 46 minutesSince accelerated progress toward American Purpose will require a cultural shift, America’s passion for sport at all levels provides a huge opportunity to harness its power to make that shift. In this episode we talk with Scott Jenkins who has managed numerous professional sports stadiums acros...
Ken Alex Are There Near-Term Solutions to the Climate Crisis?
What's America's Purpose? - June 09, 2020 17:33 - 1 hourListen to Ken Alex describe his journey to become former California Governor Jerry Brown’s “right hand” in helping the Golden State lead the world in addressing the climate crisis while growing the economy at the same time. As a leader in the law, and climate and sustainability policy, hear ab...
What Did the Founding Fathers Mean By “Pursuing Happiness”? Professor Ryan Brandt
What's America's Purpose? - May 26, 2020 21:43 - 53 minutesListen to Professor Ryan Brandt describe what the founding fathers actually meant in the 1776 Declaration of Independence and how its meaning is critical to making American progress now. Professor Brandt reveals the “founding assumption” of the American experiment, a description of what IS Am...
What Did the Founding Fathers Mean By “Pursuing Happiness”? Professor Ryan Rynbrandt
What's America's Purpose? - May 26, 2020 21:43 - 53 minutesListen to Professor Ryan Rynbrandt describe what the founding fathers actually meant in the 1776 Declaration of Independence and how its meaning is critical to making American progress now. Professor Rybrandt reveals the “founding assumption” of the American experiment, a description of what ...
Marshall Ganz What’s Your Story of Self, Story of Us and Story of Now
What's America's Purpose? - May 08, 2020 20:04 - 1 hourThis interview is with renowned agent of social change, Marshall Ganz. Marshall’s early work as a Freedom Rider in the 1960s led to his helping Caesar Chavez accelerate the farmworker movement in the 1970s which ultimately led to his groundbreaking work to empower citizens in political campaign...
What’s America’s Grand Strategy? U.S. Marine Colonel Mark “Puck” Mykleby
What's America's Purpose? - April 16, 2020 15:33 - 1 hourThis interview is with Puck Mykleby who co-authored the book The New Grand Strategy: Restoring America's Prosperity, Security, and Sustainability in the 21st Century. As the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen was immersed in two wars and wanted to know how those efforts ...
Whats Americas Purpose Trailer
What's America's Purpose? - January 13, 2020 18:18 - 1 minuteWelcome to What’s America’s Purpose Podcast! Our goal is a discussion about how Americans who want to improve their own lives by adding value to the emerging American Sustainability Movement. Host: Matt Bogoshian is a sustainability activist with the Climate Reality Project and citizen-patrio...
Philosophy in the real world
Exploring Philosophy - Audio - June 13, 2011 21:48 - 4 minutes ★★★★ - 18 ratingsNigel Warburton applies philosophical questions to every day life.
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Thought experiments
Exploring Philosophy - Audio - June 13, 2011 21:47 - 11 minutes ★★★★ - 18 ratingsThought experiments use hypothetical questions to create philosophical dilemmas.
Transcript -- Thought experiments
Exploring Philosophy - Audio - June 13, 2011 21:47 - application/pdf ★★★★ - 18 ratingsTranscript -- Thought experiments use hypothetical questions to create philosophical dilemmas.
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