Latest Mutual benefit Podcast Episodes
Season 2 - Episode 1: A Conversation about Inflation with Kurt Couchman
Top Priority | Ideas for Human Flourishing - March 01, 2023 23:04 - 26 minutesWelcome to Top Priority, the podcast where we discuss the most pressing issues facing our nation today. In this episode, our host Duane Lester sits down with Kurt Couchman, Senior Fellow on Fiscal Policy with Americans for Prosperity Foundation, to talk about one of the most critical is...
045 Top Priority Podcast | Book: Get Out of Control
Top Priority | Ideas for Human Flourishing - October 08, 2021 17:00 - 41 minutesShow: 045 Top Priority Podcast | Book: Get Out of Control Host: Duane Lester, Director of Issue Education, Grassroots Leadership Academy Guests: Neil Chilson, Senior Research Fellow, Technology and Innovation at Stand Together Neil Chilson, the senior research fellow for technology a...
044 Top Priority Podcast | AFPF vs. Bonta
Top Priority | Ideas for Human Flourishing - September 24, 2021 17:13 - 23 minutesShow: 044 Top Priority Podcast | AFPF v. Bonta Host: Duane Lester, Director of Issue Education, Grassroots Leadership Academy Guests: Casey Mattox, Vice President, Legal and Judicial Strategy at Americans for Prosperity Foundation, Senior Fellow, Free Speech and Peace at Charles Koch ...
043 Top Priority Podcast | Protests and Riots
Top Priority | Ideas for Human Flourishing - September 10, 2021 19:47 - 36 minutesShow: 043 Top Priority Podcast | Protests and Riots Host: Duane Lester, Director of Issue Education, Grassroots Leadership Academy Guests: David Voorman, Senior Policy Analyst, Americans for Prosperity Foundation Today’s top priority is free expression. Specifically, we’re talking ab...
042 Top Priority Podcast | Housing Regulations with Jason Sorens
Top Priority | Ideas for Human Flourishing - August 27, 2021 16:01 - 22 minutesShow: 042 Top Priority | Housing Regulations with Jason Sorens Host: Duane Lester, Director of Issue Education, Grassroots Leadership Academy Guests: Jason Sorens, Director for the Center for Ethics in Society Today’s top priority is Economic Opportunity, specifically housing regulat...
041 Top Priority Podcast | **JUST IN TIME** Drug Policy in a Society of Mutual Benefit
Top Priority | Ideas for Human Flourishing - July 28, 2021 16:29 - 40 minutesShow: 041 Top Priority | Drug Policy in a Society of Mutual Benefit Host: Duane Lester, Director of Issue Education, Grassroots Leadership Academy Guests: Brianna Nuhfer, Director of Criminal Justice at Stand Together, Jeremiah Mosteller, Senior Policy Analyst at Americans for Prosper...
040 Top Priority Podcast | Second Chance Hiring Can Help Ex-Cons, Employers, and Society
Top Priority | Ideas for Human Flourishing - May 10, 2021 16:54 - 25 minutesIn this Top Priority, we explore the topic of second chance hiring, meaning the hiring of ex-cons. Jeremiah Mosteller joins the podcast again and explains why hiring ex-cons has benefits not just for the employee, but for the employer and society as a whole. Our Vision: We break barr...
039 Top Priority Podcast | How Certificate of Needs Negatively Impact Your Access to Quality Health Care
Top Priority | Ideas for Human Flourishing - May 03, 2021 14:05 - 33 minutesIt's possible you've never heard of a Certificate of Need. It's a policy so awful, even the Federal Government repealed it. Yet many states still enforce it and the negative consequences of it impact access to quality health care across America. In this episode, Charlie Katabi, Health Po...
038 Top Priority Podcast | Government Surveillance - Is Big Brother is Watching You?
Top Priority | Ideas for Human Flourishing - April 23, 2021 15:59 - 43 minutesShow: 034 Top Priority | Understanding Stakeholder Capitalism Date Recorded: March 10, 2021 Host: Duane Lester, Director of Issue Education, Grassroots Leadership Academy Guests: Bill Easley, Americans for Prosperity Foundation, Neil Chilson, Charles Koch Institute Today’s top prior...
037 Top Priority Podcast | Grit: The Melony Armstrong Story
Top Priority | Ideas for Human Flourishing - April 16, 2021 14:00 - 54 minutesMelony Armstrong just wanted to braid hair. The state of Mississippi tried to stop her. This is her story of fighting one barrier after another for more than ten years. Stand Together Community Vision We break barriers that stand in the way of people realizing their potential. This m...
036 Top Priority Podcast | Marijuana Decriminalization in New Hampshire
Top Priority | Ideas for Human Flourishing - April 06, 2021 15:15 - 41 minutesThe Americans for Prosperity team in New Hampshire worked to decriminalize marijuana in the Granite State. How did the Stand Together Vision guide them to that action? How does decriminalization break barriers? Deputy State Director Ross Connelly explains what happened and the principle...
035 Top Priority Podcast | No-Knock Raids
Top Priority | Ideas for Human Flourishing - March 25, 2021 20:05 - 31 minutesShow: 035 Top Priority Podcast | No-Knock Raids Date Recorded: January 14, 2021 Host: Duane Lester, Director of Issue Education, Americans for Prosperity Foundation Guests: Jeremiah Mosteller, Senior Policy Analyst of Criminal Justice Reform, Americans for Prosperity Show Notes & Ti...
034 Top Priority | Understanding Stakeholder Capitalism
Top Priority | Ideas for Human Flourishing - March 09, 2021 21:15 - 43 minutesShow: 034 Top Priority | Understanding Stakeholder Capitalism Date Recorded: January 21, 2021 Host: Duane Lester, Director of Issue Education, Grassroots Leadership Academy Guests: Russell Greene, Associate Director, Institution of Business at Stand Together
033 Top Priority | "Reclaiming the American Dream" with Evan Feinberg
Top Priority | Ideas for Human Flourishing - March 03, 2021 22:00 - 56 minutesShow: 033 Top Priority Podcast | "Reclaiming the American Dream" with Evan Feinberg Date Recorded: February 18, 2020 Host: Duane Lester, Director of Issue Education, Grassroots Leadership Academy Guests: Evan Feinberg, Executive Director at Stand Together Foundation Additional Link...
032 Top Priority | Does "Big Tech" need its own federal regulator?
Top Priority | Ideas for Human Flourishing - February 17, 2021 20:50 - 32 minutesShow: 032 Top Priority Podcast | Does "Big Tech" Need Its Own Regulator Date Recorded: February 4, 2020 Host: Duane Lester, Director of Issue Education, Grassroots Leadership Academy Guests: Neil Chilson, Senior Research Fellow for technology and innovation at the Charles Koch Instit...
031 Top Priority | Section 230 and The Danger of Silencing of Marginalized Voices
Top Priority | Ideas for Human Flourishing - December 07, 2020 21:06 - 37 minutesShow: 031 Top Priority Podcast | How Altering Section 230 Threatens the Free Speech of Marginalized Communities Date Recorded: November 13, 2020 Host: Duane Lester, Director of Issue Education, Grassroots Leadership Academy Guests: Billy Easley, Sr. Policy Analyst, Americans for Pr...
030 Top Priority | Regulations
Top Priority | Ideas for Human Flourishing - November 23, 2020 19:59 - 47 minutesIn this podcast, we talk about the role regulations have in keeping people safe and rigging the game. We talk with Clint Woods, recovering regulator and Policy Fellow with Americans for Prosperity Foundation, and Erica Jedynak, Director of Economic Opportunity for Stand Together.
029 Top Priority | Free Expression
Top Priority | Ideas for Human Flourishing - November 02, 2020 17:13 - 57 minutesIn this installment, we talk about the importance of free expression and how it relates to our vision of a society of mutual benefit. Our guest, Sarah Ruger, leads the Free Expression Priority Initiative for the Stand Together Community.
028 Top Priority | **JUST IN TIME** Facebook, Twitter, And That Hunter Biden Story
Top Priority | Ideas for Human Flourishing - October 21, 2020 19:15 - 26 minutesShow: 028 Top Priority Podcast | **Just in Time** Facebook, Twitter, and THAT Hunter Biden Story Date Recorded: October 21, 2020 Host: Duane Lester, Manager of Issue Education, Grassroots Leadership Academy Guests: Jesse Blumenthal, VP of Tech & Innovation, Stand Together The...
027 Top Priority | Civil Asset Forfeiture with Captain Leigh Mattox
Top Priority | Ideas for Human Flourishing - October 12, 2020 11:14 - 24 minutesShow: 027 Top Priority Podcast | Talking Civil Asset Forfeiture with Captain Leigh Mattox Date Recorded: October 12, 2020 Host: Duane Lester, Manager of Issue Education, Grassroots Leadership Academy Guests: Captain Leigh Mattox Captain Leigh Mattox explains the two types of as...
026 Top Priority | Civil Asset Forfeiture & Criminal Justice Reform
Top Priority | Ideas for Human Flourishing - October 05, 2020 14:08 - 39 minutesShow: 026 Top Priority Podcast | Civil Assest Forfeiture & Criminal Justice Reform Date Recorded: October 5, 2020 Host: Duane Lester, Manager of Issue Education, Grassroots Leadership Academy Guests: Vikrant Reddy, Senior Fellow, Charles Koch Institute Greg Glod, Criminal Justic...
025 Top Priority | Poverty
Top Priority | Ideas for Human Flourishing - September 28, 2020 21:12 - 1 hourIn this episode, Evan Feinberg, Executive Director at the Stand Together Foundation, and the Reverend Dr. DeForest B. Soaries, Jr. discuss the issue of poverty.
024 Top Priority | Anti-SLAPP in Tech and Innovation
Top Priority | Ideas for Human Flourishing - September 21, 2020 11:16 - 30 minutesShow: 024 Top Priority Podcast | Anti-SLAPP Laws in Tech and Innovation Date Recorded: September 21, 2020 Host: Duane Lester, Manager of Issue Education, Grassroots Leadership Academy Guests: Billy Easley, Senior Policy Analyst, Americans for Prosperity Foundation The Stand T...
023 Top Priority | Mark Holden on Criminal Justice Reform
Top Priority | Ideas for Human Flourishing - September 14, 2020 11:07 - 51 minutesShow: 023 Top Priority Podcast | Mark Holden on Criminal Justice Reform Host: Duane Lester, Manager of Issue Education, Grassroots Leadership Academy Guest: Mark Holden, Senior Vice President, Stand Together and Board member of Americans for Prosperity Why does Mark Holden care a...
022 Top Priority Podcast | Technophobia
Top Priority | Ideas for Human Flourishing - September 04, 2020 19:37 - 1 hourShow: 022 Top Priority Podcast | Technophobia Host: Duane Lester, Manager of Issue Education, Grassroots Leadership Academy Guests: Taylor Barkley, Program Officer of Technology & Innovation, Stand Together The Stand Together vision for Technology & Innovation recognizes: min [6:...
022 - Top Priority Podcast | Technophobia
Top Priority | Ideas for Human Flourishing - September 04, 2020 19:37 - 1 hourWe have a deep belief in people and promote ideas of human flourishing. Top Priority is a collection of interactive, learning-oriented conversations on how the Stand Together Community engages with and advocates for solutions through the lens of our Community Vision: We transform society by bre...
021 Top Priority Podcast | Foundational Education
Top Priority | Ideas for Human Flourishing - August 24, 2020 13:11 - 43 minutesShow: 021 Top Priority Podcast | Foundational Education Host: Duane Lester, Manager of Issue Education, Grassroots Leadership Academy Guests: Meredith Olson, Vice President of Foundational Education, Stand Together Community What is Foundational Education? min [5:30] The difference b...
020 Top Priority Podcast | Foundational Education
Top Priority | Ideas for Human Flourishing - August 24, 2020 13:11 - 43 minutesShow: 021 Top Priority Podcast | Foundational Education Host: Duane Lester, Manager of Issue Education, Grassroots Leadership Academy Guests: Meredith Olson, Vice President of Foundational Education, Stand Together Community What is Foundational Education? min [5:30] The difference be...
020 Top Priority Podcast | Post-Secondary Education
Top Priority | Ideas for Human Flourishing - August 19, 2020 12:22 - 39 minutesShow: 020 Top Priority Podcast | Post-Secondary Education Date Recorded: March 24, 2020 Host: Duane Lester, Manager of Issue Education, Grassroots Leadership Academy Guests: Ryan Stowers, Executive Director, Charles Koch Foundation Show Notes & Timestamps What is the Stand Togeth...
019 Top Priority Podcast | Free Trade and the World Trade Organization
Top Priority | Ideas for Human Flourishing - August 17, 2020 15:12 - 59 minutesShow: 019 Top Priority Podcast | Free Trade and the World Trade Organization Date Recorded: January 28, 2020 Host: Duane Lester, Manager of Issue Education, Grassroots Leadership Academy Guests: Dan Pearson, Trade Policy Fellow, Americans for Prosperity Show Notes & Timestamps Wha...
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