Podcast Episodes

Ruth Milkman

Season 2 Episode 4

Ruth Milkman is a sociologist of labor and labor movements, and Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center and at the Joseph S. Murphy Institute for Worker Education and Labor S…

Published on 7 years, 7 months ago

Robert Hammond

Season 2 Episode 3

Robert Hammond is the executive director and co-founder of Friends of the High Line, which was the driving force behind turning an abandoned elevated railroad in New York City into a public park. We …

Published on 7 years, 7 months ago

Nick Ehrmann

Season 2 Episode 2

Nick Ehrmann is the founder and president of Blue Engine, which was borne from the discovery that the strongest predictor of college completion is sustained academic rigor in high school coursework. …

Published on 7 years, 8 months ago

Tyler Ruzich

Season 2 Episode 1

Tyler Ruzich is a 17-year old Republican candidate for governor of Kansas, one of eight teens in the race this year. We discuss what it means to be a Republican of the next generation, why it's impor…

Published on 7 years, 8 months ago

Season 2 Trailer

Season 2 Episode 1

A sneak peek of our next episode: civic engagement requires no minimum age. Tyler Ruzich, 17-year old Kansan, shows us how.

Published on 7 years, 8 months ago

Ai-Jen Poo

Season 1 Episode 9

In the 8th and last episode of Season 1, we discuss the elder boom, and the increasing importance of home care and domestic work in our society.

Award-winning activist Ai-Jen Poo, a leading advocate …

Published on 7 years, 9 months ago

Andrea Miller (Part 2)

Season 1 Episode 8

Andrea Miller is the president of the National Institute for Reproductive Health. We talk about the broad support among men for Roe vs. Wade, the Hyde Amendment, and the two most damaging misconcepti…

Published on 7 years, 9 months ago

Andrea Miller (Part 1)

Season 1 Episode 7

Andrea Miller is the president of the National Institute for Reproductive Health. We talk about the impact that reproductive legislation has in society and how it's historically been affected by safe…

Published on 7 years, 9 months ago

Joe Hartigan

Season 1 Episode 6

Joe Hartigan has cracked the code on how to effect change. He is a retired NYC Fire Department lieutenant and community activist since 1995. His passion, dedication, and consistency over many years b…

Published on 7 years, 9 months ago

Roland Augustine

Season 1 Episode 5

Roland Augustine is an art dealer, tireless activist, and active member at the Bard College Prison Initiative. We discuss the necessity of finding new ways of activism for social justice in our daily…

Published on 7 years, 10 months ago