What’s your vision for the future? For yourself, your community, and humanity? The leaders interviewed on the This is Candor podcast come from all backgrounds, including entrepreneurs, investors, adventurers, researchers, mindfulness experts, and more. Their stories and the wisdom they impart may just inspire you to contemplate and take action on your vision.
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Recapturing our attention, building resilience, and bringing compassion into the workplace with Lori Schwanbeck, Mindfulness based emotional intelligence consultant
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Today’s episode features Lori Schwanbeck. Lori is a passionate advocate for creating lives of meaning and engagement in both personal and professional realms. In this conversation we hear about her journey from marketing, to psychology and mindfulness, how we can start to recapture our attention so we can live fully, bringing compassion and gratitu…
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Sustainable and social good investing with Zécca Lehn, General Partner of Responsibly Ventures
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On today’s episode I’m joined by Zécca Lehn. He’s the General Partner of Responsibly Ventures, backing U.S. PreSeed startups in both Social and Sustainable Tech. Zécca shares how his upbringing in an off grid house on San Juan island laid the early foundations for caring about sustainability and how he achieved a 20 year goal to be investing in sus…
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Learn impact measurement strategies with Laura Budzyna, Associate Director for Innovation Practice at MIT D-Lab
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On today’s episode, I’m joined by Laura Budzyna. She’s the Associate Director for Innovation Practice at MIT D-Lab. We chat about MIT D-LABs unique design mindset approach to development, different impact measurement strategies, and how you can make data more fun. Laura Budzyna’s Bio: Laura Budzyna is a global development practitioner and evaluator…
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Changing the narrative around Muslim Women and supporting girl’s education with Jana Amin, Egyptian-American Advocate
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On today’s episode I’m joined by Jana Amin. Jana is a 17-year-old Egyptian-American advocate for changing the narrative around Muslim Women and gender parity. In this episode Jana discusses: Hosting 17 speakers, ranging from Suzanne Ehlers, CEO of the Malala Fund to Nibras Khudaida, Refugee and Human Rights Activist, on her 17th birthday to bring a…
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Bringing the science-based benefits of mindfulness to schools and businesses with Curtis Smith, Founder of Moment of Mindfulness
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On today’s episode I’m joined by Curtis Smith. Curtis is the founder of Moment of Mindfulness where he empowers corporate and educational communities to activate their best intentions through culturally responsive and evidence-based mindfulness tools. In this episode Curtis discusses: Co-founding a school and leading the character development curri…
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On today’s episode I’m joined by Paolo Gallo. He’s the author of “The Compass & The Radar: the art of building a rewarding career while remaining true to yourself” and the founder of Compass Consulting. Previously he served as Chief HR Officer at the World Economic Forum and Chief Learning Officer at the World Bank. In the conversation, Paolo discu…
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Cultivating mental hygiene and breaking mental health stigmas with Dr. Raghu Appasani, Founder and CEO of The MINDS Foundation
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On today’s episode, I’m joined by Dr. Raghu Appasani. Raghu is a psychiatrist, Neuroscientist, Mental Health Advocate, and the founder & CEO of The MINDS Foundation, a mental health nonprofit focused on bridging the gap between western and eastern practices to create a wholesome society. In this episode, Raghu discusses the importance of mental hyg…
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Elevating innovators and activists with Carolina García Jayaram, Executive Director of The Elevate Prize Foundation
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On today’s episode I’m joined by Carolina García Jayaram, the founding executive director of The Elevate Prize Foundation. The mission of the foundation is to amplify the impact of innovators, activists and problem-solvers. In its first year, the global entrepreneurship competition powered by MIT SOLVE had nearly 1300 applicants from 119 countries.…
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Adventuring with purpose and finding your place in the environmental movement with Gregg Treinish, Founder and Executive Director of Adventure Scientists
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On today’s episode I’m joined by Gregg Trienish, the Founder and Executive director of Adventure Scientists. Since their founding in 2011, Adventure Scientists has sent thousands of volunteer adventurers on missions to collect data from remote, difficult-to-access locations for scientists and conservation partners. Gregg's passion for scientific di…
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Collaborative investing in world changing start ups with Trish Costello - CEO and co-founder of Portfolia
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On today's episode, I'm joined by Trish Costello. She's the founder and CEO of Portfolia, which offers a radically different investing process designed for women and other emerging investors. They're building a movement to collectively invest in diverse founders solving problems that were often previously ignored, like in women's health, active agi…
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Entrepreneurship, remote work, privacy and more with Paul Jarvis - Author of Company of One and co-founder of Fathom
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Many of the guests on This is Candor question the status quo. This is certainly true of today’s guest, Paul Jarvis. Paul is a designer, writer, and serial entrepreneur. He’s the author of Company of One which explores why bigger isn’t always better in business. He’s also the co-founder of a privacy web analytics product called Fathom and shares his…
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On today’s episode I’m joined by Patrick Walker. Patrick is a co-founder of Uptime app, a next-generation learning app that feeds curious minds with curated videos from the world’s leading experts. We talk about his background in education, journalism, and social media, Uptime app’s launch on Earth day, and why the word “care” is planted at the hea…
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The world's first initiative to measure human rights with Anne-Marie Brook - Co-founder of HRMI
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On today’s episode I’m joined by Anne Marie Brook. Anne-Marie is the Co-founder of the Human Right Measurement Initiative, or HRMI. HRMI is the first organization to track the human rights performance of countries. We recorded this conversation a few weeks ago and bringing awareness to HRMI is more relevant than ever with the movement for racial ju…
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This week there will not be a regular episode of This is Candor. Instead, I’m participating in #PodcastBlackout to amplify black voices. Please refer to the following links to learn about and support the movement for racial justice. Donate: Black Lives Matter The Bail Project National Bail Fund Network NAACP Legal Defense Fund ACLU Learn and take a…
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On today’s episode I’m joined by Samantha Stein, a technologist, writer, and artist. Samantha was named a World Economic Forum Media Leader for the years she spent predicting the consequences of emerging technologies and is currently focused on mental health and the digital subconscious. Her art is produced under the name WOMBKIND and explores the …
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In today’s episode of This is Candor I’m joined by Jamie Alexander, founding Director of Drawdown Labs at Project Drawdown. “Drawdown” refers to the future point in time when levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere stop climbing and start to steadily decline. Project Drawdown has created a comprehensive list of the most substantive solutions t…
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On today’s episode of This is Candor I’m joined by Madeline Holland. Madeline is the co-CEO of Talent Beyond Boundaries, or TBB for short. Talent Beyond Boundaries is the only organization in the world connecting refugees to international job opportunities, opening labor mobility as a complementary solution to traditional refugee resettlement. We t…
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Ocean conservation with Cristina Mittermeier - Nat Geo photographer and co-founder of Sea Legacy
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On today’s episode I’m joined by Cristina Mittermeier. Cristina has been a writer, conservationist and photographer for the past 25 years. She has an expansive life resume that includes being the co-founder of Sea Legacy, a non-profit dedicated to protecting the ocean, showcasing her photography in hundreds of publications, being named as one of th…
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On today’s episode, I’m joined by Vanessa Nakate. Vanessa is climate activist and the founder of the Rise Up movement. We talk about her path to climate activism and how she's empowering climate activists across Africa. 📍 Kampala, Uganda --- 🎙️ Hosted by Megan Doepker 📝 Show notes: https://www.thisiscandor.com/podcast/vanessa-nakate 💡 Feedback? Sug…
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