The Conspiracy of Goodness Podcast
Hosted by Dr. Lynda Ulrich, Goodness Exchange Co-Founder
The Conspiracy of Goodness Podcast is designed to give you more joy, less fear, and no end to the evidence that a bright future is possible. Each episode, we help you make sense of the world by introducing you to people tackling some of the world’s most difficult problems and show you why they still think the future is bright.
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Past Episodes
53 min listen
How to Build a Life Around Your Strengths with Gary Bolles (Episode #71)
Gary Bolles is a master at understanding and managing disruption. As the Chair for the Future of Work for Singularity University, he helps others understand the impact of exponential change and how to navigate it.
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41 min listen
Test Drive Your Dreams: Choosing Your Own Adventures with Christie Albrecht (Episode #70)
Imagine you could take your wildest dreams and aspirations and take them on a quick test run without having to leave your job. That is Christie Albrecht’s gift to the world through her book, You Make the Path by Walking!
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58 min listen
6 Approaches For When You Are Thrust Into Change with Lisa Gable (Episode #69)
Presidential and Secretarial Advisor, U.S. Ambassador, UN Delegate, Corporate Executive, WSJ Bestselling Author with Leadership at the Highest Levels of Business, Government, and Military Sectors, Public Speaker - all things that describe Lisa Gable’s impact on the world!
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58 min listen
Trust the River of Life: Stop Rowing Upstream with Debbie Gisonni (Episode #68)
If you are starting to think your dreams and goals need an update, this episode will open many amazing new paths of possibility, including a very fresh take on UN-following your dreams and creating better ones!
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66 min listen
Rethinking How We Solve Problems By Using “Appreciative Inquiry” with David Cooperrider (Episode #67)
David L. Cooperrider has proved that it’s in finding strengths that we render weaknesses irrelevant.
David is said to be a giant of generosity and discovery as well as one of the most outstanding scholars of our generation! I can’t think of anyone better to teach us how we can rethink solving the problems by using Appreciative Inquiry.
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7 Million Pajamas to Kids in Need: Helping Where You Can with Genevieve Piturro (Episode #66)
Genevieve’s life changed forever the day she made it her mission to get children in emergency shelters across New York City a pair of pajamas. When you help wherever you can, even the simplest gestures can have a massive impact. Genevieve Piturro is the founder of the Pajama Program, an initiative that helps kids in need get the clothes they need.
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Setbacks Help You Find Who You Are with Jason Connolly (Episode #65)
Jason Connolly’s story of success didn’t start in a life of luxury or privilege. From the very beginning, he learned how to struggle until he found success within the setbacks.
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Building Extraordinary Relationships: The 5 Habits of Human Connection with Riaz Meghji (Episode #64)
Riaz Meghji has over 20 years of experience as a broadcast interviewer and presenter for several brands. He now serves as a human connection keynote speaker, helping leaders build trust, meaningful relationships, and inclusive cultures in our hybrid reality.
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Embracing All Parts of You: What You See vs Who You Are with Annemarie Shrouder (Episode #63)
Annemarie Shrouder is passionate about creating healthy workplace communities where people feel seen, heard and valued – and can thrive.
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60 min listen
Embrace Change: Turn it into the Spice of Life! with Rodney Flowers (Episode #62)
When we left our last conversation with Rodney Flowers, we learned how a football injury almost took away his mobility completely. Instead of giving up, he made a conscious decision to transform his destiny to inspire others to do the same.
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41 min listen
A Year of Living Kindly: Lessons Learned with Donna Cameron (Episode #61)
Donna Cameron, After many incredible years in nonprofit management, has been spending her time “pursuing unanswerable questions in good company.” She started this journey by living out one year of being intentionally kind, one day at a time.
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Showing Up for Others: Life Isn’t a Spectator Sport with Rodney Flowers (Episode #60)
Rodney Flowers was a young, healthy athlete with dreams of a future in the NFL, until at age 15, he experienced a football injury that left him paralyzed. Doctors told him that he would never walk again.
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55 min listen
Kindness Koin$: Harnessing Technology to Advance Humanity with Bert Pope (Episode #59)
Today's guest on the Conspiracy of Goodness Podcast is Bert Pope, a widower raising 4 kids and the Creator and CEO of the Awesome Company, took the world by storm when he decided to make a social network for the good of mankind.
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61 min listen
The Power of Positive Work Cultures with Sunny Grosso (Episode #58)
Today’s thought leader is Sunny Grosso. Sunny is a founding member of the Delivering Happiness consulting team. She is a master coach, a global speaker, and a culture changer, working directly with organizations worldwide.
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71 min listen
The New Model to Defend Nature & Community: Empower Women with Damien Mander (Episode #57)
You would never initially think that women would make some of the best game wardens in all of Africa and lead to complete social reform within the community! There is a lot to learn here, and today we’re going to dive head first into a world of social entrepreneurship with Damien Mander.
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50 min listen
Is Happiness Just for Humans? Why Machines Should Love with Mo Gawdat (Episode #56)
Mo Gawdat, former Chief Business Officer of Google X, tells us that we can teach machines to work with remarkable Happiness, Love, and Compassion! And here’s why that could be really good news: Mo describes a possible future where Artificial Intelligence can amplify these three impulses a billion times over! In this episode, he shares with us exactly how to get there.
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60 min listen
The Key to Success: Mistakes and Risks with Ann Makosinski (Episode #55)
What could you achieve if you gave your full attention to something without worrying about other people’s opinions on it? Today’s guest has been impacting the world for the better with her ingenious designs from the age of 15 till now.
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54 min listen
Why it’s Okay to Ask Questions About Our Differences with Dina Zuckerberg (Episode #54)
Today, more than ever, people are celebrating diversity and realizing that we can reach unimaginable heights together when we combine our strengths. The news and social media may seem pretty dark, but experience tells us that just under the surface, a new era is opening for us all, and we will have the opportunity to change division into discovery.
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