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’60s Psychedelic Posters: Why This Visual Language Speaks to Us
Can works of art perfectly capture the look and feel of a generation? Let’s time-warp to San Francisco in the psychedelic 60s, when trippy band posters communicated far more than who was playing a show!
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Beyond Buzzwords: Diversity Is a Business Superpower with Emiliano Void (Episode #218)
Beyond Buzzwords: Diversity Is a Business Superpower with Emiliano Void (Episode #218) Diversity, equity, and inclusion aren’t just buzzwords—they’re powerful tools for making every workplace more human, innovative, and successful. Social entrepreneur Emiliano Void unpacks how identity, curiosity, and belonging…
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Growing a Revolution: How Community Gardens are Changing Your Neighborhood!
To leave a legacy that helps the world, you need only go as far as your local empty lot! By bringing gardens back to the empty spaces in NYC's neighborhoods, Hattie Carthan and Liz Christy started a movement that brought life to formerly desolate spaces, and their work is still flourishing all around the city's residents today.
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The Green Book: Why a 1950’s Travel Guide is Important Today!
In a time before the internet and GPS, Victor Green connected people all across the United States! He created a revolutionary travel guide that made the tradition of family road trips explode across the country! Here's how the Green Book changed history—and why you've probably never heard of it.
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Generations of Love Sewn into the Quilts of Gee’s Bend
In a tiny community tucked in a bend in the Alabama River, quilters are carrying on a tradition over a century old. In the past few decades, their quilts have moved from bedroom cupboards to the walls of museums across America! Here's their beautiful story.
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The Joy of Sharing Ageless Wisdom with the Next Generation
Whether you're just starting out on your journey or you've become a master of your craft, you can be a part of a cycle that goes back millennia. What is this ancient cycle and how can it apply to our lives today? Let's head to the hills of Colorado and find out!
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Solutions for an Underserved Workforce: Nursing Parents Rejoice! with Sascha Mayer (Episode #201)
Sascha Mayer is the founder of a company called Mamava, the Vermont business behind an entirely new product that stands out, not only for its brilliance, but also for its retroactively obvious necessity: Private pods for breastfeeding mothers.
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How One Woman Saved 40,000 Acres of Land Around Chicago with Kaaren Oldfield (Episode #198)
Kaaren Oldfield is a true unsung hero in Urban conservation. She’s helped preserve over 40,000 acres of green space around Chicago by spearheading 14 voter-approved referendums, raising more than $1 billion for forest preservation—creating a healthier, happier place to live in more ways than you’d expect.
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How to Make Meditation Work for You
Does meditation feel like an impossible chore? Here's how to reframe your way of thinking about your practice, and make meditation work for you.
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Why is the News so Negative?
You hear the complaint all the time, "Why is the news so negative?". The answer may have more to do with us than the actual state of the world.
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What Are Conductors Even Doing?
Most of us have pretended to be an orchestra conductor at some point in our lives. The interesting thing is, we actually understand, on some level, what we're doing, even if we know nothing about music! This is a fascinating and fun window into a world we never knew we shared.
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What’s Wrong with Being Angry?
Anger seems to be running rampant in society, but what's wrong with being angry? Here's a different way of looking at anger that may help us heal.
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