Solutionary Voices

When Neutrality Becomes Dangerous

Reverend Kevin Ross, known as Rev Kev, brings a faith-rooted and justice-centered vision of public courage to this episode of Solutionary Voices. Kevin identifies “danger

Peter Singer: Animal Liberation and the Next Moral Frontier

Peter Singer, philosopher and author of Animal Liberation, discusses fifty years of the modern animal liberation movement and where reason, emotion, and effective altruis

The Importance of Immeasurables

Abby Falik, Co-Founder of The Flight School and creator of the Taking Flight Substack, shares insights from her career reimagining learning as animation, co-creation, and

Can Awakening Help Heal a Divided World?

Richard Lang, a teacher of the Headless Way, shares a direct practice for noticing our true nature. Richard describes this awakening not as a belief or, philosophy, but a

How to Resist Algorithmic Drift

Rahim Hirji, author of Super Skills: The Seven Human Skills for the Age of AI and creator of Box of Amazing, explores what it means to stay fully human as intelligent mac

When Hope Becomes a Verb

Rae Sikora, Co-Founder of the Institute for Humane Education, reflects on more than four decades of humane education rooted in compassion for all life. At the heart of th

Educating for Agency in an Age of Distraction

Navin Amarasuriya, CEO of the Contentment Foundation, explores what it means to educate for agency, attention, compassion, and contentment in a time shaped by persuasive

Can We Build a World That Works for All?

Shariff Abdullah, author of Creating a World That Works for All and founder of the Commonway Institute, frames his life’s work around a deceptively simple question: how d

The Olympic Medalist Challenging Dairy’s Myths

Dotsie Bausch, Olympic silver medalist and Founder of Switch4Good, discusses how cycling saved her life and how compassion shaped her life’s work. Dotsie traces her shift

The System Failures Behind Opioid Addiction

Dr. Andrew Kolodny, medical director of the Opioid Policy Research Collaborative at Brandeis University, frames the opioid crisis as an epidemic of opioid addiction roote

The Real Drivers Behind Inequity In America

Ayo Magwood, founder of Uprooting Inequity, focuses on reducing racial and income disparities through measurable, system-level interventions, particularly in healthcare.

From Success to Service

Nimo Patel’s story follows several forms of success, including business, music, entrepreneurship, and performance, before arriving at a deeper definition of purpose. The

What US Students Learned Living on $2 a day

Shirin Karsan, a former refugee from Uganda, long-time educator, and peacebuilder, explores how conflict, bias, and disconnection persist when we fail to pay attention to

Rethinking Journalism in an Age of Complexity

Andrew Revkin, longtime environmental journalist and former New York Times reporter, reflects on how decades of covering climate have reshaped his understanding of the ro

Human Connection in the Age of AI

Michelle Culver, founder of The Rithm Project and former leader of Teach For America’s Reinvention Lab, is focused on rebuilding human connection in a world increasingly

What Happens When You Stop Chasing Goals?

Rudy Karsan, an immigrant from Kenya and a serial entrepreneur who experienced repeated bankruptcies before selling a company to IBM for more than $1 billion, describes a

Can Generosity Become Contagious?

In this episode, Tom Cledwyn reframes generosity from a private moral act into a visible cultural force that can inspire wider participation. Through his own kidney donat

Rethinking Education for a Complex World

Mary Pat Champeau, Director of Graduate Programs at the Institute for Humane Education, reflects on a lifetime of work in global education systems—from the Peace Corps to

Can Personal Healing Change the World?

In this episode, Mark Anderson explores the idea that nervous-system literacy is a missing foundation in both personal well-being and social change. Reflecting on his own

The Hidden Ideology Shaping What We Eat

In this episode, Melanie Joy unpacks carnism as the invisible belief system that conditions people to see some animals as worthy of compassion while accepting the abuse o