What can we learn about making social and political change from talking to professional change-makers? This work takes a combination of persistence, shrewdness, and luck. On the Battles We Pick podcast, skilled advocates and organizers talk about how they deal with the various challenges they confront.
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Welcome to Bedtime Stories. From the paranormal to the supernatural, unsolved mysteries, strange deaths, cryptids, and the most disturbing of true crime, we’ll bring you stories from around the world, all told in a unique and bone-chilling way. New episodes every Wednesday.
To submit story ideas, email: bedtime.stories@outlook.com
From the producers of the DSR Network of podcasts comes a special limited series providing unique, high-level expert perspectives on the most consequential international summit that will take place this year–the COP 28 global climate summit to be held in Dubai from during the first two weeks of December. This limited series will feature excerpts from high-level, invitation only roundtable discussions on the most critical issues facing the planet as it seeks to contain the threat posed by the climate crisis. Featuring expert hosts and in-depth, candid conversations, the series will be one of the best places to gain insights into what COP 28 will and will not accomplish.
Nerd-level talks with Judges, Justices, and attorneys about Civil Trials and Appeals, mostly in Houston but throughout Texas.
The debut album from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Stream for safety tips related to bikes, scooters, phones, ATVs, smoke alarms, and more. Download for free on CPSC.gov/music
There’s a spirit to the Great Lakes. Points North captures it through true stories of grit, wonder, and adventure alongside America’s inland seas. It’s part documentary, part road trip, part excuse to go somewhere interesting and poke around. New episodes every other Tuesday.
Are you fed up with the never ending crises in the news? Are you looking for Order amidst the Disorder? Listen to the Disorder Podcast as we offer forward thinking solutions to the biggest challenges of the day. We are living through an age of unrivaled disorder: an out-of-control Trump Administration, never ending scandals, escalating threats from China, Iran, and Russia, and the rapid march of destabilizing tech. The “good guys” – rules-based ordering centrists – are on the back foot, while neo-populist strongmen gain ground by fuelling more and more chaos. But there are ways out of this mess. Join us as we Order the Disorder. Each week, host Jason Pack, co-hosts Jane Kinnimont and Mark Lobel, world-leading experts, senior diplomats and cultural icons, present their solutions to problems like: why are centrists losing and populist strongmen winning? How do we save our democracies? How do we deal with threats from Disorderers like Iran and Russia? And how do we build multilateral coalitions that work, how can we regulate AI, defend Ukraine, and fight climate change? All in a world without American leadership? Disorder is the go-to podcast for anyone who wants intelligent, thoughtful solutions to the Disorder engulfing our mad mad mad mad world. To join our Mega Orderers Club, and get ad free listening, early episode releases, bonus content and exclusive access to live events, visit disordershow.com/club Website: https://disordershow.com/
Justice. Security. Health. Technology. The on-the-ground realities of homelessness. The infinite possibilities of space.
These are all big issues – bigger than any one organization can handle. Truly tackling the problems and opportunities inherent in these big societal concerns will take a concerted effort from all walks of society – public agencies and private companies, non-profits and academics, multinational foundations and community activists. But no matter what teams are assembled, government will play a key role in constructing the scaffolding on which solutions are built.
Government’s Future Frontiers will examine what it takes to confront some of the most pressing issues of today, and the emerging questions that will help build the future. We’ll look at what it takes to build the coalitions of public and private sector players who can take on these issues, and share the solutions and ideas that are emerging from around the globe. Because we can’t predict all the issues that will emerge in the coming years – but we can provide a roadmap to how those issues may be resolved.
Government’s Future Frontiers is brought to you by Deloitte Insights and the Center for Government Insights.
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Welcome to “Leadership Forward for a Better Arizona,” where you’ll meet Arizonans with innovative answers to our state’s greatest challenges.
Your guide on this inspiring journey toward a brighter Arizona is Dawn Wallace of the Arizona Center for Civic Leadership at the Flinn Foundation, who brings you thought-provoking conversations, insightful stories, and expert perspectives on leadership, policy, and community development. Her guests include visionary change-makers, civic leaders, entrepreneurs, and advocates working in areas from education and sustainability to healthcare and economic growth.
The monthly show explores how these issues are interconnected and how visionary leaders are finding innovative solutions to propel Arizona into a brighter future.
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