The Beth Zemsky Podcast

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Over It So Now What with Liz Loeb (BZP025) Feb 20, 2022

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Welcome back to a new episode of Interact/Interconnect: The Beth Zemsky Podcast!!! Over the past few months, I’ve taken a break from the podcast to share with you the Facing Change Building Board Diversity (link) videos. These videos are still available on my website in case you haven’t yet had a chance to check them … Continue reading "Over It So Now What with Liz Loeb (BZP025)"

With Guest Athena Atkins (BZP024) Jun 09, 2021

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With Guest Athena Adkins

Abolitionism with LaDonna Sanders Redmond (BZP023) Mar 01, 2021

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Many people understand abolitionism as something connected to the effort to end chattel slavery in the US that ended with the Civil War and Emancipation. In this episode of the podcast, Beth is joined by LaDonna Sanders Redmond to discuss modern day abolitionism as a paradigm for healing our institutional systems and ourselves from oppression. … Continue reading "Abolitionism with LaDonna Sanders Redmond (BZP023)"

The People’s Inauguration (BZP022) Jan 19, 2021

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I am honored that this episode of the podcast is launched in partnership with Valarie Kaur’s People’s Inauguration https://thepeoplesinauguration.org/ Valarie organized this People’s Inauguration out of the recognition that while a renewed functional government is necessary, it will not alone transform our communities into places were all of us are valued and free. Rather all of us … Continue reading "The People’s Inauguration (BZP022)"

Nisha Anand from Dream Corps (BZP021) Nov 12, 2020

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Beth welcomes Nisha Anand from Dream Corps to the Beth Zemsky Podcast. Links for more: https://www.thedreamcorps.org https://www.ted.com/talks/nisha_anand_the_radical_act_of_choosing_common_ground_nov_2020

Public Allies Twin Cities 10th Anniversary (BZP020) Aug 23, 2020

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For this episode, Beth catches up with her longtime friends Antonio Cardona, LaCora Bradford Kesti, and Ernest Comer – three of the people who have been instrumental in the impact Public Allies Twin Cities has been making in the lives of young people and the broader community for the last ten years. We dig into … Continue reading "Public Allies Twin Cities 10th Anniversary (BZP020)"

Revolutionary Love with Valarie Kaur (BZP019) Jun 12, 2020

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For this episode, via Zoom from California, Beth welcomes her old friend and colleague, civil rights attorney, writer, filmmaker, activist, and current world-changer, Valarie Kaur. With her new book, See No Stranger (www.SeeNoStranger.com), hot off the press, and the Revolutionary Love Project (www.RevolutionaryLoveProject.com) she founded going viral online, we catch up with Valarie for … Continue reading "Revolutionary Love with Valarie Kaur (BZP019)"

Intentionality in Crisis (BZP018) May 03, 2020

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In our first ever Zoom episode of the Beth Zemsky Podcast (and our second one featuring Beth’s dog, Bert), we focus in on how opportunities for introspection and systemic change are often brought about by crisis. We talk about how crisis can often reveal things about ourselves and our organizations that we’d maybe rather not see, and about the temptation … Continue reading "Intentionality in Crisis (BZP018)"

Restorative Justice with Cynthia Zwicky (BZP017) Feb 09, 2020

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In this episode of the podcast, we talk with Beth’s longtime friend and colleague Cynthia Zwicky about the ancient tradition and emerging movement work field of Restorative Justice. While we talk about Cynthia’s experience primarily within the context of the education system, we also reflect on how the practice of restorative justice can provide a … Continue reading "Restorative Justice with Cynthia Zwicky (BZP017)"

Leadership with David Nicholson (BZP016) Nov 25, 2019

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On today’s episode, we tackle the huge topic of leadership with Beth’s longtime friend and colleague, former Executive Director of the Headwaters Foundation for Justice, David Nicholson. We take a bit of a “thinking-out-loud” approach to the topic and frame it within the scope of the many kinds of leadership currently on display in this country … Continue reading "Leadership with David Nicholson (BZP016)"

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