Beste Olha Podcasts (2024)

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Founding a peer-to-peer mental health charity with Milly Bannister 43:21

23d ago43:21

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In this episode of the Youth Mentor Podcast, we chat with Milly Bannister, founder of ALLKND, a charity dedicated to supporting youth mental health through its free, online Good Mate Training program. If you want to know how you can be a good mate for your loved ones and especially young people, or you've thought about what it takes to start a yout…

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Consent, Creativity and Community: Inside Evie Wilson's Stardust Squad 44:14

3M ago44:14

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Today, we're joined by Evie Wilson, the founder of Stardust Squad, a magical gathering place in regional Victoria, for girls aged 5-early teens years, where each girl is celebrated for her uniqueness, and empowered to explore the wonders of mindset, friendships, self love, health, growing older, communication + connection. In this episode, Evie sha…

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Supporting Young People Through an Aboriginal Cultural Lens with Louise O’Reilly 1:00:26

7M ago1:00:26

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In this episode we're joined by Louise O'Reilly who shares her perspective as an Aboriginal woman on how we can best support and mentor young people, drawing from her own lived experiences and past work as a youth worker. We talked about: Louise’s experience of growing up Aboriginal in Australia How Aboriginal kinship structures bring people closer…

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Episode 016: Esther Windt 1:25

7M ago1:25

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Episode 016: Esther Windt They're Telling Me Esther Windt is a trans writer who loves writing poems, short stories, and creative nonfiction, and is currently attending Saint Ambrose University. She has her work published in the Half and One magazine, as well as The Atlas 17 and 18, and Quercus Volume 32.…

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Episode 015: Elena Vallejo 2:51

7M ago2:51

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Episode 015: Elena Vallejo Oracion de viaje (A Travel Prayer) Elena Vallejo was born and raised in the Quad Cities and is currently studying Early Childhood Education, Theatre, and Writing at St. Ambrose University. In addition to poetry, Elena writes for the SAU school newspaper, writes for LOVE Girls Magzine, is an editor for SAU’s Quercus, and h…

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Episode 014: Haven O’Brian 4:37

7M ago4:37

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Episode 014: Haven O’Brian Untitled Haven O'Brian is an 11-year-old student at Hopewell Elementary. Haven loves reading and writing and is a passionate musician who enjoys playing the violin, piano, and alto saxophone. When not engaging in musical practice, she dedicates her time to volunteering for various causes she deeply cares about…

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Episode 013: Margie Mejia-Caraballo 3:31

7M ago3:31

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Episode 013: Margie Mejia-Caraballo I Died Waiting in Line Margie is a wife, mother, grandmother, sister and a social activist. Margie enjoys gardening and reading. Margie is very active in her community and sits on numerous boards and committees in both Illinois and Iowa.Von David Baker

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Episode 012: Farah Marklevits 1:48

7M ago1:48

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Episode 012: Farah Marklevits Leaf Season Farah Marklevits teaches and tutors at Augustana College in Rock Island, IL and lives with her family in Iowa. Her poems have appeared in Smartish Pace, West Branch, Michigan Quarterly Review, and other spaces.Von David Baker

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Episode 011: Olha Huska 3:00

7M ago3:00

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Episode 011: Olha Huska My Mom Drives Strangers to Work Olha Huska is a Junior Music Education Major at St. Ambrose University. Born In Ternopil, Ukraine, Ohla and their family immigrated to the States in November of 2004, and they have lived here ever since. Over the years, Ohla and their family have helped many people immigrate and settle, especi…

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Episode 010: John Hagar 1:20

7M ago1:20

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Episode 010: John Hagar Absent Neighbor John Hagar is the Director of the Galvin Fine Arts Center at St. Ambrose University. He is a writer, visual artist and musician. John believes that cruelty is the worst thing that we do and expanding empathy, through reading and experiencing the arts, is one avenue toward a less cruel world.…

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Episode 009: Philip Goldfarb Styrt 1:12

7M ago1:12

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Episode 009: Philip Goldfarb Styrt Quicquam Philip Goldfarb Styrt lives in Davenport with his wife, two children, and toothless dog. His poetry combines traditional forms of rhyme and meter with modern concepts and concerns, and has appeared in such venues as Quercus, The Eastern Iowa Review, and carte blanche. In the time he is not writing poetry,…

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Episode 008: Faith Foley 0:46

7M ago0:46

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Episode 008: Faith Foley the verdancy of animosity Faith Foley is a current student at St. Ambrose University. Her major is Early Childhood Education; She plans to graduate in 2027. Faith is a published author; she continues to write, along with taking part in other interests such as singing, painting, and hanging out with her pet chickens.…

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Episode 007: Jacob Duncan 2:08

7M ago2:08

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Episode 007: Jacob Duncan You Can’t Stop the Rain, But You Can Buy a Coat Jacob Duncan is a 24-year-old writer from Aledo, Illinois. He recently graduated from Monmouth College in 2022. Currently, he's working at a family-owned business in Burlington, Iowa while writing a novel in his free time. His largest literary inspirations come from magic-rea…

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Episode 006: Claire Dodson 1:19

7M ago1:19

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Episode 006: Claire Dodson safekeep Claire Dodson is a speech language pathologist by trade and a poet by vocation. Both (pre)occupations allow them to work with words and aspire towards cohesive, convivial communities in small ways.Von David Baker

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Episode 005: Melissa Conway 2:40

7M ago2:40

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Episode 005: Melissa Conway Like a Good Neighbor Melissa Conway is a lover of landlocked states, gas station slushies, and the drive back home. Melissa's work has been published in “Roads We’ve Taken” from Pearl City Press, “Sundog” from Fruit Salad Co, and more. You can find Melissa playing for the Quad City Rollers or out hiking with their dogs.…

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Episode 004: Ann Boaden 4:19

7M ago4:19

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Episode 004: Ann Boaden Radical Hospitality During Coffee Hour Ann Boaden is professor emerita of English at Augustana College. Her work appears in Another Chicago Magazine, Big Muddy, Blue Unicorn, From SAC, Ginosko, litbreak, The Other Journal, South Dakota Review, Tipton Poetry Journal, Windhover, and many others. Books include Light and Leaven …

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Episode 003: Sophia Best 1:33

7M ago1:33

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Episode 003: Sophia Best The Tree Still Bears Peaches in the Summer Sophia is a current writing student at WIU. In 2023, she won the Iowa Chapbook Prize and published “Pink Bathwater.” She participated in the Midwest Writing Center’s Young Emerging Writers program for three summers and is featured in the 13th, 14th, and 15th editions of the Atlas.…

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Episode 002: Cirissa Bentley 3:12

7M ago3:12

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Episode 002: Cirissa Bentley Under the Influence (The man on TV) Cirissa Bentley lives in the Quad City area with her husband, son, and two cats. She loves music, words, and Batman comics. Her work has been published in Phizzogs and Squash Blossom, college literary magazines with weird names. She hopes to make the world a better place with her writ…

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Episode 001: The Radical Hospitality Project 38:21

7M ago38:21

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The Radical Hospitality Project The Radical Hospitality Project is the product of a partnership between the Midwest Writing Center and The Galvin Fine Arts Center at St Ambrose University. Our project includes an upcoming print publication, a spoken word contest and this podcast all centered around the St. Ambrose College of Arts & Sciences 23-24 a…

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2024 Trends for Supporting Youth 26:53

8M ago26:53

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Join us in this inspiring episode of The Youth Mentor Podcast as Amanda recaps the 2024 Youth Mentor Conference and shares with you: some of the things that are working well for youth mentors, speakers, coaches, and educators as we head into 2024; some of the insights that the young people during the conference shared with us; some ideas for how yo…

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Lessons from Growing a Mentoring Program Quickly in Ukraine with Olha Ruda 43:50

11M ago43:50

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At the age of 25, Olha Ruda founded 10:11 - a mentorship program for high school students in Ukraine or who have fled the country. From a one-person show to now having over 150 mentors, they’ve delivered more than 1300 hours of mentoring. In this episode you’ll get to hear a snippet of an insightful session lead by Olha at our 2023 Youth Mentor Con…

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Crafting Your Impact and Building Credibility with Wil Massara 36:34

11M ago36:34

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Join us in this inspiring episode of The Youth Mentor Podcast as we sit down with Wil Massara, a visionary social entrepreneur who started his journey at just 11 years old. Wil takes us through his incredible story, from revolutionising youth leadership with the Youth Leadership Academy Australia to consulting for governments and organisations, bri…

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Allyship and Mentoring in Regional Australia with Mikhara Ramsing 35:12

11M ago35:12

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In this episode we chat with social entrepreneur Mikhara Ramsing about mentoring young people in regional Australia, writing programs for young people from culturally diverse backgrounds, running a tea social enterprise which funds suicide prevention and Ethnic LGBT+; a national resource platform for culturally and lignuistically diverse LGBTIQA+ c…

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Mentoring migrant and refugee youth with Enda Gilbert 44:16

1+ y ago44:16

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We're joined by Enda Gilbert, an educator, parental burnout practitioner and coach. Enda shared important and practical tips on how we can best support migrant and refugee young people. She then shared her 5 step process for building high quality partnerships with teens - really deep, beautiful things we can all do, whether we're parents, educators…

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Hosting rites of passage experiences for teens and their parents with Jaclyn Cunningham 45:43

1+ y ago45:43

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In this episode I chat with Jaclyn Cunningham about: the framework of a transformative Rites of Passage experience for teens and their parents, like a Mother-Daughter Retreat how she runs retreats like this tips for facilitators why parents love them and how she makes sure they are inclusive. You can find Jaclyn at http://motherdaughterretreats.com…

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Meet 3 youth mentors - a former early childhood teacher, a life coach and a UN development worker 31:07

1+ y ago31:07

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Meet 3 youth mentors - a former early childhood teacher, a life coach and a UN development worker. People become youth mentors for all sorts of reasons, and come to this work from all sorts of backgrounds. We want to introduce you to 3 of them today. Some have been doing this work for many years and some are new to the youth mentor space. In this e…

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Three things you need to be a GREAT youth mentor with Amanda Rootsey 19:19

1+ y ago19:19

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One of the things I hear the most from folks who know in their bones that they want to work with young people is that they’re not sure if they’re qualified/good/old/young/perfect enough. So, here are 3 things you need to be a great youth mentor! Enjoy this short episode with Amanda on her own, giving you a bit of a pep talk and sharing some of the …

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Beyond Body Positivity: Dismantling the Ladder of Body Hierarchies with Nicola Haggett 38:14

1+ y ago38:14

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Join us for a thought-provoking episode of The Youth Mentor Podcast, where Amanda sits down with body liberationist and Body Trust coach, Nicola Haggett. In this snippet of a conversation recorded at the 2022 Youth Mentor Conference, they delve into the complex topic of going beyond body positivity and dismantling body hierarchies. Listen in as the…

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Helping Young People Deal with Uncertainty with Sarah Found 54:55

1+ y ago54:55

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In this episode, we're excited to share with you insights from Sarah Found, a youth mentor and researcher who has recently completed a dissertation on helping young people build hope and resilience in the face of ambiguous loss and uncertainty. With the ongoing pandemic causing unprecedented challenges for everyone, particularly for young people, S…

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Telling it like it is to parents, dropping the labels and being unapologetically YOU with Reece Anderson 49:45

2y ago49:45

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In this episode, I chat with one of our youth mentors, Reece Anderson, about all sorts of things - it was a big, deep, fun chat! We covered: self-leadership and how to bring all of you into your mentoring work telling it like it is to parents and Reece's unique approach looking at the entire eco-system and environment at home when supporting young …

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Honouring your Youth Mentor Archetype with Amanda Rootsey 44:40

2y ago44:40

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In this episode, find out what your youth mentor archetype is and how to use it to be the best youth mentor you can be for the youth in your community. Understanding this early on can cut your learning curve so much, help you focus where you're going to have the biggest impact and ensure you can support more young people. To deepen the learning in …

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Supporting teens to regulate their nervous system with Gina Nelson 34:38

2y ago34:38

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In this episode, Amanda is joined by licensed therapist and teen resilience coach Gina Nelson. Gina shares about how we can start to help young people to map out their nervous system, catch when they're going into fight or flight mode and self-regulate their emotions and mood. Such an important discussion! You can find Gina Nelson at authenticgains…

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Mentoring 1:1 with teens - what works and what doesn't with Bec Coldicutt 45:28

2y ago45:28

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In this episode of The Youth Mentor Podcast, we chat to Bec Coldicutt from Rebel StarSeeds in Auckland, New Zealand. It's a big episode and we cover a lot, including Bec's previous careers in law and as a teacher and then starting her youth mentoring business, Rebel StarSeeds. We talk about why she left the classroom, managing boundaries with mente…

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The power of journalling for teens going through challenges with Jenna Lee 15:00

2y ago15:00

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In this episode we chat with author, coach and mentor Jenna Lee about supporting women and teens to confidently express themselves through writing. Jenna shares her story around being a teen and not knowing how to express herself, how journalling helped transform her life and also about how she got started writing books. Jenna shares her recommenda…

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Celebrating menarche with first moon circles with Charlotte Pointeaux 43:05

2+ y ago43:05

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In this episode we chat with Charlotte Pointeaux about holding first moon circles to celebrate and support young people around their first period. Charlotte shares in depth about the magic of circles, how to set up the space so it’s really respectful and open, how to normalise this discussion around periods, how to make sure your circles are inclus…

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What is freedom today? | Slavoj Žižek 1:41:55

2+ y ago1:41:55

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Isn't Ukraine too much hurt because of its desire for freedom? We will be able to discuss this live with a lecturer who is in the TOP-25 of the world's best intellectuals according to Prospect Magazine (UK) and Foreign Policy (USA). He was nicknamed "Elvis of Theory of Culture" and "the most dangerous philosopher in the world." Slavoj has two degre…

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Building resilience through long-term programs with Janaiha Bennett 49:12

2+ y ago49:12

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In this episode we chat with Executive Director of the Youth Leadership Foundation, Janaiha Bennett about mentoring amidst and post pandemic; building resilience through long-term programs; her journey of starting out as a participant at YLF and now being the Executive Director; details on how they deliver their programs and get funding; plus more!…

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Genocide and the War in Ukraine | Norman M. Naimark 1:03:01

2+ y ago1:03:01

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American historian Norman M. Naimark is the Robert and Florence McDonnell Professor of Eastern European Studies at Stanford University and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. Norman writes on modern Eastern European history, genocide, and ethnic cleansing in the region. He is one of our most respected experts on the Soviet era. He is a membe…

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Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine | Timothy Snyder 1:04:30

2+ y ago1:04:30

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Timothy David Snyder is an American author and historian specializing in the history of Central and Eastern Europe and the Holocaust. He is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He has written several books, including the best-sellers “Bloodlands: Europe Be…

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Public lecture of Philip George Zimbardo 1:07:27

2+ y ago1:07:27

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Join the public lecture of American psychologist and a professor emeritus at Stanford University Philip George Zimbardo. His world-famous Stanford prison experiment in 1971 was exploring how the social role imposed on a person affects his behavior. Zimbardo has authored various introductory psychology textbooks for college students, and other notab…

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New nuclear security | Kate Brown & Olha Martynyuk 49:24

2+ y ago49:24

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«New nuclear security» of Thomas M. Siebel Distinguished Professor in the History of Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Kate Brown and Professor at the NTU «Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute» Olha Martynyuk. Kate and Olha will discuss nuclear security issues as they have unfolded in Ukraine in the last four weeks. Kate Brown is …

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Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine | Fiona Hill 1:15:25

2+ y ago1:15:25

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Fiona Hill is an British-American political scientist, former deputy assistant to the president and senior director for European and Russian affairs on the US National Security Council. The lecturer has a reputation as one of the world's best political scientists — specialists in Russia’s questions. According to Gill, pre-revolutionary Russia is th…

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Russia's invasion of Ukraine: what's next | Michael A. McFaul 1:00:25

2+ y ago1:00:25

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Dr. Michael A. McFaul served for five years in the Obama administration, first as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Russian and Eurasian Affairs at the National Security Council at the White House (2009-2012), and then as U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation (2012-2014). During the discussion, Michael A. McFaul and the…

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Antifragile: how things gain from disorder | Nassim Nicholas Taleb 55:55

2+ y ago55:55

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a leading international intellectual, the author of bestselling books “The Black Swan” and “Skin in the game”. Nassim’s KSE public talk discussed the concept of antifragility and its practical application to the current situation in Ukraine. KSE Public lectures with top world intellectuals serve to demonstrate solidarity wi…

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The Foundation of Propagandistic Speech | Jason Stanley 1:08:30

2+ y ago1:08:30

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Jason Stanley is the Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy at Yale University. Before coming to Yale in 2013, he was Distinguished Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Rutgers University. Stanley is the author of Know How; Languages in Context; Knowledge and Practical Interests, which won the American Philosophical Association book prize; a…

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They try to kill every single Ukrainian | Anne Applebaum 1:04:49

2+ y ago1:04:49

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“I think it is a genocidal behavior. They try to kill every single Ukrainian. That was what Hitler tried to do with Jews”, – told during the public talk for #GlobalMinds4Ukraine Anne Applebaum, a leading historian and commentator on Ukraine, Russia, and Eastern Europe. Anne is a Pulitzer Prize-winner and author at The Atlantic. She has written seve…

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Russia's invasion and global economy| Paul Krugman 58:10

2+ y ago58:10

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Paul Krugman is the sole recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his work on international trade theory in 2008. He has taught at Yale, M.I.T. and Stanford. He is distinguished professor in the Graduate Center Economics Ph.D. program and distinguished scholar at the Stone Center for Socioeconomic Inequality at the City Univer…

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Starting a youth non-profit with Grenita Brooks 29:38

2+ y ago29:38

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In this episode Amanda is joined by Grenita Brooks, who doesn’t hold anything back in sharing how she started her not-for-profit for girls, how she then expanded and changed the not for profit to include all genders, how her community and school programs run, how her board of directors get funding and what she wished she knew when she was starting …

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Being an Inclusive Youth Mentor with Sharyn Holmes 23:57

3y ago23:57

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Know what you need to be aware of, and the work that needs to be done, to ensure we're minimising harm with marginalised youth and the practical steps we can take to ensure we're holding inclusive spaces, from the way we design programs, how we hold space and even the venues we book! Topics covered include disability, race, gender, intersectionalit…

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2022 Season 3 Welcome with Amanda Rootsey 22:34

3y ago22:34

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Welcome to season 3! Amanda is solo in this episode, sharing what's been happening this past year at Shine From Within HQ and what you can expect from this new season of the podcast (like how to be an inclusive youth mentor, how to engage with teens online and so much more!). She also shares about our upcoming Youth Mentor Conference, our new certi…

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