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Miguel is a Commissioner at Colorado State Fair, Board Member at Coalition Against Global Genocide and On-Air Personality / Producer at Latin Life Denver. He has served on Dolores Huerta Foundation and Mi Casa Resource Center. He is an active participant in elections and has been in law enforcement and worked as a journalist.

Miguel's Facebook Page | https://www.facebook.com/MiguelBacaBarragan/about
Latinlife Denver | https://www.latinlifedenver.com/
Become an Elecation Judge | https://www.denvergov.org/Government/Agencies-Departments-Offices/Office-of-the-Clerk-and-Recorder/Elections-Division/become-an-election-judge
COAGG | https://www.coagg.o

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Desiree, co-founder of Grinding Stone Collective and producer of the First Foods Podcast, is a Miwok multimedia journalist, and a live-media event producer. You can see lots of her documentary photography now in the New Mexico Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe, NM at the Beyond Standing Rock exhibit.
 
Some of her recent notable work is speaking at Princeton University in April 2019 and again in November 2020. With the Firestarter Films crew as an Associate Producer, Camera Operator and Investigative Journalist on the feature-length documentary film Akicita: The Battle of Standing Rock, our project premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. She was part of the organizing body the did Boulder Valley Indigenous People’s Day 2019, which was heavily focused on #MMIWG2S, the epidemic that takes so many lives of Native women, girls, and two spirits.
(Read her full bio here- https://bit.ly/3i57nVA)

Roger Wolsey (@RogerWolsey) is a Spiritual Director, United Methodist pastor, Speaker, Writer, and fellow Human. He leads with his heart to bring us into community with one another. A passionate advocate for social justice, Roger has the unique capacity to sit with the discomfort of difference. This allows him to move past the common reactions to find connections others might not be able to achieve. He writes for several online publications and published his first book, Kissing Fish, in 2011 and currently serves on the board of ProgressiveChristianity.org.

Erik and I invited them on the show because they are both inspiring humans who have developed the skills to engage folks effectively in the face of disinformation. Given everything we have been facing and expect to face, we thought other folks would appreciate the opportunity to learn from their experience and expertise.

Questions can be submitted before the event here: https://app.sli.do/event/jod8sbka #604434

Referenced items:

The illusion of explanatory depth (IoED), Do you understand how a zipper works?

First Foods- https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=230281248632461&ref=watch_permalink

Grindingstone- https://www.Grindingstone.org

What To Know About Disinformation History, Tactics, and Real-Life Examples- https://e-rosalie.medium.com/what-to-know-about-disinformation-history-tactics-and-real-life-examples-95ab13f0254

Books recommended on the show:
When Everything Matters by Dr Cindy Blackstock
The Way of Love by Bishop Michael Curry
Cult of Trump by Steven Hassan- https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Cult-of-Trump/Steven-Hassan/9781982127343

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Vanessa Otero is the creator of the Media Bias Chart, and the Founder and CEO of Ad Fontes Media 

A licensed patent attorney in the Denver, Colorado area, Vanessa holds  a B.A. in English from UCLA and a J.D. from the University of Denver. Vanessa’s formal education and professional career has centered on analytical reading, writing and reasoning, creating an ideal background for her to create a content analysis methodology for evaluating text.  

Alarmed by the unhealthy state of the media ecosystem, Vanessa used  her expertise in content analysis  to create the original Media Bias Chart in 2016. Then in 2018, she founded Ad Fontes Media to fulfill the need revealed by the popularity of the chart–namely, to meet the demand for a map to help people navigate the complex media landscape, and for comprehensive content analysis of media sources themselves. Today, Ad Fontes Media uses a systematic approach to content analysis in which a team of politically-balanced professional analysts examine and categorize news content creating data that is useful to news consumers, educators, marketers, and even publishers themselves. Ad Fontes also offers training in its content analysis methodology through products and services for educational institutions and for individuals.

Vanessa is on the Board of Directors of Community Radio for Northern Colorado and is on the Advisory Council of Media Literacy Now. Vanessa has also been published or featured in articles and blogs on news literacy, news bias and free speech, social media, and conspiracy theories. These sources have included the Poynter Institute, BigThink, MarketWatch, Lifehacker, City A.M. and more.  She is a much sought-after speaker at national news literacy workshops and webinars, and presented a workshop at the Northeast Media Literacy Conference this past fall.  

Vanessa is committed to making the world a better place with her passion and belief in decreasing the polarization in our news and our society, as well as educating students, teachers, and the public on the true value of media literacy and the importance of a healthy news ecosystem.

Follow and connect with Vanessa: @vlotero, @adfontesmedia, https://www.facebook.com/adfontesmedia, https://www.linkedin.com/company/adfontesmedia/
Promo: Sarah Wells http://www.liveworkdenver.com/

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Selys Rivera considers herself to be a God-loving and social justice-obsessed chica originally from Puerto Rico. She has an undergraduate degree in English Writing and a graduate degree in Social Work. Her main goal is to write to inspire others, give a voice to issues she's passionate about, and help others along the way.

She's currently the author of An Unconscious Mestiza: A Collection of Memoir Stories, Rise in Love: A Poetry Chapbook, and Social Justice Advocacy 101: How to Become a Social Justice Advocate from A to Z. She's also a recipient of an Honorable Mention Award in the 2012 Boston Globe Scholastic Art & Writing Awards for her essay, "I Love You Infinity".

In her free time, you can find her reading any book she can get her hands on, staying up way too late coloring in her adult coloring book, and playing with her red Dachshund named Ketchup.

Website | https://www.worthareadtoo.com
Social Media Handle (FB, IG, Twitter, Goodereads)  | @SelysRivera

Promo: Drinking and Dancing at the End of the World: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/drinking-and-dance-at-the-end-of-the-world/id1514691356
@rob_celtic Instagram   

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At Your Cervix is a soon-to-be released documentary that exposes the unethical ways of teaching pelvic exams & the revolutionary method to make them respectful and pain-free.

Our guest, A'Magine, is Director, Co-Writer, & Producer of At Your Cervix. Amy Jo worked as a Gynecological Teaching Associate in NYC for 10 years, because as a sexual empowerment educator she wanted to impact people who were entering the field of medicine about sexuality. She was host of CherryBomb.com’s web stream program Fresh Advice, developing, researching, writing and performing over 60 episodes on women’s sexuality. She co-wrote and produced the sold-out play Vulvalution: Her Lips Speak in New York’s downtown theatre community among her other one-woman shows. She is author of Woman on Fire: 9 Elements to Wake Up Your Erotic Energy, Personal Power and Sexual Intelligence, co-author of Lesbian Sex Secrets for Men (both Penguin Random House) and contributing author of All About Sex: A Family Resource Guide on Sex and Sexuality. She has produced several short films and this is her first feature. She has produced a large body of work on sexuality, healthy relationships, sexual empowerment, and sexual politics.

At Your Cervix Website | www.atyourcervixmovie.com
At Your Cervix Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/AtYourCervix/

A'Magine Social Media Links
https://www.facebook.com/amyjogoddard.coach/
https://twitter.com/AmyJoGoddard
https://www.instagram.com/sexualempowerment/

Promo: Magenta- polycoach.org
Polyamory Coaching Social Media | https://www.facebook.com/PolyamoryCoaching

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Sarah Wells is an enthusiastic connector and advocate for stronger community. A resident of Denver since 2006, Sarah spent her early career working with sustainability-focused businesses, and then in nonprofits working focused on supporting locally owned businesses. Sarah began her foray into real estate in 2015, when she co-founded the Queen City Cooperative, a limited equity cooperative in Capitol Hill. A leader in cooperative housing both locally and nationally, Sarah also serves as board President for the Boulder Housing Coalition and on the board for NASCO Development Services, a national housing group focused on creating more cooperative housing. Sarah is passionate about empowering people and businesses through ownership, and thrives in finding creative solutions and spaces.

Sarah's Website | www.liveworkdenver.com
Follow Sarah on Instagram | @agentwells
Denver City Council Approves Massive Group Living Zoning Overhaul | https://bit.ly/3d2URoe
CoBuying Class | www.bit.ly/cobuydenver
Sarah's New Project | www.co-ownco.com

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Tara Galeano, founder of Rediscovering My Body and Boulder Sex Therapy, is an Author, Retreat Host, Speaker, and  Sex Therapist who has worked with women for over two decades to get their sexy back.

She knows that there is pleasure in the body, beyond our wildest dreams, and every woman can access it. In “Rediscovering My Body”, Tara teaches women how to show up for pleasure in their lives. She rediscovered her own body after leaving her twenty-five-year marriage. Realizing that she had given so much of herself away, she knew that she needed to come back to the inherent wisdom of the body. Through reconnecting with her body, Tara was able to know what was true for her, how best to proceed from this wisdom, what was true pleasure, and most importantly, how to teach these lessons to other women who are clamoring for the same truths so that they too can transform their lives and reclaim their sensuality. Now Tara has embodied this path and is moving forward to share this with women everywhere with her book, her online courses, and community, and her retreats.

Tara's Website | https://rediscoveringmybody.com

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Alex Hollingsworth is a banker by day, podcaster by night. We appreciated him taking the time to explain the Gamestop and r/Wallstreetbets to us. The founder of Crossover Media, Alex is working to bring independent and minority voices to the forefront of podcasting. 

r/Wallstreetbets | https://bit.ly/2O7K7dH
GameStop Mania Reveals Power Shift on Wall Street—and the Pros Are Reeling - WSJ | https://on.wsj.com/2MbZils
Twitter Thread Explaining Wallstreetbets | https://bit.ly/2N34mZg
Crossover Media | https://crossoverpodcast.com/

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Join us as we talk about Facebook, empire building, being a video game, and finding the strength to live life fully. From living under a plastic sheet in the rain outside a nuclear arms base to teaching college students, Oak shares her refreshing perspective on modern life with us.

Oak Chezar is a radical dyke, a performance artist, a profession of Women's Studies, a psychotherapist, scholar, writer, and semi-retired barbarian. Excessive quantities of higher education prepared her to take great notes. Excessive quantities of love and rage keep her going. Performing standup comedy as Vampyra, her alter ego, keeps her out of prison. Whilst working towards the decimation of industrial civilization, she carries water.

Heart Seed | https://bit.ly/39jTfny
Trespassing: A Memoir of Greenham Common | http://bit.ly/3pzHorr
Technology Poem | https://bit.ly/2M143yi

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More in Common’s mission is to understand the forces driving us apart, to find common ground and help to bring people together to tackle our shared challenges. Drawing from groundbreaking research to test and find solutions, they work with partners that have the capacity to make a real difference at scale. And they help build the larger field of efforts to strengthen democratic societies against the threats of polarization and division.

Director of Researcher, Stephen Hawkins, joined us to talk about their most recent 7 country study, their election study results and touched on the American Fabric project they have launched. The question of 'how can we build and come together' continues to remain their priority, while the evidence suggests it is more elusive than any of us would hope for.

Articles referenced in the episode:

Pandemic Effect | https://bit.ly/2EjahWo
EU Coronavirus | https://bit.ly/3my4WM6
EU Coronavirus think tank | https://bit.ly/35PSx0a
Italy article  | https://bit.ly/32Guej6
Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens | https://bit.ly/3iKtgbj

Promo: Voices From the Underground
Member: BigHeadsMedia Podcasting Network 

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