On The Shoulders Of Giants

On The Shoulders Of Giants

By Tinotenda Charles RutanhiraSociety & Culture
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On The Shoulders Of Giants episodes

  • Episode 20: Sascha Mayer & Christine Dodson
    Breasts: Fun and Sexy … and Practical: Supermoms, Sascha Mayer & Christine Dodson, are the founders of Mamava Inc. Mamava is a company that delivers design solutions for nursing mamas on the go. Mamava is on a mission to normalize pumping and breastfeeding. With the "Happy Breasts" logo and the words “Privacy for pumping and breastfeeding” emblazoned on the front of their nursing pods, they are on a mission to remind those that have forgotten that  breastfeeding is a natural part of life, get over your squeamishness that milk comes out of a human and to support women who feed the tiny citizens of the world from their own bodies.
    Visit Mamava: www.mamava.com
    Previous On The Shoulders Of Giants Podcast Episodes: tcrutanhira.com/podcastepisodes/
    Facebook: www.facebook.com/OnTheShouldersOfGiantsPodcast
    46 min
  • Episode 19: Allyson Laackman
    Mission Driven: Allyson Laackman's 16 year old daughter convinced her to volunteer for the Obama 2008 Presidential Campaign.  Little did Allyson know that in a few short months, she would then go on to serve as the first Chief Financial Officer of the Obama White House, as the Interim Director of Executive Residence and eventually the Chief of Staff of the First Lady, Michelle Obama, during the 2012 Obama Reelection Campaign.  Allyson now lives right here in Vermont where she currently serves as the Executive Director of the Burlington Housing Authority (BHA) and speaks at length about caring about the mission.
    39 min
  • Episode 19: Allyson Laackman
    Mission Driven: Allyson Laackman's 16 year old daughter convinced her to volunteer for the Obama 2008 Presidential Campaign.  Little did Allyson know that in a few short months, she would then go on to serve as the first Chief Financial Officer of the Obama White House, as the Interim Director of Executive Residence and eventually the Chief of Staff of the First Lady, Michelle Obama, during the 2012 Obama Reelection Campaign.  Allyson now lives right here in Vermont where she currently serves as the Executive Director of the Burlington Housing Authority (BHA) and speaks at length about caring about the mission.
    39 min
  • Episode 18: Raichle Farrelly
    Empowering Communities One Student At A Time: Raichle (Rai) Farrelly is an Assistant Professor by day who follows the convictions of her heart by night. After a trip to Tanzania and seeing how lack of access to education was adversely affecting children in rural communities, Rai founded Project Wezesha, a non profit aimed at providing educational opportunities for under-served girls and women in remote and under-developed regions. The aim of Project Wezesha is to empower local communities through increased access to education for the children.  By engaging the community and relying on village leadership, Project Wezesha is able to target the locally identified needs of the community.
    Rai still works full time at St. Michael's College in Vermont while running her non-profit and also serves as the Executive Director of Girls Education International.
    Project Wezesha: http://www.projectwezesha.org/
    Donate To Project Wezesha: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/educate-children-in-tanzania/
    Previous On The Shoulders Of Giants Podcast Episodes: https://tcrutanhira.com/podcastepisodes/
    48 min
  • Episode 18: Raichle Farrelly
    Empowering Communities One Student At A Time: Raichle (Rai) Farrelly is an Assistant Professor by day who follows the convictions of her heart by night. After a trip to Tanzania and seeing how lack of access to education was adversely affecting children in rural communities, Rai founded Project Wezesha, a non profit aimed at providing educational opportunities for under-served girls and women in remote and under-developed regions. The aim of Project Wezesha is to empower local communities through increased access to education for the children.  By engaging the community and relying on village leadership, Project Wezesha is able to target the locally identified needs of the community.
    Rai still works full time at St. Michael's College in Vermont while running her non-profit and also serves as the Executive Director of Girls Education International.
    Project Wezesha: http://www.projectwezesha.org/
    Donate To Project Wezesha: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/educate-children-in-tanzania/
    Previous On The Shoulders Of Giants Podcast Episodes: https://tcrutanhira.com/podcastepisodes/
    48 min
  • Episode 17: Trevor Sullivan
    Give Peas A Chance: At the age of 26, Trevor Sullivan, was already on the way to founding Burlington's most popular vegan restaurant-café: Pingala Café, and in just 3 short years has already opened a second cafe as well as a vegan consumer packaged food line, Animaloo Vegan Foods. I've found myself pigging out at Trevor's vegan cafe, the stuff is righteous and downright delicious ... the future is vegan!
    52 min
  • Episode 17: Trevor Sullivan
    Give Peas A Chance: At the age of 26, Trevor Sullivan, was already on the way to founding Burlington's most popular vegan restaurant-café: Pingala Café, and in just 3 short years has already opened a second cafe as well as a vegan consumer packaged food line, Animaloo Vegan Foods. I've found myself pigging out at Trevor's vegan cafe, the stuff is righteous and downright delicious ... the future is vegan!
    52 min
  • Best Of Season 1 (Part 2 of 2)
    The Best Of Season 1 (Part 2 of 2): This is the second of two parts recapping all of the best portions of the interviews conducted in Season 1.
    I wanted to start Season 2 of the Podcast with a bang, and thought what better way to do this than by going through all of the inspirational interviews I had in Season 1 and summarize them into 2 power-packed hours.
    If you are a regular listener or brand new to the On The Shoulders of Giants Podcast, this recap will allow you to reconnect with- or catch up on- all the best parts of the 16 interviews I conducted in Season 1 of the Podcast: real people doing incredibly cool stuff!
    A brand new episode is scheduled for Tuesday October 17, 2017.
    Enjoy!
    GET IN TOUCH:
    Website: https://tcrutanhira.com/podcastepisodes/
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OnTheShouldersOfGiantsPodcast
    1 hr 13 min
  • Best Of Season 1 (Part 2 of 2)
    The Best Of Season 1 (Part 2 of 2): This is the second of two parts recapping all of the best portions of the interviews conducted in Season 1.
    I wanted to start Season 2 of the Podcast with a bang, and thought what better way to do this than by going through all of the inspirational interviews I had in Season 1 and summarize them into 2 power-packed hours.
    If you are a regular listener or brand new to the On The Shoulders of Giants Podcast, this recap will allow you to reconnect with- or catch up on- all the best parts of the 16 interviews I conducted in Season 1 of the Podcast: real people doing incredibly cool stuff!
    A brand new episode is scheduled for Tuesday October 17, 2017.
    Enjoy!
    GET IN TOUCH:
    Website: https://tcrutanhira.com/podcastepisodes/
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OnTheShouldersOfGiantsPodcast
    1 hr 13 min
  • The Best Of Season 1 (Part 1 of 2)
    The Best Of Season 1 (Part 1 of 2): This is the first of two parts recapping all of the best portions of the interviews conducted in Season 1.
    I wanted to start Season 2 of the Podcast with a bang, and thought what better way to do this than by going through all of the inspirational interviews I had in Season 1 and summarize them into 2 power-packed hours. 
    If you are a regular listener or brand new to the On The Shoulders of Giants Podcast, this recap will allow you to reconnect with- or catch up on- all the best parts of the 16 interviews I conducted in Season 1 of the Podcast: real people doing incredibly cool stuff!
    A brand new episode is scheduled for Tuesday October 17, 2017.
    Enjoy!
    1 hr 14 min

About On The Shoulders Of Giants

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An inspirational podcast about how we were never meant to be common. There are giants among us who have figured out how to be uncommon and inspire greatness. Each episode is a narrated journey about…