Joseph Sweeney is the Founder and CEO of the Asservo Project.  Using their former law enforcement and military background, he and his colleagues collect data in order to assist law enforcement with fighting human trafficking and child exploitation 

Steve Norcup is the Director of Clinical Operations of Forest Devices, a medical device startup, that has created a product for first responders when on the scene with stroke patients. This patented product is addressing the needs of stroke patients and pre-hospital personnel at a moment when time is of the essence. 

Courtney Williamson is the CEO and founder of AbiliLife, a medical device technology company.  This startup company was created from the necessity of wanting a product to address her mom's debilitating symptoms from Parkinson's Disease. From that need came the Calibrace + and the founding of a successful startup.

Host, Jennifer O. Price, speaks with Sean McGregor, Technical Lead of the IBM Watson AI Xprize, about what an XPrize is, how it can be won, and what world issues the teams are trying to solve to receive it.

Mark C. Southers never expected a trip to South Africa would have such a dramatic affect on his life. On this episode, Jennifer Price sits down with one of the few black playwrights who was trained and mentored by August Wilson. 

Harish came to this country from India and since then has made it his life's work to build culture bridges from Asia to Pittsburgh.  He has done so through the promulgation an Indian radio show that is now the longest running Indian radio program in the country and through the Silk Screen Organization. We talk about the bridges, his cultural background and how he's influenced Pittsburgh and the country through the arts. 

Executive Resident and Professor at Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University, Sam Franklin teaches public policy and management masters degree candidates about education leadership and reform, the future of learning, and how to lead change in challenging environments. I talk with Sam about education reform, the purpose of education, and some of the aspirational goals of schools today.

Professor Sam Franklin of Carnegie Mellon University is the founder of Science and Technology Academy, a charter school in Pittsburgh, PA.  While the school is highly competitive, it has an unconventional educational model that allows students to graduate in 3, 4, or 5 years. This conversation about SciTech is an excerpt of a bigger conversation Host, Jennifer O. Price, had with Professor Franklin about nontraditional teaching methods and education's purpose.  

I previously interviewed defense attorney, Mark Rubenstein, about his nonprofit, Pittsburgh Youth Leadership, where he cycles with inner city children across the country.  During the interview, he talked about how the purpose of his work came full circle with one student.

Host, Jennifer O. Price, talks with Sunanna Chand of the Remake Learning network in Pittsburgh, PA.  Remake Learning is a collection of community networks that work together to bring innovative ideas to instill education equity. Listen to Sunanna discuss her involvement with the network and how her previous experience in Louisiana equipped her for the work.