Episode #6 of Empathy in the Age of AI, a special 25-part series: https://tinyurl.com/exyw2nua 

AI is impacting every part of our lives—and we need to start paying more attention.

Listen to this grounded conversation with Dr. Sean Welsh, a philosopher and computer programmer whose work sits at the intersection of robotics, machine ethics, and moral decision-making.

We discuss:

• If robots and AI systems can make moral and ethical decisions

• The risks of anthropomorphism and emotional intimacy with AI

• Whether AI will create mass unemployment or unlock new possibilities

• How machines simulate empathy and what that means for the future of relationships

If you’re concerned about sharing a planet with billions of humanoid robots—as tech CEOs are predicting—you don’t want to miss this conversation.

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01:00 Episode Introduction

03:05 About Dr. Sean Welsh

05:15 Sean’s backstory

11:47 What are the ethical considerations of robotics?

17:30 AI warfare and the risk of “slaughterbots”

19:52 What happens when AI carries out military strikes

24:35 Can robots make moral decisions and who is responsible when they fail?

36:12 Anthropomorphism and the psychology behind human-like robots

41:00 The growing market for sex robots and what it could mean for society

47:58 The hidden psychological risks of emotionally convincing AI relationships

54:35 What happens when children interact more with chatbots than people?

01:06:40  Could AI relationships reshape human intimacy and social connection?

01:10:24  The hidden energy cost of ChatGPT and large AI models

01:15:37  Will AI and robots actually cause mass unemployment?

01:21:09  Sean Welsh’s Purposeful Empathy story

CONNECT WITH SEAN

✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanwelsh77/

✩ Website https://engineno2.com/

CONNECT WITH ANITA

✩ Email [email protected] 

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SEAN’S WORK

✩ An Introduction to Ethics and Robotics in AI https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-51110-4

✩ Ethics and Security Automata: 

Policy and Technical Challenges of the Robotic Use of Force https://www.routledge.com/Ethics-and-Security-Automata-Policy-and-Technical-Challenges-of-the-Robotic-Use-of-Force/Welsh/p/book/9781032096117

✩ The drive towards ethical AI and responsible robots has begun https://theconversation.com/the-drive-towards-ethical-ai-and-responsible-robots-has-begun-52300

SHOW NOTES

Humans https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4122068/

✩ Ex Machina https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0470752/

✩ “Slaughterbots” video by the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7659054/

✩ Soul Machines https://www.soulmachines.com/

Video edited by Jad Misri, Green Horizon Studio

Episode #5 of Empathy in the Age of AI, a special 25-part series: https://tinyurl.com/exyw2nua 

AI is impacting every part of our lives—and we need to start paying more attention.

Listen to this powerful conversation with Valentine Goddard, founder of the AI Impact Alliance, whose work sits at the intersection of Responsible AI, governance, art, and human rights.

We discuss:

• How AI is reshaping culture and civic life and why we need responsible AI governance

• The need to protect human agency in a world increasingly influenced by machines

• Why art and civic engagement are essential to preserving our humanity

• What citizens need to know about political bias baked into AI systems

• UNESCO’s role in developing human-centered AI governance

• Why empathy and democracy are at risk in the age of AI

If you care about protecting democratic freedoms, human creativity, cultural knowledge, and our shared humanity — you don’t want to miss this conversation.

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00:46 Episode Introduction

02:49 About Valentine Goddard

05:49 Valentine’s backstory

12:49 About the AI Impact Alliance (AIIA)

14:02 Why civic engagement is urgently needed to shape AI governance

19:21 What does “human-centric AI” mean?

23:35 How kids may lose their “cognitive freedom/agency” to AI

28:53 The risks of AI companions and tutors

33:34 How can art inform AI ethics and policy?

37:12 Using art to reclaim agency in the age of AI

43:28 Are there political biases in ChatGPT, Perplexity and Claude?

45:16 The risks of “artificial intimacy” 

49:17 What happens when AI starts shaping human thought?

51:32 How does fake information on AI systems pose national security risks?

01:00:12 UNESCO Report: Protecting cultural data in the age of AI

01:10:50 Valentine Goddard’s Purposeful Empathy story

CONNECT WITH VALENTINE

✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/valentine-goddard-a4123a1/

✩ Website https://www.valentinegoddard.com/

✩ AI Impact Alliance https://www.allianceimpact.org 

✩ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/gabelle

✩ X https://x.com/vavacolor

CONNECT WITH ANITA

✩ Email [email protected] 

✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com

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✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram

✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast

✩ Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/anitanowak.bsky.social

SHOW NOTES

✩ Algorithmic Frontiers https://www.algorithmicfrontiers.com/

✩ Une Vie Intelligente https://duceppe.com/une-vie-intelligente/

✩ Perplexity https://www.perplexity.ai/

✩ Claude https://claude.ai/login

✩ ChatGPT https://chatgpt.com 

✩ Democratic Infrastructure for Creative Futures: Building the AI, IP & Culture Repository – UNESCO Report https://ai-update.co.uk/2026/05/01/democratic-infrastructure-for-creative-futures-building-the-ai-ip-culture-repository-unesco/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

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Episode #4 of Empathy in the Age of AI, a special 25-part series: https://tinyurl.com/exyw2nua 

AI is impacting every part of our lives—and we need to start paying more attention.

Watch this counter-hegemonic conversation with Dr. Adio-Adet Dinika, whose work exposes the hidden trauma and labour exploitation behind today’s AI systems.

We discuss:

• How the AI industry offloads human suffering onto the Global South

• How large language models (like ChatGPT) are built on the backs of exploited workers

• How AI is creating a new class of digitally disposable workers

• Why AI slop and porn is not “innocent” or “immaterial”—but involves real trauma

• And what all of this means for empathy and human dignity

  
  

If you care about justice and want to understand the human consequences of AI — you don’t want to miss this conversation.

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02:57 Episode Introduction 

06:08 About Dr. Adio-Adet Dinika

09:06 The emotional toll of building AI systems

13:07 Why AI cannot moderate content without human help

21:51 How is AI development the new form of colonialism?

27:34 How weak labour laws are being exploited to power the AI industry

29:20 The new digital divide: Who builds AI and who benefits from it?

37:45 The database secret behind every AI-generated image

42:17 Why should AI not be trusted to support a child's mental health?

52:50 Can AI be trusted to make moral decisions for human beings?

58:03 How AI is already affecting our capacity to empathize

01:01:07 Adio-Adet Dinika’s Purposeful Empathy story

CONNECT WITH ADIO

✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/adiodinika/ 

✩ Website https://www.adiodinika.com/

CONNECT WITH ANITA

✩ Email [email protected] 

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✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram

✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast

✩ Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/anitanowak.bsky.social

SHOW NOTES

✩ How Europe Underdeveloped Africa https://tinyurl.com/296cxbvx 

✩ The Anxious Generation https://www.amazon.com/Anxious-Generation-Rewiring-Childhood-Epidemic/dp/0593655036

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Episode #3 of Empathy in the Age of AI, a special 20-part series: https://tinyurl.com/exyw2nua 

AI is impacting every part of our lives—and we need to start paying more attention.

Listen to this eye-opening conversation with Zoltan Istvan, a leading transhumanist who believes science and artificial intelligence will soon defeat biological death and radically transform human civilization.

We discuss:

• Why humans could live for thousands of years

• How AI could will become conscious and more intelligent than humans

• Why capitalism may collapse

• How AI brain implants would lead to greater empathy 

If you care about what it means to be human, you don’t want to miss this conversation.

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00:33 Episode Introduction 

02:36 About Zoltan Istvan

05:39 Zoltan’s backstory

08:29 What is transhumanism?

12:16 How a near-death experience turned Zoltan into a transhumanist

15:11 Zoltan Istvan's transhumanist political campaign

21:35 Top 10 critiques of transhumanism

28:42 Why Universal Basic Income (UBI) will become a reality

31:35 Why merging with AI is better than being replaced by it

35:04 Machine-Human relationships and AI consciousness

37:40 Zoltan’s book, The Transhumanist Wager

40:28 Will technology make us more or less empathic?

48:08 Zoltan Istvan’s Purposeful Empathy story

CONNECT WITH ZOLTAN

✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoltan-istvan-78aa2964/

✩ Website http://www.zoltanistvan.com

CONNECT WITH ANITA

✩ Email [email protected] 

✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com

✩ Buy a copy of Purposeful Empathy http://tiny.cc/PurposefulEmpathyCA

✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak/

✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram

✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast

✩ Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/anitanowak.bsky.social

SHOW NOTES

✩ Zoltan’s TED talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtPy9evJwik

✩ The Transhumanist Wager https://www.amazon.com/Transhumanist-Wager-Zoltan-Istvan/dp/0988616114?asin=0988616114&revisionId=&format=4&depth=1

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Episode #2 of Empathy in the Age of AI, a special 20-part series: https://tinyurl.com/exyw2nua 

AI is impacting every part of our lives—and we need to start paying more attention.

Watch this deeply human conversation with Anne Nguyễn, an AI expert who studies the social, political, and human implications of AI on society and advocates for responsible AI.

We discuss:

• The four human competencies that AI will never be able to reproduce

• Why  becoming a mother ignited her passion for “responsible AI”

• What parents need to know about how  AI is changing childhood and education

• Why empathy may be one of the most important leadership skills in the age of AI

If you care about the social and relational implications of AI, you don’t want to miss this conversation.

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00:48 Introduction 

02:52 About Anne Nguyễn

05:45 Anne’s backstory

08:27 What motherhood revealed to Anne about AI

11:21 AI and the future of work: Why does automation threaten human dignity?

14:24 The power of silence in the age of AI

17:59 Human ingenuity that machines will never replicate

24:12 What does AI reveal about humanity?

30:51 What is the public’s role and responsibility to ensure the safe evolution of AI?

36:37 What could happen if children began trusting AI more than their parents?

44:49 Is AI safe for children?

48:28 Can AI really understand human emotion or is it just guessing?

56:30 Anne Nguyễn’s Purposeful Empathy story

CONNECT WITH ANNE

✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/annenguyenlssbb/

✩ Blog https://www.espacetiti.com/

CONNECT WITH ANITA

✩ Email [email protected] 

✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com

✩ Buy a copy of Purposeful Empathy http://tiny.cc/PurposefulEmpathyCA

✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak/

✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram

✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast

✩ Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/anitanowak.bsky.social

SHOW NOTES

✩ Digital Flourishing Survey

✩ Anne’s TED Talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSqn8Fj5R0w

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Episode #1 of Empathy in the Age of AI, a special 20-part series: https://youtu.be/NkzieFx8zO0

AI is having a major impact on national security, military decision-making, international relations and war—and we need to start paying more attention. 

Listen to this eye-opening episode with Dr. Adam McCauley, a writer, academic and policy analyst who studies the social and political implications of AI on political and military decision-making. 

We explore:

• The risks of outsourcing human judgment

• The price of certainty in AI-driven decision-making

• The ethical and psychological implications of AI-driven warfare

• Why empathy and human fallibility may be essential safeguards during war

If you care about geopolitics and how the nature of armed conflict is changing in the age of AI, you don’t want to miss this conversation.

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00:29 Introduction 

04:46 Adam’s backstory

06:13 Lessons learned as a journalist covering armed conflict and natural disasters

13:45 What’s at stake when AI makes military decisions?

18:13 Big take-away from the Cuban Missile Crisis

21:30 Adam’s upcoming book, The Price of Certainty

26:15 Does AI distance us from our humanity in war?

31:01 Participants or spectators? How AI is changing our relationship with violence

34:06 Who’s a bigger threat to democracy: Governments or big tech?

38:53 The psychological consequences of war in the age of AI

44:51 How faulty AI data can trigger military escalation

49:16 Does technology encourage more risk-taking during war?

53:42 Storytelling in the era of AI agents

58:31 Empathy as a strategic asset in war

01:01:27 Why human fallibility and empathy will be advantages in the age of AI

01:09:09 Adam McCauley’s Purposeful Empathy story

CONNECT WITH ADAM

✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-mccauley-ottawa/

✩ Website https://www.anmccauley.com/

✩ Substack https://substack.com/@adammccauley

✩ The Price of Uncertainty https://www.anmccauley.com/the-academy-1

CONNECT WITH ANITA

✩ Email [email protected] 

✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com

✩ Buy a copy of Purposeful Empathy http://tiny.cc/PurposefulEmpathyCA

✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak/

✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram

✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast

✩ Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/anitanowak.bsky.social

SHOW NOTES

✩ Cuban Missile Crisis https://history.state.gov/milestones/1961-1968/cuban-missile-crisis

✩ "A Staggering Lack Of Humility" - Clarissa Ward On The Pentagon’s Glib Glorification Of War Violence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-k7OEXTupY

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Military service leaves invisible wounds. In this special series devoted to widening our circle of empathy for people who are often misunderstood, listen to this unflinching episode featuring Benjamin Sledge, a Purple Heart combat veteran and author of Where Cowards Go to Die. 

Benjamin recounts why 9/11 inspired him to join the U.S. military and how combat in Afghanistan and Iraq changed his life. He also talks about PTSD, the invisible wounds many veterans carry after they come home, and the people who kept him alive, both on and off the battlefield.

Together, we explore:

• The human cost of combat and what it does to one’s mind, body, and soul

• The long road to recovery from moral injury and PTSD

• What civilians often misunderstand about military vets 

• How empathy can be life-saving for vets carrying invisible wounds

This is a soul-stirring conversation about courage, suffering, healing and resilience that you don’t want to miss.

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01:00 Introduction 

07:12 Benjamin’s backstory

13:17 Military service as a path to purpose

18:03 What is healthy masculinity?

24:04 Fighting in Afghanistan’s mountains

29:53 The “Don’t Die Policy:” How soldiers cope with fear

30:57 How Benjamin earned his Purple Heart 

40:43 The hidden cost of war

43:11 “Moral injury” and “soul repair”

46:33 How to heal from combat

50:22 What civilians get wrong about veterans

55:27 Benjamin Sledge’s book: Where Cowards Go to Die

01:00:08  How veterans find their way out of depression

01:03:03  Inside the battle of Ramadi (the Iraq war’s most violent city)

01:11:26  How brotherhood in war creates lifelong bonds

01:18:43  How empathy shows up in the military

01:22:10  Reasons why everyone should have a veteran friend

01:25:16  Benjamin Sledge’s Purposeful Empathy story

CONNECT WITH BENJAMIN

✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjamin-sledge/

✩ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/benjamincsledge/ 

✩ Website https://benjaminsledge.com/

CONNECT WITH ANITA

✩ Email [email protected] 

✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com

✩ Buy a copy of Purposeful Empathy http://tiny.cc/PurposefulEmpathyCA

✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak/

✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram

✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast

✩ Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/anitanowak.bsky.social

BENJAMIN’S WORK

✩ Where Cowards Go to Die by Benjamin Sledge https://www.amazon.com/Where-Cowards-Die-Benjamin-Sledge/dp/168451164X

✩ Rewrite: The Journey from Self-Harm to Healing

https://www.amazon.com/ReWrite-Journey-Self-Harm-Benjamin-Sledge/dp/0999154508

✩ Benjamin’s article: Today’s Problem with Masculinity Isn’t What You Think https://humanparts.medium.com/todays-problem-with-masculinity-isn-t-what-you-think-b43e80edcf60

SHOW NOTES

✩ Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

https://tinyurl.com/udytxuzf 

✩ The Stand by Stephen King

https://www.amazon.com/Stand-Stephen-King/dp/0307743683

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Wrongful convictions shatter families, steal decades, and leave untold scars. In this special series devoted to widening our circle of empathy for people who often feel marginalized or misunderstood, watch this powerful episode featuring Stéphanie Nowak, Executive Director of Innocence Canada, a non-profit organization dedicated to identifying, advocating for, and exonerating individuals convicted of crimes they did not commit.

Stéphanie brings us inside one of the most devastating failures of the criminal justice system. And through stories and data, she also describes  the complexity, emotional toll, and systemic barriers that define wrongful convictions—and what it takes to seek justice after-the-fact.

Together, we discuss:

• Why wrongful convictions are more common than we think—and why we may never know the true number

• The staggering psychological toll on individuals and their families

• Why exoneration can take 6 to 15 years—and often much longer

• The systemic barriers that prevent justice

This conversation looks past headlines to see the human beings behind the stats, and to rethink what justice means when the system gets it wrong.

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00:41 Introduction 

02:34 About Stéphanie Nowak

02:41 Stéphanie’s backstory

05:12 The hidden crisis inside the justice system

08:14 Why innocent people can’t get out of prison without help

12:41 Psychological toll of wrongful conviction on victim’s family

17:18 Systemic barriers that block exonerations

22:21 What happens when a conviction is overturned?

26:36 How crime media actually distorts our understanding of guilt

29:33 The drive behind Stéphanie’s justice reform work

33:29 Why empathy is foundational to criminal justice reform

38:25 Stéphanie Nowak’s Purposeful Empathy story

CONNECT WITH STÉPHANIE

✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-wilhelmina-nowak/

✩ Organization https://innocencecanada.com/ 

✩ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/innocencecanada/ 

CONNECT WITH ANITA

✩ Email [email protected] 

✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com

✩ Buy a copy of Purposeful Empathy http://tiny.cc/PurposefulEmpathyCA

✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak/

✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram

✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast

✩ Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/anitanowak.bsky.social

SHOW NOTES

✩ Prison Matters 2024 report https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/briefs/Prison_brief_2024.pdf 

✩ David Milgaard conviction case https://www.wrongfulconvictions.ca/cases/david-milgaard

✩ Ronald Dalton conviction case https://www.wrongfulconvictions.ca/cases/ronald-dalton

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Democracy is worth fighting for. In this special series devoted to widening our circle of empathy for people who often feel marginalized or misunderstood, watch this powerful episode featuring Dr. Giorgi Akhobadze, a political activist from Tbilisi, Georgia, who was arrested and sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Despite enduring eight months in prison under trumped-up drug charges and the devastating loss of his mother while behind bars, he remained steadfast in his convictions. Thankfully,  after massive public pressure, he was released and declared not guilty, a decision that became a symbol of hope for many Georgians fighting for democracy and freedom.

Together, we discuss:

• Georgia’s so-called Russian law and the erosion of democracy 

• The personal cost of being a political prisoner

• How public solidarity sustained him in prison and helped secure his release

• Why the fight for freedom in Georgia is far from over

This conversation is a moving reminder of the human cost of political repression and the courage it takes to keep fighting for democracy.

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00:54 Introduction 

02:48 About Dr. Giorgi Akhobadze

04:36 Giorgi’s backstory

06:37 The rise and fall of Georgian democracy

10:11 Protests erupt over the so-called Russian law: A BBC report from the frontlines

13:26 Why young Georgians resist government propaganda

18:43 Giorgi’s arrest and imprisonment

20:00 The loss of his mother during his incarceration

21:58 Giorgi’s message to fellow political prisoners

23:37 The inner strength that fuels Dr. Giorgi’s activism

29:41 What motivates Giorgi to keep fighting for freedom?

32:23 How can the world support Georgia today?

34:13 Dr. Giorgi Akhobadze’s Purposeful Empathy story

CONNECT WITH GIORGI

✩ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tsakra/ 

✩ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/giorgi.akhobadze

CONNECT WITH ANITA

✩ Email [email protected] 

✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com

✩ Buy a copy of Purposeful Empathy http://tiny.cc/PurposefulEmpathyCA

✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak/

✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram

✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast

✩ Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/anitanowak.bsky.social

SHOW NOTES

✩ Giorgi’s release https://civil.ge/archives/693669

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What if prisons were trauma-informed? In this special series devoted to widening our circle of empathy for people who often feel marginalized or misunderstood, watch this thought-provoking episode featuring Fritzi Horstman, Founder and Executive Director of the Compassion Prison Project.

Fritzi shares why she’s on a mission to transform prisons into spaces of healing, accountability, and hope: After discovering she scored 8/10 on the Adverse Childhood Experiences scale, she realized nearly every criminal act of harm could be traced back to unaddressed trauma. She also discusses her film Step Inside the Circle, Trauma Talks, and the first-ever trauma-informed prison yard in California.

Together, we discuss:

• Why unprocessed childhood trauma drives cycles of violence 

• How emotional regulation and self-awareness can interrupt those cycles

• Evidence that trauma-informed programs reduce violence inside prisons and in the communities that former prisons return to

• How trauma-informed empathy turns shame into self-compassion and self-worth

This conversation invites us to imagine a world where healing is the foundation of criminal justice.

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00:38 Introduction 

02:32 About Fritzi Horstman

04:32 Fritzi’s backstory

09:26 What are Adverse Childhood Experiences?

16:11 The biggest myths about criminals and prisoners 

21:29 What is the Compassion Prison Project?

28:18 Why awareness is key to breaking cycles of violence

31:26 What happens to a person's identity inside prison 

36:05 The role of self-worth in breaking cycles of violence

40:39 Why is community the most powerful antidote to trauma?

43:39 What is the single most effective practice to end cycles of harm across generations?

48:49 Veterans Behind Bars: a short film

53:32 Role of empathy in transforming a broken prison system

56:09 Fritzi Horstman’s Purposeful Empathy story

CONNECT WITH FRITZI

✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/fritzi-horstman-47508735/

✩ Instagram www.instagram.com/fritzihorstman/

✩ Organization https://compassionprisonproject.org/

✩ Donation Link https://compassionprisonproject.org/donate/

FRITZI’S WORK

✩ Step Inside the Circle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVxjuTkWQiE

✩ Veterans Behind Bars https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33290463/

✩ The Defiant Ones https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6958022/

✩Trauma Talks https://thewisdomoftrauma.com/trauma-talks-compassionate-prisons/

CONNECT WITH ANITA

✩ Email [email protected] 

✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com

✩ Buy a copy of Purposeful Empathy http://tiny.cc/PurposefulEmpathyCA

✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak/

✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram

✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast

✩ Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/anitanowak.bsky.social

SHOW NOTES

✩ The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing https://tinyurl.com/ymvwxeah 

✩ What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing https://www.amazon.com/What-Happened-You-Understanding-Resilience/dp/1250223180

✩ Adverse Childhood Experience Framework https://compassionprisonproject.org/aces/

✩ Above/Below the Line Behavior Model https://brenebrown.com/resources/above-below-the-line/

✩ Strong Ground: The Lessons of Daring Leadership, the Tenacity of Paradox, and the Wisdom of the Human Spirit https://www.amazon.com/Strong-Ground-Lessons-Leadership-Tenacity/dp/1984855743

✩ Prisons are a Public-Safety Hazard https://compassionprisonproject.org/prisons-are-a-public-safety-hazard/

Video edited by Jad Misri, Green Horizon Studio