In this episode, we speak with Andrew Frawley. Andrew is many-talented force in American politics. Starting from a background in marketing, he became the first person hired onto the Yang2020 presidential campaign, created the MATH hat, and helped grow the movement into the force it is today.

He currently is the Executive Director of the “Good Life Movement”, an organization dedicated to advancing mental health policy through bipartisan civic engagement, awareness, and direct action.

Today we’ll dive into topics including the power dynamics present in American politics, how shifting views on mental health can lead to improved policy, and better metrics we can use to evaluate national success.

>> Activations <<

Donate $1 to the Good Life Movement

>> Links and References <<

Good Life Movement

Mad Pride Movement

Anosognosia

In this episode, we speak with Alex Maki-Jokela. Maki is an engineer-turned-artist and entrepreneur. His work includes Burning Man art installations, arctic vaults designed to preserve open-source code for millennia, and an AI-driven fashion company. He is currently the COO of GreenCubes, a startup building automated infrastructure for urban food production.

We’ll dive into topics including integrating AI into design workflows, mindfully navigating the emotional challenges of entrepreneurship, and positive ways to push yourself to execute on intentions.

>> Links and References <<

Maki’s Brain Installation at Burningman

Piql Arctic World Archive

Spirit & Glitch

Peak Design

Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler

Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Github Code Vault

Pictures of Cases Designed for Code Vault by Maki

In this episode, we speak with Aviv Ovadya. Aviv is a consultant who specializes in the governance of emerging technologies, particularly those of artificial intelligence and online social platforms. He has been a Technology and Public Purpose Fellow at Harvard's Belfer Center, and served as Chief Technologist at the Center for Social Media Responsibility at the University of Michigan. We’ll dive into topics including lottocracies, incentive-structures for change in big-tech companies, and promising social media algorithms for improving online discourse.

>> Links and References <<

Beau of the Fifth Column

Culture Holder Commons

Engine No. 1

Of by for*

Platform Democracy - Belfer Center

In this episode, we speak with Adam Elzer. Adam is the founder of Within, a wellness retreat and event space in the Delaware River Valley, which is an hour or two outside New York City. His background includes 20 years of building NY-based organizations focused on hospitality and food, including Everyday Hospitality and Empellon. Today we’ll dive into topics like the healing power of nature, getting land-based projects off the ground, and how the inner work you do for yourself can turn into the outer work you do for others.

>> Links and References <<

Our Episode with Nicholas Paul Brysiewicz

Nelson Treehouse Team

Snøhetta

In this episode, we speak with Gabby Beans. Gabby is a member and lead producer for the New York-based aid network Home is a Human Right. She is also an actor, writer, and filmmaker, who has been recently featured in TV shows like Succession, House of Cards, and Blue Bloods. Today we’ll dive into topics including mutual aid networks, tactics for helping house the unhoused, and better ways to think about those living on our streets.

>> Links and References <<

Home Is A Human Right

Mutual Aid NYC

Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin

Picture the Homeless

Source of Income Discrimination Law

>> Research Regarding Homelessness and Criminality <<

• https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2019/september/HomelessQandA.html
• https://www.apa.org/monitor/2009/12/violence
• https://abcnews.go.com/US/incidents-violent-crime-homeless-grab-headlines-activists-urge/story?id=82443787
• https://www.commerce.wa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/hau-chg-mythsfacts-12-8-2016.pdf
• https://endhomelessness.org/blog/the-disturbing-realities-of-homelessness-and-violence/
• https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED438347.pdf
• https://www.jstor.org/stable/3096817?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

In this episode, we speak with friend of the show Dr. Matthew Canham. Dr. Canham is the CEO of Beyond Layer 7, a consultancy that assists with cybersecurity analytics and culture development, as well as the Senior Director of Operations at the security company Khonsoo.

He previously worked as a Professor of Cyber Security at University of Central Florida, and as a Special Agent in the FBI. During his career in law enforcement, he served as the Program Manager of the Emerging Technologies Program for the FBI’s Operational Technology Division. 

While there, he evaluated new technologies for use in law enforcement, and as a special agent, he investigated cyber-crime, intellectual property theft, and insider threats.

Today we’ll dive into topics including information warfare during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, securing against social engineering attacks, and alternatives to law enforcement for fighting cybercrime.

>> Activations <<

Are You a Developer Seeking a Job? Email Matt!

>> Links and References <<

Beyond Layer 7

Dr. Matthew Canham's Personal Site

Cognitive Security Institute

Christopher J. Hadnagy

Ian Farquhar

Kevin Mitnick

Robert Cialdini

Black Hills Information Security Books

YouTube Page of Jolly Roger Telephone Co

Jordan Peele Deep Fake Obama

Like War by PW Singer

The Sovereign Individual by James Dale Davidson and Lord William Rees-Mogg

Unmasking Maskirovka: Russia's Cyber Influence Operations

In this episode, we speak with Rich D. Bartlett. Rich is a co-founder of Loomio: a platform for small-scale digital democracy; as well as The Hum: a consultancy for improving the operations of decentralized organizations. He also is the designer behind the Microsolidarity methodology of community-building.

In this episode we’ll dive into process facilitation for decentralized organizations, methods for developing a sense of belonging, and how to create containers where people can actually change their minds. We also run our first ReRoute collaborative brainstorm for finding non-traditional forces to stay grounded to real needs as an organization.

>> Links and References <<

Rich's Website

Enspiral

Gov Zero Asia

Turn the Ship Around

The Hum

Loomio

Rich on Twitter

In this episode, we speak with Jason Snyder, Jared Janes, and our very own producer, Nick Thurston.

Jason is a homesteader, host of the Doomer Optimism podcast, and professor at Appalachian State University with a focus on local food systems. He is passionate about transitioning us to a more resilient and regenerative society.

Jared is a prolific podcaster, yogi, and co-founder of the Evolving Ground community of practice. He cares deeply about the principles of human development and following its many threads.

The two of them are the minds behind the Both/And podcast. 

On this episode we talk about topics like adult development, how to navigate the plethora of available world views, and the art of holding both optimism and our shared peril in mind at the same time. 

This season, we are making a push to both explore, and help you explore, new communities of thought. To that end, we discuss and offer inroads to communities focused on metamodernism, the liminal web, and doomer optimism.

>> Links and References <<

Both/And Podcast

The Liminal Web article by Joe Lightfoot

Jared Janes Website

Jared on Twitter

Jason Snyder on Twitter

Evolving Ground

Doomer Optimism

Constructive Developmental Framework Robert Kegan

The Jim Rutt Show

Joe Brewer on Both/And

Peter Limberg on Both/And

Erik Davis on Both/And

The Stoa

In this episode, we get to speak with Paisley Smith. Paisley is a virtual reality creator and filmmaker. She is a Civic Media Fellow at the University of Southern California, and currently leads Unity for Humanity, a project that funds impact-oriented creations that leverage the Unity game engine.

Gavan and Paisley talk about a variety of ways one can create positive change through game technology, how we can challenge our cultural assumptions while crafting worlds, and the timeless power of the humble animated GIF.

They also touch on Paisley's world building work with Feminist Futures and her VR art projects Unceded Territories and Homestay.

>> Links <<

Unity for Humanity

Nonny de la Peña

Twine

Interactive Fiction

Unceded Territories

Paisley's Personal Website

In this episode, we speak with Donnie Hill. Donnie is a communication & leadership coach, and an impact-oriented business strategist. He currently runs the Life Maximizer consultancy, sourcing his lessons from an eclectic background which ranges from personal training to stage acting.

It’s clear that many traditional leadership and communication techniques aren’t taking us down the roads we need to walk together. Often “influence” techniques seem manipulative, morally grey, or even dark-side. Donnie points us down a new route: one inspired quite a bit more by the light-side of the force.

Donnie and Gavan talk about topics like restorative leadership, holding compassionate conversations with people you *strongly* disagree with, and how to “invite people in,” even during a negotiation.

>> Links <<

The Life Maximizer Consultancy

My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem

"Rules of Estrangement" by Joshua Coleman

Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most by Greg McKeown

The Art of Extreme Self Care by Cheryl Richardson