Un-Uninformed

We’re having a conversation about why your internet sucks. But the internet doesn’t suck, your internet company does. Your internet is open and free to the world, but your Internet Service Provider (ISP), is surprisingly closed and lacking in innovation.

This week, Jeff Christensen talks with Sean Sevy about how his company called EntryPoint has created a huge disruption in the industry. Consider this: What if you could simply go online and switch your ISP within 30 seconds? It would create a world of competition and innovation rather than monopolies and poor customer service. But can this ideal actually be implemented? It can. In fact, it already has been implemented. Jeff Christensen has introduced this disruptive model in Ammon, Idaho and, as expected, it drove down costs and fueled innovation.

Jeff and Sean shared the stage at TEDxSaltLakeCity, wherein Jeff talked about this ISP innovation. His talk is called: “The Internet Disruption Every City Needs.” Check out his TEDx talk here: https://youtu.be/vELWXp3OOUA

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We’ve talked about racism and sexism, but today we’re talking about ableism–the discrimination against disabled people. In this episode we have a conversation about ableism with Dr. Romel Mackelprang, the Director of Disability Studies at Eastern Washington University. So how has society discriminated against disabled people? Here’s one: something called Inspiration Porn. This is when disabled people are only found in our media as objects of inspiration to make other people feel like they don’t have it so bad. It’s porn because one group of people (disabled people) are objectified for the benefit of another group of people (non-disabled people).

Listen to this episode to learn more about how we can do better and how public policy can do better to make disability discrimination no longer a thing.

This conversation was recorded at an event in Salt Lake City called Think Again. For more info on these events, visit: https://thinkagainslc.blogspot.com/

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Next week, Utah State Prison will be having their prison marathon. As you would expect from any running event, the inmates have been training hard. And they have the rare opportunity of having a coach from one of the highest ranking cross country teams in the nation. BYU cross country coach Isaac Wood has been helping inmates prepare for this annual running event since 2015, and has seen outstanding results. This event is record breaking, and it’s not because of the impressive race times. Rather, it’s record breaking in that these people who are often labeled as disappointments get the scarce opportunity of drastically exceeding their own expectations. They get to become something great even while confined in the walls of the prison.

In this episode, Isaac Wood explains how he has seen these inmates change as well as how this experience has changed him. If you want to get more running stories and stats from Isaac Wood, check out his popular blog, The Wood Report: http://citiusmag.com/wood-report-introduction/

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What can we give to homeless people? Food? Money? How about: Haircuts. Joining us on the show is Leslie Kawai, who is a board member and Gala Events chair for an organization called Care-Cuts. We talk about how offering homeless people haircuts is not just a nice thing, but something that creates job opportunities and–most importantly–gives people confidence and dignity.

Care-Cuts has impacted hundreds of people on the streets of Salt Lake City, but we take a deeper look at what’s causing this success. We also ask how everyday individuals can help the homeless with both long and short term needs. If you would like to get involved, here are some useful links:

Care-Cuts website: www.care-cuts.org

Event page for Care-Cuts Gala on November 18:

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