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We’re generally aware of hopeless idealists, but how many of us have ever actually heard from one? Ellie 2.0 is all about idealism and the journey of one particular idealist—Ellie Krug—as she works to make the world a better place. Only, there’s a slight complicating factor: Ellie’s a 61-year-old transgender woman. That simple demographic sometimes makes things particularly interesting. Or daunting. Where does the “2.0” come in? Because in another life, when Ellie presented as a man and worked for big corporations as a trial attorney—the nickname was “Killer Krug”—there was no place for ideali...

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Bryan Stevenson On Saving 100+ Inmates From Death Row & Ellie On “The Identity Game” 16.04.2018 25:48

Block A: Bryan Stevenson, a lawyer and contemporary idealist whose advocacy has saved 100+ from death row and who’s the architect of the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama; Block B: Ellie’s audience-participatory “Identity Game” where people want to be known for being “compassionate.”

Christopher “Tripp” Zanetis & Ellie’s Experience Speaking In Greater MN/Rural Midwest 09.04.2018 25:47

Block A: Christopher “Tripp” Zanetis, who could have been our “first gay President” and the best that America had to offer; Block B: Ellie’s experience of speaking/training in “the bubble” of the Twin Cities compared to the greater Midwest re: being a transgender person.

Marsha P Johnson & the Stonewall Riots (4/2/18) 02.04.2018 25:48

Block A: Marsha P. Johnson, a founder of the modern transgender human movement and a participant in the Stonewall Riots; Block B: Living as a transgender person in the Trump/Pence America and believing in the other, far larger more welcoming and accepting America.

Viola Desmond – Canada’s Rosa Parks & Recruiting Women To Mentor Young Girls (3/26/18) 26.03.2018 25:47

Block A: Viola Desmond, “Canada’s Rosa Parks”; Block B: Ellie as an advocate for women and on the value to mentoring to girls and young women via Big Sisters.

Ami Dar & How A Human Connection Is Incredibly Important To Spur And Inspire Idealism (3/19/18) 19.03.2018 25:46

Block A: Ami Dar, founder of Idealist.com; Block B: How a human connection is incredibly important to spur and inspire idealism.

Sidney Poitier and “the slap heard round the world” & Ellie’s “Standing Offer” to speak to any human 12.03.2018 25:43

Parkland Students On Gun Rights Conversation & Ellie As A Whistleblower In College (3/5/18) 05.03.2018 25:47

Block A: Parkland Fla. high school students leading our “leaders” on changing the gun rights conversation; Block B: Ellie as a whistleblower in college.

Ophelia Dahl Bringing Quality Healthcare To The 3rd World (2/26/18) 26.02.2018 25:46

Morris Dees and Acceptance by Mississippians (2/19/18) 19.02.2018 25:46

Block A: Morris Dees of the Southern Poverty Law Center; Block B: Ellie’s unexpected acceptance by Mississippians during her South road trip.

Harvey Milk and Organizational PTSD (2/12/18) 12.02.2018 25:46

Block A: Harvey Milk, LGBTQ idealist who shook the world; Block B: Ellie’s experience with how a Talking Circle empowered humans and revealed “organizational PTSD.”

Ellie Live from Montgomery, Alabama (2/5/18) 05.02.2018 22:49

Ellie Live from Montgomery, Alabama sharing about local civil rights history; how Court Square in Montgomery represents the worst and the best of America.

The “Tougaloo 9” and Trip to the South (1/29/18) 30.01.2018 25:44

Block A: The “Tougaloo 9” who sought to desegregate a white Library in 1961; Block B: Ellie’s upcoming Speaking and Listening Road Trip through the South.

Emmanuel Mehsah and Meeting a true Inclusionist (1/22/18) 22.01.2018 22:44

Block A: Emmanuel Mehsah, an immigrant hero who died saving others at a time when President Trump maligned those from “*hole countries”; Block B: Ellie’s experience meeting a true inclusionist in Baltimore.

Jahkil Jackson and Meeting another idealist (1/15/18) 17.01.2018 22:44

Block A: Jahkil Jackson, a 10-year-old boy who created blessing bags for the homeless; Block B: Meeting another idealist (Julie the Librarian) through Fate.

Ellie 2.0 – Intro Show on Idealism (1/8/18) 08.01.2018 25:47

About me and how I became and Idealist/Morris Dees Story

Promo for Ellie 2.0 03.01.2018 0:30