How We Change the World

In Episode #12 of How We Change the World podcast, I talk with Zainab Salbi, the celebrated humanitarian, author, and journalist Oprah Winfrey identified as one of 25 women changing the world and Foreign Policy Magazine called one of “100 Top Global Thinkers.” ⁠ Zainab is an Iraqi American woman who grew up in Baghdad in an atmosphere of peace and prosperity until the age of eleven, when two simul...

In Episode #11 of How We Change the World, lifetime humanitarian and CNN Hero of the Year finalist for 2022, Teresa Gray, shares her experience founding Mobile Medics International to serve the hard to reach and unserved victims of natural disasters and refugee crises. Teresa and her volunteers have visited five continents and over thirty countries since starting Mobile Medics International in 201...

In this episode of How We Change the World , pioneering environmentalist Eric Lombardi discusses the importance of using Social Enterprise to usher in a Zero Waste world. As the Executive Director of Eco-Cycle (www. EcoCycle.org) from 1989 to 2014, Eric transformed the fledgling, Boulder, Colorado non-profit into the world’s largest Zero Waste Social Enterprise. Along the way, he discovered that w...

Listeners will be uplifted and inspired by the ancient indigenous wisdom shared by my guest, Dr. Anita Sanchez, on Episode #9 of the How We Change the World podcast. Anita is the author of the internationally best-selling book, "The Four Sacred Gifts: Indigenous Wisdom for the Modern World,” which draws insight from indigenous elders in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas (learn more at 👉🏼 htt...

Episode #8 features two guests, both impacted by the same mass shooting.  Colorado State Senator Tom Sullivan  began working to end gun violence in 2012 after his son, Alex, was murdered along with eleven others in a mass shooting in a movie theatre in Aurora, Colorado. Tom and his family’s lives were torn apart, forever altered by the loss of such a beloved and vibrant young man. Fraugh...

In this episode of "How We Change the World," my guest Nora Kramer offers sage advice on how to become an effective activist for social change. The founding director of Youth Empowered Action (YEA) Camp, Nora and her team teach budding activists how to make a real difference in the world. Nora is also the author of the “Beginners Guide to Changing the World,” a helpful guide for all ages.  Do...

Prabhat Gautam: Connecting Celebrities with Activists to Make BOLD Change Happen In this episode of How We Change the World Podcast my guest is Prabhat Gautam, known for bringing the world of entertainment and activism together to make change happen. Since moving to Los Angeles over twenty years ago, Prabhat has produced over eight-hundred charity events, helped raise millions of dollars, and igni...

In this episode of "How We Change the World", Palestinian leader Zoughbi Zoughbi talks about his decades of work teaching conflict transformation to other Palestinians and practicing what he terms “un-armed resistance” against the Israeli occupation. Zoughbi is the founder the of Wi’am: The Palestinian Conflict Transformation Center, located in the city of Bethlehem, Palestine. In this conversatio...

Sarah Davison-Tracy is an author, an activist, a philanthropist, and a passionate leader who gathers like-minded individuals and groups around the world to work together to support human rights causes. In her groundbreaking book, “No Longer Untouchable: A Story of Human Trafficking, Heroism, and Hope,”  Sarah shares the stories of four young Nepali women who were kidnapped and held in a broth...

When Curt Bowen moved to Guatemala from his native Idaho after graduating college, he planned to stay a month to build a house for a family in need. Thirteen years later he is still working hard in Guatemala and has no plans to leave. In some ways, he’s just hitting his stride. Curt Bowen is the founder of Semilla Nueva , or New Seed, located in the Central American country of Guatemala. Their mis...

Animal Rescue Corps protects dogs, cats, and other domesticated animals across North America and beyond through large-scale Emergency Animal Rescue & Disaster Response, Shelter Relief, and Education & Training. ********** People love their pets. Whether it’s a dog, cat, rabbit, hamster, bird, rat, or any other domesticated companion, our pets become beloved members of our family. Steadfast...

In this inaugural podcast of How We Change the World, my guest Lynne Twist offers insights and possibility for repairing our world. “Every breakdown has the seeds of a breakthrough bigger than the breakdown, I believe, and this breakdown is really feedback from the mother. Global warming and the climate crisis are massive, massive feedback to a species that’s lost its way­­—ours." A recognized glo...

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