Impact in the 21st Century

Thank you to RBC for sponsoring this episode! Shalane Yuen is the Executive Director of the Trevor Noah Foundation, which works to provide South African students with improved access to quality education. How does learning from your mistakes lead to growing your impact? How should NGOs be collaborating with communities? What is the founding story of the Trevor Noah Foundation? In this episode, hea...

Guy Kawasaki is an author, speaker, entrepreneur, and has worked as Chief Evangelist at both Apple and Canva. How can you use mantras to help build your organization? How can you overcome imposter syndrome in the 21st Century? What is the future of education in a post-covid world? In this episode, hear Guy and host Aaron Friedland discuss democratizing design, education, and knowledge in the 21st...

Michael Tamblyn is the CEO of Kobo books, host of Kobo in Conversation podcast, and reading enthusiast. In this episode, hear Michael and host Aaron Friedland discuss the future of reading in the 21st Century. Enjoyed the episode? Feel free to like, share, follow, or review and help spread positive impact. Michael's recommended reads: https://www.michaeltamblyn.com/omnivore Twitter - https://twitt...

Adrienne Gear is an educator, speaker, literacy specialist, and author of Reading Power, Powerful Understanding, and more. How has teaching changed in the age of the internet? How can you inspire your students to become lifelong learners? In this episode, hear Adrienne Gear discuss brain pockets, writing her books, and how teaching needs to change in the 21st Century. Purchase Adrienne's books: ht...

Wade Davis is an anthropologist, National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, bestselling author, photographer, ethnographer, and professor.  Can we sustain human life on planet Earth? How can we learn more deeply? Why does anthropology matter in the 21st Century? In this episode, hear Wade Davis discuss his global exploration, jobs vs. work, the coca plant, and how to be creative in today's world....

Meghan Cox Gurdon is an author, essayist, book critic, and former foreign correspondent who has been the Wall Street Journal’s children’s book reviewer since 2005. ----more---- Social media gives up quick dopamine fixes - can reading? How can we build reading habits in a fast-paced, technological world? Can reading aloud be beneficial? In this episode, hear Meghan Cox Gurdon discuss reading aloud,...

Neil deGrasse Tyson is an astrophysicist, author, educator, host of Cosmos and StarTalk, and director of the Hayden Planetarium. What's the most effective way to educate in the 21st Century? Is work-life balance overrated? Is the human brain smart enough to understand the secrets of the Universe? Should information come with a truth-measure? In this episode, hear Neil deGrasse Tyson discuss teachi...

Maryanne Wolf is an author, scholar, teacher, and advocate for children and literacy around the world. She is the Director of the  newly created Center for Dyslexia, Diverse Learners, and Social Justice at the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies. How did reading change our own brains? What's the state of literacy of North America today? Should Twitter ever be used in politics...

Ndileka Mandela is a social activist, author of 'I Am Ndileka: More Than My Surname', the eldest grandchild of Nelson Mandela, and the founder of the Thembekile Mandela Foundation, which seeks to continue the legacy of Nelson Mandela by promoting Health and Education Programmes in selected remote schools.   In this episode, Ndileka Mandela speaks about growing up a Mandela, the burdens and privile...

David Suzuki is a climate activist, an award-winning geneticist, CBC's 'The Nature of Things' host, author of 50 titles, and founder of the David Suzuki Foundation, which seeks to protect nature's diversity and the well-being of all life, now and for the future. In this episode, David Suzuki speaks about the rise of alternative facts, the internet and confirmation bias, elevating economies above c...

Alex Honnold is a professional rock climber and athlete who made history with this free solo climb of El Capitan, Yosemite. He's also the founder of the Honnold Foundation, an organization dedicated to providing access to solar power. In this episode, Alex Honnold discusses his groundbreaking El Capitan free solo climb, Honnold Foundation's impactful solar energy initiatives, and how to find focus...

What is Impact in the 21st Century? Listen to host, Aaron Friedland, share the story, purpose, and themes of this social impact podcast.