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Social Justice

DEI is All About Empathy: Winitha Bonney on PYP 621

How can we create organizations that value diversity without having winners and losers?

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Humble Leadership is Not an Oxymoron: Stephen Baxter on PYP 620

What if leadership wasn’t about charisma, control, or climbing to the top—but about listening, inviting, and quietly shaping the story?: Challenging the traditional model of leadership.

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Principles for Aspiring Allies: Keith Edwards on PYP 618

In a world gone mad, how can we work for diversity and equality for all? And do so joyfully and effectively?

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Diversity & Inclusion: Wokeness Run Amok or Simply Good Business?: Sally Helgesen on PYP 578

Are initiatives to diversify the workplace helping or hurting organizations? Does diversity help or undermine excellence?

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Does Business Have to Be Icky? Mark Silver on PYP 569

Do you have to become a ruthless predator in order to make money as a business owner? Or can running a small business be an act of healing and love?

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True Privilege is Growing Up in a Low-Trauma Environment: Momma Kai Sanders on PYP 566

Momma Kai returns to the podcast to share her vision for a world without poverty or homelessness.

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Helping the Unhoused – and Homeless – Move From Poverty to Prosperity: Momma Kai Sanders on PYP 562

How can we end homelessness? Unhoused activist and visionary Momma Kai shares her experiences and solutions.

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Practical Ethics for Our Time: Peter Singer on PYP 555

Peter Singer pretty much launched the animal rights and animal welfare movements in 1975 with the publication of Animal Liberation. Forty-eight years later, he’s got a revised edition coming out: Animal Liberation Now.

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The Badass Vegan: John Lewis on PYP 552

John Lewis takes on the system in his blistering documentary, They’re Trying to Kill Us. In his book and social media, he instructs, inspires, and delights.

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