We need literature to understand life and feel our humanity. Dana Gioia, an award-winning poet, is dedicated to teaching and sharing the value of words.

March 6, 2021 48m

episode 5: Mastering Your Domain

Entrepreneur David Perell is teaching others to write online, share ideas, and build an internet audience to get ahead.

May 3, 2021 47m

episode 6: The Freedom and Philanthropy that Set America Apart

Karl Zinsmeister - a researcher, journalist, author, Domestic Policy Advisor to a president, and vice president of the Philanthropy Roundtable, shares some of the incredible history of philanthropy in America, and why our passion for generosity and...

June 7, 2021 49m

episode 7: Why Kids Need Money Education - And Who Is Bringing It

Fewer than half of states require financial literacy classes. Tyrone Ross Jr. is passionate about changing that, and expanding opportunities.

June 28, 2021 22m

episode 8: How To End Diabetes through Generosity

Sean Doherty is a leading venture philanthropist who helped create the T1D Fund, which makes equity investments in companies developing life-changing therapies to cure his son – and millions of others – of Type 1 Diabetes.

August 2, 2021 34m

episode 9: Troopster: Serving Those Who Serve Our Country

After receiving her own “heartbreak in a box,” a Navy sailor founded an innovative service to easily send high quality care packages to deployed troops.

August 29, 2021 30m

episode 10: Insights from Servants of Service

Outcomes over outputs: two fundraising consultants, Ted Grossnickle And Laura MacDonald, shed light on last year’s charitable giving statistics and offer advice for the wide world of philanthropy.

October 4, 2021 36m

episode 11: Reflections on Gratitude, Known and Unknown

Frank Blake looks back on a leadership lesson and discovers a new meaning. How can you show gratitude when you don’t know who to thank?

November 11, 2021 29m