How Courage, Curiosity & Compassion Can Lead Us Out of the Chaos Do you find yourself asking the question “How did we get here?” Here’s another question for you: “What does it take to understand the behaviors that got us into this mess?” Regular listeners of Our Voices Matter will likely conclude that the mess…
Why Donald Graham is Championing Undocumented Students
Why Donald Graham is Championing Undocumented Students Most people know Donald Graham as the former publisher of the Washington Post. These days he is Chairman Emeritus of Graham Holdings, a conglomerate whose operations include online, print and local TV news, among many other sectors. He is also Co-founder of TheDream.US, the nation’s largest college scholarship…
Constitutional Crisis? How to Get Your Questions Answered
Keeping up with the Trump administration 2.0 is like drinking from a firehose. From dropping bombs on Iran — without Congress weighing in — to mass deportations by masked ICE agents, to DOGE taking a chainsaw to federal institutions — it’s a lot. A looming, ever present question: is any of it constitutional? Our first…
How to Navigate America’s Constitutional Crisis
Government institutions dismantled. Federal workers fired by the thousands. The threat of mass deportations now reality. And the laws of the land now challenged by the president empowered with upholding them. No surprise that Trump 2.0 has anxious Americans seeking clarity on the U.S. Constitution and its role in shaping our nation’s future. Civil Dialogues…
How Americans Fearing the Second Trump Presidency are Planning to Emigrate
Now that we know who will occupy the White House for the next four years, the interest in emigrating from the US has skyrocketed. According to Reuters, Google searches for “move to Canada” surged 1,270% in the 24 hours after the polls closed on the East Coast Tuesday. Similar searches about moving to New Zealand…
WHY THIS PODCAST & WHY NOW?
Because it’s time for us all to stop, take a breath and listen. I am a journalist who relishes giving voice to people’s stories. I am a business owner, founder of an education non-profit, keynote speaker, wife, mother, daughter, dancer, sister and lover of life — and my country. And like so many of you, it…
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER
Knowledge is passed on from one generation to the next primarily through words, both written and spoken. While campfire stories and the folklore they gave birth to seemed near extinction, modern technology has revived this intimate and personal form of sharing knowledge. Knowledge is power. This podcast is about empowering all of us to better…
OVERCOMING THE “OTHER”
At some point in our lives, we all know what it feels like to be on the outside looking in. To be shunned. To be the outcast. To be the “other”. Business leaders, students, parents, political leaders, educators, doctors, professional athletes, social activists, entrepreneurs, entertainers…everyone you can think of. What are their stories? What “other”…
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