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* Amy “Amos” Sharp was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. She fell in love with skateboarding when she was a little girl through an obsession of Bart Simpson, a McDonald’s skateboarding Kermit the Frog toy, and a McDonald’s skateboarding Garfield toy-proving just how impactful toys can be! * * In 2009 she traveled to Norway, and it’s there her curiosity of genealogy work and family history began. The concept of Løve Sokker was born soon after that trip due to a burning desire to combine those passions of skateboarding and family heritage into something impactful. Though Løve Sokker is still a budding startup, the dream of it becoming a worldwide brand, spreading a message of family history and genealogy work to younger generations, remains the driving force. * * At nearly 40 years old, Amos still skateboards 3-5 days a week. She is mom to a 15 year old. She loves to sing and play guitar. She is an artist, a snowboarder, a beekeeper, a fly fisher, and is currently earning her college degree.
Kay became a published journalist, writer and researcher when she was 11-years-old; since then, her work has been featured by Guardian, Huffington Post, The Tab, Cannabis Industry Journal, Variety, and more. In 2015, Kay graduated from Plymouth University with BA Honors in Geography, and moved to California as a social science specialist. Most of Kay’s work is held under NDA for her academic, business, nonprofit, and political clients. Originally from Wales, she watched her hometown succumb to unmitigated social decline. Now faced with trends forecasting the devolution of California into an open-air prison camp, Kay isn’t going to sit idly by and let the propaganda overtake the data. She’s here to set the record straight because Los Angeles and other metropolitan cities can still be saved. If you smoke cannabis, wear clothes, read magazines, or watch music videos, you’ve likely seen Kay featured by leading brands, artists, and creative directors who align with her disruptive approach to solving humanitarian crises… oh, and she gets along with everyone if they let her.
Eva Bilick is an actress, writer and producer living in Los Angeles. Her audiodrama, A Place Called Fairneck, debuted at #14 on Apple Podcast's comedy fiction chart in April, 2020, and was featured on Broadway World, This Week in Podcasts, and The Scott McGlynn Show. Eva’s comedy web series, Weird in Bed, screened at film festivals throughout the West Coast in 2019 and can be watched on WhoHaHa. She is currently writing her first feature film script, and catching up on every season of The Great British Bake Off.
JJ Ramberg is the founder of Goodpods -- the app where you can follow your friends and influencers (including Malcolm Gladwell, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kim Kardashian, Toure and others..) to see what podcasts they are listening to. JJ is a serial entrepreneur who has also co-founded the mission-driven coupon site Goodshop which has donated more than $13 million to causes and SearchKibble which donates food to shelter pets for every search. For 13 years, JJ hosted Your Business for NBC News, which focused on telling the stories of entrepreneurs and CEOs to find out what works and what doesn't when you're trying to grow a successful business. She is the author of two books -- It's Your Business, and the children's book The Startup Club. JJ has been honored for her work by organizations including Inc Magazine's Female Founders 100, the American Women's Business Associaton, Self Magazine, and the Association of Women Entrepreneurs and often speaks for organizations ranging from the Vanity Fair Founders Fair to the US Chamber of Commerce. JJ received her MBA from Stanford Business School and her BA from Duke University.
* Jon Cole has more than 20 years of management and leadership experience, having served in various leadership roles across several companies. Jon is currently the CEO of Steribin, a startup which developed a patented device to quickly disinfect airport security bins. * * As an angel investor, Jon has invested in multiple startups and is active in the southern Utah business community. Jon serves as a member of the National Advisory Council of Dixie State University. * * Jon's greatest joy comes from spending time with his wife and children and enjoying time outdoors. *
Shaylyn Romney Garrett is writer and changemaker pursuing connection, community, and healing in a fragmented world. She is the co-author with Robert D. Putnam of The Upswing: How America Came Together A Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again. Her work also includes the uniquely revealing portraits of religious communities across the United States in American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us, which won the Woodrow Wilson Award for best political science book of 2010-2011. She is a founding contributor to the Aspen Institute’s initiative, Weave: The Social Fabric Project, and writes about her personal journey back to community on her blog, Project Reconnect. Shaylyn has also had a successful career as a social entrepreneur. With her husband, James, she co-founded Think Unlimited, a nonprofit venture working to catalyze social innovation in the Middle East. She speaks Arabic and lived in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for six years, during which time she created an original Arabic language curriculum on creativity and critical thinking, and partnered with Queen Rania Al-Abdullah to bring it to Jordanian public schools. Shaylyn’s nonprofit work has been featured by the New York Times, FastCompany, Harvard Business Review, and Arab Investor. In 2011 she was honored with the Draper Richards Kaplan Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship, and was a finalist in the global Echoing Green Competition. She was twice awarded a membership to the Clinton Global Initiative, and has been a speaker at TEDx. Shaylyn holds a BA in Government from Harvard University, and is a returned Peace Corps volunteer. She is also a permaculturalist who loves to get her hands in the dirt, and thinks a lot about healthy soils as a model for thriving human communities. She lives in the beautiful red rock desert of Southern Utah with her husband, her daughter Sophie, her son Aeon, and her loyal dog Dewey. Connect w/ Shaylyn: Website | Book
Codie Sanchez is a reformed journalist, turned institutional investor to now a Managing Director and Partner at Entourage Effect Capital, a private equity firm focused specifically on investing in the legalized cannabis industry. Since its inception in the summer of 2014, EEC has deployed $100+ million into over 65 companies out of its two dedicated funds and co-investments. Throughout her career, she has worked at the intersection of marketing and money, finding contrarian ways to invest. She’s always balanced her profession with non-profit service to empower women, veterans and Latinos. She joined Vanguard ETFs in 2008 ($870B) to build out their ETF business, quite the time, then moved to Goldman Sachs Alternatives group. Following, she became an SVP at SSGA ($580B) in institutional investing tasked with a $3 billion region, finally coming to First Trust ($63B) to build the LatAm investment business from the ground up. Codie has led global teams in all asset classes, negotiating JV's, product creation and market entry across the Americas. She is a board member at The Arcview Group, Magma Partners Venture Fund, Texans for Veterans and a member of the free markets think tank, AEI's Enterprise Club. She also sits on the policy board of the Marijuana Policy Project. She invests in women led startups through Plum Alley, WAVE and The Vinetta Project and cannabis companies through Cresco Capital Partners. She received her degree in PR & Journalism from ASU's Honors School, MBA from Georgetown University and PHD from Fundacao Gestulio Vargas. She was awarded the JFK Award for Print Journalism and the Howard Buffett Grant.
Codie Sanchez is a reformed journalist, turned institutional investor to now a Managing Director and Partner at Entourage Effect Capital, a private equity firm focused specifically on investing in the legalized cannabis industry. Since its inception in the summer of 2014, EEC has deployed $100+ million into over 65 companies out of its two dedicated funds and co-investments. Throughout her career, she has worked at the intersection of marketing and money, finding contrarian ways to invest. She’s always balanced her profession with non-profit service to empower women, veterans and Latinos. She joined Vanguard ETFs in 2008 ($870B) to build out their ETF business, quite the time, then moved to Goldman Sachs Alternatives group. Following, she became an SVP at SSGA ($580B) in institutional investing tasked with a $3 billion region, finally coming to First Trust ($63B) to build the LatAm investment business from the ground up. Codie has led global teams in all asset classes, negotiating JV's, product creation and market entry across the Americas. She is a board member at The Arcview Group, Magma Partners Venture Fund, Texans for Veterans and a member of the free markets think tank, AEI's Enterprise Club. She also sits on the policy board of the Marijuana Policy Project. She invests in women led startups through Plum Alley, WAVE and The Vinetta Project and cannabis companies through Cresco Capital Partners. She received her degree in PR & Journalism from ASU's Honors School, MBA from Georgetown University and PHD from Fundacao Gestulio Vargas. She was awarded the JFK Award for Print Journalism and the Howard Buffett Grant.
Laura Cathcart Robbins is a freelance writer, podcast host and storyteller, living in Studio City, California with her son, Justin and her boyfriend, Scott Slaughter. She has been active for many years as a speaker and school trustee, and is credited for creating The Buckley School’s nationally recognized committee on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Laura's recent articles in the Huffington Post on the subjects of race, recovery and divorce have garnered her world-wide acclaim. She is a 2018 LA Moth StorySlam winner and host of the popular podcast, The Only One In The Room, which is available on all podcast platforms. Laura currently sits on the advisory board for the San Diego Writer’s Festival and is also a founding member of Moving Forewords, the first national memoirist collective of its kind.
ELEANOR BENNETT: Eleanor is an independent podcast producer and radio journalist. She was captivated by the medium while working the 6AM shift at her college radio station. From there, she moved to New York, where she covered issues of climate justice and women’s empowerment for SiriusXM Radio. She recently finished a project, interviewing hundreds of eclectic and colorful New Yorkers for an interactive audio-visual installation at the Brooklyn Museum by the photographer and street artist, JR. The exhibition, The Chronicles of New York City, is a giant mural of over one thousand New Yorkers that is accompanied by Eleanor’s audio recordings of each person’s story. Making these kinds of personal connections with a diversity of people and creating empathic spaces for them to tell their stories fuels her work. Eleanor is delighted to be back home in the Rocky Mountains producing Gen Z Tea, a new podcast – by teens for teens – from Aspen Public Radio. Each episode, local teens talk with Instagram influencers, social justice activists, mental health app creators, and even politicians on the campaign trail to get the “hottest tea” on how their generation is using social media to change the world. Her latest endeavor is Questions I’ve Never Asked, a mother-daughter podcast about the taboo conversations we rarely have with our parents, grandparents and elders. The story begins with her mother’s unorthodox childhood growing up on a vast cattle station alongside the Pitjantjatjara Aboriginal community in the remote Australian outback. As a young woman, Eleanor is determined to develop a new canon of work from the perspective of women from all walks of life. JANIE JOSELAND BENNET: With no exaggeration, Janie has lived a unique life. The daughter of an Australian film star and a rugged, pioneering cattleman, she was raised in Australia’s remote outback as the sister to three older brothers. Growing up, her primary playmates were the children of the Pitjantjatjara tribe, who lived on the vast-land with her family and whose ancient language she spoke fluently. She was destined for an unorthodox journey! Janie won an Australian equestrian championship (beating a field of men decades older), trained international polo ponies, and eventually traded in her little egg-yellow car to buy a round-the-world airline ticket. As a just-arrived 20 year-old in New York City, she landed a job with Fashion Week icon Fern Mallis. Later, in Aspen, she worked with acclaimed National Geographic photographers and launched Photographers Aspen, their international photo agency. Along the way, she was a contributing force behind the Oscar-winning film, Born Into Brothels, among other global photo projects. She has lived and raised her daughter here in Aspen alongside her husband, former Aspen mayor John Bennett. (And if you know Janie really, really well, she might give you a nip of her homemade gin or even someday take you mushrooming in the wild. ....But don't count on it!)
WITH 25 YEARS AS A SUCCESSFUL TECH ENTREPRENEUR, WITH MULTIPLE IPOS AND EXITS ALONG THE WAY, BYRON REESE IS UNIQUELY SUITED TO COMMENT ON THE TRANSFORMATIVE EFFECT OF TECHNOLOGY ON THE WORKPLACE AND ON SOCIETY AT LARGE. HE WRITES BOOKS THAT EXPLORE THE WONDERS OF THE WORLD OF TOMORROW AND DELIGHTS AUDIENCES AROUND THE WORLD WITH HIS VIVID AND ENERGETIC PRESENTATIONS ON THE FUTURE OF WORK AND LIFE.
Amy Edwards is a musician, voice artist, radio talent (Austin 360 Radio) and podcast host. After years of recording, writing, honing her own brand, and learning the importance of overcoming fear, Amy is building her "Rock Your Life" brand with two new podcasts due in fall 2019 ("Rock Your Life" and "Go Aff Yourself", a series on affirmations). Amy's former podcast The Real Show (2015-2019) recently wrapped, and she has two books out in 2019. She's also a single mom to two girls and lives in Austin, Texas.
James Garrett is a brainhacker and founder of Brain by Design. He’s spoken on stages ranging from Harvard to TEDx and his work has been featured by The New York Times, FastCompany, and Harvard Business Review. He spent years doing research with some of the best psychologists in the world at Columbia, Tufts, and Yale. He built one of the only brain-based positive psychology curricula in the Middle East and trained thousands of Arab youth in partnership with Queen Rania of Jordan. A rare combination of scientist, trainer, and entrepreneur, in 2019 James launched the Deep Change Project, a year-long personal journey to discover what’s possible at the outer edges of brainhacking and neuroplasticity.
Joshua Jackson is the Chairman of Liquid Media Group. Headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Liquid is an entertainment company with a strong portfolio of content IP across creative industries, from video games to film and digital streaming services. Liquid is building the leading community for creative professionals, empowering storytellers to develop, produce, and distribute across channels and platforms. In April 2019, Liquid announced that it became the official operator of A+E Networks’ popular story-driven Ancient Aliens: The Game , a free-to-play videogame across iOS, Google Play and Facebook platforms. With nearly 30 years of experience in the entertainment industry as actor, director, and producer, Joshua is best known for his headlining TV roles on Fringe (FOX; co-created by J.J. Abrams), Dawson’s Creek (WB), and The Affair (Showtime). In addition to his TV work, he has starred in over 30 films, including The Mighty Ducks series and the Canadian drama One Week, for which he received a Genie Award (best actor).
Presenting on Marketing and Business Growth Masters in Secondary Education Marketing Guru Increased business turnover by 4 times in 1 year using social media Organizes over 40+ instructors in US Supporting growth Distributor of professional products across the world Founders | MyAbsoluteBeauty.com
Cynthia Johnson is a global entrepreneur, marketing professional, author, and keynote speaker. She is Co-Founder at Bell +Ivy, a marketing and PR firm in Santa Monica, CA, and Las Vegas, NV. Previously, she was Partner & Director of Marketing for RankLab, a digital marketing agency listed in Inc. Magazine's Fastest Growing Private Companies in 2015. In July 2015 RankLab was acquired by American Addiction Centers. She is an Advisory Board member for The Millennium Alliance, a leading technology, business, and educational advisory firm serving Fortune 1000 C-Level executives. Cynthia has been a keynote speaker for companies and events such as Alibaba Group in China, World Government Summit in Dubai, Global Ventures Summit in Indonesia and Mexico, and Web Summit in Lisbon, among others. She has been involved in influencer and marketing campaigns for PayPal, HereMedia, Chevy’s, PETA, and several other leading brands. Cynthia was listed as top personal branding experts in 2017by Entrepreneur, top 50 marketers on SnapChat by Mashable, top 12 Female Entrepreneurs that Inspire by Darling Magazine, and top 20 people in SEO by Guardian. She is a contributing columnist to Entrepreneur, and has had work published in Forbes, TIME, and several other industry-specific and top-tier publications. Her first book Platform will be published in February 2019 with Penguin Random House.
Brandon Hull is a serial entrepreneur and host of the Freelance to Founder podcast. Brandon interviews prominent founders including Aweber founder Tom Kulzer, Chelsea Baldwin, Art of Charm host AJ Harbinger, and author Paul Jarvis, among others. Freelance to Founder features enlightening & entertaining stories of high-profile entrepreneurs like Bell + Ivy founder Cynthia Johnson, SeanWes founder Sean McCabe, The Futur founder Chris Do, 'Click it up a Notch' founder Courtney Slazinik, ConvertKit founder Nathan Barry, among other guests building incredible businesses. Season 6 will feature interviews from Tom Kulzer, the founder of massive email marketing software Aweber, co-founder of The Art of Charm, AJ Harbinger, and author and freelancing expert Paul Jarvis, among others. The show has been endorsed by top podcasters including Mixergy founder Andrew Warner, Michael Sacca, Host of Rocketship.fm, and Nick Loper of The Side Hustle Show.
Imogen Lehtonen: London-born, New Zealand-raised, California-based silversmith for The Great Frog.
Marc Groman (co-host) is an internationally recognized expert in privacy, technology, and cyber security. His past roles include Senior Advisor for Privacy in the Obama White House, Chief Privacy Officer of the Federal Trade Commission, and President and CEO of the Network Advertising Initiative. His vision and innovative approaches to tackling privacy and tech issues during the Obama Administration earned him the International Association of Privacy Professionals’ 2017 Leadership Award. Marc does not shy away from controversy, having spent countless hours debating high profile and high-stakes issues around conference tables in the Pentagon, West Wing and White House Situation Room. But if you ask Marc, the most challenging privacy and security debates take place at his kitchen table, discussing screen time, inappropriate content, and gaming with his teenage son. Marc notes that members of the President’s Cabinet rarely argued, “But all the other Department Heads get to do it” or “That’s not fair!” When not consulting, serving on various boards, or teaching at Georgetown Law School, you’ll often find Marc explaining Snapchat, YouTube, smartphone privacy settings, and Fortnite to other dazed and confused parents.
Lucy is a producer, writer, and activist currently residing in East LA. For the past four years she has volunteered inside and outside of the prison system on behalf of an organization called PREP, Partnership for Reentry Program, located in South LA. Her work inside of prison includes co-facilitating a parole preparation workshop called "Insight" which is an active program in over 20 California institutions. Shortly after attending a Transom Traveling Workshop last summer Lucy began "Life on the Outside," a monthly podcast about returning to society after decades of incarceration.
With a career marked by a record of smashed sales expectations for some of the most successful podcast networks in the industry, Allyson brings a rare combination of deep industry experience and expertise along with vast monetization success to Lipstick & Vinyl. ALLYSON HAS HELPED PIONEER THE PODCAST INDUSTRY Well before juggernauts like “Serial” introduced the medium to broader audiences, she and her colleagues had it figured out. While at Midroll, Allyson was instrumental in breaking new ground to define what have now become the industry standards for podcast advertising and monetization. Allyson has generated over $90 million in radio and podcast advertising revenue over the course of her career. Lipstick and Vinyl believes that content and sales teams must collaborate- working in formation to provide additive monetization solutions that benefit creators, listeners and brands. Lipstick and Vinyl is devoted to respecting the intimate relationship between listener and podcaster. Podcast advertising transcends traditional media placements and invasive commercials in favor of authentic endorsements indistinguishable and inseparable from core content. As an advocate for underrepresented voices, Allyson crafts successful partnerships between brands and creators that are both authentic and performant advertising solutions. Allyson and the team at Lipstick and Vinyl will walk through fire to ensure every show on their network has the monetary and creative resources to connect with listeners.
Graham has been a stand-up comic for over 20 years working comedy clubs, colleges, TV shows, Holiday Inn Lounges, war zones, dive bars, and one time on the top of a double decker tour bus in Chicago (not joking) . You’ve probably seen him on the TV like when he hosted the socially relevant game shows “Cram” (GSN) and “Strip Poker” (USA). Along with making the world a better place by appearing on shows like “Best Bodies Ever” on VH1. Don’t forget the time when he told jokes on “The Late Late Show” (CBS). Also has starred in the theatrical plays Speed the Plow, Light Sensitive, Cash Flow and co-wrote the one act play Brothers.Graham has been a stand-up comic for over 20 years working comedy clubs, colleges, TV shows, Holiday Inn Lounges, war zones, dive bars, and one time on the top of a double decker tour bus in Chicago (not joking) . You’ve probably seen him on the TV like when he hosted the socially relevant game shows “Cram” (GSN) and “Strip Poker” (USA). Along with making the world a better place by appearing on shows like “Best Bodies Ever” on VH1. Don’t forget the time when he told jokes on “The Late Late Show” (CBS). Also has starred in the theatrical plays Speed the Plow, Light Sensitive, Cash Flow and co-wrote the one act play Brothers. Directed the award winning feature film “Ear Buds: The Podcasting Documentary” distributed by Comedy Dynamics and available on iTunes, Google, Amazon and all platforms September 12, 2017. He has directed the award winning short “Hello Junkie” (coming soon to CFN) and the stand-up comedy concert DVD “Graham Elwood: Live from Afghanistan”. His first feature film, “Laffghanistan: Comedy Down Range” is also being distributed by Comedy Dynamics released in October 2017. A film about Graham’s first trip telling jokes in a war zone. Scary, crazy, funny and always entertaining. Scary, crazy, funny and always entertaining. Graham likes referring to himself in the 3rd person as he feels like a pro ballplayer. Graham Elwood will get it done one day at a time and hopefully will be there come playoffs. Graham is Co-creator of the Los Angeles Podcast Festival with Dave Anthony, Chris Mancini, and Andy Wood. Also a frequent guest of the Jimmy Dore Show and Aggressive Progressive on TYT which inspired the creation of “The Political Vigilante” YouTube show and podcast. Talking Politics from a progressive point of view.
Jorge Perez is an agent for celebrity artists. He represents commercial photographers and produces photo shoots, as well as providing brand amplification opportunities with local, national and international clients. Jorge's mission is to ensure commercial artists have the right commercial and emotional tools to connect their creative talent with clients around the world. Recently, he launched his very own podcast show, Outliers TV. This new podcast is about innovators changing the world taking the nontraditional route to success. As we navigate through the changes and impact of technology, Outliers TV will tell the ultimate inspiring stories about people creating their own path in this new social/digital age. In addition, Jorge Perez produced his own docu-reality series called Double Exposure on Bravo. The show followed famed photographers Markus Klinko and Indrani, who were known for their images of popular icons from Beyoncé, Lady Gaga and David Bowie, to magazine covers of actors from Eva Mendes, Will Smith, to Katie Holmes. Jorge was their agent and producer of the show.
Sam Sanders is a reporter and host of It's Been a Minute with Sam Sanders at NPR. In the show, Sanders engages with journalists, actors, musicians, and listeners to gain the kind of understanding about news and popular culture that can only be reached through conversation. The podcast releases two episodes each week: a "deep dive" interview on Tuesdays, as well as a Friday wrap of the week's news.Sam Sanders is a reporter and host of It's Been a Minute with Sam Sanders at NPR. In the show, Sanders engages with journalists, actors, musicians, and listeners to gain the kind of understanding about news and popular culture that can only be reached through conversation. The podcast releases two episodes each week: a "deep dive" interview on Tuesdays, as well as a Friday wrap of the week's news. Previously, as a key member of NPR's election unit, Sam covered the intersection of culture, pop culture, and politics in the 2016 election, and embedded with the Bernie Sanders campaign for several months. He was also one of the original cohosts of NPR's Politics Podcast, which launched in 2015. Sanders joined NPR in 2009 as a Kroc Fellow, and since then has worn many hats within the organization, including field producer and breaking news reporter. He's spent time at three Member stations as well: WUNC in North Carolina, Oregon Public Broadcasting, and WBUR in Boston, as an intern for On Point with Tom Ashbrook. Sanders graduated from the Harvard Kennedy School in 2009 with a Master's degree in public policy, with a focus on media and politics. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio Texas with a double major in political science and music. In his free time, Sanders runs, eats bacon, discusses the tortured genius of Kanye West, and continues his love/hate relationship with Twitter
Dan Purcell creates apps & businesses. He's an outgoing introvert that loves the lean startup methodology. Dan is a software developer at heart and has been running a dev shop since 2005. His career goal is to create software products that make other people’s lives better while building a profitable business model around it. Besides business and leading his talented dev team, Dan is passionate about strengthening marriages and families -- one of the greatest sources of joy in his life! Dan is a social long distance runner and enjoys deep discussions about interesting topics (Malcolm Gladwell) and learning from other people. He absolutely loves where he lives is St George Utah.
Alcomy gives assisted living administrators, caregivers, and owners the tools they’ve been dreaming of to manage their heavy workloads, achieve visibility into all caregiving activities, and document everything quickly and easily. The result: saved time, improved communication, and error-free documentation.
* * "Samantha Parker is the co-founder of Badassery Magazine and the co-host of the Badassery Podcast. She’s ridiculously passionate about living a life of true Badassery, by definition, rendering all onlookers as awestruck. Badassery Magazine is more than just a magazine and Samantha supports a global community of female entrepreneurs who live bold, passion filled lives. She has been featured on NowThis, The Daily Vee, Bold TV and numerous interviews and podcasts. Samantha believes that we all rise together and puts community over competition. You can find her winning at wine (it’s a sport) and blazing the trail for other female entrepreneurs. * * * * Samantha Parker: verb. Cool AF female entrepreneur changing the world by building a visible community and magazine. (syn). glitterbitch, risk taker, hikes in sparkly boots, CEO of kicking ass."
Zachary Davis | Executive Producer and Host Zachary Davis is a graduate student at Harvard Divinity School studying intellectual history and philosophy of religion. He is also a producer at HarvardX where he builds open online courses in the humanities. Ministry of Ideas is a podcast dedicated to investigating and illuminating the ideas that shape our society. It is an initiative of the Religious Literacy Project at Harvard Divinity School. It is produced in Cambridge, Massachusetts and is featured in The Boston Globe Ideas Section. Ministry of Ideas is a proud member of Hub & Spoke, a new collective of independent, idea-driven podcasts.
Amy Morin is a licensed clinical social worker and lecturer at Northeastern University. She's also in international bestselling author. Her books, 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do and 13 Things Mentally Strong Parents Don't Do, have been translated into 30 languages. She gave one of the most popular TEDx talks of all time with more than 6.5 million views. Her advice has been featured by media outlets around the globe ranging from CNN in Mexico to MTV in Finland. In today’s increasingly complicated and scary world, do children lack the flexibility and mental strength they need to cope with life’s challenges? With “safe spaces” and “trigger warnings” designed to protect kids, many adults worry that children don’t have the resilience to reach their greatest potential. In 13 Things Mentally Strong Parents Don’t Do Amy Morin identifies the tools that adults—parents, teachers, and other mentors—need to become mental strength trainers. After her blog post on mental strength went viral in 2013, psychotherapist Amy Morin expanded those ideas in her internationally bestselling book 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do. Now, in her highly anticipated follow up, 13 Things Mentally Strong Parents Don’t Do (William Morrow; September 19, 2017; ISBN: 9780062565730) Amy Morin turns her focus to teaching parents how to raise mentally strong and resilient children in an everchanging world. As a foster parent, psychotherapist, and expert in family and teen therapy, Amy draws upon her professional and personal experiences in 13 Things Mentally Strong Parents Don’t Do. And while other books tell parents what to do, Amy teaches parents what “not to do,” which she says is equally important in raising mentally strong kids.
Christopher Lochhead hosts the Legends and Losers podcast and is co-author of Harper Collins’ “instant classic” "Play Bigger: How Pirates, Dreamers and Innovators Create and Dominate Markets" and "Niche Down: How to become legendary by being different". Christopher is a former three-time Silicon Valley public company CMO (Mercury Interactive, Scient, Vantive) and entrepreneur. He’s been an advisor/investor in over 50 Silicon Valley startups. * * Fast Company Magazine calls him a The Marketing Journal says he’s one of and The Economist calls him At 18 he got thrown out of school and with no other options he started a company. He can recite much of The Big Lebowski, but can’t remember his wife’s phone number. He’s an ass kicking speaker, surf and ski bum and proud advisor to non-profit 1 Life Fully Lived, living happily ever after in Santa Cruz California.
