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Points of Departure
Hosted by Laurence Hare
,
Rogelio Garcia Contreras
,
Daniel Caruth

Arkansas Global Changemakers presents, with KUAF, the podcast Points of Departure, an extension of their work connecting people from around the world to each other to discuss possible solutions for local manifestations of global problems.

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  • 'Notes' from Barcelona on Employment Equality
    We hear from Apunts - a company working to build more inclusive job opportunities for people with disabilities.
  • "Guiding" greener business with students from the University of Arkansas
    In today's episode we hear from students and some stakeholders who helped assess the City of Fayetteville's green business guideline.
  • Podcast Special: Archive conversation with Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus
    In this special episode of Points of Departure Laurence and Rogelio revisit a discussion from 2021 they facilitated with economist and Nobel Peace Prize Recipient Muhammad Yunus. This week, Yunus was made the interim prime minister of Bangladesh after widespread protests across the country ousted the former leader Sheikh Hasina. We get some context on the politics and hear from Yunus on social entrepreneurship, global warming, COVID-19 and his own ties to Arkansas.
  • The empathy algorithm with Chris Thompson
    Chris Thompson develop the health app and social media platform Sober Sidekick out of desperation - facing his own recovery in isolation he needed to connect with other people struggling like him. Now that app and his
  • Leadership, sustainability and making 'bold change' with Dr. Sarah Elaine Lewis
    How do you reframe climate change anxiety to create sustainable solutions? Dr. Sarah Elaine Lewis shares how she helps companies, organizations and individuals make holistic choices to serve the planet.
  • A better guide for greener business with Heather Ellzey and Taylor Osburn
    In this episode we hear from sustainability coordinators with the city of Fayetteville about how they are working with students, consumers and businesses to develop guidelines that incentivize green practices.
  • Global development, local scale with Toshihiro Nakamura
    Toshihiro Nakamura may have cut his teeth working for the United Nations in peace keeping and global development in conflict and disaster zones around the world, but his organization - Kopernik - scales down projects to see what fits for the local communities they work with.
  • Putting planet over profit with Martin Wolf
    Chemist and environmentalist, Martin Wolf explains how business and nature are out of balance and explores how to put the two on a more harmonious track.
  • Dispatch from Barcelona with Alyssa Snyder
    We hear from Alyssa Snyder of Seeds that Feed, one of Arkansas Global Changemakers' community partners, about her experience joining the first changemakers course in Barcelona.
  • How do you measure impact?
    In this episode we hear from Maria Cruz Conde, from the nonprofit Open Value Foundation about how companies and investors can accurately measure their impact.