POY 01: Jimmy Chen on Making Food Stamps User-Friendly
Jimmy Chen is a co-founder and CEO at a startup that is redesigning services like Food Stamps to be user-friendly. Learn about the podcast and about Jimmy. Listen to This Interview Play the Audio...
View ArticlePOY 02: Adam Greenfield on Building Public Benches
Adam Greenfield is a co-founder of The Public Bench Project, which is building public benches in San Francisco. Topics include community and urban design. Listen to This Interview Play the Audio...
View ArticlePOY 03: Jodi Carpenter on Boatbuilding with At-Risk Youth
Jodi Carpenter is a Maritime Educator who teaches boatbuilding and life skills to troubled teens on Lake Erie. Hear Jodi and Josh’s fun talk about her work. Listen to This Interview Play the Audio...
View ArticlePOY 04: Elizabeth Buehler on Ending Veteran Homelessness
Elizabeth Buehler is Salt Lake City’s Homeless Services Coordinator. In this episode, she describes her city’s heartfelt mission to give everyone a home. Listen to This Interview Play the Audio...
View ArticlePOY 05: David Lopez on Being a Technology Librarian
David Lopez is a technology librarian in Santa Ana who enjoys helping people. Hear him talk about his work, his love for his city, and what motivates him. Listen to This Interview Play the Audio...
View ArticlePOY 06: Ian Acker on Running a Sober Gym
Ian Acker founded Fit To Recover, a nonprofit sober gym, to unite former addicts. His story is one of redemption, and he is using it to change lives. Listen to This Interview Play the Audio...
View ArticlePOY 07: Drew Carhart on Raising Light Pollution Awareness
Drew Carhart has spent years raising light pollution awareness and encouraging fondness for nature near Chicago. Listen as he shares what he has learned. Listen to This Interview Play the Audio...
View ArticlePOY 08: Sarah Grey on Spreading the Joys of Neighboring
Sarah Grey maintains a popular website about neighboring that is based on weekly gatherings at her home. Hear her and Josh have a fun conversation about it. Listen to This Interview Play the Audio...
View ArticlePOY 09: Katherine Weathers on Serving as a Detention Center Volunteer
Katherine Weathers is a detention center volunteer in Alabama. She is part of a group that visits men awaiting deportation in a socially isolated facility. Listen to This Interview Play the Audio...
View ArticlePOY 10: Ben Hlavacek on Starting a Public Skate Park
Ben Hlavacek and his friends decided to build a skate park in Kansas City and were met with help from a surprising amount of people. Here’s their story. Listen to This Interview Play the Audio...
View ArticlePOY 11: Alvin Irby on Placing Children’s Books in Barbershops
Alvin Irby is a teacher and comedian on a mission to place children’s books in barbershops throughout the United States, starting in Harlem. Listen to This Interview Play the Audio...
View ArticlePOY 12: Drew Guthrie on Promoting Financial Literacy
Drew Guthrie is the COO at the FoolProof Foundation, which is improving financial literacy in many ways. He is driven by lessons from debt in his own life. Listen to This Interview Play the Audio...
View ArticlePOY 13: Barry Pawelek on Encouraging Truck Driver Health
Barry Pawelek travels the United States encouraging truck driver health throughout the industry. Here he shares his story and a few tips for drivers. Listen to This Interview Play the Audio...
View ArticlePOY 14: Julius Sweetland on Creating a Free Eye Tracking App
Julius Sweetland created OptiKey, a free eye tracking app for those unable to type. Josh also talks with Analy Perez and Kevin Lasher on ways it will help. Listen to This Interview Play the Audio...
View ArticlePOY 15: Amanda Painter on Making Halloween Safer with Teal Pumpkins
Amanda Painter is part of the group behind the Teal Pumpkin Project, a campaign to make Halloween safer for children with food allergies. Here’s her story. Listen to This Interview Play the Audio...
View ArticlePOY 16: Dr. Elizabeth Strand on Practicing Veterinary Social Work
Dr. Elizabeth Strand directs one of the only veterinary social work programs, and she’s determined to improve mental health among veterinarians. Listen to This Interview Play the Audio...
View ArticlePOY 17: Laura Hale on Funding Good Deeds to Build Community
Laura Hale founded the ONE Good Deed Fund, which provides small grants to fund good deeds and build community in Burlington, Vermont. Listen to This Interview Play the Audio...
View ArticlePOY 18: Kevin Adler on Reuniting the Homeless with Their Loved Ones
Kevin Adler founded Miracle Messages to record videos with those who are homeless. He then shares them with lost family members to facilitate reunions. Listen to This Interview Play the Audio...
View ArticlePOY 19: Alex Gramling on Giving Christmas Trees and Being a Santa
Alex Gramling and his friends started giving away Christmas trees after a chance encounter with someone in need. Now he enjoys being a Santa for others. Listen to This Interview Play the Audio...
View ArticlePOY 20: Doug Ammar on Restorative Justice in the American South
Doug Ammar directs the Georgia Justice Project, which supports those the criminal justice system harms. He boosts the restorative justice approach to crime. Listen to This Interview Play the Audio...
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