Sounds Good with Branden Harvey
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Sounds Good with Branden Harvey
Sounds Good hosts hopeful conversations with optimists and world-changers about the headlines we can be hopeful about — and how you can get involved and make a difference. Every week, Good Good Good founder Branden Harvey sits down with the people driving positive change against the world's greatest...
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Backhanded Optimism with Adam J. Kurtz
Sounds Good Season Finale // If you've been looking for a sign to change your life, this is it. As you've probably figured out by now, life isn't a li...
How to Turn Good Intentions into Real Change in Your Workplace
The gap between good intentions and real change is a big one to fill. While many companies are interested in making their workplaces more diverse, it’...
Develop for Good Is Pairing Ivy League Students with Nonprofits
Develop for Good pairs students with nonprofits to use tech to make a difference. The founder of the organization, Mary Zhu, is no stranger to the exp...
Meet the App That Helps People Find Public Benefits
Growing up in the racially and economically segregated suburbs of Maryland, Patrice Berry found herself wanting to work in U.S. policymaking after exp...
One Doctor’s Mission to Bring Healthcare to Refugee Women
After trading jazz for a Harvard education, this doctor chose to support refugees by not only working in a refugee camp in Turkey, but by developing a...
Being an Imperfect Conscious Consumer
Being an environmentally conscious consumer means shopping smarter, not harder. But with so much information and products in the world, it can be chal...
How an Ex-Felon Is Helping Others with Their Second Chance at Life
After getting out of prison, Jason Wang committed to helping ex-felons get jobs, end generational poverty, and re-enter society.
The United Stat...
On the Ground in Haiti After Earthquake with Mercy Corps
After a 7.2 earthquake struck the western part of Haiti last week, it’s been all hands on deck to help the country get back on their feet. This week,...
How to Get Your Voice Heard by Elected Officials
Contacting an elected representative is an effective way to make change, but it might not always be clear how to make your voice heard. Our show guest...
Letting Go of Perfection to Find Peace, According to an Expert
Mental health influencer Poppy Jamie is letting go of the idea of perfection. The British entrepreneur and lifestyle personality made the radical choi...
Navigating Change Is An Opportunity for Growth
Growing — whether in our personal or professional lives — requires change. But change can be terrifying, no matter what stage in your life you’re at....
How a College Student Founded NOLA’s First Glass Recycling Plant
Recycling glass turned this young founder into a TikTok star. Franziska Trautmann was at the end of her college career when her frustration at her cit...
How Poetry Keeps Us Hopeful with Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith is an award-winning poet who shot to prominence in 2016 with her viral poem, Good Bones. Widely celebrated in the poetry community for he...
Do Petitions Even Do Anything?
Petitions help people feel like they’re making change in the world — but do they really make a difference?
Stuart Perelmuter, the founder of OD...
How to Keep Juneteenth Alive All Year Round
Pulitzer Prize winner Professor Annette Gordon-Reed has been celebrating Juneteenth her entire life. But in light of the global spotlight on the Black...
Intervening When You See Harassment Is Easier Than You Think
Intervening when someone is being harassed feels scary. But a global, people-powered movement called Hollaback is making it easy to put an end to hara...
Ending Global Homelessness Through Innovation
The nonprofit New Story is solving global homelessness with innovative and holistic solutions. By providing financing and creating innovative home des...
Saving the Bees with Bee Girl Sarah
Sarah Red-Laird is “the bee girl” who started the nonprofit The Bee Girl Organization to educate and inspire communities to conserve bees, their flowe...
Changing the World Happens Best in Community
Terence Lester (Love Beyond Walls) is making a difference for people experiencing poverty, homelessness, and economic inequality. He founded Love Beyo...
6 Good News Stories to Make Your Week Better
There’s always good news if you know where to look. Every month, we publish a print newspaper called The Goodnewspaper, full of hope and ways to make...
How to Fight Gun Violence with Shannon Watts
Moms Demand Action began the day after the Sandy Hook shooting, which claimed the lives of 28 people, including 20 children. Shannon Watts, a mother o...
Rainbow Railroad Is Helping LGBTQ+ People Flee Persecution
Rainbow Railroad helps LGBTQ+ people escape countries where they face imminent danger because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Th...
John Moe Is Fighting Mental Health Stigma With Humor
John Moe (“Depresh Mode,” “The Hilarious World of Depression”) is bringing humor to mental health. The writer and radio personality’s work often cente...
What’s Happening at the U.S./Mexico Border and How to Help
Yonathan Moya grew up on the U.S./Mexico border and sought out a way to tell the stories of the people living there. Following a nine-day photographic...
Why a Plant-Based Diet Can Save the World
Gene Stone (author of “Forks Over Knives”) has spent the last decade writing about plant-based diets and their relationship to health, animal protecti...
3 Myths About Changing the World
All over the world, mysterious signs have been popping up. They say messages like: “Don’t give up.” “You are worthy of love.” “Your mistakes don’t def...
Sharing Your Story & Creating Community
At 22, Paige More (The Breasties) got a preventative double mastectomy before ever being diagnosed with cancer. At the time, she was working as a prod...
How to Support Creators of Color
Photographer Aundre Larrow (@aundre) has worked with clients such as The North Face, Amex, Volcom, Lululemon, and the Warriors, and his work has been...
What We Can Learn From the World’s Most Notable Activists
Journalist and photographer KK Ottesen has photographed and interviewed the world’s most notable politicians and activists. She is a regular contribut...
How Writing Can Help You Make Sense of the World & Make a Bigger Difference
Expert writing coach Allison Fallon says writing can help you unlock your purpose. Allison is the author of “The Power of Writing It Down” and founder...
How to Make the World More Generous and Thoughtful with Sharon McMahon
This teacher has turned to Instagram to combat misinformation. Sharon McMahon — who describes herself as “America’s (not boring) government teacher” —...
Environmentalism Must Care for People and the Planet
Activist Leah Thomas created a platform to address the ways environmentalism impacts not only the planet, but the people on it, too. She calls the pla...
This Organization Is Helping Young People Get Elected
After working on Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns, Amanda Litman founded Run for Something, an organization dedicated to help...
Positive Peace and How We Can Get More of It
Is the world becoming more peaceful? Or less? How would we know if it was? In an effort to measure peace, entrepreneur and philanthropist Steve Killel...
Jedidiah Jenkins on Finding Your Purpose
Jedidiah Jenkins is a travel writer who lives with life with intention and purpose. He worked a dream job as a lawyer for the nonprofit Invisible Chil...
[Unedited] Jedidiah Jenkins on Finding Your Purpose
This is the full-length, unedited version of our conversation with Jedidiah Jenkins. Jedidiah was one of our first-ever guests on the show when we lau...
Can Wearing a Dress Change the World?
Dressember founder and CEO Blythe Hill is on a mission to use fashion to end human trafficking. What she started as a style challenge in 2009, she tur...
How To Combat Your Media Echo Chamber
Echo chambers are a real problem in our news and media consumption. We follow, listen to, and read news from people who tell us what we already believ...
Shane Claiborne on Abolishing the Death Penalty
Shane Claiborne is an outspoken critic of the death penalty. He’s a well-respected justice system reform activist and Christian faith leader, and he b...
This Nonprofit Helps Kids Grow $100 Into Thousands For Charity
The nonprofit Kids Boost empowers kids to become philanthropists and social entrepreneurs. With $100 in start-up funding, kids work with a one-on-one...