Episodes

  • Episode #11 - Welton Chang, CEO and Co-Founder of Pyrra Technologies

    Episode #11 - Welton Chang, CEO and Co-Founder of Pyrra Technologies
    Aug 27 2024
    Former U.S. Army intelligence officer Welton Chang helps us gain an understanding of how the health of our media ecosystem directly influences our resilience as a society. Welton explains how we can insulate ourselves against bad actors who use information to cause harm, and how we can make sense of this unprecedented media environment, while explaining how the process of building trust through communication is essential for strengthening our overall civic health.
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  • Episode #10 - Richard Keiser, CEO and Founder of Common Energy

    Episode #10 - Richard Keiser, CEO and Founder of Common Energy
    Jul 2 2024

    Listen to the American Resilience Podcast conversation with Common Energy CEO Richard Keiser to learn how to accelerate the transition to clean electricity generation and transmission and how we can create the amount of clean electricity needed.
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    24 mins
  • Episode #9 - Wayne Swanson, Farm Coach with Swanson Family Farms, Hampton, Georgia

    Episode #9 - Wayne Swanson, Farm Coach with Swanson Family Farms, Hampton, Georgia
    Mar 4 2024
    Wayne Swanson is a farm coach who helps farmers and food producers find out what they do best, and then shows them how to profit from their skills and natural talents. He also operates his own family farm specializing in pasture-raised meats, without using commercial feed, steroids or hormones. Wayne talks about how he relies on his corporate experience to help farmers make a better living, how to get more kids into agriculture careers, and ways that farmers and non-farmers can access government funds that help them improve or conserve land.
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    29 mins
  • Episode #8 - Klaas Martens, Visionary Farmer and Systems Thinker, Penn Yan, New York

    Episode #8 - Klaas Martens, Visionary Farmer and Systems Thinker, Penn Yan, New York
    Aug 15 2023
    Klaas Martens, organic farmer and visionary thinker on systemic changes related to agriculture, talks about everything from crop insurance and food security to managing erosion, supporting soil health, improving public health and water quality in cities by changing the way we farm in rural areas, and how we can help farmers earn a living in the face of natural disasters that are getting more severe and more frequent.
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    25 mins
  • Episode #7 - Nyema Clark, Founder of Nurturing Roots Farm in Seattle, WA

    Episode #7 - Nyema Clark, Founder of Nurturing Roots Farm in Seattle, WA
    Jun 7 2023
    ago on land rented from Bethany United Church of Christ in Seattle, where her nonprofit worked hard to make the soil productive, provided food for the community, and increased the value of the land. On March 1 she was notified they would have 30 days to vacate the land. While they currently seek a new place to farm, their experience is instructive for urban agriculture across the country, especially for young people trying to become farmers in cities.
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    34 mins
  • Episode #6 - Suzanne Hunt, Co-owner of Hunt Country Vineyards and VP, Policy at Generate Upcycle; and, Nicole Carta, Adjunct Professor at Fordham University and former United Nations officer

    Episode #6 - Suzanne Hunt, Co-owner of Hunt Country Vineyards and VP, Policy at Generate Upcycle; and, Nicole Carta, Adjunct Professor at Fordham University and former United Nations officer
    Apr 3 2023
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  • Episode #5 - Wahleah Johns, Director of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs

    Episode #5 - Wahleah Johns, Director of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs
    Mar 1 2023
    Director Wahleah Johns offers an update to our film Nation in Transition, from the Current Revolution energy transition film series. She talks about her office's important work helping Tribal communities obtain reliable energy, growing up on the Navajo Nation, and the obstacles that still remain for accomplishing the energy transition across Indian Country.
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    36 mins
  • Episode #4 - Matt Griggs, Owner/Operator of Griggs Farms, Humboldt, Tennessee

    Episode #4 - Matt Griggs, Owner/Operator of Griggs Farms, Humboldt, Tennessee
    Feb 2 2023
    Matt Griggs is a fifth-generation corn, wheat, soybean, and cotton farmer working hard to transition his farm to regenerative agriculture. We talk about the upcoming 2023 Farm Bill, and how it can prioritize helping farmers earn a living through the carbon they sequester, while also allowing them to better withstand the effects of extreme weather and improve global food stability.
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    29 mins