🎙️ National Champion Radio | Dr. Eduardo Brondízio
🏅 2025 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
🎖️ Two-time National Champion
📚 Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, Indiana University Bloomington

What can the Amazon teach us about coexisting with nature—and one another? In this episode, we speak with Dr. Eduardo Brondízio, Brazilian-American anthropologist and 2025 Tyler Prize laureate, about his groundbreaking work on the Amazon as both a vast “urban jungle” and a living laboratory of governance, economics, and ecology.

As a pioneer in coupling Indigenous knowledge with scientific research, Dr. Brondízio shows us how community-led management of forests offers a model for sustainable production and dignified livelihoods. He joins us to explore how trade in açaí and other forest products can drive economic development while preserving ecosystems—and what that means for our collective future.

🏛️ Highlights:

• From Indiana to the Amazon: bridging academic insight and on-the-ground practice

• Rethinking the Amazon as an “urban jungle” shaped by Indigenous cities, markets, and cultures

• How açaí trade exemplifies ethical, community-driven economies

• Lessons in multi-level governance: local autonomy, national policy, global impact

• Why Indigenous stewardship is key to future sustainability

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Dr. Arogyaswami Paulraj joins us to unpack the future of wireless communication and the journey behind one of the most important breakthroughs in modern technology. As the inventor of MIMO (Multiple Input, Multiple Output) technology, Dr. Paulraj’s innovations have become the foundation of high-speed wireless networks from Wi-Fi to 5G impacting billions of devices around the world.A professor emeritus at Stanford University, Dr. Paulraj’s contributions to signal processing and wireless systems earned him the prestigious IET Faraday Medal in 2023, one of the highest honors in engineering. His visionary work continues to shape the landscape of global connectivity and inspire new generations of innovators.WATCH / LISTENhttps://youtu.be/zryEAyMlDUICONNECT WITH DR. PAULRAJStanford Profile: https://profiles.stanford.edu/arogyaswami-paulrajCONNECT WITH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSTWITTER: X.com/Nat_ChampionsINSTAGRAM: instagram.com/nat_championsPATREON: patreon.com/NationalChampionRadio

34567890123456789 views Jun 20, 2025🎙️ National Champion Radio | Dr. John M. Owen IV🏅 2025 Grawemeyer Award Winner for Ideas Improving World Order📚 Professor of Politics, University of VirginiaWhat shapes world order—military power, or the battle of ideas? In this episode, we speak with Dr. John M. Owen IV, winner of the prestigious 2025 Grawemeyer Award, about the enduring impact of political ideologies on international affairs.As a leading scholar at the University of Virginia, Dr. Owen has shown how ideas—liberalism, fascism, communism—spread across borders and reshape alliances. He joins us to explore how ideological rivalries still define the global balance of power and what lessons we can learn to build a more stable, just international system.🏛️ Highlights:Why ideas—not just interests—shape world orderThe Cold War’s ongoing legacyHow authoritarianism and liberalism compete todayWhat policymakers get wrong about ideology📺 WATCH / LISTENSpotify | Apple | YouTube🔔 Subscribe for more conversations with National Champions—America’s most impactful thinkers, creators, and pioneers.#JohnOwen #GrawemeyerAward #WorldOrder #PoliticalIdeology #UVA #NationalChampionRadio #InternationalRelations #Liberalism #Authoritarianism