Episodes

  • Ping Pong, Microaggressions, and the Precarious State of DEI with Dr. Gail Stern

    Ping Pong, Microaggressions, and the Precarious State of DEI with Dr. Gail Stern
    Jul 3 2023


    It's all fun and games until people have to flee for their safety. Join host Maya May for a powerful and thought-provoking episode of 'We Gonna Fix This or Nah?' featuring Dr. Gail Stern, comedian and co-founder of Catharsis Productions. Discover the critical role comedy played in Dr. Stern's design and leadership of sensitivity training for law enforcement officers and how a weaponized ping pong ball is the perfect metaphor for illustrating the cumulative impact of microaggressions. This episode tackles complex issues with lots of laughs, but when Maya asks what the world will look like in 20 years without DEI, Dr. Stern's answer is sobering, far from humorous—it's the reality check we all need to hear.
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    43 mins
  • Do We Just Need a Nap? - Mindfulness with Dr. Jud Brewer

    Do We Just Need a Nap? - Mindfulness with Dr. Jud Brewer
    Jun 3 2022
    We seem to be losing our collective mind - can mindfulness save us from ourselves? To find the answer, host Maya May talks with this week's guest - psychiatrist, neuroscientist, and Director of Research and Innovation at Brown University's Mindfulness Center, Dr. Jud Brewer. His TedTalk on breaking bad habits garnered over 10 million views, so Maya tracked him down to talk about America's bad habit - our addiction to drama. We sure do love our problems, solving them - not so much. But maybe with a nap and some meditation, we'll be one step closer to solving America's problem-solving problem. Dr. Jud and Maya talk Tom Cruise, Pepé Le Pew, and how curiosity didn't kill the cat, but it won't kill us. You can follow Dr. Jud Brewer at
    https://twitter.com/judbrewer

    You can follow Maya May at https://twitter.com/mayaonstage
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    28 mins
  • Tech connected us (and our problems) with Michael Schutzler

    Tech connected us (and our problems) with Michael Schutzler
    May 27 2022

    Technology was supposed to make our lives better. What happened?! Michael Schutzler, CEO of WTIA (Washington Technology Industry Association), prone paddleboard enthusiast, and Dharma teacher, talks to Maya May about why tech needs to start with "how can I help?" In a sobering but hopeful conversation that covers everything from Star Trek to systemic bias in tech, Michael asserts that, yes, we can fix this, but the timeline for doing so is...a bit iffy.

    You can follow Michael Schutzler on Twitter at https://twitter.com/schutzlerwtia

    Follow Maya May on Twitter http://twitter.com/mayaonstage
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    47 mins
  • Can kindergartners fix everything? Systems thinking with Dr. Laura Cabrera

    Can kindergartners fix everything? Systems thinking with Dr. Laura Cabrera
    May 14 2022

    In this debut episode of We Gonna Gix This or Nah?, Cornell University professor, co-founder of the Cabrera Research Lab, and co-author of Systems Thinking Made Simple, Dr. Laura Cabrera, talks to Maya about why systems thinking (together with comedy, of course) will save us from ourselves. And it's so simple even 5-year-olds can learn it - she knows this because she's actually taught it to kindergartners. We didn't learn everything we needed to know in kindergarten, but there is still time. It's our debut episode, so we thought we'd come out of the gates with life-changing info you didn't even know you needed to know!

    https://www.cabreraresearch.org/

    Find Laura Cabrera on Twitter at http://twitter.com/_Laura_Cabrera

    Follow Maya May on Twitter http://twitter.com/mayaonstage
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    34 mins