StoryWorlds: A Global Lab Podcast

Talking with the President of WPI, Laure Leshin, and Dean Jean King on mindfulness. We also have included David Hinckley as he speaks on Pallyt, a new application that aims to solve the problems in building material procurement.

Daniel Glick worked for Newsweek for 13 years as a Washington correspondent and a roving Rocky Mountain correspondent. He has also written for National Geographic, Smithsonian, Audubon, The New York Times Magazine, the Washington Post Magazine, Harpers, Esquire, Men’s Journal, Outside, National Wildlife, and more than a dozen other periodicals. He is the author of two non-fiction books, and contributed to two anthologies and a photo book on climate change and polar bears.

Taylor Rees is a photojournalist and film producer who focuses on environmental and humanitarian issues. Using narrative voice and scientific rigor, Rees brings new perspectives and deeper public understanding to challenging topics such as climate change, energy and water.

Panmela Castro is a grafiteira and performance artist from Rio de Janeiro. Her work focuses on female empowerment and destigmatizing the role of women in society. Panmela spent several days on the WPI campus and engaged with the community in several ways, including painting a mural of Abbey Kelley Foster, a prominent suffragist and women’s rights advocate from Worcester, and speaking about the events that led her to the path of activism through art.

Ana Rewakowicz by WPI Global Lab

Yasar Adanali by WPI Global Lab

Lois Gibbs is an American environmental activist who has worked non-stop to bring public attention to environmental crises. This week, she joins the Global Lab to chat about social justice and what motivates her to keep working.