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Don't miss this informative episode with host Tisha Morris and Christie Marchese, founder and CEO of Kinema, the global film distribution and exhibition platform. On the heels of The Duplass Brothers announcing their upcoming episodic, The Long Long Night, on the Kinema platform, Tisha and Christie discuss the rising potential of independent filmmaking, the changing landscape of film distribution, and the tools Kinema offers to filmmakers. The episode also explores successful case studies, the importance of building an audience, and the valuable resource of the Distribution Playbook co-authored by Christie and Emily Best of Seed & Spark. This comprehensive discussion offers essential insights for filmmakers navigating the complex world of film distribution. 02:49 Christie's Journey into Filmmaking 04:06 Early Career and Nonprofit Work 07:28 Founding of Kinema and Its Mission 11:28 Distribution Strategies and Filmmaker Support 15:36 Success Stories and Case Studies 23:27 The Distribution Playbook 25:58 Contact Information Connect with Kinema at: www.kinema.com IG/YouTube: @kinemaHQ Visit The Distribution Playbook at www.thedistributionplaybook.com About Christie Marchese: Christie is the founder and CEO of Kinema, a global film distribution and exhibition platform that leverages the power of community and social interaction to screen and stream films. She was previously the founder of Picture Motion where she continues to serve as Executive VP. Prior to Picture Motion, she ran impact for Righteous Pictures and led digital strategy at Participant Media. Christie is also the co-author of The Distribution Playbook and won several industry recognitions, including being named one of Fortune's Rising Female Founders in 2023 and Fast Company's Most Creative People in 2021.

Christian McGuigan is an Emmy-nominated producer and founder and CEO of Sycamore Studios - a premium film studio that develops and produces good, true, and beautiful family entertainment for audiences everywhere. Sycamore's upcoming animated feature film releases include: Doctor Dolittle, Sherlock & Son, and Born Free. Before founding Sycamore Studios, Christian served as the Vice President of Global Content Strategy for Omnicom's Porter Novelli. During this time, he oversaw accounts ranging from LEGO to CVS. Prior to his work at Omnicom, Christian was Vice President at Participant Media, the leading Hollywood film studio dedicated to entertainment that inspires and compels social change. Christian began his career at Participant developing digital strategy and leading creative for Participant's integrated, impact-driven film marketing campaigns. He later helped lead Participant's in-house agency division. Christian earned his B.A. in English Literature from the University of Dallas and his J.D. from Chapman University School of Law. He is an adjunct professor at Pepperdine University's Graduate School of Public Policy and a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy. Christian currently resides in Austin, Texas, with his wife and four children. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Christie Marchese is the founder and CEO of Kinema, a next-gen platform for filmmakers to share their work (and get paid for it!), finding new audiences and experiencing the magic of going to the movies as intended - in community. That's magic that Christie knows well, as a serial entrepreneur who has built a career around surfacing important work and bringing new audiences together to drive social change and tell stories that matter. (She was previously the founder & CEO of the impact agency Picture Motion, and worked in strategic roles at Righteous Pictures, Participant Media, Norman Lear's nonprofit Declare Yourself.) Community is also a North star of Christie's life, guiding her investment strategy, vision of family planning, and in the short term, how many people she and her husband can cram joyfully into their amazing lower Manhattan apartment for book parties, screenings, fundraisers and more. In this episode of "Your New Life Blend" host Shoshanna Hecht talks to Christie about the intentionality of building community in her life as she (happily) approaches 40 and the joy of working and building alongside your chosen family.SHOW NOTESWebsitehttps://kinema.com"Meet Christie Marchese, whose company Kinema wants to revolutionize film distribution," Fortunehttps://fortune.com/2023/08/10/christie-marchese-founders-forum-2023"Christie Marchese, CEO of Kinema, on Creating A Mission-based Company," WieSuitehttps://www.thewiesuite.com/post/christie-marchese-ceo-of-kinema-on-creating-a-missionbased-companySocial Media:https://www.linkedin.com/in/christiemhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/kinemahqhttps://www.instagram.com/christiemarchesehttps://www.instagram.com/kinemahqhttps://twitter.com/ChristieMhttps://twitter.com/kinemaHQhttps://www.facebook.com/KinemaHQ

Studio Ghibli's GKIDS has a new film out about a little girl who just wants her mom to cook her a really specific dinner. If that sounds like not quite enough for a movie to be about, then you haven't seen CHICKEN FOR LINDA! We've got returning guest, film critic Carlos Aguilar, on to join the conversation, and we're even pitching some childhood memories of our own that could become future features.What's GoodAlonso - Cap'n Crunch Cinnamon Crunch Drea - Reusable skincare masksCarlos - Long Beach flea marketIfy - Matthew Lillard's D&D whiskey (Quest's End), ren faire costumeITIDICParticipant Media closing up shopTarantino Is Scrapping ‘The Movie Critic' as his “10th and final film”The Academy's New Rules Staff PicksAlonso - UncroppedDrea - The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has PassedCarlos - I Like MoviesIfy - Baby Reindeer Follow us on BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, or InstagramWithDrea ClarkAlonso DuraldeIfy NwadiweProduced by Marissa FlaxbartSr. Producer Laura Swisher

U.S. Supreme Court threatens the right to protest, Nestlé adds sugar to infant milk in poorer countries, Participant Media shuts down operations after two decades,  and the ongoing history of Tybee Island. News The Supreme Court Has Ruled to Let Louisiana Keep Hunting DeRay McKessonCaitlin Clark signs 8-figure signature sneaker deal; yet, no Black WNBA players have signature shoesNestlé adds sugar to infant milk sold in poorer countries, report findsParticipant Shutting Down Operations After 20 Years: Film Studio Was Behind Oscar Winners ‘Spotlight', ‘Green Book‘Georgia beach town, Tybee Island, trying to curb Orange Crush, large annual gathering of Black college studentsTybee Island, Georgia's Black History Trail

The announcement that Participant is shutting down has sent shock waves through the documentary community. Joining us to discuss the unsettling news are Oscar-nominated filmmakers Betsy West and Julie Cohen, who have made two documentaries with Particpant - 'RBG,' and 'My Name Is Pauli Murray.' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kim Masters and Matt Belloni take a look at Jeff Skoll's decision to close Participant Media after 20 years. And the banter partners break down why two congress members sent a letter addressed to the heads of Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery about their in-development joint sports streamer affectionately nicknamed “Spulu.”  Plus, Masters speaks to Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz about their investigative documentary series, Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV. The filmmakers talk about working with Business Insider contributor Kate Taylor to uncover years of inappropriate behavior that took place on the sets of Nickelodeon producer Dan Schneider. They also share how Investigation Discovery went from ordering a three episode series to five episodes with more on the way as the cameras continue rolling.

Brian Walsh and ImpactAlpha editor David Bank take up the good news on the good economy, Participant Media's lasting legacy and the signs of change at the World Bank. Plus: an exclusive early listen to the electrifying single, “I'm Your Heat Pump.” To learn more about heat pumps and home electrification, visit The Switch is On and Rewiring America websites. Sign up for The Switch is On monthly newsletter and receive an email featuring the “(I'm Your) Heat Pump” music video. Rob's column: https://impactalpha.com/good-economy-actually-is-good-news-as-impact-investors-adjust-to-new-realities/ Participant Media https://impactalpha.com/shutdown-of-participant-media-challenges-other-investors-to-drive-impact-through-film/ World Bank: https://impactalpha.com/spring-meetings-yield-green-shoots-of-development-finance-reform-at-the-world-bank/ Sign up for our free LatAm newsletter: ⁠⁠https://impactalpha.com/latam-newsletter-email/⁠⁠ Subscribe to ImpactAlpha: ⁠⁠https://impactalpha.com/subscribe/⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Brian Walsh and ImpactAlpha editor David Bank take up the good news on the good economy, Participant Media's lasting legacy and the signs of change at the World Bank. Plus: an exclusive early listen to the electrifying single, “I'm Your Heat Pump.” To learn more about heat pumps and home electrification, visit The Switch is On and Rewiring America websites. Sign up for The Switch is On monthly newsletter and receive an email featuring the “(I'm Your) Heat Pump” music video. Rob's column: ⁠https://impactalpha.com/good-economy-actually-is-good-news-as-impact-investors-adjust-to-new-realities/⁠ Participant Media ⁠https://impactalpha.com/shutdown-of-participant-media-challenges-other-investors-to-drive-impact-through-film/⁠ World Bank: ⁠https://impactalpha.com/spring-meetings-yield-green-shoots-of-development-finance-reform-at-the-world-bank/⁠ Sign up for our free LatAm newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠https://impactalpha.com/latam-newsletter-email/⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to ImpactAlpha: ⁠⁠⁠https://impactalpha.com/subscribe/⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/this-week-in-impact/message

On this episode of THE HOT MIC, John Rocha and Jeff Sneider discuss the big entertainment news of the week including Quentin Tarantino walking away from his MOVIE CRITIC film, Martin Scorsese wanting Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence as Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner, The Trap, Transformers One, and Hit Man trailers, Silver Surfer rumors, Participant Media shutting down, Netflix's new approach to movies causes Kathryn Bigelow to leave, their Civil War, Ungentlemanly Warfare and Abigail reviews and more!#marvel #dc #starwarsChapters:0:00 Intro and Rundown2:21 Quentin Tarantino Exits His THE MOVIE CRITIC Movis16:50 Scorsese Wants DiCaprio for SINATRA Biopic, Looks at Jesus Movie Too27:06 Spielberg to Direct an Alien Film and Updates on TUESDAY MURDER CLUB32:01 THE TRAP, TRANSFORMERS ONE, HIT MAN Trailers Discussion38:36 Sydney Sweeney Called Out by Producer Carol Baum44:02 James Gunn Casts His Jonathan and Martha Kent47:42 Silver Surfer Norrin Radd Possibly in Fantastic Four Movie48:45 PARTICIPANT MEDIA Shuts Down After 20 Years52:31 Katheryn Bigelow Exits Netflix Film After New Dan Lin Approach56:33 Abigail, Baby Reindeer, Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare Reviews1:02:05 SNEIDER SCOOP: David Harewood to be in The Acolyte Series1:03:08 Streamlabs and Superchat Questions 1:10:52 Sneider's MARVEL News and Rumors1:13:19 Streamlabs and Superchat Questions1:17:10 CIVIL WAR Spoiler Review and DiscussionFollow John Rocha: https://twitter.com/TheRochaSaysFollow Jeff Sneider: https://twitter.com/TheInSneider

Welcome Vault Dwellers! If you cant tell, this is a Fallout centric episode as we cover all the news of the Amazon Prime Video adaptation of Fallout! Plus a full review of the series! Also layoffs continue to plague the industry, even its top dogs, plus More news on the PS5 Pro, and its goals, but is it for everyone? Also We have more news from Cinemacon, reboots continue to proliferate, and Star Trek loses another red shirt.

Bonnie Siegler (born 1963) is a New York-based graphic designer. She is the founder of the design studio Eight and a Half and, before that, co-founded the design studio Number Seventeen. Her clients include Participant Media, Late Night with Seth Meyers, Saturday Night Live, HBO, Brooklyn Public Library, Maveron, Random House, The Criterion Collection,[2] The New York Times, Nickelodeon, and the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.

Nobody likes to be told “no” — which is why content producer Josh Shelton prefers to tell creatives “yes, and…” For Josh, solving problems within certain limitations is creatively liberating and has led to some of his best work. In this episode of the podcast (our very first with a producer!), Josh shares his experiences working on big movie sets with Steven Spielberg to filming cheese rolling down hill for Netflix's We Are the Champions. He discusses his strategy for “synthesizing” conversations and human connection into the creative energy and inspiration needed to bring stories to life. And above all else, Josh reminds us that we're all just here to have fun.Key Takeaways:We chat about the rise of quick consumption video and how channels like YouTube and TikTok have changed the media landscape and producer role.Ever wonder what it's like to work with big creative personalities like Will Smith and Adam Sandler? Josh gives us the inside scoop.We dive into what it takes to identify and communicate a brand's core values throughout the production process.Josh shares why he thinks everyone should be a “good cop” and how he saves his “no's” for when he really needs them.Guest Bio: Josh Shelton is a multi-hyphenate producer/content creator working with the world's leading brands and production companies to bridge the gap between brand identity, creative storytelling, and video production logistics. Shelton was nominated for a Sports Emmy as a producer on Netflix's We Are The Champions and has overseen series for ESPN, MTV, PopTV, and Participant Media. For over a decade, he has been at the forefront of the digital landscape as a YouTube Award and Telly Award Winner, working as a trusted producer/showrunner for SoulPancake on a range of socially conscious branded campaigns. During the pandemic he was tapped by the Global Events and Marketing team at Twitter (1.0) to showrun/direct their marquee virtual events including NewFronts 2021. His original content for @BirdExplores has 1M+ video views on Instagram featuring original songs and videos to inspire parent-child connection. He is currently the lead Content Producer for Sundance Institute & Film Festival.

Welcome to ReOscared, the show where we look at Hollywood's biggest night and determine what the Academy got right—and where they went horribly wrong. This week: 2006!In our inaugural episode, we look at the 2006 Oscars, and boy were they a doozy. There was a lot of controversy over Best Picture with Crash beating out Brokeback Mountain, but there was also a whole lot of Clooney and plenty of Participant Media. Plus, we take a look at the odd career trajectories of Terrence Howard and Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, both of whom are in this year's nominees Hustle & Flow and Crash. And, as always, we'll give our picks for who should have won all the top-line categories. This, and a whole lot more, so give it a listen.To find out where you can watch these films, search for them on JustWatch.And if you'd like to log as you go you can find everything we discussed on our Letterboxd list page here.Also, be sure to visit our Substack page for bonus content, and follow us on Instagram and X to keep the conversation going. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Josh Shelton is a multi-hyphenate producer, writer, director and composer who has worked for Netflix, MTV, ESPN, Participant Media and more.  Shelton was nominated for a Sports Emmy as a producer on Netflix's "We Are The Champions." He has also been at the forefront of the digital landscape for over a decade as a YouTube Award and Telly Award Winner, working with the joy-filled digital media company SoulPancake, where he was a trusted producer/showrunner on a range of branded campaigns and served as interim Head of Production. In July 2023, he was hired as the lead Content Producer for the Sundance Film Festival/Sundance Institute. EVENTSLIMITED TIME ONLY! Summer Office Hours, a chance for one-on-one consultations to whip your career, spec, rough cut or mojo into high gear. Book now while spots are available. My next in-person Commercial Directing Bootcamp is Saturday, January 20th, 2024. Sign up soon or miss out. Check out my Masterclass or Commercial Directing Shadow online courses. (Note this link to the Shadow course is the one I mention in the show.) All my courses come with a free 1:1 mentorship call with yours truly. Taking the Shadow course is the only way to win a chance to shadow me on a real shoot! DM for details. How To Pitch Ad Agencies and Director's Treatments Unmasked are now bundled together with a free filmmaker consultation call, just like my other courses. Serious about making spots? The Commercial Director Mega Bundle for serious one-on-one mentoring and career growth.   Jeannette Godoy's hilarious romcom “Diamond In The Rough” streams on the YouTube and has 72,000 views its forst week! Please support my wife filmmaker Jeannette Godoy's romcom debut. It's “Mean Girls” meets “Happy Gilmore” and crowds love it.   Thanks,   Jordan    This episode is 80 minutes. My cult classic mockumentary, “Dill Scallion” is online so I'm giving 100% of the money to St. Jude Children's Hospital. I've decided to donate the LIFETIME earnings every December, so the donation will grow and grow. Thank you. Respect The Process podcast is brought to you by True Gentleman Industries, Inc. in partnership with Brady Oil Entertainment, Inc.

Sarah Newman is the Founder and Executive Director of the Climate Mental Health Network, which she started in Spring 2021. Prior to this, Newman worked in the impact media space for many years, including a stint at Participant Media. During her time in the industry, Sarah worked on campaigns for films such as Contagion, Food, Inc., The Cove, and Heather Booth: Changing the World. She joins us to shine a light on a global mental health crisis, which is exacerbated by the climate crisis. According to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a temperature increase of just 1°C above the monthly average has been associated with a 2% increase in the probability of mental health issues, including anxiety and depression. Extreme weather events such as hurricanes, floods, and wildfires can lead to traumatic experiences, resulting in increased rates of PTSD. For example, a study published in the journal PLOS ONE found that Hurricane Katrina led to a significant increase in PTSD symptoms among affected individuals. Statistics like this are just one of the reasons why Sarah founded the Climate Mental Health Network. Through her work, she discovered that Gen Z is more acutely affected by climate emotions, and set out to provide education, training, and resources to them. She also offers training and resources to teachers and parents, as well.  Several links are provided below where you can learn more. If there is one takeaway from this episode, it is to watch the trailer for their upcoming short documentary film, Gen Z Mental Health: Climate Stories.    Links: ·      Film Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov4f-kKDn0A ·      https://www.climatementalhealth.net/genzfilm ·       https://www.climatementalhealth.net/parents ·       https://www.climatementalhealth.net/education ·       https://www.climatementalhealth.net/issue ·       https://www.climatementalhealth.net/resources

Christie Marchese is the founder and CEO of Kinema, a social cinema platform building a world-wide network of screening hosts, filmmakers, and filmgoers. Under her helm, the company raised a $2M seed round led by Kindred Ventures and is actively expanding access to engaging film and effectively eliminating theater deserts. Prior to launching Kinema, Marchese founded a consulting practice that turned into the leading impact agency Picture Motion, and served as CEO for 9 years generating over $10M in revenue and boasting a client roster that included award-winning filmmakers, major studios & streamers, brands and foundations. There she led a team of impact producers, marketing strategists and communication specialists in over 100+ list of campaigns cross a range of issue areas and mediums, including Leonardo DiCaprio's Before the Flood, Ava DuVernay's 13TH, Michael Moore's Where to Invade Next, Katie Couric's films Gender Revolution, Fed Up and Under the Gun, Shonda Rhimes and Norman Lear's series America Divided, Dick's Sporting Goods' Keepers of the Game, Discovery's Racing Extinction, The Weinstein Co's BULLY and Fruitvale Station, and renown artist JR's Ellis.  She was previously the Director of Social Action at Righteous Pictures, and led Digital Strategy for the Social Action team at Participant Media, managing initiatives for Waiting for “Superman”, Food Inc, and The Cove among others.  Christie is known as an expert in utilizing film and storytelling to mobilize change, and has presented her work at film festivals and conferences around the world, including Sundance, SXSW and TIFF, and for both governments and activists in Dubai, Peru and Pakistan. Before moving to a career in impact film, Marchese ran digital strategy for Norman Lear's nonprofit, Declare Yourself, and spent time at Human Rights Watch and the International Rescue Committee. She has also served as a contributing writer for Mashable and The Huffington Post.  Previously recognized as one of Business Insider's 30 Most Creative People in Advertising Under 30 and Fast Company's Most Creative People in Business. She currently sits on the board of Reinvent Stockton, a foundation dedicated dedicated to supporting students in their pursuit of higher education and supporting innovative ways to address poverty and violent crime, as well as Subject Matter, which provides funds & resources to documentary films highlighting urgent social issues and to nonprofits tackling the featured topics. Marchese holds a BA from SDSU, in both International Security and Conflict Resolution (ISCOR) and Comparative Religions, with a concentration in Arabic and the Middle East.    

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to the co-author of THE BIG MYTH, Erik Conway, about how American business taught us to loathe government and love the free market ideologies of neo-liberal economists like Milton Friedman. Erik Conway is a historian of science and technology residing in Altadena, CA, and works for the California Institute of Technology. He is the author of seven books, on topics as diverse as aviation infrastructure development in the 1930s and 1940s to Mars exploration in the 2000s, and dozens of articles and essays. He is currently finishing a history of near-Earth asteroids research. In 2011, Conway shared the Watson Davis and Helen Miles Davis prize from the History of Science Society with Naomi Oreskes for their book Merchants of Doubt, which has been translated into 7 languages. It became the basis for the 2014 documentary by the same title, produced by Robby Kenner and Participant Media. He is the co-author of THE BIG MYTH: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market (2023) Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here we have Brandon Lew a former child actor where his family did a lot of TV commercials. He was also the model for Buzz Lightyear. He studied producing at NYU and transitioned full time to work at Participant Media. Here we will learn about his eclectic background and we will talk about his leadership roles at NYU including the first-ever talk show at NYU entitled "Views from NYU." He served an executive producer, showrunner, and host. Now, he is settling down to use his MBA to work in the entertainment industry. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Devin: What do you see as your superpower?Paul: I thought a little bit about this because I've obviously heard the podcast before. I'm going to go with the analogy, and I'm going to say x-ray vision. By that, I mean that I can see patterns and networks of people and organizations and see how you can connect them. Out of that connection will come something that's good for them, the people they serve, and society.Paul Katz, CEO and founder of Entertain Impact, describes his business as a “social impact agency, and we use popular culture for social change.”Polio EradicationSome of Paul's big wins have been working with Rotary International and the Gates Foundation on polio eradication. Impact Entertainment developed the “We're this close” campaign that engaged public figures around the world, signaling just how close we are to eradicating polio.This global campaign featured South Korea's Psy, who gained fame for his worldwide hit Gangnam style.Bill Gates also participated. (Bill was a guest on this show to discuss polio eradication.)Archie Panjabi, who starred in The Good Wife, also participated. (She was a guest on this show as a formal part of her work on this effort.)“If we can eradicate polio, it will be the only second human disease we've ever done after—I think smallpox was the first,” Paul notes.The work wasn't strictly limited to influencers. “We did some cool activities, activations, including what became a Guinness Book of World Records [record], where we had a certain number of influencers, whether it was Jane Goodall or it was a soccer player or an actor or whomever, just say ‘We're this close.' We eventually had, I think, over 130,000 people upload.”Paul says the goal isn't really in the activity. “What you're looking for is down the line is the impact.”Still thinking of polio, he lists the sort of questions he asks to determine whether the outreach has had an impact:* Does that have a bearing on persuading governments to continue the programs?* Does it give people in the field, the field workers, the very brave ones, especially in that corner where they're under threat—does it give them more motivation? * Do they get pride from seeing this, that they're acknowledged?Measurement“There are two different types of measurement,” Paul says. “There's the financial. Did you get a good return on investment? That's fairly easy to do.”“The social return on investment, which is what I'm very interested in—it's very difficult to measure that, but it's much, much better than it was ten years ago,” he says. “You can measure it in different ways.”By way of example, he offers, “We were doing a campaign for Europe where which gets people who have kind of graduated high school but haven't launched yet. It gets them internships and trains them. About 80% of them get jobs.”Of his firm's work, he says, “We have to be very careful to be accurate and credible in what we measure.” The thought applies almost universally to those working on and measuring impact.“If you take the Rotary campaign and the partners, you can say we were just the grain of sand on the beach of this,” Paul says. “I don't want to overstate it, but you can say they and polio are gone from Africa, and they're gone from India. So that's the big, big impacts that we're a very small part of.”Paul has strategically used his superpower for big impact over his career. He metaphorically calls it x-ray vision. He's talking about his ability to see strategic connections among people and situations—and then act on the vision.How to Develop X-Ray Vision As a SuperpowerPaul shared two specific examples of using his x-ray vision for significant impact.His first example:Very recently, I was chatting to these two organizations. I was involved through a friend of mine, Tom Chapin, with an organization called Whyhunger, which is founded by his brother Harry Chapin, who was a singer who died way, way too young. This wonderful organization deals with food insecurity. Under its new leadership, it has become much more of a social justice organization. So, I've been involved with them over the years. At the same time, we work very closely with SixDegrees.org, which is an organization that Kevin Bacon founded, based upon the game, and has done wonderful things under the leadership of Stacy Houston.Kevin was hosting a TV show that came out actually co-hosting with the precise TV show that came out in 2021. They were looking for a philanthropic partner. And because I knew both of them, I introduced them. So Six Degrees was kind of the executive producer of the show on CBS. Kevin and I were the hosts, and Whyhunger was one of the two partners. The other one is also an amazing organization called the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. They both were the partners.That raised about $7 million for the organization, which, you know, has a big impact on what the work that they can do. The reason it's so top of mind was I presented an award to Six Degrees on behalf of Whyhunger on Tuesday of this week. And that was very nice to see them acknowledged by their peers. So I think that's maybe one example of the connectedness. His second example:I come out of music, and I'm still involved in music. Some of that goes into the film business, especially with Participant Media, which is the company founded by Jeff Skoll that does documentaries like the Obama one or Malala or RBG and also Green Book and Spotlight—movies that are entertaining but have substance, which is what we do. We always try and wrap our stuff up in entertaining packages, so it gets on people's radar, but it has some seriousness in that. So because of my film music work, I know the guys at Pixar, so some of the guys, the marketing guy, and we put together a thing for the Grammys called the Grammy Music Education Coalition, which was basically a coalition of different organizations in the teaching music world. About 70 people, 70 organizations, I should say. We were all concerned with the lack of music in public schools, especially for what we now call BIPOC folk. I could go on a lot, but I know we have a short podcast, but suffice to say, music has social emotional benefits and intellectual benefits that we all know about in addition to academic ones. So, I reached out to Pixar. They were doing a movie—I don't know if you remember this movie called Coco. It was an animated movie about a kid whose grandfather was like the Elvis Presley of Mexico, but he wasn't allowed music. So that connection with the Grammys and the lack of music in the schools proved to be very powerful. Pixar was fantastic, and the Grammys were fantastic. We had 200,000 or 300,000 kids involved in the program, and donations and music platforms that were were utilized and broadened. I think it made some impact, especially in, I know, Nashville, for example, Chicago, Philadelphia and parts of California. So, this connecting people who've got amazing talent. In a way, it's in music. You do talent spotting, you know, you look for the next artist that's going to express themselves musically in a wonderful way. In a way, that's what I'm kind of doing in my philanthropic and social justice work.After hearing these illuminating examples of how he uses his x-ray vision to make strategic connections, I asked him for advice for developing this ability.Paul recently finished writing a book, Good Influence, How to Engage Influencers for Purpose and Profit, that will be published in February.He offered three tips for developing or strengthening x-ray vision:* Have empathy. “First of all, on a personal level, I need to learn to listen and make sure that I'm empathetic and other people's experiences I take into account.”* Be systematic. “Secondly, I'm involved with Made in Memphis Entertainment, a Black-owned, Black-run music business. Its social mission is to engage people who have got super talent, super character, just not the networks. Mentorship is a big part of what we do. So, I think that that's important that you're systemized about it—you think about it, and you implement some proper structures around it.”* Scale up. “What I'm trying to do [in the book] is inform people and give them confidence. Organizations of whatever size, anywhere in the world, can do this. So, that's trying to do it on a larger scale than just a one-on-one or within one organization. You've got individual, organizational and then hopefully a much broader perspective.”By following Paul's advice and his example, you can develop your x-ray vision into a superpower that will help you do more good in the world. Get full access to Superpowers for Good at devinthorpe.substack.com/subscribe

On this episode the Founder of Cathartic Realism Films Claire Chubbuck stops by to share her amazing story of how to turn Tragedy into Purpose. Claire shares some of the unique projects she's working on and her views on the Metaverse. Don't miss this special episode.  Who is Claire Chubbuck? Claire Chubbuck is an emerging female director that creates mission driven content that creates catharsis for those working on it - she calls it “Cathartic Realism”. Cathartic Realism is a genre where artists tell the story of their personal traumas to find healing through catharsis. A take on the “true story” trope, this genre allows artists to depict their truths - the way it felt to them, but with an ending where you win for the purpose of cathartic release. The only way we can let it go is to feel it. She works with actors to use the traumatic events in their lives to make art. Born in Los Angeles, California, Claire Chubbuck is the daughter of internationally celebrated acting coach, Ivana Chubbuck, and award-winning director/producer, the late Lyndon Chubbuck.  After going to Scripps College in 2007 for Economics, she graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts with honors (recipient of the Founders Award) and a BFA in Filmmaking in 2012. Straight out of the gate she worked at AMC Networks as a Programming and Scheduling executive. While working there, Claire began creating short form content for SundanceTV's International channels that was broadcast worldwide.  In 2013, Claire worked as a producer on “Pussy Riot: The Movement”, the first comprehensive film that tells the full story - from arrest through release from prison and beyond - of the remarkable women who defied a strongman, survived Russian prisons and rallied the world behind them. The documentary also examines the perversion of the Russian Constitution by ex-KGB officer and President Vladimir Putin. In 2014, Claire moved to Participant Media, whose films include Good Night, and Good Luck, Syriana, An Inconvenient Truth, Food, Inc., Waiting for ‘Superman', The Help, Contagion and Lincoln. There she worked to launch a linear television network, Pivot.  In 2015, Claire found her fiancé dead of tragic circumstances and, in one second, everything changed. Since then, she has been trying to help other people find an explanation for their traumas - enough to move forward without shame - with a unique community of artists that want to create. She found this community when she began teaching at Ivana Chubbuck Studios. As a teacher, she has found great pleasure in being part of inspiring others, many to great success. After spending time teaching, Claire reemerged with a new directorial debut in 2019 with ‘how I lost my virginity', a short film detailing her best friend's real-life experience of kidnapping and rape - intended to provide catharsis while looking at the systematic problem that allow for the victims of sexual assault to far outweigh the perpetrators.  In 2020, “how I lost my virginity” won over 17 awards and was shown at several high-profile film festivals including Beverly Hills Film Festival, Chain Film Festival, Santa Monica International Film Festival, SF Indie Fest, Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival, Marina del Rey Film Festival, among others. Claire personally won “Best Direction” at the Best Shorts Competition in addition “Best First Time Director” at Canadian Cinematography Awards, New York Cinematography Awards (NYCA), and Top Shorts Awards. The first theatrical showing of the short was at Marina del Rey Film Festival, where the short won the Audience Award for “Best Short”.  During the quarantine of 2021, Claire made an experimental film called (Corona) Viral Monologues, which had it's theatrical premiere at the Chinese Theater as part of the Silicon Beach Film Festival, where we were awarded the Audience Award for Best Narrative Short. This hour long special won “Best Artistic Film” at the Atlanta Award-Qualifying Film Festival 2022, “Best Narrative” at the Washington Film Festival, was a semi-finalist for “Best Ensemble” and “Best Experimental Film” at the Los Angeles Film Awards, and was an official selection for the Global Indie Film Awards. Claire also won Vegas Movie Award's Prestige Award for “Best Female Filmmaker” for this film. Claire currently has 2 short films in post-production, 2 short films in pre-production, and a feature film in development. For more info on Claire go to https://clairechubbuck.com/ Follow Claire on Instagram @claire_chubbuck

Bayan Joonam stops by to discuss Season 2 of the Vice Media TV Series QAnon The Search for Q. He also shares some unique info on a project he's working on in the metaverse. Will the way we communicate ever be the same? Here what Bayan Joonam has to say.  Who is Bayan Joonam? An award winning Producer highly regarded for aligning with startups, celebrities, educational institutions, high profile brands, and nonprofits to build award-winning media companies. Known as an innovative leader who flawlessly orchestrates the generation of outstanding content, which consistently achieves mainstream and commercial appeal. Sought for cross-functional expertise in filmmaking, social media management, strategic business planning, audience growth initiatives, and more. Bayan is an out-of-the-box, inventive thinker who is fluent in content creation and champions extraordinary solutions to complex client requirements and nuanced market demands. Bayan is best known for partnering with actor Rainn Wilson to translate SoulPancake's mission into digital video. As Head of Production for SoulPancake between 2012 - 2018, Bayan led the development and creation of award-winning original programming such as SoulPancake on OWN, Kid President, and My Last Days, which led to nearly a billion views, multi-season television franchises, and acquisition by Participant Media in 2016. Prior to SoulPancake, Bayan provided weekly content for Jay-Z's digital media enterprise Life + Times and was a producer for the Brookings Institute in Washington, D.C where he helped restructure the organization's online content workflow. Bayan earned a B.F.A. in Film, Photography, and Visual Arts with a minor in Art History at Ithaca College in New York, and prior to that attended Idyllwild Arts Academy, where he studied cinematography. What is QAnon?Or simply Q, is a disproven and discredited far-right conspiracy theory alleging that a secret cabal of Satan-worshipping, cannibalistic pedophiles is running a global child sex-trafficking ring and plotted against former U.S. president Donald Trump while he was in office - Wikipedia For more info visit https://video.vice.com/en_us/topic/bayan-joonam https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2527641/ Follow Bayan Joonam on Instagram @bayanjoonam

This is episode is a Flashback to September 15, 2014. This month on Film, Literature and the New World Order, Tim Kilkenny of RevelationsRadioNews joins us to discuss the 2011 propaganda film, “Contagion.” We examine “Participant Media,” …

This is episode is a Flashback to September 15, 2014. This month on Film, Literature and the New World Order, Tim Kilkenny of RevelationsRadioNews joins us to discuss the 2011 propaganda film, “Contagion.” We examine “Participant Media,” …

On this episode of Potential to Powerhouse, we welcome Pat Mitchell, an incredible media mogul and the editorial director of TEDWomen. As a journalist, Pat focused on sharing women's stories throughout her career. As the author of Becoming A Dangerous Woman, Embracing Risk to Change the World, Pat advocates for women, creating platforms, networking, and helping others shine. Today she chats with Tracy about her incredible career and how she continues to advocate for women by providing them a platform to share their stories. Tune in to learn more from Pat and Tracy!   IN THIS EPISODE: [04:02] Pat talks about her upbringing and the impact it had on her life [05:14] Falling forward and using that as fuel to overcome things in our lives and careers [20:20] Pat and Tracy discuss the pressures they faced as women in their industries [28:48] Pat describes changing the work environment for women, including maternity leave and bringing your children to work [30:57] Creating the TEDWomen platform  [43:25] What Pat is involved in now and her involvement in non-profits   KEY TAKEAWAYS:  We shouldn't be afraid of falling on our faces sometimes - it's an opportunity to learn and grow and have the strength to overcome obstacles in our lives and careers. One of Pat's most significant accomplishments from her work with women's advocacy platforms is putting together a cohort of global women leaders. These women have shown to be incredible at collaborating, supporting, and problem-solving.  The balancing act that mothers perform is something we all struggle with. Whether it's at home or work, there are times when you can't take care of everything and need some separation from your responsibilities in order to recharge.   RESOURCE LINKS Pat on Instagram Pat Mitchell Media   BIO:   Pat Mitchell is the editorial director of TEDWomen. Throughout her career as a journalist, Emmy-winning producer, and pioneering executive, she has focused on sharing women's stories. She is a trustee of the VDAY movement, the Skoll Foundation, and the The Woodruff Arts Center, chair emerita of the Sundance Institute Board, and the Women's Media Center board. She is an advisor to Participant Media and served as a congressional appointment to The American Museum of Women's History Advisory Council.   QUOTES:  "In particular around being an advocate for women and hoping that everything I have done and will do has the ultimate outcome of opening doors and opportunities from other women. That's that has been the touchstone of my life." -Pat Mitchell "At least falling on your face is a forward movement." -Pat Mitchell

Kelsey Balance, SVP, Scripted for NBCU International Studios, oversees the Studio's Scripted division in LA. She has been with International Studios for two years and has been the key executive in packaging and selling a number of shows, including Clickbait for Netflix, Lady Parts for Peacock, The Capture for Peacock, and Stateless for Netflix, as well as major development deals and creative on premium projects at SVODs such as Apple and Amazon. Together with the wider creative teams across the UK, US, Australia and Canada, Balance is charged with building on the company's track record of creating premium scripted content with global appeal and with developing series with emerging and diverse voices. Prior to joining International Studios, Balance was Head of Programming at NBCUniversal's comedy streaming venture Seeso, where she had oversight of all originals, acquisitions and co-productions, including the critically acclaimed Flowers, Take My Wife and HarmonQuest. Prior to NBCUniversal, Balance was at Participant Media where she worked on multi-award winning comedy (or critically acclaimed series) Please Like Me, (Emmy Award winning) Hitrecord ON TV, and Sky Atlantic's Fortitude.

The team sits down with David Goldblum & Julie Parker Benello, Producers of "Sell/Buy/Date".Sell/Buy/Date is a heartfelt, witty doc/narrative hybrid following Tony-winning performer/comedian Sarah Jones and her multicultural characters on a journey exploring her personal relationship to the sex industry through a social justice lens.David Goldblum is a writer/producer at the intersection of social justice and entertainment. Next up he's writing/producing an adaptation of the #1 New York Times best-selling book which sold 12 million copies worldwide, A Child Called It. David has extensive experience in film and TV development, having worked for Paula Wagner, Participant Media, AMC TV, and Stone Village Productions. He was a graduate of the UCLA MFA Screenwriting Program, the recipient of the UCLA/Participant Media Fellowship, a Telluride Film Festival Film Lab Fellow, a recipient of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences Fellowship, and was nominated for the Humanitas Drama Award.Julie Parker Benello is the Founder of Secret Sauce Media, her latest venture to produce and invest in surprising and timeless film projects. Julie co-founded Chicken & Egg Pictures, in 2005 with a shared belief that diverse women nonfiction storytellers have the power to catalyze change at home and around the globe. She produced Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert's Academy Award®, Emmy, Gotham, and Independent Spirit-winning feature documentary American Factory, streaming on Netflix in partnership with Higher Ground Productions and Participant Media. Most recently she produced Sarah Jones's directorial debut Sell/Buy/Date premiering at SXSW 2022 and Bonni Cohen & Jon Shenk's Netflix Originals documentary – Athlete A. Julie lives in San Francisco and serves on the Board of SFFILM and is a member of the Producers Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Documentary Branch.Fandor is a proud sponsor of San Francisco International Film Festival.Fandor on Social Media:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fandorTwitter: https://twitter.com/FandorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/fandorfilmsTikTok: tiktok.com/@fandorfilms Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Season 3; Episode 4: The Shared Journey is Where the Richness Lies with Peter and Holly GordonPeter Gordon is the Chief Investment Officer and Head of Commercial Real Estate Debt for a large asset management firm. Holly Gordon is the Chief Impact Officer at Participant Media, overseeing the company's social impact strategy and campaigns, furthering Participant's mission to create storytelling that inspires positive social change. Key Takeaways from this Episode:Words, Behavior & Connection·       Label the conversation: Is this a vent session? Is it a decision-making session? Is it brainstorming? ·       If it's vent session, ask the person venting: do you think that person meant to do what they did? If not, then rethink the complaint and change your approach. There's a lot that's invisible in everyone's conversations.·       Words set the stage and actions define it and you're defined by your actions, not by your words. We can float words out there, but at the end of the day, it's how we consistently behave that defines us. ·       Stop and say, ‘What am I afraid of?' I'm having a reaction to this conversation, and here's why: I'm afraid that this might happen… What makes us most agitated has some kind of fear around it. Fight or flight mode is about survival. If you can identify it, you can start to let it go, because it usually can be worked out. ·       Walking meetings, even on the phone, is different than sitting across the table from each other or being on Zoom. When you're moving, it has a different kind of physiological effect, and it creates feelings of connection. Safety & Untangling the Toxic Workplace·       The overlap between work and home life, can build on one another in a great way, or in a destructive way. In a safe workplace, some people open up and other people almost go backwards. ·       Is there a component of their home life, that they haven't had that kind of autonomy and freedom of thought, and they're not sure what to do with it?·       Don't hide behind the phrase “toxic workplace.” Instead, you need to unpack the dynamics behind why you're not happy in that workplace. Also reflect on your own contribution that you identify as areas for growth.The Great Resignation·       Reflect on which dynamics at work are difficult? Is it just one or two individuals? Is it a lack of shared values? ·       It's a lot of work to decide to stay or quit. That's why people just stay out of exhaustion or quit and haven't really figured out why they quit or what they should be doing differently.·       If you don't figure out why you are quitting, you can carry that baggage to the next place.Situational Leadership·       There's more than one type of leadership, there's a spectrum. Not one type of leadership works in isolation. You have to adapt. On one end of the spectrum is leadership that offers vision, guidance, and direction; the other end of the spectrum offers compassion and being in the journey with you.·       Leaders need to recognize the spectrum and do what is necessary at the right time with the right person. Some perform at a much better level at one end of the spectrum than the other, but you need both. ·       You need to earn my respect, so I will follow you, and I need to earn your respect every day so that you will follow me. People are trusting that leaders have their best interests at heart.·       Leadership is better and more productive when less hierarchical. It's less about structure and more about how you deliver conversations and respect one another.Advice to co-CEOs & co-Founders·       Being a co-CEO or co-founder is a lot like a marriage. Reflect deeply on what you both imagined to be true and what you want to be true. What can begin as a slight difference becomes the Grand Canyon over time.·       Any kind of co-leadership role demands trust, respect, loyalty, feeling valued, appreciated, etc. When you only have your own perspective, mediation (bringing in a third person) can help work through challenges and remind both people that they have the same shared goal, the health of their company.Work & Home Life·       The work that you do in your marriage, your personal relationships, and the way you apply that to your work, are connected. ·       The old model of, “I shut the door and go home, and I'm a different person at home than I am at work” is dangerous. You should be the same person at both places. The person and the principles that guide you shouldn't change from one place to the other.Finding your partner and equal·       Deep trust, strong communication, independence with interdependence is critical to relationships. So is loyalty, respect, attention, and interest in your relationships, will achieve, over time, a kind of understanding.·       Having different skillsets and looking at the world differently helped us recognize and appreciate that each person brings a different skill to the relationship.·       Painful cycles are normal to any relationship. Resources·       Unfinished Business by Anne-Marie Slaughter·       Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler·       How to tame your Advice Monster TEDx with Michael Bungay Stanier ·       Girl RisingTo learn more about my work in executive coaching, leadership development and team effectiveness check out my website, connect with me on LinkedIn or email me at winnie@winnifred.org.  Reach out and tell me what was helpful about today's episode or any suggestions you have for my show.Please leave a review and tell someone else about this show; look below for some instructions on how to leave a review on Apple Podcasts.I look forward to sharing another transformative conversation with you next week!------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------How to leave a rating or review in Apple Podcasts (on an iOS device)1.      Open the Podcasts app. 2.      Choose “Search” from the bottom row of icons and enter the name of the show (i.e., “Transformative Leadership Conversations”) into the search field3.      Select the show under Shows (not under Episodes)4.      Scroll down past the first few episodes until you see Ratings & Reviews5.      Click “Write a Review” underneath the displayed reviews from other listeners. 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“It's kind of a scary thought. We've got these PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), you hear them now referred to as forever chemicals because these chemicals–none of these existed on the planet prior to World War II–they're fairly recent invention and they have this unique chemical structure that makes them incredibly useful in a lot of different products, manufacturing operations, but also that same chemical structure makes them incredibly persistent and incredibly difficult to break down once they get out into the environment, into the natural world, into our soil, into our water. They simply, many of them, particularly the ones with eight or more carbons in their structure, don't break down under natural conditions. Or it may take thousands or millions of years for those chemicals to start breaking down. But not only that. Once they get into us, they get into people, they tend to accumulate in our blood and build up over time. They not only persist, they bioaccumulate. Unfortunately, as the science has slowly been revealed to the world about what these chemicals can do, we are seeing that they can have all kinds of toxic effects And unfortunately, we're finding that those things can happen at lower and lower dose levels.”“I can't speak highly enough of Mark Ruffalo and what he was able to accomplish with the film. He just did an amazing job. He reached out to me after reading the story that appeared in The New York Times Magazine back in 2016 about this situation down in West Virginia along the Ohio River and was really shocked when he read about it because it was really highlighting an environmental contamination problem that had potentially nationwide, if not worldwide implications but that he had never heard of, and you know he was active in the environmental arena and active in water issues and was surprised that he had not heard of this before and really wanted to find a way to help bring the story out to a wider audience so that we could hopefully start seeing some change in the way type of situations not only develop but how we deal with them. He was able to team up with the folks at Participant Media, who, if you go on their website, and see the types of films they've produced are just incredible filmmakers. Teamed up with Todd Haynes who is an incredible director, and just a terrific cast. Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins and others. Really they were very dedicated to making sure they did the story and brought it to film in the right way, to show what really happened, not only legally and scientifically, but also to real people. What kind of impact these situations have on real people in real communities. What these people went through for 20 years in this community waiting for this process to unfold. So I think they did a tremendous job in taking a very complicated story that involves a lot of science and a lot of law and conveying it in a way that really impresses upon people why this is a story that matters to all of us and why this is a story that really is one that hopefully is inspiring because, as we discussed, it shows that things can be changed. Things that look impossible can be overcome.”Rob Bilott is a partner in the Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky offices of the law firm, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, where he has practiced in the Environmental and Litigation Practice Groups for over 31 years. During that time, Rob has handled and led some of the most novel and complex cases in the country involving damage from exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”), including the first individual, class action, mass tort, and multi-district litigation proceedings involving PFAS, recovering over $1 billion for clients impacted by the chemicals. In 2017, Rob received the Right Livelihood Award, known as the “Alternative Nobel Prize,” for his decades of work on behalf of those injured by PFAS chemical contamination. Rob is the author of the book, “Exposure: Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer's Twenty-Year Battle Against DuPont,” and his story is the inspiration for the 2019 motion picture, “Dark Waters,” starring Mark Ruffalo as Rob. Rob's story and work is also featured in the documentary, “The Devil We Know.” Rob is a 1987 graduate of New College in Sarasota, Florida and a 1990 graduate of the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. Rob also serves on the Boards of Less Cancer and Green Umbrella and is frequently invited to provide keynote lectures and talks at law schools, universities, colleges, communities and other organizations all over the world. Rob is a fellow in the Right Livelihood College, a Lecturer at the Yale School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, and an Honorary Professor at the National University of Cordoba in Argentina. Rob also has received Honorary Doctorate Degrees from both Ohio State University and New College. · www.taftlaw.com · www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

“It's kind of a scary thought. We've got these PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), you hear them now referred to as forever chemicals because these chemicals–none of these existed on the planet prior to World War II–they're fairly recent invention and they have this unique chemical structure that makes them incredibly useful in a lot of different products, manufacturing operations, but also that same chemical structure makes them incredibly persistent and incredibly difficult to break down once they get out into the environment, into the natural world, into our soil, into our water. They simply, many of them, particularly the ones with eight or more carbons in their structure, don't break down under natural conditions. Or it may take thousands or millions of years for those chemicals to start breaking down. But not only that. Once they get into us, they get into people, they tend to accumulate in our blood and build up over time. They not only persist, they bioaccumulate. Unfortunately, as the science has slowly been revealed to the world about what these chemicals can do, we are seeing that they can have all kinds of toxic effects And unfortunately, we're finding that those things can happen at lower and lower dose levels.”“I can't speak highly enough of Mark Ruffalo and what he was able to accomplish with the film. He just did an amazing job. He reached out to me after reading the story that appeared in The New York Times Magazine back in 2016 about this situation down in West Virginia along the Ohio River and was really shocked when he read about it because it was really highlighting an environmental contamination problem that had potentially nationwide, if not worldwide implications but that he had never heard of, and you know he was active in the environmental arena and active in water issues and was surprised that he had not heard of this before and really wanted to find a way to help bring the story out to a wider audience so that we could hopefully start seeing some change in the way type of situations not only develop but how we deal with them. He was able to team up with the folks at Participant Media, who, if you go on their website, and see the types of films they've produced are just incredible filmmakers. Teamed up with Todd Haynes who is an incredible director, and just a terrific cast. Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins and others. Really they were very dedicated to making sure they did the story and brought it to film in the right way, to show what really happened, not only legally and scientifically, but also to real people. What kind of impact these situations have on real people in real communities. What these people went through for 20 years in this community waiting for this process to unfold. So I think they did a tremendous job in taking a very complicated story that involves a lot of science and a lot of law and conveying it in a way that really impresses upon people why this is a story that matters to all of us and why this is a story that really is one that hopefully is inspiring because, as we discussed, it shows that things can be changed. Things that look impossible can be overcome.”Rob Bilott is a partner in the Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky offices of the law firm, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, where he has practiced in the Environmental and Litigation Practice Groups for over 31 years. During that time, Rob has handled and led some of the most novel and complex cases in the country involving damage from exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”), including the first individual, class action, mass tort, and multi-district litigation proceedings involving PFAS, recovering over $1 billion for clients impacted by the chemicals. In 2017, Rob received the Right Livelihood Award, known as the “Alternative Nobel Prize,” for his decades of work on behalf of those injured by PFAS chemical contamination. Rob is the author of the book, “Exposure: Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer's Twenty-Year Battle Against DuPont,” and his story is the inspiration for the 2019 motion picture, “Dark Waters,” starring Mark Ruffalo as Rob. Rob's story and work is also featured in the documentary, “The Devil We Know.” Rob is a 1987 graduate of New College in Sarasota, Florida and a 1990 graduate of the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. Rob also serves on the Boards of Less Cancer and Green Umbrella and is frequently invited to provide keynote lectures and talks at law schools, universities, colleges, communities and other organizations all over the world. Rob is a fellow in the Right Livelihood College, a Lecturer at the Yale School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, and an Honorary Professor at the National University of Cordoba in Argentina. Rob also has received Honorary Doctorate Degrees from both Ohio State University and New College. · www.taftlaw.com · www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

“It's kind of a scary thought. We've got these PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), you hear them now referred to as forever chemicals because these chemicals–none of these existed on the planet prior to World War II–they're fairly recent invention and they have this unique chemical structure that makes them incredibly useful in a lot of different products, manufacturing operations, but also that same chemical structure makes them incredibly persistent and incredibly difficult to break down once they get out into the environment, into the natural world, into our soil, into our water. They simply, many of them, particularly the ones with eight or more carbons in their structure, don't break down under natural conditions. Or it may take thousands or millions of years for those chemicals to start breaking down. But not only that. Once they get into us, they get into people, they tend to accumulate in our blood and build up over time. They not only persist, they bioaccumulate. Unfortunately, as the science has slowly been revealed to the world about what these chemicals can do, we are seeing that they can have all kinds of toxic effects And unfortunately, we're finding that those things can happen at lower and lower dose levels.”“I can't speak highly enough of Mark Ruffalo and what he was able to accomplish with the film. He just did an amazing job. He reached out to me after reading the story that appeared in The New York Times Magazine back in 2016 about this situation down in West Virginia along the Ohio River and was really shocked when he read about it because it was really highlighting an environmental contamination problem that had potentially nationwide, if not worldwide implications but that he had never heard of, and you know he was active in the environmental arena and active in water issues and was surprised that he had not heard of this before and really wanted to find a way to help bring the story out to a wider audience so that we could hopefully start seeing some change in the way type of situations not only develop but how we deal with them. He was able to team up with the folks at Participant Media, who, if you go on their website, and see the types of films they've produced are just incredible filmmakers. Teamed up with Todd Haynes who is an incredible director, and just a terrific cast. Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins and others. Really they were very dedicated to making sure they did the story and brought it to film in the right way, to show what really happened, not only legally and scientifically, but also to real people. What kind of impact these situations have on real people in real communities. What these people went through for 20 years in this community waiting for this process to unfold. So I think they did a tremendous job in taking a very complicated story that involves a lot of science and a lot of law and conveying it in a way that really impresses upon people why this is a story that matters to all of us and why this is a story that really is one that hopefully is inspiring because, as we discussed, it shows that things can be changed. Things that look impossible can be overcome.”Rob Bilott is a partner in the Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky offices of the law firm, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, where he has practiced in the Environmental and Litigation Practice Groups for over 31 years. During that time, Rob has handled and led some of the most novel and complex cases in the country involving damage from exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”), including the first individual, class action, mass tort, and multi-district litigation proceedings involving PFAS, recovering over $1 billion for clients impacted by the chemicals. In 2017, Rob received the Right Livelihood Award, known as the “Alternative Nobel Prize,” for his decades of work on behalf of those injured by PFAS chemical contamination. Rob is the author of the book, “Exposure: Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer's Twenty-Year Battle Against DuPont,” and his story is the inspiration for the 2019 motion picture, “Dark Waters,” starring Mark Ruffalo as Rob. Rob's story and work is also featured in the documentary, “The Devil We Know.” Rob is a 1987 graduate of New College in Sarasota, Florida and a 1990 graduate of the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. Rob also serves on the Boards of Less Cancer and Green Umbrella and is frequently invited to provide keynote lectures and talks at law schools, universities, colleges, communities and other organizations all over the world. Rob is a fellow in the Right Livelihood College, a Lecturer at the Yale School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, and an Honorary Professor at the National University of Cordoba in Argentina. Rob also has received Honorary Doctorate Degrees from both Ohio State University and New College. · www.taftlaw.com · www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

“It's kind of a scary thought. We've got these PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), you hear them now referred to as forever chemicals because these chemicals–none of these existed on the planet prior to World War II–they're fairly recent invention and they have this unique chemical structure that makes them incredibly useful in a lot of different products, manufacturing operations, but also that same chemical structure makes them incredibly persistent and incredibly difficult to break down once they get out into the environment, into the natural world, into our soil, into our water. They simply, many of them, particularly the ones with eight or more carbons in their structure, don't break down under natural conditions. Or it may take thousands or millions of years for those chemicals to start breaking down. But not only that. Once they get into us, they get into people, they tend to accumulate in our blood and build up over time. They not only persist, they bioaccumulate. Unfortunately, as the science has slowly been revealed to the world about what these chemicals can do, we are seeing that they can have all kinds of toxic effects And unfortunately, we're finding that those things can happen at lower and lower dose levels.”“I can't speak highly enough of Mark Ruffalo and what he was able to accomplish with the film. He just did an amazing job. He reached out to me after reading the story that appeared in The New York Times Magazine back in 2016 about this situation down in West Virginia along the Ohio River and was really shocked when he read about it because it was really highlighting an environmental contamination problem that had potentially nationwide, if not worldwide implications but that he had never heard of, and you know he was active in the environmental arena and active in water issues and was surprised that he had not heard of this before and really wanted to find a way to help bring the story out to a wider audience so that we could hopefully start seeing some change in the way type of situations not only develop but how we deal with them. He was able to team up with the folks at Participant Media, who, if you go on their website, and see the types of films they've produced are just incredible filmmakers. Teamed up with Todd Haynes who is an incredible director, and just a terrific cast. Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins and others. Really they were very dedicated to making sure they did the story and brought it to film in the right way, to show what really happened, not only legally and scientifically, but also to real people. What kind of impact these situations have on real people in real communities. What these people went through for 20 years in this community waiting for this process to unfold. So I think they did a tremendous job in taking a very complicated story that involves a lot of science and a lot of law and conveying it in a way that really impresses upon people why this is a story that matters to all of us and why this is a story that really is one that hopefully is inspiring because, as we discussed, it shows that things can be changed. Things that look impossible can be overcome.”Rob Bilott is a partner in the Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky offices of the law firm, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, where he has practiced in the Environmental and Litigation Practice Groups for over 31 years. During that time, Rob has handled and led some of the most novel and complex cases in the country involving damage from exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”), including the first individual, class action, mass tort, and multi-district litigation proceedings involving PFAS, recovering over $1 billion for clients impacted by the chemicals. In 2017, Rob received the Right Livelihood Award, known as the “Alternative Nobel Prize,” for his decades of work on behalf of those injured by PFAS chemical contamination. Rob is the author of the book, “Exposure: Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer's Twenty-Year Battle Against DuPont,” and his story is the inspiration for the 2019 motion picture, “Dark Waters,” starring Mark Ruffalo as Rob. Rob's story and work is also featured in the documentary, “The Devil We Know.” Rob is a 1987 graduate of New College in Sarasota, Florida and a 1990 graduate of the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. Rob also serves on the Boards of Less Cancer and Green Umbrella and is frequently invited to provide keynote lectures and talks at law schools, universities, colleges, communities and other organizations all over the world. Rob is a fellow in the Right Livelihood College, a Lecturer at the Yale School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, and an Honorary Professor at the National University of Cordoba in Argentina. Rob also has received Honorary Doctorate Degrees from both Ohio State University and New College. · www.taftlaw.com · www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

“It's kind of a scary thought. We've got these PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), you hear them now referred to as forever chemicals because these chemicals–none of these existed on the planet prior to World War II–they're fairly recent invention and they have this unique chemical structure that makes them incredibly useful in a lot of different products, manufacturing operations, but also that same chemical structure makes them incredibly persistent and incredibly difficult to break down once they get out into the environment, into the natural world, into our soil, into our water. They simply, many of them, particularly the ones with eight or more carbons in their structure, don't break down under natural conditions. Or it may take thousands or millions of years for those chemicals to start breaking down. But not only that. Once they get into us, they get into people, they tend to accumulate in our blood and build up over time. They not only persist, they bioaccumulate. Unfortunately, as the science has slowly been revealed to the world about what these chemicals can do, we are seeing that they can have all kinds of toxic effects And unfortunately, we're finding that those things can happen at lower and lower dose levels.”“I can't speak highly enough of Mark Ruffalo and what he was able to accomplish with the film. He just did an amazing job. He reached out to me after reading the story that appeared in The New York Times Magazine back in 2016 about this situation down in West Virginia along the Ohio River and was really shocked when he read about it because it was really highlighting an environmental contamination problem that had potentially nationwide, if not worldwide implications but that he had never heard of, and you know he was active in the environmental arena and active in water issues and was surprised that he had not heard of this before and really wanted to find a way to help bring the story out to a wider audience so that we could hopefully start seeing some change in the way type of situations not only develop but how we deal with them. He was able to team up with the folks at Participant Media, who, if you go on their website, and see the types of films they've produced are just incredible filmmakers. Teamed up with Todd Haynes who is an incredible director, and just a terrific cast. Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins and others. Really they were very dedicated to making sure they did the story and brought it to film in the right way, to show what really happened, not only legally and scientifically, but also to real people. What kind of impact these situations have on real people in real communities. What these people went through for 20 years in this community waiting for this process to unfold. So I think they did a tremendous job in taking a very complicated story that involves a lot of science and a lot of law and conveying it in a way that really impresses upon people why this is a story that matters to all of us and why this is a story that really is one that hopefully is inspiring because, as we discussed, it shows that things can be changed. Things that look impossible can be overcome.”Rob Bilott is a partner in the Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky offices of the law firm, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, where he has practiced in the Environmental and Litigation Practice Groups for over 31 years. During that time, Rob has handled and led some of the most novel and complex cases in the country involving damage from exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”), including the first individual, class action, mass tort, and multi-district litigation proceedings involving PFAS, recovering over $1 billion for clients impacted by the chemicals. In 2017, Rob received the Right Livelihood Award, known as the “Alternative Nobel Prize,” for his decades of work on behalf of those injured by PFAS chemical contamination. Rob is the author of the book, “Exposure: Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer's Twenty-Year Battle Against DuPont,” and his story is the inspiration for the 2019 motion picture, “Dark Waters,” starring Mark Ruffalo as Rob. Rob's story and work is also featured in the documentary, “The Devil We Know.” Rob is a 1987 graduate of New College in Sarasota, Florida and a 1990 graduate of the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. Rob also serves on the Boards of Less Cancer and Green Umbrella and is frequently invited to provide keynote lectures and talks at law schools, universities, colleges, communities and other organizations all over the world. Rob is a fellow in the Right Livelihood College, a Lecturer at the Yale School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, and an Honorary Professor at the National University of Cordoba in Argentina. Rob also has received Honorary Doctorate Degrees from both Ohio State University and New College. · www.taftlaw.com · www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

“It's kind of a scary thought. We've got these PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), you hear them now referred to as forever chemicals because these chemicals–none of these existed on the planet prior to World War II–they're fairly recent invention and they have this unique chemical structure that makes them incredibly useful in a lot of different products, manufacturing operations, but also that same chemical structure makes them incredibly persistent and incredibly difficult to break down once they get out into the environment, into the natural world, into our soil, into our water. They simply, many of them, particularly the ones with eight or more carbons in their structure, don't break down under natural conditions. Or it may take thousands or millions of years for those chemicals to start breaking down. But not only that. Once they get into us, they get into people, they tend to accumulate in our blood and build up over time. They not only persist, they bioaccumulate. Unfortunately, as the science has slowly been revealed to the world about what these chemicals can do, we are seeing that they can have all kinds of toxic effects And unfortunately, we're finding that those things can happen at lower and lower dose levels.”“I can't speak highly enough of Mark Ruffalo and what he was able to accomplish with the film. He just did an amazing job. He reached out to me after reading the story that appeared in The New York Times Magazine back in 2016 about this situation down in West Virginia along the Ohio River and was really shocked when he read about it because it was really highlighting an environmental contamination problem that had potentially nationwide, if not worldwide implications but that he had never heard of, and you know he was active in the environmental arena and active in water issues and was surprised that he had not heard of this before and really wanted to find a way to help bring the story out to a wider audience so that we could hopefully start seeing some change in the way type of situations not only develop but how we deal with them. He was able to team up with the folks at Participant Media, who, if you go on their website, and see the types of films they've produced are just incredible filmmakers. Teamed up with Todd Haynes who is an incredible director, and just a terrific cast. Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins and others. Really they were very dedicated to making sure they did the story and brought it to film in the right way, to show what really happened, not only legally and scientifically, but also to real people. What kind of impact these situations have on real people in real communities. What these people went through for 20 years in this community waiting for this process to unfold. So I think they did a tremendous job in taking a very complicated story that involves a lot of science and a lot of law and conveying it in a way that really impresses upon people why this is a story that matters to all of us and why this is a story that really is one that hopefully is inspiring because, as we discussed, it shows that things can be changed. Things that look impossible can be overcome.”Rob Bilott is a partner in the Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky offices of the law firm, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, where he has practiced in the Environmental and Litigation Practice Groups for over 31 years. During that time, Rob has handled and led some of the most novel and complex cases in the country involving damage from exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”), including the first individual, class action, mass tort, and multi-district litigation proceedings involving PFAS, recovering over $1 billion for clients impacted by the chemicals. In 2017, Rob received the Right Livelihood Award, known as the “Alternative Nobel Prize,” for his decades of work on behalf of those injured by PFAS chemical contamination. Rob is the author of the book, “Exposure: Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer's Twenty-Year Battle Against DuPont,” and his story is the inspiration for the 2019 motion picture, “Dark Waters,” starring Mark Ruffalo as Rob. Rob's story and work is also featured in the documentary, “The Devil We Know.” Rob is a 1987 graduate of New College in Sarasota, Florida and a 1990 graduate of the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. Rob also serves on the Boards of Less Cancer and Green Umbrella and is frequently invited to provide keynote lectures and talks at law schools, universities, colleges, communities and other organizations all over the world. Rob is a fellow in the Right Livelihood College, a Lecturer at the Yale School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, and an Honorary Professor at the National University of Cordoba in Argentina. Rob also has received Honorary Doctorate Degrees from both Ohio State University and New College. · www.taftlaw.com · www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

“It's kind of a scary thought. We've got these PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), you hear them now referred to as forever chemicals because these chemicals–none of these existed on the planet prior to World War II–they're fairly recent invention and they have this unique chemical structure that makes them incredibly useful in a lot of different products, manufacturing operations, but also that same chemical structure makes them incredibly persistent and incredibly difficult to break down once they get out into the environment, into the natural world, into our soil, into our water. They simply, many of them, particularly the ones with eight or more carbons in their structure, don't break down under natural conditions. Or it may take thousands or millions of years for those chemicals to start breaking down. But not only that. Once they get into us, they get into people, they tend to accumulate in our blood and build up over time. They not only persist, they bioaccumulate. Unfortunately, as the science has slowly been revealed to the world about what these chemicals can do, we are seeing that they can have all kinds of toxic effects And unfortunately, we're finding that those things can happen at lower and lower dose levels.”“I can't speak highly enough of Mark Ruffalo and what he was able to accomplish with the film. He just did an amazing job. He reached out to me after reading the story that appeared in The New York Times Magazine back in 2016 about this situation down in West Virginia along the Ohio River and was really shocked when he read about it because it was really highlighting an environmental contamination problem that had potentially nationwide, if not worldwide implications but that he had never heard of, and you know he was active in the environmental arena and active in water issues and was surprised that he had not heard of this before and really wanted to find a way to help bring the story out to a wider audience so that we could hopefully start seeing some change in the way type of situations not only develop but how we deal with them. He was able to team up with the folks at Participant Media, who, if you go on their website, and see the types of films they've produced are just incredible filmmakers. Teamed up with Todd Haynes who is an incredible director, and just a terrific cast. Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins and others. Really they were very dedicated to making sure they did the story and brought it to film in the right way, to show what really happened, not only legally and scientifically, but also to real people. What kind of impact these situations have on real people in real communities. What these people went through for 20 years in this community waiting for this process to unfold. So I think they did a tremendous job in taking a very complicated story that involves a lot of science and a lot of law and conveying it in a way that really impresses upon people why this is a story that matters to all of us and why this is a story that really is one that hopefully is inspiring because, as we discussed, it shows that things can be changed. Things that look impossible can be overcome.”Rob Bilott is a partner in the Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky offices of the law firm, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, where he has practiced in the Environmental and Litigation Practice Groups for over 31 years. During that time, Rob has handled and led some of the most novel and complex cases in the country involving damage from exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”), including the first individual, class action, mass tort, and multi-district litigation proceedings involving PFAS, recovering over $1 billion for clients impacted by the chemicals. In 2017, Rob received the Right Livelihood Award, known as the “Alternative Nobel Prize,” for his decades of work on behalf of those injured by PFAS chemical contamination. Rob is the author of the book, “Exposure: Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer's Twenty-Year Battle Against DuPont,” and his story is the inspiration for the 2019 motion picture, “Dark Waters,” starring Mark Ruffalo as Rob. Rob's story and work is also featured in the documentary, “The Devil We Know.” Rob is a 1987 graduate of New College in Sarasota, Florida and a 1990 graduate of the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. Rob also serves on the Boards of Less Cancer and Green Umbrella and is frequently invited to provide keynote lectures and talks at law schools, universities, colleges, communities and other organizations all over the world. Rob is a fellow in the Right Livelihood College, a Lecturer at the Yale School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, and an Honorary Professor at the National University of Cordoba in Argentina. Rob also has received Honorary Doctorate Degrees from both Ohio State University and New College. · www.taftlaw.com · www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

Season 3; Episode 3: Storytelling is Our Most Powerful Tool for Change with Holly GordonHolly Gordon is the Chief Impact Officer at Participant Media, overseeing the company's social impact strategy and campaigns, furthering Participant's mission to create storytelling that inspires positive social change. Prior to Participant, Holly co-founded Girl Rising, a global campaign for girls' education. Holly was also an Executive Producer for Girl Rising, the film at the center of the movement. Forbes Magazine named the Girl Rising campaign the #1 Most Dynamic Social Initiative of 2012. Holly was selected by Fast Company as a member of the League of Extraordinary Women and named by Newsweek/Daily Beast as one of 125 Women of Impact. Earlier in her career, Holly was a producer at ABC News.Key Takeaways from this Episode:The Power of Storytelling ·       Use the power of storytelling to make the world a better place by inspiring, empowering, and connecting community leaders on the front lines of change. ·       Stories live inside you, they become purpose when they are expressed outside of you. Change happens when you share that story with someone and you make an agreement to do the thing, it is not an individual sport. Storytelling is our most powerful tool for change.·       In everything we do, we're telling ourselves a story about what is fixed versus what is changeable. They are powerful stories that are usually reinforced by society. Think about the story you're telling yourself, and then challenge yourself with a different way of thinking.·       You can move people from their seats to the streets with amazing stories. Inspire, Empower, Connect·       Emotions are really important in leadership. Activating emotions are hope and inspiration that make you feel activated towards something. They are a motivating force.·       Empower: before we do anything, we ask ourselves, can I do it? You need to create the tools, opportunities, or pathways for people to move from inspired to action. ·       Connection between people is core to making change in any organization or structure. The question that you're answering is, what is everyone else doing? People who believe the same things, catalyze them, give them an opportunity, and then connect them to each other. And then you've got a movement!·       Persuasion vs. Telling: Persuasion is often confused with telling. Persuasion is what happens between sharing a vision and then waiting, listening for the response. It's hearing people, their fears and hopes, and listening enough that you have persuaded them to join the fight.Leadership·       I wake up and I ask, how can I be of service? If you ask yourself that question, you never go wrong, because your incentives are oriented towards setting a vision and listening to what others need in support of it. ·       Leadership is about understanding what people are afraid of and trying to make a consistently supportive environment. Does everyone on the team have what they need to bring their full gifts to our work?·       The history of leadership has been very much about who's holding power, being right, and who has the answers. In the 21st century, leadership is all about choice. Our employees have many choices about where they can work. Leadership becomes a more humanistic-focused effort about communication and understanding. It's a re-imagining of capitalism, from a shareholder perspective to a stakeholder perspective. ·       Leadership leans into vision. It is about telling a story of possibility that other people can imagine and buy into (e.g., Martin Luther King, Jr.). A challenge to achieve something that's just out of reach, but possible.·       Management is the process, systems, structures, and the operational nuts and bolts of getting multiple people to achieve that vision. It's the marriage of vision and management that goes from being a single actor to a leader of an organization. Leadership is about relationships and partnership. Books·       Immunity to Change·       The Athena Doctrine: How Women (and the Men Who Think Like Them) Will Rule the FuturePeople & Organizations·       Participant Media·       Girl Rising·       Hello Sunshine: Reese Witherspoon·       ARRAY: Ava DuVernay·       MACRO: Charles King·       National Domestic Workers Alliance: Ai-jen Poo·       Civic Georgia·       Lara GalinskyTo learn more about my work in executive coaching, leadership development and team effectiveness check out my website, connect with me on LinkedIn or email me at winnie@winnifred.org.  Reach out and tell me what was helpful about today's episode or any suggestions you have for my show.Please leave a review and tell someone else about this show; look below for some instructions on how to leave a review on Apple Podcasts.I look forward to sharing another transformative conversation with you next week!------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------How to leave a rating or review in Apple Podcasts (on an iOS device)1.      Open the Podcasts app. 2.      Choose “Search” from the bottom row of icons and enter the name of the show (i.e., “Transformative Leadership Conversations”) into the search field3.      Select the show under Shows (not under Episodes)4.      Scroll down past the first few episodes until you see Ratings & Reviews5.      Click “Write a Review” underneath the displayed reviews from other listeners. 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Hi, everyone. Welcome to the third season of transformative leadership conversations with me, your host, Winnie da Silva. “Storytelling is our most powerful tool for changing anything in the world today.” This compelling quote, from one of my upcoming guests Holly Gordon, sums up my aspirational goal for this podcast. Sharing stories to change you, your leadership, your team, your company. As an executive coach and leadership strategist for over 20 years, I've come to know and work with some pretty incredible people. This podcast is designed to share their inspiring stories and practical ideas you can use to develop yourself as a leader, as a person. The first release for Season 3 is coming on March 1st. I'd like to give you a taste of these ten episodes you're going to love. Sarah Snyder is the Founding Director of The Rose Castle Foundation whose mission is to equip leaders with the skills, tools, and habits needed to transform conflict. My conversation with Sarah is like opening a set of Russian dolls; you encounter one story or insight just to discover another one – and another. You know she's for real when her other job is the Archbishop of Canterbury's Special Advisor for Reconciliation. Peter Gordon is the Chief Investment Officer and Head of Commercial Real Estate Debt for a large asset management firm. Peter is the type of leader who instinctively forms his leadership philosophy and approach and then realizes there are a few books out there that back up those instincts. Peter's leadership analogies range from parenthood, tennis, golf, political ideologies…and through his metaphors we gain some fabulous insights. Holly Gordon is the Chief Impact Officer for Participant Media. While she doesn't make the award-winning movies her company produces (An Inconvenient Truth, Spotlight, Green Book), Holly and her team build campaigns around these films to inspire action and change by partnering with grassroots organizations and activists on the front lines. Holly's fascinating background paired with her breadth and depth of thinking on social change, storytelling, leadership - I can't help but hope that Holly will write a book someday soon. Next up will be a conversation with both Peter AND Holly. Yes, Peter and Holly are married and in this special episode, Peter and Holly generously share some details of how their marriage has influenced their own unique leadership perspectives. Our personal relationships are so important in shaping who we are, how we think and how we approach our work. You'll love this compelling example of a relationship that is playful yet serious about ideas around leadership and more which will cause you to reflect on your own relationships and their impact on you. Cassandra Rose is a Founding Partner and DEI Practice Co-Lead at Meritarc, a human capital software company and provider of advisory services. Cassandra helps organizations fully leverage their Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion strategy and enables HR and People Leaders to connect the value of their talent with their mission. Cassandra is also a compelling speaker on the topics of benefits equity and centering the BIPOC employee journey for transformative employee engagement. Our conversation will challenge your thinking on all these topics – and more! Lindsey Saletta is the Chief Operating Officer at west-bourne, a food and lifestyle brand that began as the first zero-waste neighborhood restaurant in New York City and is now piloting conscious capitalism in the food industry. I love Lindsey's clarity on her own strengths and how those same strengths can sometimes be barriers to growth. Lindsey is that ambitious and vibrant leader you wish you could call to help you navigate your own career. So, here's your chance! Ajay Easo is the Managing Director at Accenture Interactive and Fjord. Ajay is a “leader of leaders” and has had multiple career iterations during his 21-year tenue at Accenture. Ajay is a big thinker and strategically keeps several balls in the air. But his real superpower is leading without others even realizing it. He prefers to elevate and collaborate with people rather than always having to lead from the front. Our conversation touches on his leadership and the future trends of leadership itself. Marianne Manseau is an Area Vice President at Pernod Ricard, a wine and spirits company whose ambition is to turn every social interaction into a genuine sharing experience. While Marianne's friendly spirit is immediately apparent, underneath that smile is an extremely intentional, hardworking, and ambitious woman. Marianne shares her experience learning to be vulnerable, why intention matters and how her father and three brothers helped shaped the person she is today. Gary Hamilton is a Senior Vice President and Healthcare Practice Leader for WSP which provides management and consultancy services to the built and natural environment. With 25 years of experience in designing and building healthcare facilities globally, Gary is passionate not just about his work but how he shows up as a leader and being a role model for others. Gary's flair for connecting with people and pushing himself past boundaries is inspirational. The Band of Sisters is a tribe of six women who all met when they worked at PepsiCo. I had the pleasure of interviewing three of the six sisters: Lori Marcus, Katie Lacey and Cie Nicholson. These seasoned and savvy women bring a fresh perspective on improving the lives of women in the workplace as they focus on equipping organizations to build more inclusive and productive cultures. Their book You Should Smile More: How to Dismantle Gender Bias in the Workplace will be coming out this fall. Our conversation offers a sampling on this topic with some super practical ways women and men can proactively support women at work.

Welcome to another episode of The Ankler Hot Seat, this one the last in a special series about the 2022 Sundance Film Festival hosted by Janice Min, Richard Rushfield and Tatiana Siegel. Please follow us at Apple Podcasts and on Twitter. Our guest today is a true behind-the-scenes superstar of Hollywood, Josh Braun of Submarine, a Los Angeles hybrid sales, production and distribution company run by Braun and his identical twin Dan. Submarine sold American Factory from the Obamas' Higher Ground productions and Participant Media, a documentary that premiered at Sundance in 2019 (and went on to win the Best Documentary Oscar). He also brought Boys' State to 2019 Sundance, where it became the highest-priced documentary sale in the festival's history, bought by Apple for $12 million. That same year, he sold Billie Eilish's documentary, also to Apple, for $26 million, a record for a music documentary. Currently Braun is “at” virtual Sundance with the festival's most buzzed-about title, Nothing Compares, a documentary about Sinead O'Connor, an elusive personality he says he had pursued for years. Since premiering on Jan. 21, the movie, directed by Kathryn Ferguson, has won rave reviews, and a 100 percent on Rotten Tomatoes for its poignant and powerful storytelling about O'Connor, an artist Braun says delivered a protest message that many Americans now lean into, but at the time only earned her scorn, ridicule, and eventually exile. She spoke about “reproductive rights and gay rights, and the ability for a woman to choose and many other issues,” says Braun, “and was essentially raked over the coals and penalized. I think every position she took at that earlier point…she would now be hailed almost as a hero.” Braun also reveals in his interview how, while preparing for Sundance, he and the team behind Nothing Compares responded when they learned that O'Connor's 17-year-old son had committed suicide. “If they wanted to be pulled, we would have pulled it,” he says on the podcast, “and we respected what those nearest and dearest to her believed was the right path.”Also on the podcast, Braun discusses what it was like working with the Obamas, attending the screening of the surprise documentary about Alexi Navalny, the Putin opposition leader, and how it feels to help independent filmmakers who typically work on shoestring budgets to suddenly, many for the first time in their lives, make the kind of money they once could only dream of: “I have to say it is the greatest feeling.”Also on The Ankler:In Wall St. Just Handed Netflix a Golden Opportunity to Grow Up, Entertainment Strategy Guy discussing eight ways the streaming service can emerge from a disastrous week. A few weeks before the Netflix subscriber miss, ESG also delivered four charts predicting how Netflix's woes were right around the corner in Streaming's Winner-Take-All Theory Collapses. Because the news isn't all-Netfix all the time, he also recently weighed in on The Worst Case Scenario for Disney, now facing some of the same downward pressures afflicting its rival. However, Is Bob Chapek Secretly the One Hollywood's Been Waiting For? Richard Rushfield looks at the mobs forming against Disney's still-getting-comfortable kingpin and asks, what if we're getting it all wrong? A look at the business under Chapek, the Iger ghost that haunts the company, and how the low key, non-nonsense boss might in fact be what Disney needs (if not what they want).Ankler Hot Seat Podcast: Sundance Cinderella Stories and The Time Harvey Weinstein Joined the Women's MarchPLUS! A New Optionist Newsletter is Out! Check out Andy Lewis' The Optionist, a weekly newsletter about the best intellectual property with filmed rights available. Sign up here! The new issue contains new rights details about the suddenly buzzy world around Donna Tartt and Bret Easton Ellis. To advertise with The Ankler, please contact Kymber Allen at kymber@anklermedia.com.We now offer group subscriptions! Please email info@anklermedia.com to sign-up.Can't afford The Ankler right now? If you're an assistant, student, or getting your foot in the door of this industry, and want help navigating the craziness of this business but don't have money to spare right now, drop me a line at richard@theankler.com and we'll work it out. No mogul or mogul-to-be left behind at The Ankler.The Ankler is Hollywood's favorite secret newsletter, an independent voice holding the industry's feet to the fire. If you're a subscriber, feel free to share this edition with a friend but just a couple, please. The Ankler depends on its paid subscribers to keep publishing.If you've been passed along this issue, take the hint and get on the train. Find out why the New York Times called us the “hit Hollywood newsletter.” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theankler.com/subscribe

With over 73 Oscar Nominations (and 18 wins) Participant Media is not only behind some of the most iconic movies of our time like Spotlight, An Inconvenient Truth and more, it also wants to create entertainment that inspires and compels social change. Chief Impact Officer Holly Gordon shares their process of choosing content that combines the power of a good story with opportunities for real-world impact and awareness around the most pressing global issues of our time. Check out our companion book Good is The New Cool: The Principles of Purpose at http://www.theprinciplesofpurpose.com/ (www.theprinciplesofpurpose.com) and you can join the Good is The New Cool community at http://www.goodisthenewcool.com/ (www.goodisthenewcool.com) This episode has been brought to you by https://disruption.global.ntt/ (NTT Disruption). About Holly Gordon Holly Gordon is the Chief Impact Officer at Participant, overseeing the company's social impact strategy and campaigns, furthering Participant's mission to create storytelling that inspires positive social change. These global, multi-year campaigns are driven by the company's content and powered by strategic partnerships to address the most important issues of our time. Prior to joining Participant, Gordon co-founded Girl Rising, a global campaign for girls' education. Selected by Fast Company as a member of the League of Extraordinary Women and named by Newsweek/Daily Beast as one of 125 Women of Impact, Gordon is also an Executive Producer for the Girl Rising film at the center of the movement. Forbes Magazine named the Girl Rising campaign the #1 Most Dynamic Social Initiative of 2012. In 2015, Holly was selected as a Presidential Leadership Scholar and currently serves on the boards of MAKERS and Girl Rising.

Alia sits down with MJ Soler, advertising producer to discuss how she has excelled in advertising, an industry that has a long way to go when it comes to diverse representation. MJ's determined nature has helped her build the career she always wanted, and the drive to work hard and play hard too.MJ has been in love with the world of production for as long as she can remember. Early on, she worked as an intern for MTV networks and Participant Media in LA & NY. Unsure about whether she wanted to pursue roles in Television or Film, she discovered advertising was her true calling after graduating from Elon University in NC. Something about the fast nature of the business, the variety of categories she could work on, and the possibility of traveling all over the world creating campaigns really turned out to be the perfect fit. As an agency Creative Producer, MJ has produced TV commercials for brands like Volvo, Canon, Frank's RedHot, McCormick, Walgreens, Gillette Venus, Pantene, TJ Maxx, and Target among others. She began her career at Grey and is currently a Producer at Mother New York.MJ is also bilingual, loves to travel, has an MBA, and considers herself a team-player above everything. She loves dogs and is doing what she can to help create an advertising and production landscape with greater representation and inclusivity. 

Originally released on November 8, 2020, Episode 9 departs from the format of the other episodes in the series to discuss the state of the movement for stakeholder capitalism, and the systems that will need to be addressed to accelerate progress. Jay Jakub from Episode 1, Raj Sisodia from Episode 2 and Bob Chapman from Episode 5 return to share their perspectives.Episode 9 is also a reveal of sorts in which Amanda and Nathan pull back the curtain on the structure of the podcast, revealing a comprehensive and ambitious definition for Stakeholder Capitalism.LET'S EMBED THE PODCAST UP HERE THIS TIMEThe collaboration between many of the leading entities in this broad movement is called Imperative 21: https://www.imperative21.co/about-the-network/ and at the time of publishing, their members include:B Lab (certifier of B Corporations): https://bcorporation.net/The B Team: https://bteam.org/Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose (CECP): https://cecp.co/Common Future: https://www.commonfuture.co/Conscious Capitalism Inc: https://www.consciouscapitalism.org/The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN): https://thegiin.org/JUST Capital: https://justcapital.com/Participant Media: https://participant.com/More information on the Stakeholder Score can be found at www.stakeholderscore.comIf you liked the music in this episode you can find more at:GenerdynMr. MooNina Grae

Amy has been a sustainable fashion writer for the past 13 years for media including Ecouterre, Participant Media, and The Guardian. Currently, she's the Sustainability and Communications Director for Botanical Colors and she consults for sustainability-minded folks like Elizabeth Cline (author of Overdressed and The Sustainable Closet), Buffy Bedding, and TS Designs. Things Mentioned: Jess Davis, Folk Rebellion Join the Lady Farmer Slow Living Challenge! (Sign up here) Botanical Colors Regenerative Agriculture Carbon Farming Fibershed Southeastern New England Fibershed - @senewenglandfibershed Chico Flax Linen  Sally Fox  Amy DuFault on Instagram - @amytropolis

Elise Pearlstein has dedicated her life to non-fiction film, first as award-winning producer, and since 2013, as SVP of Documentary at Participant Media. Her career in docs wasn't always a foregone conclusion--she used to keep lists of other jobs she could do--but now says there's no place she'd rather be. She talks to Matt Holzman about an industry in transition and some of Participant's newest projects.

Participant Media is at it again with a science fiction thriller. CJ and Jordan discuss the subnarritives and elements of this movie that worked and fell short.

Participant Media was CJ's inspiration and has made some of the most socially relevant movies in recent memory. Listen and CJ and Jordan discuss what is special about Participant Media!

Films discussed (in chronological order):Knock Down the House The BrinkWhere's My Roy Cohn? American FactoryMiles Davis: Birth of the Cool Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am Ask Dr. Ruth Mike Wallace Is Here Untouchable The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley Sea of Shadows Tigerland Maiden Apollo 11 and Vanity Fair on Apollo 11 The Biggest Little Farm Untitled Amazing Jonathan Documentary Cold Case Hammarskjöld This is Personal Hail Satan? Thanks to the hard-working publicists who met our podcast deadline, especially the folks at Acme, Brigade, Cinetic, Dish Communications, DKC, Falco Ink, HBO Documentary Films, Magnolia, Neon, Participant Media, Susan Norget Promotions, Sunshine Sachs and apologies to anyone we've forgotten.On Twitter: @thompowers @PureNonfiction

Among holiday season releases, the splendid new film “Wonder” has earned spectacular success—finishing second in pre-Thanksgiving box office, with enthusiastic reviews and an impressive $27 million in ticket sales. The story follows a 10-year-old with facial birth defects, braving his first year of school with support of his loving parents, Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson. Behind the scenes, “Wonder” involved surprising collaboration between conservatives and progressives in Hollywood. Participant Media produced Al Gore's global warming films and other left-leaning message movies while Walden Media is best known for family-friendly fare that affirms traditional values, like the popular “Narnia” series. Despite different histories, these two companies managed to work together backing this new film—a cinematic gem that's completely apolitical, while celebrating strong families, kindness and every-day decency. If left and right in Hollywood can get together behind the fundamental virtues the nation needs most, shouldn't our representatives in Washington make every effort to follow their example?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The first black person to win an Oscar, Hattie McDaniel struggled to escape the maid archetype that was the source of her success. A trailblazer, the Gone with the Wind star nevertheless became went on to perpetuate the black maid stereotype, even after her Oscar win. In the years since, black Oscar nominees have consistently been rewarded for playing abused, impoverished characters with ties to crime. We ask how much things have improved since Hattie's time. This is episode two of the BFI's Black Star podcast, a six-part series presented as part of the Black Star season, which celebrates the power and versatility of black actors.This episode of the Black Star podcast contains a clip of Hattie McDaniel accepting her Oscar in 1939, which is owned by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.It also contains short clips from: - Gone with the Wind. Directed by Victor Fleming, produced by Selznick International Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Released in 1939.- 12 Years a Slave. Directed by Steve McQueen; produced by Summit Entertainment, Regency Enterprises, River Road Entertainment, Plan B Entertainment, New Regency Productions and Film4 Productions. Released in 2013- Precious. Directed by Lee Daniels; produced by Lee Daniels Entertainment, Smokewood Entertainment, Harpo Films, 34th Street Films. Released in 2009- The Help, directed by Tate Taylor; produced by DreamWorks Pictures, Reliance Entertainment, Participant Media, Image Nation, 1492 Pictures and Harbinger Pictures. Released in 2011. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Deb Evans and Jack Monson are joined by Chris Adams is an internationally recognized new media pioneer, media, entertainment and technology executive with 20+ years of experience in accelerating businesses and innovation. Over that time, he has worked for: Facebook.com, Participant Media (serving at Chief Vision Officer through the company's first slate of films including: "An Inconvenient Truth, Syriana and many others), HBO, Comcast Cable and Interactive, Glam.com, Amazon.com, Lycos.com and many others. He now spends his time serving as a digital strategist, Advisor and Board Director to a number of companies as well as writing children's books, lecturing and speaking.  Follow Social Geek Radio on Facebook and connect with Deb and Jack on Twitter.  

Why Participant Media made an action film with meaning, starring Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson.