Podcast appearances and mentions of rachel carlson

What if we had the ultimate work-life balance? This fundamental question underlies the hit Apple TV+ show Severance – now in its second season. Ahead of the season 2 finale this Friday, producer Rachel Carlson sat down with the science consultant for the series, Dr. Vijay Agarwal. Vijay says the concept is "resoundingly" possible – and that scientists closer than we might think. More questions about the intersections of pop culture and science? Email us at shortwave@npr.org. Listen to every episode of Short Wave sponsor-free and support our work at NPR by signing up for Short Wave+ at plus.npr.org/shortwave. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

The thick-billed parrot is the only surviving parrot species native to the United States. These brightly colored birds once roamed across the American Southwest and as far south as Venezuela — but today, the only wild population remaining lives high in the forests of Mexico's Sierra Madre mountains. For years, conservation organizations like OVIS (Organización Vida Silvestre) and the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance have been working on a multi-faceted conservation project to save these birds. Host Regina G. Barber and producer Rachel Carlson dive into the details of that project — and how tiny "bird backpacks" are helping to make it all happen. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

As an author, journalist and broadcaster, Dr Julia Baird has spent the last decade researching awe, wonder, grace and forgiveness (...and now the title makes sense!). Finding joy and purpose through ocean swimming, Julia shows us how impactful nature and community can be when we say yes to adventure (and also what to do when caught in a rip). With Josh out sick, Ryan and Hugh do the heavy lifting with bountiful good questions, Ryan becomes enlightened and discovers the meaning behind church (no really, he's onto something), and Hugh and Ryan get deep with Julia and discuss the role of justice in forgiveness and the place of grace in today's society. Julia, it was such an honour, and definitely a name ticked off our dream-guest bucket list. To watch the full episode on YouTube click here - https://youtu.be/3Xjy4eABOQ4

Last year, a dog named Bunny went viral on TikTok for pressing buttons with words on them to "communicate" with her owner. But can dogs even understand those words on a soundboard in the first place? A new study in the journal PLOS One seeks answers. Host Regina G. Barber and producer Rachel Carlson break down that story and more of the week's news with the help of All Things Considered's Ari Shapiro. Have other viral headlines that you want us to put to the test for its scientific truth? Email us at shortwave@npr.org — we might cover it on a future episode! Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Settle in for Movie Night!  Aaron and Eric each picked movies that they argued had LDS or interesting religious themes.  Do you agree or have other picks?  Let us know on discord! Link to our Face in Hat discord server! https://discord.gg/MnSMvKHvwh YouTube channel!  Thanks Eric! https://www.youtube.com/@FaceinHat https://www.youtube.com/@FaceinHat/playlists Dialogue Podcast Network https://www.dialoguejournal.com/podcasts/ The Religious Affiliation of Director George Lucas https://web.archive.org/web/20050612235541/http://www.adherents.com/people/pl/George_Lucas.html But hey, there is an LDS connection to George Lucas!  From the article: “Lucas eventually came to state that his religion was "Buddhist Methodist." Gary Kurtz, a Latter-day Saint who had studied Comparative Religion extensively in college and on his own, was pivotal in introducing Lucas to Eastern religions (particularly Buddhism) and Native American religion, and discussing with Lucas how best to improve "Star Wars" by giving it a believable but sufficiently universal religious underpinning. Kurtz was the producer of "Star Wars" and "The Empire Strikes Back" and also did some work on the "Star Wars" screenplay.” Linked to from his wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lucas#Personal_life Contact (1997 American film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contact_(1997_American_film) https://www.amazon.com/Contact-Jodie-Foster/dp/B001AH6ZWY Hercules (1997 film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules_(1997_film) https://www.disneyplus.com/browse/entity-ae19dd2f-a945-442b-a18e-d57fa8f5091f Eastern Orthodox and Divinization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divinization_(Christian)#Eastern_Orthodox Relevant older Face in Hat episode, “5.2 Divinization and Deity”: https://faceinhat.podbean.com/e/52-divinization-and-deity/ The Tree of Life (film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tree_of_Life_(film) https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B005UKJX4E “Rituals themselves are actually very boring. They go on and on, beyond your secular tolerance” (The Power of Myth, by Joseph Campbell). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_Myth https://www.amazon.com/Power-Myth-Joseph-Campbell/dp/0385418868 Quoted in Why Myth?, by John Bonaduce https://www.jcf.org/post/why-myth Aphasia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphasia Aphantasia (includes the apple chart for degree of mental visualization) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphantasia Eric may have been referring to this podcast: “The human brain is hardwired to recognize faces. But what if you can't?”, by Emily Kwong, Rachel Carlson, and Rebecca Ramirez https://www.npr.org/2024/06/26/1198910315/face-blindness-prosopagnosia-memory-aphantasia-sight-imagination Fred Rogers Acceptance Speech - 1997, The Emmy Awards https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Upm9LnuCBUM Wreck-it Ralph 1 and 2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wreck-It_Ralph https://www.disneyplus.com/browse/entity-0cde80b0-5085-447b-b65e-c81a713a90f0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Breaks_the_Internet https://www.disneyplus.com/browse/entity-4f2c48ef-b3f9-4422-9feb-011a17ff2afb The Official Disney Princess Rules, Explained, by Micaela Pérez Vitale and Samuel Cormier https://movieweb.com/official-disney-princess-rules/ Navigating Mental Health Comedy with Conservative Parents, Taylor Tomlinson https://www.tiktok.com/@taylortomlinsoncomedy/video/7288425135990770990 Shanghai Express (film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Express_(film) Coco (2017 film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coco_(2017_film) https://www.disneyplus.com/browse/entity-ce1ccdca-f468-4960-b67c-026b01ba42ab Angels and Seerstones: A Latter Day Saint Folklore Podcast, by Christopher James Blythe and Christine Elyse Blythe https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/angels-and-seerstones-a-latter-day-saint-folklore-podcast/id1693940296 The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_the_Princess_Kaguya_(film) https://www.amazon.com/Tale-Princess-Kaguya-English-Language/dp/B0817R94P8 The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_the_Bamboo_Cutter American Zion: A New History of Mormonism, by Benjamin E. Park https://www.amazon.com/American-Zion-New-History-Mormonism/dp/1631498657

KGMI's Jason Upton talks to Whatcom Fire District 1 Fire Chief Rachel Carlson about the $13 million bond the district is proposing to voters in the Aug. 6 primary election. Fire District 1 serves Everson, Nooksack, Deming and the Nooksack Indian Tribe.

Navigating Career Peaks and Life's RealitiesThis episode features a candid conversation with Rachel Carlson, co-founder of Foulmouth Creative, about her journey through the competitive advertising industry. Starting from her early days at Crispin Porter + Bogusky, she dives into the intense workload and culture, leading to her transition to a healthier work-life balance at Deutsch. Rachel discusses her departure due to an unsupportive environment upon starting a family and how that personal challenge turned into career-defining moments, such as creating the first lactating nipple ad aired on Network TV. Finally, she shares the inception of Foulmouth Creative, highlighting the importance of authentic client relationships and maintaining a balanced, joyful work environment.00:00 Introduction and Content Warning02:10 Meet Rachel Carlson02:45 Rachel's Background and Interests07:04 A UFO Encounter10:19 Growing Up in a Military Family18:26 Discovering a Passion for Writing23:21 Entering the Advertising World29:18 Burnout and Career Highs29:42 Transition to a Healthier Work Environment31:11 Questioning the Necessity of Long Hours34:19 Building Something New at Donor LA35:43 Unexpected Pregnancy and Career Challenges37:35 A Career-Defining Campaign43:31 Launching Foulmouth Creative46:47 Navigating Business Ownership52:07 Client Relationships and Authenticity56:11 Future Aspirations and ContentmentSupport the Podcast: https://www.patreon.com/growyourcreativeagency

In this episode of Week in Edtech, Alex and Ben discuss:1. AIBusiness Schools Are Going All In on AIEducators divided over AI's impactAI concerns grow even as more teachers adopt the technology2. BigTechMicrosoft's $100 billion 'Stargate' datacenter for OpenAI may be AI's 'Star Wars' momentOpenAI Unveils A.I. Technology That Recreates Human VoicesOpenAI built a voice cloning tool, but you can't use it… yet3. K-12Kids Missing school at an alarming rateA New Federal Taskforce Targets Cybersecurity in Schools4. EdtechEdtech funding hits new lowBijal Shah named Guild CEO, Rachel Carlson goes public with health concerns5. M&A & FundingModal Announces $25 Million Series A to Upskill Employees in AISpecial Guest:Alexa von Tobel, Founder, Managing Partner at Inspired Capital

Today, you'll learn about how feeling the effects of racism might actually change the victim's brain chemistry, how scientists have successfully completed the first embryo transfer in an endangered rhino, and how handwriting increases brain connectivity. Racism & The Brain “Experiencing racism may physically change your brain.” by Jon Hamilton, Rachel Carlson, & Rebecca Ramirez. 2024. “Association of Racial Discrimination With Neural Response to Threat in Black Women in the US Exposed to Trauma.” by Negar Fani, PhD. et al. 2021. Rhino Embryos “World's first successful embryo transfer in rhinos paves the way for saving the northern white rhinos from extinction.” ScienceDaily. 2024. “Southern white rhinoceros.” National Geographic. N.d. “Northern white rhino.” Fauna & Flora. N.d. Handwriting “Writing by hand may increase brain connectivity more than typing on a keyboard.” by Deborah Pirchner. 2024. “Handwriting but not typewriting leads to widespread brain connectivity: a high-density EEG study with implications for the classroom.” by F.R. (Ruud) Van der Weel & Audrey L.H. Van der Meer. 2024. Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Calli and Nate — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The U.S. is in the midst of a loneliness epidemic. And for a lot of people, the feeling is even more pronounced during the holidays. In addition to its emotional impact, chronic loneliness and social isolation have some dramatic health consequences: increased risk of heart disease and stroke, infections, cancer, even premature death. Recent research also suggests that loneliness can change the way people process the world. So today on the show, host Regina G. Barber talks to Rachel Carlson about the neuroscience of loneliness.

Join us in this heartwarming episode as we chat with Rachel Carlson, the dynamic force behind the Worldschool Pop-Up Hub. As a seasoned worldschooler herself, Rachel shares her rich experiences, personal anecdotes, and insights into the vibrant world of worldschooling communities. We dive deep into what worldschooling means for families on the move, exploring how these global communities provide not just educational opportunities but also a sense of belonging and connection. From the sunny shores of the Mexican Caribbean to the vibrant city life in Tokyo, we'll discover how these hubs serve nomadic families. Rachel also gives us a sneak peek into the life-changing experiences at the Worldschool Pop-Up Hub, where families from around the globe gather to share knowledge, create lasting memories, and cultivate a love for lifelong travel. Whether you're already a worldschooling family or just curious about this unique approach to education and travel, this episode is packed with practical advice, specific recommendations, and inspiring stories that will make you see the world (and schooling!) in a whole new light. So, buckle up and join us on this thrilling journey into the heart of worldschooling communities. This is one conversation you won't want to miss!

Episode 33 features the co-founders and masterminds behind the women-owned Foul Mouth Creative - Jourdan Huys and Rachel Carlson. In part 1, Jourdan (a former B+L intern) and Rachel share their journeys in the agency world to what it's like to running their own indie agency in a traditionally male-dominated industry. Check out the Foul Mouth Creative website at foulmouthcreative.com and visit their social media channels @foul-mouth-creative. Listen and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite platform: Apple Podcasts Spotify  iHeartRadio Follow Boelter + Lincoln on social: Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkedIn  boelterlincoln.com 

Have frequent, burning pee? Cramping or the urge to pee even though you just went? If you haven't yet, you probably will eventually—along with an estimated 60% of women and 10% of men. That's the large slice of the population that experiences a urinary tract infections (UTI) at least once. Many people avoid talking about these infections, but about one in four women experience recurring UTIs. No matter what they do, the infections come back, again and again. So today on the show, Regina G. Barber takes producer Rachel Carlson on a tour of the urinary tract. We zoom into what recurring UTIs may have to do with changes on the DNA of our bladder cells and the hidden bacterial houses in our bladder walls. Read more about the latest research into recurring UTIs in this article from our colleagues at NPR's global health blog, Goats and Soda.Got questions about the big and small of our universe? Email us at shortwave@npr.org.

Ever dreamt of packing up your life and traveling the world? That's exactly what our guest, Rachel Carlson, and her family did. Rachel shares her family's exhilarating journey of full-time travel, encapsulating the beauty of stepping away from conventional norms to embrace a world brimming with adventures.Rachel shared her family's transition into a nomadic lifestyle, selling their home and flinging themselves into the world with the belief that stability doesn't always equate to success. Rachel is the creator of the Worldschool PopUp Hubs - a popup world-school community where full-time travelers and people dip their toes into what worldschooling is. The Worldschool Pop-Up Hubs grew out of a desire to meet and connect with other world schoolers. These hubs provide a unique platform for world schoolers to gather, share experiences, and explore the world together. The gatherings are designed to accept all traveling families openly, offering a safe space for connection, engagement, and affordable exploration. Rachel emphasizes that worldschooling can be a sustainable lifestyle, with many experiences coming without a hefty price tag.Join us as we unpack a lifestyle that challenges traditional norms and offers an invigorating perspective on living and learning. This episode will inspire any would-be adventurers out there to consider the road less traveled.

Mark Berte is the Alabama Coastal Foundation (ACF) executive director; the ACF is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. The ACF was formed to bring together individuals from coastal Alabama's private and governmental sectors to address various issues. Inspired by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's successful work in another part of the country, ACF was modeled after its approach.TOPICS WE DISCUSSED  How has the Alabama Coastal Foundation evolved over the past 30 years, and what are some of its most significant achievements? What role do volunteers play in the organization, and what are some of the volunteer opportunities available? How does the ACF promote conservation awareness and understanding through its educational programs? What initiatives does the ACF have to protect and conserve sea turtles? How can individuals support these efforts? How has bipartisan cooperation addressed environmental issues, as highlighted by the protection of the underwater forest? What events and outreach programs have the organization planned, and how can individuals get involved or attend?LEARN MORETo learn more about the Alabama Coastal Foundation, visit their website at https://www.joinacf.org or on the following social sites:Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/alabamacoastalInstagram: http://instagram.com/alabamacoastalYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AlabamaCoastalLinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/alabama-coastal-foundationNEXT STEPSTo begin planning your beach vacation, getaway, or outing, visit the Gulf Shores and Orange Beach Tourism website at https://www.gulfshores.com/.If you enjoy podcasts devoted to the outdoor adventure space, find us online at https://outdooradventureseries.com. We welcome likes and comments, and if you know someone who is also an outdoor enthusiast, go ahead and share our site with them too.KEYWORDSAlabama Coastal Foundation, Outdoor Writers Association of America Conference, Gulf Shores and Orange Beach Tourism, Environmental Improvement, Inclusive Environmental Stewardship, Coastal IQ, Conservation Awareness, Sea Turtle Nesting Season, Federally Protected Species, Underwater Forest Protection, Bipartisan Cooperation, Rachel Carlson's Silent Spring, Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Program, Nesting Season, Turtle Fest, Oyster Shell Recycling Program#AlabamaCoastalFoundation #PodcastGuest #OutdoorAdventure #OWAA2023Podcast produced using DescriptPodcast hosted by BuzzsproutShow Notes powered by CastmagicWebsite powered by Podpage

Have you heard of the writer Rachel Carlson before? She is one of the most important writers who indirectly shaped how you, I, and many people in the West view industrial agriculture. Many would date the beginning of the modern environmental movement to September 1962, when her book “Silent Spring” began to roll off the presses. The work of Rachel Carson shaped how the public sees modern agriculture. It has created an awareness that we aren't separate from nature, and that what goes around comes around. Monsanto and many other agrochemical companies got into PR trouble due to Carson. When genetically modified crops were introduced thirty years later, the news landed on the fertilized ground—blooming into a lot of ugly media attention.  In this episode, we talk about the nature of the debate about Genetic Engineering. We touch on GM labeling, how to think of agriculture as a system instead of looking at the solutions individually And whether positioning anti-GMO activists as anti-science is fair or not. My co-host Frank Kuehen is the Managing Director of the Adalbert Raps Foundation, funding food science research for a sustainable future of food. And he also is the Chief of the Advisory Board at the herb and spice producer RAPS.  I'm Marina, a science and technology historian focused on agrifood. To get an introduction to GM and pesticides, consider checking out episodes 7.7 - 7.9. Connect with the host, Marina ⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/schmidt-marina/⁠⁠⁠ Connect with the host, Frank ⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankkuehne/⁠⁠⁠ Get funding for your food science research: ⁠⁠https://en.raps-stiftung.de/foerderbereiche/lebensmittelforschung⁠⁠ Support Red to Green ⁠⁠⁠ https://www.patreon.com/RedtoGreen⁠⁠⁠ More info and links to resources on⁠⁠ https://redtogreen.solutions/  ⁠⁠ Seeds of Science ⁠https://www.amazon.com/Seeds-Science-Why-Wrong-GMOs/dp/1472946987⁠ Please rate the podcast on Spotify and iTunes!

Paige has good friend Rachel Carlson on to quite literally just talk shit this episode. She is a boss ass bitch - owner of The Traveling Spirit Bar, a mobile bar in Houston, Tx. Are you a “panties on” or “panties off” kinda massage-getter, restaurant hostesses without the mostesses, and absolutely fangirling over the Amazon TV Series, “Jury Duty”. Please note: all redheads are not equal LOL.Follow the Pod: instagram.com/adultishwhines/Follow your Host Paige: instagram.com/paige_crutcher/Follow Cinqo the Producer: instagram.com/cinqoyoung/Follow Rachel Redhead Carlson: instagram.com/travelingspiritbar/ Book The Traveling Spirit Bar: travelingspiritbar.com/Buy Adultish Merch: adultishwhines.comUse code ADULTISH at adameve.com for 50% off, free gifts and free shipping.Use code AWCLUB at kingsofneon.com for 10% off a custom neon sign.

In this episode of OWN IT we're talking to Rachel Carlson and Jourdan Huys from the brand new agency Foul Mouth. They officially announced the firm's opening the week before we spoke, I'm so excited to talk to new agency owners at the very beginning of their journey. But make no mistake, Rachel and Jourdan are not new to the business. Both have a long list of successful work at a variety of the top agencies. But like many owners before them, found themselves between opportunities and said, “We should start our own agency!” And from the sheer number of people in the business who have mentioned being excited to see what they build, everyone agrees they should have! This was such a great conversation and you'll love what they both have to say about what the problems and opportunities are in closing the gender gap in agency ownership. There's so much goodness here. Thanks for listening to this episode. You can find links to LinkedIn profiles for both  Rachel Carlson and Jourdan Huys, as well as a link to Foul Mouth's website in our show notes at untilyouownit.com. If you're enjoying Own It, please find it on your favorite podcast app and drop us a rating and review. Those help more people discover the show and join our community.  Also, if you're a female or non-binary agency owner, or you want to own an agency someday, join our growing community at that same address … untilyouownit.com.

Let's revisit a June 2022 conversation where Nora and Scott chat with Rachel Carlson, the founder & CEO of Guild Education, a company that partners with employers including Target, Walmart, Disney and Chipotle, to provide debt-free college degrees to employees. According to a profile in Forbes published last summer, the 32-year-old founder raised money for her company at a $3.75 billion valuation in June, boosting her net worth — and landing her on Forbes' new list of America's most successful self-made women.  Hosts: Nora Ali Producer: Bella Hutchins  Production, Mixing & Sound Design: Daniel Markus Music: Daniel Markus & Breakmaster Cylinder Senior Producer: Katherine Milsop Full transcripts for all Business Casual episodes available at https://businesscasual.fm

Math is a complex, beautiful language that can help people understand the world. And sometimes math is hard! Science communicator Sadie Witkowski says the key to making math your friend is to foster your own curiosity and shed the fear of sounding dumb. That's the guiding principle behind her podcast, Carry the Two and it's today's show: Embracing all math has to offer without the fear of failure. We encore this episode in between Carry the Two's seasons - their second one starts on January 3, 2023!This episode was produced by Berly McCoy, edited by Rebecca Ramirez and fact checked by Rachel Carlson. The audio engineer was Josh Newell.

0:00 -- Intro.2:09 -- Start of interview.2:54 -- Susan's "origin story". 4:18 -- Stephen's "origin story". 6:24 -- The origin and mission of the KPMG Board Leadership Center. It started with the Audit Committee Institute in 1999.12:12 -- The progress on board diversity and onboarding insights for new directors. Example: Board Readiness Program from LCDA. "Two important elements for new directors to think about: 1) to deeply understand the role of the board and how that differs from management, and 2) to deeply understand what the company needs and what is the value that the director adds that no one else either on board or management is currently providing."14:07 -- The path to the board and director performance. In Fortune 500 companies and beyond.19:19 -- Board oversight on climate change. In this NACD's Governance Challenges report, Susan Angele offers areas for focus and questions to consider as boards enhance their governance to integrate climate change issues into risk, strategy, culture, values, and relationships with stakeholders.24:54 -- On whether "climate change" experts will be recruited for corporate boards.27:53 -- Lessons from the 2022 Proxy Season on ESG. To help boards understand and shape the total impact of the company's strategy and operations externally—on the environment, the company's consumers and employees, the communities in which it operates, and other stakeholders—and internally, on the company's performance, KPMG offers a five-part framework: 1) Level Setting, 2) Assessment, 3) Integration, 4) Stakeholder Communications, and 5) Board Oversight.31:48 -- On the "anti-ESG" trend. "You have to recognize the political play on this."36:15 -- How should CEOs and boards approach the "S" in ESG, particularly regarding employee and social matters. From Edelman data: "Employees really want to be engaged in these issues."42:38  -- On BlackRock (and other institutional investors) stating that a new era of “shareholder democracy” is coming with technology increasing voting power and expanding voting choice for investors (see BlackRock's Voting Choice). Thoughts on this trend: "this is an issue of concentration of power." The proposed Investor Democracy is Expected (Index) Act.48:27  -- Final thoughts and recommendations for current and aspiring directors: "The job of a director is tougher than it was 20 years ago, but what we know from evidence today is that it is still a pretty good and important job (people are not leaving it)."50:18 - What are the 1-3 books that have greatly influenced your life: Stephen:I Came As A Shadow, Autobiography of John Thompson with Jesse Washington (2020)The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, by Deesha Philyaw (2020)Susan:Unsafe at Any Speed, by Ralph Nader (1965)The Silent Spring, by Rachel Carlson (1962)The Nancy Drew Mystery Stories.53:44 - Who were your mentors, and what did you learn from them?Stephen: Mom & Dad.Susan: her corporate governance mentor, Ann Mulé (ex corporate secretary at Sonoco, now at the University of Delaware).54:50 - Are there any quotes you think of often or live your life by? Stephen: "I always tell directors that one of the most powerful questions that you can ask is 'why' and 'how do you know'." [to practice cooperative skepticism]Susan: "The future is already here, it's just not evenly distributed" [William Gibson, The Economist 2003] "There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women" [Madeleine Albright]56:03 - An unusual habit or an absurd thing that they love: Stephen: College sports.Susan: British royalty.58:12 - The living person they most admire:Stephen: his wife.Susan: Volodymyr ZelenskySusan Angele and Stephen Brown are Senior Advisors of the KPMG Board Leadership Center.__ You can follow Evan on social media at:Twitter: @evanepsteinLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/epsteinevan/ Substack: https://evanepstein.substack.com/__Music/Soundtrack (found via Free Music Archive): Seeing The Future by Dexter Britain is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License

Abrimos el programa hablando del tiempo con Javier Martínez de Orueta, técnico de salud ambiental, antes de charlar con el periodista y escritor Xuan Cándano, autor del libro "No hay país. Crónica política (y sentimental) de Asturias (1975-2022). A continuación, en el tiempo dedicado a la naturaleza hablaremos con el biólogo David Álvarez del 60 aniversario de la publicación de "La primavera silenciosa" de Rachel Carlson, una de las obras más influyentes en el nacimiento del movimiento ecologista, para después hablar de filosofía con Sharon Calderón, en cuyo espacio hablaremos también con Iván Vélez, autor de "Reconquista". Por último, las historias de Javier González Caso, que en esta ocasión nos hablará de la exposición dedicada al gaitero Jsoé Remis Ovalle, y una nueva entrega del Tú antes molabas, dedicado en esta ocasión a Egipto y que contará con las voces de Diego Asenjo, Mentxu Blasco y Cris Puertas, pondrán el punto y final al programa de hoy.

Abrimos el programa hablando del tiempo con Javier Martínez de Orueta, técnico de salud ambiental, antes de charlar con el periodista y escritor Xuan Cándano, autor del libro "No hay país. Crónica política (y sentimental) de Asturias (1975-2022). A continuación, en el tiempo dedicado a la naturaleza hablaremos con el biólogo David Álvarez del 60 aniversario de la publicación de "La primavera silenciosa" de Rachel Carlson, una de las obras más influyentes en el nacimiento del movimiento ecologista, para después hablar de filosofía con Sharon Calderón, en cuyo espacio hablaremos también con Iván Vélez, autor de "Reconquista". Por último, las historias de Javier González Caso, que en esta ocasión nos hablará de la exposición dedicada al gaitero Jsoé Remis Ovalle, y una nueva entrega del Tú antes molabas, dedicado en esta ocasión a Egipto y que contará con las voces de Diego Asenjo, Mentxu Blasco y Cris Puertas, pondrán el punto y final al programa de hoy.

Abrimos el programa hablando del tiempo con Javier Martínez de Orueta, técnico de salud ambiental, antes de charlar con el periodista y escritor Xuan Cándano, autor del libro "No hay país. Crónica política (y sentimental) de Asturias (1975-2022). A continuación, en el tiempo dedicado a la naturaleza hablaremos con el biólogo David Álvarez del 60 aniversario de la publicación de "La primavera silenciosa" de Rachel Carlson, una de las obras más influyentes en el nacimiento del movimiento ecologista, para después hablar de filosofía con Sharon Calderón, en cuyo espacio hablaremos también con Iván Vélez, autor de "Reconquista". Por último, las historias de Javier González Caso, que en esta ocasión nos hablará de la exposición dedicada al gaitero Jsoé Remis Ovalle, y una nueva entrega del Tú antes molabas, dedicado en esta ocasión a Egipto y que contará con las voces de Diego Asenjo, Mentxu Blasco y Cris Puertas, pondrán el punto y final al programa de hoy.

Nora and Scott chat with Rachel Carlson, the founder & CEO of Guild Education, a company that partners with employers including Target, Walmart, Disney and Chipotle, to provide debt-free college degrees to employees. According to a profile in Forbes published last summer, the 32-year-old founder raised money for her company at a $3.75 billion valuation in June, boosting her net worth — and landing her on Forbes' new list of America's most successful self-made women. For more info on our presenting sponsor, check out grayscale.com/businesscasual. Hosts: Nora Ali & Scott Rogowsky Producer: Bella Hutchins  Video Editors: Mckenzie Marshall and Christie Muldoon Production, Mixing & Sound Design: Daniel Markus Music: Daniel Markus & Breakmaster Cylinder Fact Checker: Kate Brandt  Senior Producer: Katherine Milsop VP, Head of Multimedia: Sarah Singer  Full transcripts for all Business Casual episodes available at https://businesscasual.fm

We went “treat-tasting” at Grandpa Joe's Cand Shops in the Strip District. The highlight was the blind-folded taste testing of ketchup pop and pickle pop game that Rachel Carlson mastered. It might be the first time John ever gagged at podcast. Colin Williams, the new big kahuna of The Incline Pittsburgh, joined Rachael and John for a candy cigarette convo and then Bradley Evanovich rolled in with his Bon Jovi story and original music! Rohrich Honda is known for its vast showroom with a backup of vehicles in its warehouse in Bloomfield. But what about the pre-owned and certified used vehicles in inventory? With a click or a call, you can be up to date on how many of your desired make or model are available for purchase. As always visit rohrich.com for all of your vehicle needs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Work in Progress, Rachel Carlson, CEO and co-founder of Guild Education, discusses how the company is working with employers to upskill and reskill America's workforce, to the benefit of both the employers and employees. "We're focused on unlocking economic opportunity for America's workforce, especially the frontline," says Carlson. To do so, Guild Education creates partnerships between some of the nation's largest employers and top learning institutions to offer customized company-provided education benefits that allow employees to pursue new skills, meaningful certifications, and even college degrees. "What we know to be true is that there are 88 to 100 million Americans—depending on how you track the data—who need upskilling and reskilling," explains Carlson. This upskilling is crucial in order for these workers "to have a really solid chance at staying relevant in the economy of the future, at having a family sustaining wage, at having a chance at the middle-class American Dream, and, fundamentally, ensuring that those people and their families have a chance to survive or ideally thrive in this economy of tomorrow that has already shown up here at our doorsteps." Walmart and Target are among the companies offering the upskilling and reskilling benefits to their employees for free through Guild. The educational institutions include what Carlson describes as "classic higher-ed organizations, innovative providers of English as a second language and high school completion, and certificates in cybersecurity...and jobs of the future." More than three million workers around the country have access to these benefits through the company's partners. And Carlson says while Guild's mission is first and foremost to help workers achieve their personal learning goals, there is a huge benefit to employers as well. "We found a way to help employers see that when their employees are learning, when they're in an education up-scaling program, not only are they recruiting and retaining at higher rates very significantly, but they're also being promoted and diversifying the company's workforce and helping the company build their talent brand," she says. Upskilling Without the Massive Debt Carlson says an important part of the way their partner companies structure their benefits is that workers don't have to pay for their education and then get their tuition reimbursed by their employer. "Tuition reimbursement is exactly as it sounds. Even if your company's willing to pay and you get to avoid the crushing long-term student debt that Americans have accumulated, your company's still asking you to take out short-term debt with tuition reimbursement. You are being asked to pay upfront, to wait all year until your company reimburses you for the cost. So, what you see is that 95% of workers just don't use it." Robert Guise, pricing analyst, Waste Management (Photo: Robert Guise) Robert Guise has worked at Waste Management in Illinois as a lead dispatcher/router for almost three years. He tells me in the podcast that he had applied for different positions within the company over the years and was told that he didn't have all the necessary skills for those open roles. He says they were really upfront about what he needed to learn to move up in the company. "I felt that that was given to me in a really honest way, but it had been a really big challenge to find a way to get those things myself," explains Guise. "The main thing that had been stopping me prior to that is just having the time and being able to potentially incur whatever costs these sort of programs have." In April, Waste Management became one of the latest big companies offering education benefits to all its employees through Guild. Through that benefit, Guise was able to sign up for an online course, one that allowed him to learn on his own time, balancing his work life and family life. "I recognized that there was a programming offer that filled something t...

In this episode of Work in Progress, Rachel Carlson, CEO and co-founder of Guild Education, discusses how the company is working with employers to upskill and reskill America's workforce, to the benefit of both the employers and employees. “We're focused on unlocking economic opportunity for America's workforce, especially the frontline,” says Carlson. To do so, […] The post Reskilling and retaining employees though free education benefits appeared first on WorkingNation.

You've heard of people like John James Audobon, John Muir, Rachel Carlson and Henry David Thoreau, but how much do you know about Olaus and Adolph Murie?  These two brothers from Moorhead, MN - and their wives - had a profound impact on preserving wilderness, expanding many of our national parks and managing the wildlife who live there.

Some of the world's oldest legends & mysteries have been born from the unknown.  Lost civilizations, that existed thousands of years ago, dazzle us with amazing feats of engineering and science, seemingly using modern technology to construct antient monuments and artifacts.  Join us this week as we discuss the mysteries surrounding Stonehenge, the Antikythera Mechanism, and the Lost Colony of Roanoke!   New Patreon Supporter Shout outs: Anna Kulju, Kimberly Spence, Christopher Lawson, Nicole Schoeppner, Rachel Bauer, Gatsby Dustman, Rachel Carlson, Melody Pilling.   Want to help the show out and get even more Locations Unknown content!  For as little as $1 a month, you can become a Patron of Locations Unknown and get access to special Patreon only episode, free swag, swag contests, your picture on our supporter wall of fame, our Patreon only Discord Server, and discounts to our upcoming Locations Unknown Store!  Become a Patron of the Locations Unknown Podcast by visiting our Patreon page.   If you're not on Patreon and still want to help the show out - we now have YouTube memberships that offer similar benefits to Patreon.  Head over to our YouTube page and click Join to learn more.   Sponsor of this episode is https://www.shapeconnect.com/.    Want to call into the show and leave us a message?  Now you can!  Call 208-391-6913 and leave Locations Unknown a voice message and we may air it on a future message!   View live recordings of the show on our YouTube channel: Locations Unknown - YouTube   Want to advertise on the podcast?  Visit the following link to learn more.  Advertise on Locations Unknown   Learn about other unsolved missing persons cases in America's wilderness at Locations Unknown.   Follow us on Facebook & Instagram.  Also check us out on two new platforms - Pocketnet & Rumble. 

The Kids Kingdom is a royal experience thanks to the curators of the reptiles and mammals at the Pittsburgh Zoo. Most respected deliverer of Pittsburgh opinions, Rachel Carlson, visits the pod for the first time in years, and Gary Neyman, a custom guitar maker, and his musician friends make the jags sound even better. Rohrich Honda resides in Bloomfield but they might as well be in your neighborhood. From Brewfest with North Country Brewing to Pierogi Fest at Kennywood, Rohrich Honda is your neighborhood dealer, especially since they offer the Rohrich Advantage with free oil changes, inspections and more. Visit Rohrich.com for all of your vehicle needs.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

G.L.A.M. (Growing Learning and Mentoring) is a series of workshops, centered around shooting sports. Guest, Rachel Carlson tells us why GLAM started and how you can join. Perfect episode to hear as we wrap up National Shooting Sports Month!

Guild Education helps companies provide funding for their staff’s college education. Its CEO, Rachel Carlson, joins John Williams to explain how companies like Target are able to offer this huge perk.

This week, Alexis gets non-technical with Rachel Carlson, the CEO and Co-Founder of Guild Education. They talk about twin baby discourse, the humble fanny pack, swiping left on polos, The PMC (Paper Menu Coalition) and how Mr. Worldwide is connected to the Denver synchronized swimming community.You can find Rachel on Twitter at twitter.com/RachelRCarlson and Alexis at twitter.com/yayalexisgay or instagram.com/yayalexisgay and twitter.com/NonTechnicalPod.This episode is sponsored by The Cloud 100. For the 6th year in a row, Salesforce Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Forbes will be presenting the Cloud 100, the definitive list of the top 100 private cloud companies in the world and the 20 Rising Stars poised to join their ranks, on August 10th, 2021. You can register to join the Cloud 100 celebration at www.thecloud100.com.

Hello Interactors,After enduring a few days of record heat that burnt my drought tolerant plants to a crisp and likely claimed the lives of two of our favorite wild birds that would frequent my daughter’s window feeder, my new pair of shoes arrived I had ordered from Canada. As did a new monitor and other odd consumer goods. And soon I will be boarding a plane that will spew another chunk of the estimated 22 tons of CO2 our family will contribute to the atmosphere this year. That’s four and a half hot air balloons full. I know I’m heating up the planet with my shoes and trips. You probably do to. It seems we not only need to protect the environment, we need protection from ourselves.As interactors, you’re special individuals self-selected to be a part of an evolutionary journey. You’re also members of an attentive community so I welcome your participation.Please leave your comments below or email me directly.Now let’s go…THE RIVER’S ON FIREAs an early teenager in the 1970s, just entering middle school, I remember getting a pair of “Earth Shoes” as part of my back-to-school get up. They featured a tread that read, “GASS”, which stood for Great American Shoe Store. Most, if not all, of our shoes back then came from the Great American Shoe Store – Kinneys.  I felt pretty cool in my new kicks; especially when that first snow fell and I could see the GASS imprint in my foot tracks. Gas was on the minds of many in the 70s, as it was becoming increasingly hard to come by. It was also increasing pollution.Kinneys was capitalizing on a burgeoning environmentalist trend that had been growing since the publishing of Rachel Carlson’s, Silent Spring in 1962. By 1970, water and air pollution was prevalent, the federal government was forced to intervene. On January 1st, 1970 the Council on Environmental Quality was created with the signing of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). This requires Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) of all federal agencies who are planning projects with major environmental ramifications. Either recognizing they may be a target of the government or perhaps seeing consumers being drawn to environmentalism, the American auto makers also got in on the environmental action. A January 15th New York Times article read, “Detroit has discovered a word: “Environment.”” The General Motors (GM) CEO, Edward Cole, promised an “essentially pollution free car could be built by 1980.” Engineers from GM, Ford, and Chrysler attending the 1970 convention of the Society of Automotive Engineers were all pitching anti-pollution technologies. GM’s CEO was probably influenced by his son, David Cole, who was an assistant professor at the University of Michigan. He co-authored a paper for that convention entitled, “Reduction of emissions from the Curtiss Wright rotating combustion engine with an exhaust reactor.” There was growing concern entrusting those very institutions responsible for the destruction of the environment with devising schemes to save it. The country’s air, water, and land was being smothered in waste. Something needed to be done. So on July 9th, 1970, 51 years ago today, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was proposed by Republican President Richard Nixon. This agency was intended to focus on short-term fixes targeting violators of the law, so Nixon appointed Assistant Attorney General, Bill Ruckelshaus, to the post. Ruckelshaus promptly ordered a steel company to stop dumping cyanide into Cleveland, Ohio’s Cuyahoga River. It was so polluted that it had caught fire at least thirteen times. Ruckelshaus also banned the use of DDT. After being jostled around in various appointments and governmental positions, including the head of the FBI, he was reappointed to head the EPA in 1983 by Republican President Ronald Reagan. The Reagan administration grew concerned over the faltering reputation of the EPA after Ruckelshaus’ replacement, Anne Gorsuch Burford, (Neil Gorsuch’s mom) cut the EPA’s budget, eliminated jobs, and neutered enforcement policies. The EPA and the environment was slipping backwards, so once again it was Ruckelshaus to the rescue. He promptly fired most of her leadership team and got back to work protecting the environment running the EPA until 1985.Upon leaving government, Ruckelshaus moved to Seattle and was a practicing attorney and continued to prosecute environmental crimes. In 1993, Democrat President Bill Clinton appointed him to the Council for Sustainable Development and throughout the 90s he worked as a special envoy in the Pacific Salmon Treaty between the United States and Canada and was chair of the Salmon Recovery Funding Board. Republican President George W. Bush then appointed him to the United States Commission on Ocean Policy in 2004. The commission was terminated that same year but in 2010 became part of the Joint Ocean Commission Initiative which Ruckelshaus co-chaired. Ruckelshaus endorsed Barack Obama in 2008 and Hillary Clinton in 2016 and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Obama in 2015. Nearly fifty years after being appointed by a Republican president to become the country’s first EPA administrator in 1970, fighting for environmental justice at the international, federal, state, local levels – and in the private sector – Ruckelshaus passed away at his home in my neighboring town, Medina, Washington in 2019.FROM DUST TO THE SEA WITH WALLY AND ERMALEEWhen the Nixon administration created the EPA, they decided to put it under the Department of the Interior. This executive department’s mission is to, “protect and manage the Nation’s natural resources and cultural heritage; provide scientific and other information about those resources; and honor its trust responsibilities or special commitments to American Indians, Alaska Natives, and affiliated Island Communities.” For the first time in our nation’s history, it is headed by a person indigenous to these natural resources and cultural heritage; native American, Deb Haaland.  The department dictates how the United States “stewards its public lands, increases environmental protections, pursues environmental justice, and honors our nation-to-nation relationship with Tribes.”When the EPA was created in 1970, the Secretary of the Interior was Alaskan land developer and politician, Wally Hickel. Instead of creating a separate administration for the EPA, Hickel urged Nixon to fold the designated 15 offices under the Department of Interior and rename it the Department of the Environment. It’s hard to know if Hickel’s suggestion was genuinely thoughtful or an egoist attempt to gain power. After all, Hickel was a controversial pick for the post of Secretary of the Interior in the first place. Many activists, journalists, and even the Sierra Club, mounted campaigns to thwart his appointment.Walter Joseph “Wally” Hickel was born in Kansas in 1919 where he and his family endured both the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. Given the heat waves this summer, we’d be wise to reflect more on the Dust Bowl. It’s was the era’s most devastating man-made environmental disaster. Stripped of their native grasses by cattle and sheep or farmers making room for wheat, White settler farmers ignored Indigenous dryland farming methods that used the grasses to anchor, moisten, and nurture the fervent soil – even during droughts. When a record drought swept across the country and the wheat dried up, farmers tilled it under. Void of organic matter the land became susceptible to the winds sweeping across the plains. The term “Dust Bowl” came from Denver based Associated Press writer, Robert Geiger, reporting on his own personal account of a particularly pernicious dust storm. On April 15th, 1935 he wrote, "Three little words achingly familiar on a Western farmer's tongue, rule life in the dust bowl of the continent—'if it rains.'"He was reporting on a severe dust storm that occurred the day prior – “Black Sunday”. “Black blizzards” of dirt and dust hurled themselves across Oklahoma south to Texas lifting and mislaying an estimated 300 million tons of topsoil. Dust storms such as this went on from 1935 to 1941 sucking soil particulates from the ground darkening the skies in clouds of dust that blew as far east as Maine. It also scattered people in all directions across the country in a climate migration crisis of their its own making. Wally Hickel was one of the displaced.Wally was an athlete in High School and taught himself how to box by watching newsreels of Joe Louis. He became the Class B Golden Gloves champion in 1938 at age 29. Two years later he found himself in California fighting the welter weight champion, Jackie Brandon. Brandon broke his nose in the first round, but Hickel knocked him out three rounds later. Evidently struck by wanderlust, Hickel wanted to then hop a ship headed for Australia but lacked a passport, so instead he boarded the S. S. Yukon headed for Alaska.He returned to Kansas and married, but lost his first wife to illness. He worked as an airplane inspector that included occasional trips to Alaska to inspect privately owned planes – including Russian planes. It was in an airplane hangar that he met his second wife, Ermalee Strutz, and moved to Alaska. Hickel described her as “beautiful as a butterfly, but as tough as boots.” Her father was a United States Army Sergeant stationed in Anchorage and her family had ties to Alaska’s largest financial institution – National Bank of Alaska. She pushed Wally to enter the race to become Alaska’s second Governor. Hickel struggled with dyslexia, so Ermalee was tasked with doing most of his writing, including his campaign speeches. She remained a powerful influence on his career, including pushing Hickel to support the Alaska Permanent Fund. This is a state-owned corporation that invests at least 25% of the money flowing through the Trans-Alaska Pipeline in a fund that sends dividend checks to each resident of Alaska. In 2019, this yielded an annual check in the sum of $1600. This government run basic income guarantee was devised, implemented, and executed by a string of conservative Republican Governors starting with Wally in 1966 and continues today with the Republican far-right Christian conservative, Mike Dunleavy. Maybe this is where liberal socialist-leaning politicians like Bernie Sanders got the idea for a nationwide Universal Basic Income.In 1968, Hickel was told by Nixon that he would have to leave his post as Governor of Alaska to become the Secretary of the Interior. Wally cried. He probably cried again two years later when Nixon fired him for his “increasingly militant defense of the environment.” Hickel led a string of pro-environment policies in his short two years as Secretary: Preserved some of the Florida Everglades: He established the Biscayne National Monument preserving the ecological development of 4,000 acres of keys and more than 90,000 acres of water in the bay and the Atlantic Ocean.Delayed the Alaska oil pipeline to study its effects on permafrost: Heat generated from the pipeline would melt the permafrost leading to unknown damage to the ecosystem and the piping system.Halted the drilling of oil in the Santa Barbara channel: After a 1969 oil spill, Hickel removed 53 square miles of federal tracts from oil and gas leasing. (Later Reagan hoped for more platforms to be built in the channel because he liked how they reminded him of Christmas trees flickering in the dark. Locals call the oil rigs Reagan’s Christmas Trees)Cracked down on oil companies in the Gulf of Mexico: After this oil spill in the gulf, also in 1969, Hickel asked the Attorney General John Mitchell (the man who recommended Ruckelshaus for the EPA position) to convene a grand jury to investigate violations by Chevron and 49 other companies in nearly 7,000 oil and gas wells in the Gulf of Mexico.Stopped imports of commercial whaling products: After placing eight species of whales on the Department's Endangered Species List, Hickel halted imports of oil, meat and any other products from these species. In 1969, roughly 30% of the nation’s soap, margarine, beauty cream, machine oil, and pet food came from whale oil.The final straw for Nixon was Hickel’s public opposition of the administration’s policies on the Viet Nam war and their fatal handling of the Kent State student protests. Hickel wrote, “I believe this administration finds itself today embracing a philosophy which appears to lack appropriate concern for the attitude of a great mass of Americans – our young people." Hickel was promptly let go. With him went the Assistant Secretary of the Interior, Dr. Leslie Glasgow, who was in charge of Fish, Wildlife, Parks, and Marine Resources. Glasgow took a leave of absence from Louisiana State University, where he taught marsh wildlife, to assume his post under Hickel in Washington, D.C. He exceled at educating, convincing, and cajoling corporations, companies, and governmental agencies into environmental conservation practices. He was loved by both hippies and hunters and represented widespread hope that the nation could finally begin to heal the land it had wrongly wounded. But those hopes were dashed when it became clear Nixon would rather appease corporations than heal the environment. In a December 12th, 1970 New York Times article Glasgow said he was “pushed out of the Department of the Interior by political and business interests in a shake up that represented a “definite step backwards for environment.”” In anticipation of running for a second term in 1972, Glasgow supposed Nixon thought “the changes and dismissals had been made early in hopes that the people would forget them before the Presidential campaign.” What everyone remembers, is not what Hickel and Glasgow did for the environment but what Nixon did to himself and the country as the first evidence of the Watergate Scandal started the summer after their firing.AMERIGNIGMAGlasgow went back to teaching and Hickel went back to real estate. He was not about to make the same mistake his dad made in not owning property, so he bought as much as he could. He started Hickel Investment Company that is now run by this son, Wally Jr. They own and operate hotel rooms, food and beverage outlets, office and retail spaces, and residential lots around Alaska. They, like all residents of Alaska – including poverty stricken Indigenous tribal members – benefit from increasing profits from extractions of natural resources like oil and fish. It makes me question Hickel’s sterling environmental track record as Secretary of Interior – a post that demands a lot of reading and writing.  Perhaps he relied heavily on, and was influenced by, his environmentalist and academic assistant secretary, Dr. Glasgow. Maybe he diddled a dyslexic Hickel into an environmental clinician the same way his wife shaped him into a politician. Especially if Glasgow was known for his ability to convince corporations that doing good for the environment was also good for business. After all, conservation and conservative are just two letters apart.The United States is an enigma when it comes to mixing environmental stewardship with commercial profits. The EPA and the National Park Service sit under the Department of Interior which “manages public lands and minerals, national parks, and wildlife refuges and upholds Federal trust responsibilities to Indian tribes and Native Alaskans. Additionally, Interior is responsible for endangered species conservation and other environmental conservation efforts.” But the Forest Service sits under the Department of Agriculture which “provides leadership on food, agriculture, natural resources, and related issues.” Meanwhile, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) sits under the Department of Commerce which “works with businesses, universities, communities, and the Nation’s workers to promote job creation, economic growth, sustainable development, and improved standards of living for Americans.”Like all slaves to fashion, I likely ditched my eco-kicks in favor of the next cool shoe. Probably a new pair of 1978 Nike Tailwinds, the first to feature an air pocket. They too had a cool tread first made from a waffle iron. I don’t recall what kind of imprint they left in the first fallen snow, but I know now the imprint my habitual consumerism has on the environment. And I need help.Environmental protection, conservation, and restoration are necessary to limit the greed that seems to overcome both producers and consumers of limitless goods made from limited resources. Over zealous consumerism will not be quelled by collective action on the part of consumers. Leaders need to lead and act on behalf of future generations of both humans and non-humans. That’s what it means to lead. The dirt from “Black Sunday” filled ponds and potholes across the plains decimating duck and other wildlife populations. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a fervent Democrat, hired a Republican to remedy the calamity. He appointed the famous, well loved Iowa cartoonist and conservationist “Ding” Darling to head the U. S. Biological Survey – what then became the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Department of the Interior. He created the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) putting 2.5 million young people to work restoring natural wetlands and habitats along the nation’s four major flyways. More than 63 national wildlife refuges were established during the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. That’s what leadership looks like, America, in the face of a man-made climate crisis. Subscribe at interplace.io

What if workers could acquire new skills and training, without taking on debt? That's the value Guild Education strives to provide. Guild Education unlocks opportunities for America's workforce through education and upskilling and counts Fortune 500 companies (such as Chipotle, Disney, Walmart, and Taco Bell) among its partners. Since founding Guild in 2015, Rachel has scaled the business to reach working learners in all 50 states and has helped prevent over half a billion dollars in student debt. Rachel shares how COVID-19 has accelerated the future of work, why she decided to make Guild a Certified B Corporation instead of a nonprofit, and what she learned from working on political campaigns.

As part of the winningest team in Buchanan Softball history, Coach Carlson and three of her players talk about the 2021 season and their run at the state title. Get a behind-the-scenes view of the historic season and what it felt like to represent their hometown in the biggest game of their careers. 

How do you win the post-pandemic war for talent? Send your frontline workers to online school. That's the pitch that Rachel Carlson has made – successfully – to big businesses from Chipotle to Disney, Walmart to Waste Management. As co-founder and CEO of Guild Education, Carlson runs a digital platform that enables workers to get degrees and certifications as a free employee benefit. Though virtual schooling for kids is under fire, virtual education for adults has caught on over the last year like never before. To meet the ongoing need for “upskilling” in the modern economy, Carlson says, company-sponsored digital classes should be as ubiquitous as company-sponsored health plans. The ROI, she explains, is astonishingly high.

Guild Education is an education marketplace that connects employers and universities to provide employees with “education as a benefit.” The Denver-based company is transforming traditional tuition-assistance programs by facilitating direct payment by the employer to the academic institution and by supporting students with coaching and advising. Now CEO and co-founder Rachel Carlson must decide how to manage the company’s future growth. Should she focus on expanding Guild’s core education marketplace, or extend the business model to include the career placement market?

IS PORTFOLIO SCHOOL WORTH IT? Myka Betts, 2020 Miami Ad School NY grad and Art Director at The Bam Connection in Brooklyn, Beth Hughes, 2017 VCU Brandcenter grad and Senior Art Director for Capitol One in Richmond, VA, Rachel Carlson, 2011 The Creative Circus grad and Creative Director at Mekanism in Seattle, and I figure it out. We talk about choosing a portfolio school and why the wash out rates are so high. They discuss the importance of having a specific end goal before starting and the doors opened by the network you make in portfolio school. Myka and Beth open up about the reality of long hours and harsh critiques, while Rachel brings up the lack of diversity and homogeneous perspective of portfolio school graduates. Lastly they discuss the importance of side projects and a well written “about me” section.

In this special episode of This Is Series A, Talia Goldberg speaks with two visionary founders who have carved out new ways for technology to equalize access—Melanie Perkins, CEO and co-founder of Canva, and Rachel Carlson, CEO and co-founder of Guild Education. Canva empowers the average person with zero design experience to create beautiful graphics. And Guild places adult education within reach for millions of less economically advantaged workers. In this conversation, they share an inside look at what it takes to invent a new billion-dollar category. Takeaways: Key differences between tackling early- vs. late-stage problems: “The mistakes or the learnings are constant. There's no lower volume of them later on than in the early days,” Rachel said. “But it's different. In the early days, they were problems that cropped up in the morning and you try and solve them by the end of the day. You're in firefighting mode, you're figuring out all these various component parts. And then those Lego building blocks build you to a place where now you're solving much larger challenges. And in Guild's perspective, the early days, what gave us a competitive advantage and let us be successful is that we were willing to take on the complexities of multiple stakeholder groups and the employers and the universities and the students. Today, we have to make sure that we don't let that complexity get in our own way. We're at 700 employees, we've got big teams overseeing those three stakeholder groups and making sure that we can optimize for all of them while keeping in mind the needs of our fourth stakeholder group, which are our employees and really thinking about how we are making sure that their jobs are getting simpler, that their ability to work with their colleagues maintains that cross-functional nature that's really been in the bones of Guild since day one, and that they have career paths and really successful experiences as employees of ours is something we're spending a lot of our time on right now. And it's in large part because of the complexities we took on in the early days, which we're grateful for, but which means you have to keep iterating and building and thinking about how to address those new, bigger challenges.” How a shared mission and shared vision of the future helps with recruitment: “I spend a lot of my time making sure that the messages that are going throughout the company are really consistent, that we are all working toward the same thing, that everyone has that context and information to make great decisions,” Melanie said. “And I'd say that is a long way of saying I think that actually helps with the recruitment function as well because if a thousand people in the company can speak to the mission and vision as well as I could and knows the values in our culture and the people that would make a really great contribution to Canva and where we're trying to go, I think that is a little bit of a quasi-way of helping with our recruitment. Because we have a lot of people who are working in recruitment now, a lot of people who are trying to decide is this person going to be a great fit for Canva. And so while I might not be in every single one of those interviews, we need to ensure that culture is spread very, very consistently across the company and that people know what to expect from Canva and who should be able to join Canva and the sort of environment that they should be able to create.” For more insights go to: https://www.bvp.com/atlas/this-is-series-a

Waldbrände in Australien und Kalifornien, Erdrutsche in der Schweiz, Hitzesommer, Gletscher schmelzen, Flight-Shaming, Greta Thunberg, Klimajugend, Treibhausgaseffekt usw. Woran denkst du, wenn du den Begriff «Klimakrise» hörst? Gehörst du zu denen, welche die Nase rümpfen und denken – nicht schon wieder? Oder gehörst du eher ins Lager der Personen, welche versuchen auf das eine oder andere zu verzichten, um einen kleinen Beitrag zu leisten, z. B. weniger Fleisch zu essen oder food waste zu minimieren? Im Gespräch mit Susanna Niederer, Inhaberin von KlimaHandlung, greifen wir das Thema Klimawandel auf und sprechen darüber, wie wir Teil der Lösung sein können. Wir haben alle die Möglichkeit einen Beitrag zu leisten, damit ein würdiges Leben auf der Erde auch für unsere Nachkommen noch möglich sein wird. In dieser Podcast-Episode erfährst du: > was unter Klimawandel verstanden wird > weshalb sich gerade junge Menschen für die Umwelt einsetzen > wieso Frauen oft stärker von den Auswirkungen des Klimawandels betroffen sind und > wie du Teil der Lösung werden und der Umwelt auf einfache Weise mehr Sorge tragen kannst

My guest is my old friend, Dan Scheiman. He has a PhD in Ornithology, which is the study of birds. Dan is known as the bird man. He is Dr. Dan the Bird Man, and is the Bird Conversation Director of the Audubon Society in Arkansas. Dan’s normal is fighting for the longevity of the planet, working on policy issues, conservation, forest management, protection of birds and their habitat, energy conservation, protecting the earth’s ecosystems, and more. He is fighting the good fight! This is a very important episode. Audubon Arkansas: https://ar.audubon.org More on dicamba and the NATIVE Project: https://ar.audubon.org/conservation/working-lands Bird-friendly forestry PSA: https://ar.audubon.org/news/bird-friendly-forest-management Interview with Dan for the “Better Know a Birder” series: https://ar.audubon.org/news/better-know-birder-dr-dan-scheiman Mentions: “Silent Spring” by Rachel Carlson. “Animal Speak: The Spiritual & Magical Powers of Creatures Great & Small” by Ted Andrews. Movie: “The Big Year” (2011) Enjoy your day. Take care of the planet. Thank you for listening.

Large employers like Walmart and Chipotle are spending more time, money and effort investing in training programs to prepare workers for what they see as the jobs of the future—at least they were before COVID-19 hit. On this week’s podcast, we hear from Rachel Carlson, CEO and co-founder of Guild Education, a company working to set up these education programs.

A flow of words. 28th June 2020 in association with Mountshannon Arts festival. The bog by Anthony Linehan  Thoughts on Rachel Carlson by Anita Hayes Dandelions by Catherine Patience

During a rough season of her life our guest Rachel Carlson discovered that a blue heron on her lake was more than she thought. Tonight we explore the possibilities of healing, self awareness and hope that these animals can bring into our lives. When you stop and look around, sometimes you find exactly what you were missing!

Audio from the eight McPherson High School student-athletes that signed their National Letters of Intent to continue their careers at the collegiate level. -Rachel Carlson, Tennis at Sterling College (0:00) -Sterling Tennis Coach Lonnie Isaac (2:01) -Claire Hedlund, Soccer at Bethel College (3:09) -Kaleb Hoppes, Football at Washburn University (4:59) -Ariana Potter, Softball at Northern Oklahoma College (7:19) -Jenna Shanks, Dance at Bethany College (8:36) -Tabitha Slechta, Cheer at Bethany College (10:14) -Bethany Cheer and Dance Coach Lorenzo Araujo (11:26) -Keaten Stockham, Football at Bethany College (12:35) -Bethany Football Coach Curran White (13:53) -Mason Thrash, Football at Butler County (15:11)

Michael Pryor, Co-Founder & CEO @ Trello, now Head of Trello Product with Atlassian following their recent acquisition. Kolton Andrus is the Founder & CEO @ Gremlin, the failure as a service startup finds weaknesses in your system before they cause problems. Dylan Serota, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer @ Terminal, the startup that helps you create world-class technical teams through remote operations as a service. Rachel Carlson, Co-Founder and CEO @ Guild Education, the leader in education benefits offering the single most scalable solution for preparing the workforce of today for the jobs of tomorrow.  Sid Sijbrandi, Founder & CEO @ Gitlab, a single application for the entire software development lifecycle. Jeppe Rindom is the Founder & CEO @ Pleo, the simple spending solution for your company automating expense reports and simplifying company expenses. In Today’s Episode We Discuss: How should founders think about the debate between all remote vs part remote teams? How does life and operations change with each? What are the pros and cons? Is it possible to move between the two overtime? What can one do to maintain culture with remote teams? What processes need to be in place to ensure a cohesive and streamlined communication process? What technical architecture needs to be in place? Where are the breakpoints when it comes to communication? How often does one need to do in person off-sites? How does being remote or part remote impact fundraising? How do VCs think about this new structure of operations? What is the right way to present it? How does being outside a core tech hub impact one’s ability to raise? How should one run a fundraising process if outside a core hub?   How important is it for your team to be near your customers? How does this change according to sector and customer base? How important is it for your team to be near your investors? Does having an exec and sales team in one place and the rest of the team elsewhere work?   Jason Lemkin Harry Stebbings SaaStr Read the full transcript on our blog.

This isn’t a trick, you’re getting treated to a special Halloween BaconBit! We did our Scary Date Night with Baconsale (lightning sound effect), and we’re going to talk about how it went. We are joined on this episode by Kelsey Watts, the winner of our October giveaway along with her friend, Rachel Carlson. Kelsey & Rachel joined us for dinner, where Joel stole all the rice, and then we all went to Nightmare on 13th Haunted House, where we almost froze to death and clowns smelled Kelsey’s breath. Press play to find out which of us is the biggest scaredy cat!

Rachel Carlson is the Co-Founder and CEO @ Guild Education, the leader in education benefits offering the single most scalable solution for preparing the workforce of today for the jobs of tomorrow. To date, Rachel has raised over $71m in funding with Guild from some of the best in venture with the likes of Michael Dearing @ Harrison Metal, Wes Chan @ Felicis, Byron Deeter @ Bessemer, Aileen @ Cowboy Ventures and Scott Raney @ Redpoint, all backing Guild. As for Rachel, prior to Guild, Rachel was the Founder of Student Blueprint, providing students with academic and career planning tools.  In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Rachel made her way into the world of startups having started her career in politics and how insights gleaned from politics formed the idea for Guild Education? 2.) Why does Rachel believe that ambitious Mums are the most under-utilized asset in the economy? What are the biggest misconceptions people have about hiring and working with Mums? How can founders really implement practically facilities, tools and an environment where one can be both ambitious personally and professionally? 3.) Before the show, Byron Deeter @ Bessemer said, "Rachel has been among the best at recruiting star execs across their portfolio”. What have been Rachel's biggest lessons when it comes to hiring the very best talent? Where do most go wrong? How has her hiring style changed over the years? What are Rachel's favourite questions to ask candidates? 4.) Why does Rachel believe that mission and margin are tightly integrated? How did Rachel acquire Walmart as one of their first clients? What are the positives and negatives of having a client so huge, so early? What advice would Rachel have for other early-stage companies when they have such behemoths as clients in the early days? 5.) Why did Rachel make the move from SF to Colorado? What did Rachel strategically do to ensure the chances of success were higher? How does Rachel feel about keeping leadership teams in SF and then the rest elsewhere? How did the move impact their ability to hire the best talent? How did their move impact their ability to access the best capital? Between customers, capital and employees, who is it most important to be near? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Rachel’s Fave Book: To the End of June: The Intimate Life of American Foster Care, Where The Crawdads Sing As always you can follow Harry, The Twenty Minute VC and Rachel on Twitter here! Likewise, you can follow Harry on Instagram here for mojito madness and all things 20VC.

Rachel Carlson (Twitter, LinkedIn) would tell you that it's great to have a plan. But sometimes you have to throw out the plan. She's the Co-founder and CEO of Guild Education, a company that helps employers design and offer education-as-benefit programs to employees.  “You're not in charge of the plan. You can plan, but what do they say? Planning is everything, but the plan is worthless. And the plan gets thrown out the door sometimes.” Learn more about The Journey at mission.org/thejourney. The Journey is sponsored by our friends at Salesforce Essentials. We use Salesforce Essentials every day and it's part of our own business journey. Essentials combines sales and service tools in a single app to help small businesses win customers and keep them happy. See how Salesforce Essentials can help you be your best business at salesforce.com/thejourney

Episode 11! This week we discuss our favorite book store features, Marc tells us about Rachel Carlson and the end of DDT with "Silent Spring" and Trevor talks about the "first post-Brexit novel" by Ali Smith, "Autumn"!

We’ve got a fascination with founders in our culture – people who start stuff. Elon Musk. Jeff Bezos. Bill Gates.   I’ve had a new generation of founders here on Fortt Knox: Stitch Fix founder Katrina Lake, and Guild Education founder Rachel Carlson to name a couple.  So this week we’re going to dig into what successful founders do right, and what we can learn from them. Because hey: The way I look at it, even if you’re not starting the next Apple, the chances are pretty good that a lot of us have started something, or will before too long. Maybe it’s a small business – a major project on your job.   My guests: CNBC Wealth Editor Robert Frank, who has chronicled the ways of successful entrepreneurs for many years now. And the irrepressible Scott Galloway, Professor at NYU’s Stern School of business, author of New York Times bestseller The Four, which examines the animating ideas behind Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon. This week for the Fortt Knox one-on-one I’ve also got Maynard Webb. He’s former Board Chairman at Yahoo, former CEO of LiveOps, chief operating officer at eBay, and board member at Visa and Salesforce.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The economy's supposed to be really good, if you look at the official numbers. According to the U.S. labor department the unemployment rate was under 4 percent in July, which is a level that a lot of people used to consider "full employment." Everybody who wants a job has one.   Except … not really.  The system isn't working the way it's supposed to for working people. Here's what I mean. Typically in the past, when so many people have jobs, pay goes up. I mean, how else are you going to get people to work for you if everybody has a job. You've got to pay them more.   But that's not happening – at least not anywhere near at the level it should be. The Labor Department reported last month that if you look at median weekly earnings, and you factor in inflation, the typical worker is just treading water.   And what about the future? Having a job and making a living are not the same thing. The cost of a four-year degree rose about 25 percent in the last decade according to the College Board, to $34,740 a year. Meanwhile student loan debt Is exploding.   So: wages flat. Traditional schooling expensive. We haven’t even talked about the cost of raising a family if that’s your thing. What are you going to do if you’re not already in the job you want to be doing for the rest of your life?  Today we’re going to find the smart way to navigate all this. Getting the skills for a better job or higher pay without crushing your bank account and going deep in debt.   Welcome to Fortt Knox, rich ideas and powerful people. I am Jon Fortt at the Nasdaq Marketsite in New York’s Times Square.   Joining me on the show today to help you make your plan: Here with me at the Nasdaq, Laura Pappano is an education reporter who lives and breathes this stuff, writing in the New York Times, the Hechinger Report and more.   Joining us from Denver, Rachel Carlson cofounder and CEO of Guild Education, a company that helps employers offer education as a benefit to employees, kind of like healthcare – clients include WalMart, Lowe’s, Taco Bell and Chipotle.   And finally, joining us from Cambridge Massachusetts, Anant Agarwal is an MIT professor and CEO of EDX, a free-to-learn platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Millions of Americans confront a dilemma every year. Stay at work and earn … or make time for one of the most important parts of their personal development: completing their education. Rachel Carlson is the founder of Guild Education, which aims to remove that either-or choice, by partnering with companies to help their employees achieve their educational goals without going broke or burning out.

Please welcome Erika Leonard and Rachel Carlson  from University of Maine Softball.  Both are exceptional student-athletes.  During this show, we will learn what their lives are like being student-athletes with juggling academics, athletics, community service and more.  Both Erika and Rachel were part of the University of Maine Softball team that won the 2016 America East Championship. Rachel is the daughter of Dianne and Mark Carlson and is majoring in Kinesiology & Physical Education - Exercise Science. Erika was an Elite 17 winner which is the highest GPA of all players in America East softball.  Erika is the daughter of Kimberly and Scott, has one brother and is a nursing major. Both have been NFCA Academic All-Americans. The Black Bears are coached by Head Coach - Mike Coutts, Assistant Coach - Jordan Fitzpatrick and  Pitching Coach - Lynn Coutts. Visit Black Bears Softball for more information

In case you haven't noticed, there are some big challenges facing the American worker. Unless you're in the top 20 percent salary-wise, if you've kept the same job, chances are you haven't gotten a big raise in the last decade or two.  The answer? There are arguments about whether a higher minimum wage would be a good fix, or a dramatic shift in tax policy. Rachel Carlson has a different idea.  Carlson is the co-founder and CEO of Guild Education, a startup that helps companies like Taco Bell to offer college tuition assistance as a benefit to their employees. Carlson has a unique blend of experiences – working in government, starting companies in Silicon Valley, and going to school on the other side of the tracks as a kid – that give her an intriguing perspective.   I sat down with Rachel Carlson to learn what's so hard about getting America's working class salaries rising again – and why the answers might be different than you think.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Episode 191 of The No B******t Marketing Show, Dave continues his conversation with Yelp Pittsburgh's Senior Community Director, Rachel Carlson.Dave and Rachel cover a lot of ground in this information-packed episode. The two continue their conversation about Yelp's Elite users and talk about a unique local Pittsburgh business, The Cat Cafe. We'll also listen as Rachel goes into detail about business owners building a personal brand identity, and how the use of social media, as a business, is an effective tool that crosses generational borders. The last topic the two covers is Pittsburgh's up and coming neighborhoods and what these areas of town have to offer and why. The No BS Marketing Show is brought to you by Larrimor's Men's and Women's Designer Clothing. Free shipping. Free returns. Shop men's and women's designer clothing, shoes, accessories, jewelry and more online at larrimors.com or in-store, downtown Pittsburgh.MASSolutions320 Fort Duquesne BoulevardGateway Towers, Suite 105Pittsburgh, PA412-201-2401massolutions.biz

Dave's Robert Graham shirt courtesy of Larrimor'sIn Episode 190 of The No B******t Marketing Show, Dave welcomes back Yelp Pittsburgh's Senior Community Director, Rachel Carlson.Listen as Carlson gets deep into her role at Yelp and how the company recently acquired the local Pittsburgh business, No Wait. Dave and Rachel talk about what No Wait is an how it is redefining what it means to put your name on a waitlist at your favorite restaurant. We also get to hear about Yelp's premier user squad, Yelp Elite, and how you can become a member of these high ranking users. The No BS Marketing Show is brought to you by Larrimor's Men's and Women's Designer Clothing. Free shipping. Free returns. Shop men's and women's designer clothing, shoes, accessories, jewelry and more online at larrimors.com or in-store, downtown Pittsburgh.MASSolutions320 Fort Duquesne BoulevardGateway Towers, Suite 105Pittsburgh, PA412-201-2401massolutions.biz

It's Part 2 of our conversation with go-getter Rachel Carlson, Yelp Pittsburgh's Community Director. In today's episode, Rachel talks about all Yelp has to offer.Many of us are curious about what's a great spot to go to around town. This also goes for other types of business or services. Rachel has found her dentist this way, and has only great things to say about him. You cannot write reviews of your experience without first signing up, which is simple. Once you are signed up, you are officially a yelper, but if you just browse the site Rachel considers you a “creeper”.“We absolutely want it to be an organic experience.”What's The Big Idea: Rachel's dedication to showing business owners their free tools on Yelp, and how it can help their business.Business Tool or Tip: Use the social avenue that is in front of you. It could be Yelp, Facebook, Instagram, of Twitter. A great tip for pitches is to have a three sentence email; give a complaint, address what you need, and an action item.Hit The Bulls Eye:Ice cream: Antony's Ice CreamPizza: Pizza TaglioCraft Beer: Grist HouseWings: Mount Lebanon SalonCoffee: Big Dog CoffeeHot New Pittsburgh Restaurant: B52 CafeRachel Carlson's Social Media:@YelpPittsburghLinkedinFacebookAudible is offering a free download with a 30-day trial to give you the opportunity to check out their service. You can download it for free today.

Welcome to the No BS Marketing Show with Dave Mastovich featuring Rachel Carlson, Yelp Pittsburgh's Community Director!RANTPittsburgh sports fans are known for passionate loyalty to their hometown teams.They are also known to travel well, seemingly turning Super Bowls into home games with huge numbers of Steelers fans in attendance. The “travel well” distinction could be expanded to include the beach, specifically Ocean City, Maryland. Vacationing Steelers, Penguins and Pirates fans can get a taste of Pittsburgh in more ways than one at Buxy's Salty Dog, an Ocean City Sports Bar and Restaurant with local ties. Doug “Buxy” Buxbaum is a Johnstown native and IUP alumnus who bleeds and feeds Black & Gold. He calls it the Hometown Tavern with a taste of the ‘Burgh. I call it a marketing masterpiece.This week's guest is Rachel Carlson, Yelp Pittsburgh's Community Director. Rachel is the first person to represent Yelp in Pittsburgh and continues to show our region the incredible tools Yelp has to offer. She's passionate about building strong relationships between the many different local businesses and organizations in the area. She creates and organizes fun and new events to showcase the Burgh's best and brightest. Rachel has brought her past broadcasting background to life and appears on media outlets like KDKA TV, Star 100.7, WESA, and Whirl Magazine. She also co-hosts a weekly podcast Social Club, and can listen to her here.In today's episode Rachel talks about her early career, mentors, and good and bad bosses she has had.Rachel's Biggest Learning Experience: Do not talk about co-workers.Our conversation with Rachel Carlson will continue on Thursday, July 21,2016 on the No BS Marketing Show.Audible is offering a free download with a 30-day trial to give you the opportunity to check out their service. You can download it for free today.

Good morning. In this episode, we welcomed special guest Rachel Carlson from the Afterthought podcast, who helped us talk about American Mary (2012). Our movies next week are horror “mocumentaries”: Long Pigs (2007) and Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006). Don’t forget to tweet us @the_scream_team with your suggestions and comments. We’d […]

Tuesday, July 14, 2015 As news arises of drought, harmful algal blooms, and chemical spills across the nation, we are regularly reminded of the need to protect drinking water in our cities and communities. Every day, land use decisions affect future drinking water supplies, either intentionally or inadvertently. By protecting sources of drinking water through regular planning activities and practices like green infrastructure, we can build resilient, healthy, and beautiful communities. The Source Water Collaborative formed in 2006 with the goal to combine the strengths and tools of a diverse set of member organizations to act now, and protect sources of drinking water for generations to come. As a member of the collaborative, APA works with partners like the Association of State Drinking Water Administrators, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Forest Service, Smart Growth America, and many others to help communities across the nation protect sources of drinking water. Rachel Carlson is an environmental protection specialist in the Drinking Water Protection Division, Office of GroundWater and Drinking Water, U.S. EPA. She assists with geospatial analysis and outreach in a variety of projects to protect sources of drinkingwater and participates in the Source Water Collaborative, a group of 26 national organizations including APA that are dedicated to protectingsource water. Jim Taft is executive director of the Association of State Drinking Water Administrators, which supports the efforts of drinking water program administrators in states, territories, the District of Columbia, and the Navajo Nation as they implement the provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act.

You see the stickers on the windows, maybe you have gone to their website, or used their app to find a great brunch spot, car service, or a new coffee shop that may have just opened.   Rachel Carlson is our Pittsburgh #1 Yelp lady, and she came on the show to talk about why she loves working there, what makes great reviews,(and bad ones),what's in store for 2015, and how she came into the business.  A fun little chat to peek into the behind the scenes of Yelp Pittsburgh!

Days after their graduation, Rachel Carlson, Sara Steinberg and Shannon Hollsten remember school and look forward to their careers. Originally published Sunday, October 23, 2011