Season Two – Episode 10: How to do the Most Good with Dr. Josh Greene and Rebecca Rusch
This week, Harvard Psychology Professor, Dr. Josh Greene joins us and guest co-host Rebecca Rusch to give us a lesson in moral cognition and effective altruism. What motivates people to do good? How have the greatest impact in our charitable giving? What makes an effective non-profit? His work answers these questions and more. He also talk about his latest project, The Giving Multiplier, which helps us make wiser, more impactful donations.
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Season Two – Episode 3: The Journey to Vulnerability with Melissa Arnot Reid
Melissa Arnot is probably best known as the first American woman to summit and descend Everest without supplemental oxygen (she’s summited six times in total). In 2012, the death of a fellow mountain guide and friend revealed a problem to her: the loss of a Himalayan high-altitude worker often means the loss of the main source of income for that person’s family. This realization inspired her and David Morton to found The Juniper Fund, which has now provided cost of living grants, vocational training, and small business grants to 48 families. On this episode, she teaches us about creating valuable change, accepting visceral uncomfortability, and fighting against the ‘American view’ of philanthropy.
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Episode 9 – Family Footsteps: Mike and Lilliana Libecki
“IN A WORLD WHERE WE CAN BE AND DO ANYTHING, BE KIND AND DO GOOD”. THIS IS THE POIGNANT, PURPOSE-DRIVEN MOTTO OF OUR AMAZING GUEST LILI LIBECKI. AT JUST 14 YEARS OLD SHE HAS CLIMBED A PEAK ON EVERY CONTINENT, AND WITH EVERY EXPEDITION, SHE HAS GIVEN BACK TO THE PEOPLE AND PLACES SHE VISITS. HER MISSION IS EMBODIED IN HER OWN NONPROFIT, THE JOYINEERING FUND. IF IT SOUNDS LIKE JOY AND ADVENTURE ARE IN HER DNA LOOK NO FARTHER THAN HER FATHER TO UNDERSTAND WHY.
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