Brave Ideas for Social Change

University of Denver
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Brave Ideas for Social Change, a podcast from the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Denver, draws on faculty expertise for fast-moving discussions on emerging research, practice and policy innovations to spur social change.

  1. 12/18/2025

    Cultivating Critical Hope

    Yesenia Silva Estrada graduated from GSSW’s Western Colorado MSW Program in 2017. Today, she practices as a macro social worker, serving as vice president of planning and chief of staff for Colorado Mountain College in Glenwood Springs. As a first-generation college student born outside of United States and raised in rural Colorado, she has a unique perspective on the role of social work in cultivating critical hope during our current times.

    32 min

  2. 10/30/2025

    Expanding Awareness of Mental Health Care for Cancer

    Breast cancer survivor Diane M. Simard is a member of GSSW’s newly established Board of Advisors and a friend to the University of Denver. She has been working to raise awareness about the unique mental health needs of cancer patients and to transform systems to better meet those needs. In 2016, she founded the Center for Oncology Psychology Excellence, or COPE, at the University of Denver Graduate School of Professional Psychology. COPE is now part of their behavioral health psychology curriculum. Diane has authored three books and helped to establish the Ray of Hope Colorado Cancer Foundation’s mental health support grant program.

    32 min

  3. 09/19/2025

    Advancing Health Equity Across the Lifespan

    GSSW Assistant Professor Tyrone Hamler discusses his work to advance health equity across the lifespan.

  4. 06/05/2025

    Expanding Mental Health Care Access for Adolescents

    GSSW Professor Johnny Kim is working to expand adolescent mental health care access through approaches such as solution-focused brief therapy, an evidence-based therapy model.

    12 min

  5. 12/18/2024

    Advancing Interspecies Justice

    GSSW Clinical Professor Philip Tedeschi extends the concept of social justice to include nonhuman animals, noting that animal, human and environmental well-being are inextricably linked.

    18 min

  6. 10/02/2024

    Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Social Work

    GSSW Associate Professor Anamika Barman Adhikari discusses the use of artificial intelligence in social work research and practice.

    23 min

  7. 02/16/2024

    Advancing Liberation and Justice

    Equity Labs Executive Director Chenthu Jayton discusses the organization’s work to advance liberation and justice and steps that individuals can take to center liberation and justice in their own lives and work.

    21 min

  8. 09/25/2023

    Religious Congregations as Social Problem-Solvers

    Assistant Professor Marquisha Lawrence Scott discusses the role of congregations as social problem-solvers, today and into the future.

    24 min
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Brave Ideas for Social Change, a podcast from the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Denver, draws on faculty expertise for fast-moving discussions on emerging research, practice and policy innovations to spur social change.

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  • Creator
    University of Denver
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2025
  • Episodes
    21
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2026 Brave Ideas for Social Change