31 episodes
We're Not So Different wnsdifferent
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- Society & Culture
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4.9 • 15 Ratings
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We promote cultural understanding through engaging dialogue about our life's experiences. By sharing our personal stories, we strive to inspire our listeners into engagement and action. We can't collectively progress without understanding one another. #wnsdifferent #diversity #equality #dialogue #engaging #intriguing #inspiring
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Episode 31 - From Prison to Progress with Vidal Guzman
We talk with Vidal Guzman who is a community activist and part of the Close Riker’s Island campaign. After having faced the nightmare of the criminal justice system we focus on Vidal’s journey involved with youth leadership, mental health, and fixing the broken correctional system with an emphasis on community programs that are preventative.
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Episode 30 – I Want You To Meet with Jasmin Faulk-Dickerson
We talk with Jasmin Faulk-Dickerson the host of the podcast “I Want You To Meet.” We discuss her background being born in Saudi Arabia, her fight for women, her role as a teacher, our failure to recognize the urgency of education, reframing gender roles in parenting and why we all want to be seen, heard, and loved. Jasminfaulkdickerson.com
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Episode 29 - Man At The Airport with Hassan Al Kontar
We talk with Hassan Al Kontar about what started the 2011 war in Syria, being a refugee, his 7 months in a Malaysian airport, calling Canada home and how he became a voice for Syrians and refugees all over the world.
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Episode 28 – The Price of a Soul
We talk about the transition from activism to politics and how impact can change. What do we give up of ourselves in these instances? We talk SB-145, Obama, Trump, hate crime legislation, segregation, and making change and keeping your soul.
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Episode 27 – Keep Choosing Life with Savanah Clements
We talk with Savanah Clements about remembering mental health as she explains her fight with depression, anxiety, self-harm, thoughts of suicide, how therapy changed her life and breaking down cultural norms related to mental health. KeepChoosingLife.org is her nonprofit organization connecting people with Talk Space and Better Help providing affordable resources for mental health services. @keepchoosinglife
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Episode 26 – The Price of Freedom
We talk Freedom and breakdown what it means using Iran and the United States as examples. Diving more in-depth on how we define freedom, economics relationship with freedom, and if freedom is a figment of our imaginations.
Follow us on twitter and instagram @wnsdifferent
Website: http://www.wnsdifferent.com/ (www.wnsdifferent.com)
Email: wnsdifferent@gmail.com
Customer Reviews
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Good sound quality and good advice suitable for mainstream citizens wondering if they should get more involved in social issues effecting their lives.
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