Making Change

Marc Gopin
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Welcome to Making Change: A podcast on positive change, the art and science of what needs to happen to make ourselves better, to make society better, and make the earth better. The human mind is the key to reacting in a more constructive way to current events and life's challenges. Not only can training our thinking help us understand what is happening, it gives us a path forward to change our lives, our communities, and our world for the better. Making Change is an exploration of neuroscience, ethics , politics, and best conflict resolution practices when it comes to the challenges and opportunities we have to build a better world. https://amzn.to/33qBKNc http://bit.ly/2pP6pF5 http://howtothinkandact.com/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/making-change--4113720/support.

  1. 6D AGO

    FROM OUTRAGE TO RESPONSIBILITY: A FRESH APPROACH TO SOCIAL PROTEST AND SOCIAL CHANGE

    Responsible citizen leadership requires the courage to resist abuses of power universally rather than selectively, so that ordinary people do not become tools in geopolitical struggles, ideological tribalism, or competitive narratives of moral superiority. Domination, repression, and dehumanization are not confined to any one civilization, religion, or political system; they emerge wherever power becomes insulated from accountability and fear overwhelms ethical restraint. A more sustainable path forward depends on cultivating moral courage, critical self-examination, moral reasoning and compassion across divisions, and future-oriented thinking rooted in the infinite value of all civilizations. Research in neuroscience, moral psychology, and conflict resolution increasingly suggests that compassion, perspective-taking, cooperative relationships, moral reasoning and shared civic responsibility are more effective at reducing cycles of rage, propaganda, polarization, and violence than collective blame or selective outrage. The challenge of our time is therefore not only to protest select injustices that we are most outraged about, but to build cultures, institutions, and relationships capable of restraining cruel exercises of power, but without reproducing hatred, humiliation, or the dehumanization of entire populations. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/making-change--4113720/support.

    19 min

  2. MAY 4

    Demonstrations 2.0

    This episode explores a revolutionary way to revitalize demonstrations, social relationships, and democracy across the world. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/making-change--4113720/support.

    24 min

  3. MAY 2

    Making Yourself the Solution to the American Communications Crisis

    Almost everyone is on the internet, but most are passive recipients of 'facts' coming from highly polarizing digital ecosystems that are often less than honest in their intentions to divide Americans. It is overwhelming, confusing, and dispiriting--except for those Americans who create even the smallest content. This episode teaches the psychosocial skills to make content that binds the country together rather than destroying us from within. We can move America and the world in a better direction by becoming creators of positive content of a particular kind. Here is how. The answer is deeply embedded in every word you use, and whether it is destructive or healing. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/making-change--4113720/support.

    19 min

  4. 03/11/2025

    Making Yourself the Solution to the American Communications Crisis

    This is the first episode I created with Alitu! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/making-change--4113720/support.

    19 min

  5. 12/26/2024

    An Anti-Loneliness Campaign

    The United States is the most powerful national on earth economically and militarily, and it is at the forefront of medical and technological innovation, but it suffers from a history of political polarization and socialization that periodically threatens its future. Loneliness is a surprising cause. I will explore with you the epidemic and loneliness, suggest detailed alternatives for its future, and a vision of flourishing society with more and more people who are blessed with mental health and an end to isolation. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/making-change--4113720/support.

    28 min

  6. 12/19/2024

    America Divided Against Itself on Vaccines: Understanding, Listening and Common Purpose Is the Answer

    A critical antidote to polarization around life and death matters is for Americans to develop three key skills: learning together common facts, listening to each other deeply, and establishing consensus ethical values on saving lives. To do this, we need another central skill of conflict healing rooted in all great global civilizations: self-examination and self-care. We can do this and move beyond polarizing politics. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/making-change--4113720/support.

    18 min

  7. 12/19/2024

    America Divided Against Itself on Vaccines: Understanding, Listening and Common Purpose Is the Answer

    A critical antidote to polarization around life and death matters is for Americans to develop three key skills: learning together common facts, listening to each other deeply, and establishing consensus ethical values on saving lives. To do this, we need another central skill of conflict healing rooted in all great global civilizations: self-examination and self-care. We can do this and move beyond polarizing politics. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/making-change--4113720/support.

    18 min

  8. 12/16/2024

    "Good Enough" Change: The Art of Ending Syria's War in 2024

    The world has just witnessed the hope of a new birth of civilization in Syria after 15 years of a murderous war against its people and after 50 years of severe dictatorship. How will we respond? Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/making-change--4113720/support.

    24 min
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Welcome to Making Change: A podcast on positive change, the art and science of what needs to happen to make ourselves better, to make society better, and make the earth better. The human mind is the key to reacting in a more constructive way to current events and life's challenges. Not only can training our thinking help us understand what is happening, it gives us a path forward to change our lives, our communities, and our world for the better. Making Change is an exploration of neuroscience, ethics , politics, and best conflict resolution practices when it comes to the challenges and opportunities we have to build a better world. https://amzn.to/33qBKNc http://bit.ly/2pP6pF5 http://howtothinkandact.com/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/making-change--4113720/support.

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  • Creator
    Marc Gopin
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    35
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright Marc Gopin
  • Show Website
    Making Change