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Champions of the Lost Causes

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What makes us take up causes others think are impossible? What draws others to the cause, bonds us together and gives us an inexhaustible energy and an unwavering belief that we"ll succeed? Host Marvin Stockwell draws on his own experiences and talks to fellow Champions about the successes, setbacks and team dynamics that move a cause forward.

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Episode 51: Cory Cachola

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2023/10/05

Host Marvin Stockwell talks to Brand New Voices publisher Cory Cachola in Portland, OR. Cory is an advocate for web3 and the community that's growing around this emerging evolution of human connection on the web. The promise of the internet was always to connect us, but as the tech and computing power have improved, so has the web's ability to deliver on the depth of what we all dreamed was possible in the web’s earliest days. Cory is a proponent of cryptocurrency, NFTs and the blockchain,

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Episode 50: Jason Waligoske

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2023/09/28

Host Marvin Stockwell talks to Jason Waligoske, owner of Yep Yep Organic Farm in unincorporated Dexter, Oregon. For Jason, the benefits of eating organic started with working on his grandparents' farm as a boy, then later working at, then owning his favorite health food store. After a short-lived, crop-science job showed him the negative effects of pesticides and GMO technology, he had a vision for starting an organic farm. Jason chose aquaponic farming because it creates a symbiotic

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Episode 49: Joe Demaree

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2023/09/21

Host Marvin Stockwell talks to artist and musician Joe Demaree at his home in San Jose, California. Many artists first champion the cause of their creative vision and then organize their lives around moving it forward. Joe has an unwavering commitment to his artistic vision, and the community he's built around art, music and the free exchange of ideas.

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Episode 48: Mischelle Brown

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2023/08/23

Host Marvin Stockwell talks to educator Mischelle Brown in Oakland, California. Mischelle's use of risky play to provide better learning opportunities for her neurodivergent students was at first seen as unorthodox, and besides, there was no funding at her school for what she wanted to do. Undaunted, Mischelle crowdfunded the money she needed through ioby, and after after engaging in rock climbing, blowing glass and building forts, students' grades went up and disciplinary incidents went

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Episode 47: Terrence Murtaugh

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2023/08/13

Host Marvin Stockwell talks to Terrence Murtaugh in Phoenix, AZ. Terrence is the founder of the Heavy Pedal, a cycling apparel company based in Phoenix. Marvin and Terrence talk about his non-traditional, iterative path to finding his calling. His transition from graffiti artist to graphic designer, web developer and business owner with a track record of backing good causes didn't happen overnight. It started by championing the cause of his own life, and digging down deep to expect more of

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Episode 46: Sara Vaas

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2023/08/03

Host Marvin Stockwell talks to Sara Vaas at CONO's offices in Colorado Springs, CO. CONO is a nonprofit that works to connect neighbors to each other and the civic process. Marvin and Sara talk about the challenges of elevating citizens' voices as the city grows, and how CONO is working with the City to organize ongoing citizen input. The two also talk about Sara's work as an artist, and how that has translated into the creativity and drive necessary to work with her community to effect

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Episode 45: Sean Crouch

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2023/07/31

Host Marvin Stockwell talks to LA-based writer and director Sean Crouch at his home. Known for shows such as Wolf Pack, The Exorcist, Lore, The 100, Numb3rs and Unforgettable, Sean talks to Marvin about his role in the current writer's strike, and how it differs from his experience of the writer's strike of 2007. The two explore why changes in how episodic shows are produced have hurt the apprenticeship model that helped Sean work his way up, as well as AI's potential to plagiarize and

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Episode 44: Sarah Kephart and Andy Hoffman

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2023/07/20

Host Marvin Stockwell talks to Sarah Kephart and Andy Hoffman at Envision's Wichita headquarters. Sarah serves as Envision's arts manager, and Andy serves as call center supervisor. What started in Wichita in 1933 as an effort to find jobs for blind people has grown into a multi-state nonprofit with every service imaginable to support people who are blind and visually impaired. The three talk about Sarah and Andy's ongoing work and ruminate on what it means that a cause still calls new

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Episode 43: Andy Scurto

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2023/07/06

Host Marvin Stockwell talk to Andy Scurto at the Tulsa's Promenade Mall. Andy followed his daughter's love of playing hockey into being a fan, coach and ultimately owner of the Tulsa Oilers. Marvin and Andy talk about Andy's passion for youth sports, how the team gives back to the youth in Tulsa, and how a vacant former Macy's is being converted into a facility with two new ice rinks to serve the team and the Tulsa community.

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Episode 42: Janae Bradford

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2023/07/06

Host Marvin Stockwell talks to Janae Bradford at Tulsa City Hall. Janae leads the City of Tulsa's Office of Financial Empowerment and Community Wealth. Marvin and Janae talk about how her career in finance and nonprofit work prepared her well to champion the cause of financial stability from within municipal government, and how she's applying best practices that are working in other cities.

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Episode 41: Sharon Chapman

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2023/06/29

Host Marvin Stockwell talks to Sharon Chapman, executive director of the Next Step, at the Ft. Smith, AR shelter for people experiencing homelessness. What began as a church outreach serving a daily meal in the 1980s has grown into a multifaceted nonprofit that provides not only emergency shelter, but also transitional housing and other services aimed at helping people become permanently housed. Marvin and Sharon talk about why Sharon feels called to this work, and how her circuitous path and unique

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Episode 40: Steve Foutch

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2023/06/22

Host Marvin Stockwell talks to Steve Foutch at Hy-Vee Arena in Kansas City. Steve bought the historic Kemper Arena for $1 and set out to do what many people said was impossible – save and repurpose the building. After he and his team solved many structural and engineering challenges, the building was relaunched in 2018 as the multi-use Hy-Vee Arena. Steve also weighs in on the fate of Memphis' Mid-South Coliseum. There are many correlations between the two arenas and several shared lessons

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Episode 39: John Rash

Champions of the Lost Causes ·

2023/06/22

Host Marvin Stockwell talks to John Rash at the Champions of the Lost Causes home studio in Memphis. John is the creator of the Southern Punk Archive, a growing physical and digital repository of videos, photos, fliers, music, films, and oral histories that document the South's many thriving DIY punk scenes. Before now, the contributions that southern punk scenes have made to the national conversation on free expression has been underreported and underappreciated.

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Episode 38: Jen Frank

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2022/10/24

People champion all sorts of causes, but the uber-cause that we can sometimes miss is that of our own precious lives. This is where Jen Frank uses her gifts as a career and life coach to help the people she coaches. Our lives and how we make contributions in the world is a multi-faceted equation in which we balance the things we yearn for with other competing priorities. Jen helps people get unstuck and on to living lives of deeper fulfillment.

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Episode 37: Erin Barnes & Dawn Arrington

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2022/09/19

IOBY is a crowdfunding site that helps people make positive changes in their communities. We discuss how Erin and her founding partners discovered their niche in helping smaller neighborhood-level actors make change. We also chat with Dawn about her development from being a project leader in Cleveland to her role as IOBY's Place-Based Strategies Manager, with national responsibilities.

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Episode 36: Svitlana Muzychenko

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2022/09/06

Svitlana Muzychenko, founder of UA Brokers Without Borders, works with Ukrainian grassroots organizations to address emerging humanitarian needs that stem from the ongoing war with Russia. We’ll discuss Svitlana’s early life in Ukraine, how she moved to Brazil and started her own technology firm, and how she has used her professional skills and network to help her fellow Ukrainians survive.

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Episode 35: Mia Henley

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2022/08/22

Mia Henley is the executive director of Creative Aging, a nonprofit that makes music and arts programming more accessible to older adults in Memphis. Everyone needs community to live a healthy, fulfilled life, but family and work connections often fall away as we age. The arts have the transformativepower to build skills, confidence and community, and in doing so, the arts can improve physical and emotional health among seniors.

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Episode 34: McKrell Baier

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2022/06/06

McKrell Baier is the director of the BridgeUp, GiddyUp nonprofit program. Through her unique and compassionate approach to horseback riding and Equestrian sports, McKrell and her team work with children ages 11 to 18 to help them become more confident, responsible, empathetic and goal-oriented. With wealth and privilege often associated with Equestrian sports, McKrell is also working to make the sport more accessible to all through her free program.

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Episode 33: Tina Sullivan

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2022/05/16

Tina Sullivan, executive director of the Overton Park Conservancy, played a pivotal role in resolving the decade-long fight over the Memphis Zoo parking cars on the park's Greensward. Today's hard-fought wins are built on the activism of Overton Park's past, including the landmark Supreme Court court case in 1971 that kept Interstate 40 from bisecting the park. Tina's passion for the park's rich history is matched only by the excitement she has for the park's future, in which the Overton Park

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Episode 32: John Michael

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2022/04/25

Media consolidation in the 1990s forced John Michael off the 96X airwaves in Memphis and on to a successful career in radio that included a stint at the vaunted KROQ in Los Angeles. John found that his varied experiences taught him a lot about what worked in radio. Those experiences also showed him how radio was broken and disconnected from the audiences it once served, and he began to think about how to reinvent it. John recently rebooted 96X and plans to involve the Memphis music community to make

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