Is a four-year degree still the best path to success? Dylan Welch, host of The Intelligence Report, sits down with Jason Seedall, Executive Director of the Roosevelt Alliance, to discuss the growing demand for skilled workers, the return of apprenticeships, and how AI and rising education costs are reshaping the American workforce.

They also explore the Roosevelt Alliance’s work to bring policymakers, entrepreneurs, and industry leaders together in Washington, D.C., including its Theodore Roosevelt Dialogue Series focused on wildlife policy, fair commerce, and practical solutions for rebuilding the American middle class.

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Nahid Karimi and Mahdi Rahimi join Dylan Welch, founder of Welch International, to share their firsthand perspectives on life in Afghanistan, the Taliban’s return to power and the realities facing young Afghans today.

Nahid recounts growing up in Kabul, representing Afghanistan as a gymnast and using music to advocate for peace and women’s rights before the Taliban takeover changed everything. After fleeing to Pakistan with her family, she eventually received a scholarship to study in the United States, where she now advocates for Afghan girls and their right to an education.

This powerful conversation explores displacement, life as a refugee, the loss of fundamental freedoms and the resilience of a generation determined to build a better future for Afghanistan.

Content warning: This episode includes discussion of suicide and other sensitive subjects.

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Coral reefs support roughly a quarter of all marine life, protect vulnerable coastlines and sustain communities and economies around the world. But with reefs disappearing at an alarming rate, traditional conservation funding alone may not be enough.

Dylan Welch sits down with Sam Teicher, co-founder and chief reef officer of Coral Vita, to discuss how the company is building a profitable business around restoring damaged reefs.

Sam shares how a $1,000 grant and a road trip through the Florida Keys grew into an international operation that has cultivated more than 150,000 corals across 52 species. They also explore Coral Vita’s land-based coral farms, the concept of restoration as a service, the economic value of natural infrastructure and why coral conservation continues to receive bipartisan support.

The conversation offers an honest but hopeful look at the future of the world’s oceans, and how business, technology and nature can work together to rebuild what has been lost.

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