Episodes

  • Episode 31 - From Prison to Progress with Vidal Guzman

    Episode 31 - From Prison to Progress with Vidal Guzman
    Jan 31 2021

    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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    50 mins
  • Episode 30 – I Want You To Meet with Jasmin Faulk-Dickerson

    Episode 30 – I Want You To Meet with Jasmin Faulk-Dickerson
    Jan 16 2021

    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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    52 mins
  • Episode 29 - Man At The Airport with Hassan Al Kontar

    Episode 29 - Man At The Airport with Hassan Al Kontar
    Jan 10 2021

    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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    59 mins
  • Episode 28 – The Price of a Soul

    Episode 28 – The Price of a Soul
    Jan 2 2021

    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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    42 mins
  • Episode 27 – Keep Choosing Life with Savanah Clements

    Episode 27 – Keep Choosing Life with Savanah Clements
    Dec 13 2020
    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 Follow us on twitter and instagram @wnsdifferent Website: http://www.wnsdifferent.com/ (www.wnsdifferent.com) Email: wnsdifferent@gmail.com
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    47 mins
  • Episode 26 – The Price of Freedom

    Episode 26 – The Price of Freedom
    Nov 29 2020
    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
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    43 mins
  • Episode 25 - Modern Day Segregation with Yoel Iskindir

    Episode 25 - Modern Day Segregation with Yoel Iskindir
    Nov 15 2020
    We talk to Yoel Iskindir of @Yoeliskindirproductions and yoeliskindir.com about #eraofmarincity. Two segregation lawsuits between 2013 and 2019 filed in Marin County for the purposeful segregation of schools. Yoel walks us through democratic liberals hiding behind their political affiliation to further the racial and socioeconomic divide in one of the richest counties in America. Check out United States of Anxiety to hear more about Sausalito, California and Marin County. Follow us on twitter and instagram @wnsdifferent Website: http://www.wnsdifferent.com (www.wnsdifferent.com)
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    43 mins
  • Episode 24 - Step Up Your Democracy Game with Alan Marling

    Episode 24 - Step Up Your Democracy Game with Alan Marling
    Oct 31 2020
    We talk to Alan Marling of @aemarling about what motivated him to start projection activism. His involvement in March for Our Lives and the Sunrise Movement. We talk white supremacy, Trump, Alan’s twitter beef, practicing democracy once a week, and a return to an old, but new America. Follow us on twitter and instagram @wnsdifferent Website: http://www.wnsdifferent.com (www.wnsdifferent.com) Email: wnsdifferent@gmail.com
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    39 mins