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With the ongoing rise of safety concerns in the K-12 environment, implementing security solutions in schools has become an important topic—but not without its challenges. In this podcast, Paul Timm highlights the changemakers in the K-12 space working to influence the face of school security—from school security coordinators and analysts to non-profit organizations and trusted advisors.

Spin Dictators traces how leaders such as Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew and Peru's Alberto Fujimori pioneered less violent, more covert, and more effective methods of monopolizing power. They cultivated an image of competence, concealed censorship, and used democratic institutions to undermine democracy, all while increasing international engagement for financial and reputational benefits.

Outdoor journalist James Edward Mills's book The Adventure Gap is a groundbreaking volume that is equal parts adventure story, history, and inspiration as it chronicles the first American all-Black summit attempt on Denali in 2013. Mills uses this momentous expedition as a jumping-off point to explore diversity in the outdoors, from Mathew Henson who stood at the North Pole in 1909 to contemporary adventurers such as polar explorer Barbara Hillary and rock climber Kai Lightner.

Welcome to Voices of Visible Difference, the Changing Faces podcast where we talk about having a scar, mark or condition that affects our appearance.