Conversations: Recent Episodes
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The definition of "Conversations" is a podcast medium with the mission to educate the public, our audiences on a variety of issues that plague today’s world and provide solutions on what government, business and individuals can take to combat societal, industrial, and daily, dilemmas.
In this episode, we sit down with Esthela, a wife, mother, and businesswoman, as she shares her personal journey of balancing these vital roles. Living and working in Arizona, Esthela opens up about the challenges and triumphs of managing a career while maintaining a strong family foundation. She offers heartfelt insights into the joys and struggles of being a supportive wife and mother, as well as the emotional transition of becoming an empty nester.
Esthela also shares valuable life lessons from her professional experiences, offering inspiration to other mothers and women in the community who are navigating similar paths. Join us for an inspiring conversation that delves into the complexities of motherhood, community, and the pursuit of both personal and professional fulfillment.
Join us as we sit down with Stacia, a trailblazer in a male-dominated industry, sharing her journey of resilience, leadership, and family. Discover her insights on mentorship, continuous learning, gender equality, and work-life balance. This inspiring episode highlights Stacia's career, personal aspirations, and the power of female leadership. Tune in for a motivational conversation celebrating the strength and ingenuity of women leaders.
Host Derick welcomes Stafan from the Unification Church on "Conversations Podcast." They discuss Stafan's Swedish upbringing, faith in the Unification Church, and ministry experiences. The conversation extends to Stafan's travels, including his impactful journey to Israel. Stafan shares insights on cultural interactions and unity efforts. Stay tuned for more with Stafan and his wife Jane, exploring life and the Unification Church. Tune in for personal experiences, cultural insights, and a vision for unity and peace on "Conversations Podcast"
In this episode, we dive into a captivating discussion about Iran, recognizing the strong interest our global audience has in democratic values. Our guest shares their personal experiences growing up in Iran, offering a compelling perspective on the country's rich historical context. We explore the current challenges Iran faces, including insightful conversations about opposition movements and ongoing efforts for societal change.
Additionally, our guest shares their thoughts on the United States' role in Iran, discussing past funding and diplomatic actions like the Iran Nuclear deal. We wrap up the episode by expressing gratitude to our guest for their valuable insights and stressing the importance of freedom and democracy for Iran's future.
Welcome to a special episode of the Conversations Podcast, where we explore military culture, faith in veterans, and their integration into the workforce.
Our guest today is Kathy Lowrey Gallowitz, LtCol, USAF, Retired, founder of Vanguard Veterans, supporting military personnel transitioning to civilian life.
Kathy stresses moving beyond "thank you for your service" and introduces her book, "Beyond 'Thank You for Your Service:' The Veteran Champion Handbook for Civilians," fostering gratitude and tangible support.
Each chapter reveals how individuals can become veteran champions, sharing stories of civilians uplifting veterans' lives.
We discuss faith, healthcare, and legal sectors' crucial role in supporting military families and how everyone can contribute.
As Kathy highlights, just as civilians depend on the military for protection, our military community relies on citizen support.
Join us to honor veterans' sacrifices and build a more supportive community.
Visit Vanguard Veterans at to learn more, and grab a copy of Kathy's book here
Season III of Conversations podcast brings to your attention seven unique guest speakers with characters that resonate with candor and experiences in common to the uniqueness of your life. As you listen to each episode, gravitate to the stories that illuminate values of society, business and even political satisfaction. Each unique conversation is, indulgence.
Season 2 finale with Dr. Elisa Kawam, is rich with therapeutic context and purpose. Dr. Kawam perspectives on the nature of trauma as concerned on children, youth, and families is vital to dissecting a variety of social and economic challenges in our daily lives and society. This episode identities solutions for Arizona mental health communities and the variances of social work investment in healing and preventing social, personal and generational trauma. A genuine conversation focusing on the essential aspects of local policy, advocacy and the values of serving others in human compassion. Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: 988National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673
A straightforward episode featuring Grand Canyon Education Chief Information Security Officer, Mike Manrod. Mike views on cybersecurity and how it intersects with our emotions are the main highlights of this episode. We discussed how emotional biases are exploited in cyberattacks, the differences between disinformation/disinformation and other relevant areas concerning cybercrime from an industry standpoint. The audience is welcome to get hold of Mike via he's social media handles: Twitter LinkedIn
In this episode, COO at Space Foundation Shelli Brunswick, shared her perspectives on ways to increase women participation in the new space economy. Shelli highlights how the Space Foundation is advocating to expand the gateway to education, information and collaboration for space exploration and space-inspired industries that define the global space ecosystem. Additionally, we discussed why female entrepreneurship is vital in the space economy. A value conversation covering entrepreneurship, workforce and space activities in Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona. Learn more about Shell Brunswick by visiting her website
A momentary dialogue with Urban Phoenix Project President Ryan Boyd. This episode Ryan is offering a rebuttal to Randal O'toole narratives on urban transportation development in Phoenix, Arizona. This conversations makes a difference to the audience understanding of urban infrastructure activities through an analysis of Urban Phoenix Project involvement in shaping policy decision of phoenix urban transportation projects and their benefits to phoenix residents. Learn more about Ryan at Urban Phoenix Project
In this conversation, Amilyn brings to the table a valued insight that breaks down the complexities of metaverse, web 3.0 and blockchain technologies. Her insights share use case applications and benefits of metaverse, web 3.0 and blockchain technologies in education, finance, private digital spaces and everyday life.
To further your curiosity about this technologies, connect with Amilyn Castro via her LinkedIn
Episode II is a dialogue for the audience to indulge in a perspective that breakdown public transportation infrastructure and urban development policies. Randal O'Toole viewpoints bring to light the scale of transportation projects in Arizona economy.
You can contact and learn more about Randal O'Toole at: https://ti.org/antiplanner/
Conversations Season II Episode I presents the the disconnect between education industry from the viewpoint of a young professional.
Welcome to Season II of Conversations. This season you’ll hear from a variety of Arizonans share their perspectives, discuss issues and present solutions on what matters most to them. Each episode is a conversation that examines business, social, political, or institutional viewpoints to help you solve your own challenges, gain insights in a technological society, and prepare to take on what comes next. Welcome to season II. One Conversation, Makes a Difference.
An episode with 2x NCAA Champion, 4X All-American and 2X NWCA All-Academic Team Roman Bravo-Young. Bravo-Young, took a moment to share his terrific journey to the top of college athleticism. This conversation, highlights the adversities in Bravo-Youngs' adolescent environment and the influence of education in his decision making to raise the standard for others in his community to go towards by pursuing a future in sport during and after his college career. Bravo-Young is currently a senior at Pennsylvania State University and graduated from Sunnyside High School in Tucson, Arizona. Bravo-Young journey, highlights the impact of sports on society.
Roman Bravo-Young Contact:
Instagram:@RomanBravoYoung
Twitter: RomanBravoYoung
Website:https://www.romanbravoyoung.com/
A conversation with Tarun Bassi were we discussed the importance of obesity medicine. In this episode, Dr. Bassi commented on the pillars of nutrition, exercise and behavior modification. As chronic medical issues inflate in post pandemic America, Dr. Bassi shared a noteworthy perspective on how medical school curriculum, government influence and entrepreneurial solutions are a factor in better curbing the implication of obesity among ourselves.
Dr. Tarun Bassi Contact:
https://www.bassiclinic.com/
Tel: 602-354-3311
This conversation dives into pop culture! Marques Bottorf a Psychology masters student at the University of Arizona discusses what really happened at the 2022 Oscar award. Apart from Oscar drama, Marques explore the relevancies' of celebrities individual privacy in regards to meeting fan expectations. Marques, perspectives are a reflection of his own personal appreciation of living life, devoid of social and individual pressure.
Find Marques on Instagram: @tumble_marques
This episode examines the live and let live global peace movement. Marc Victor, illustrates how moral and legal principals by live and let live global movement is a force for positive impact to modern society. Sharing a societal perspective, on the fibers of why moral rules are important, Marc highlights how aggression hinders growths in education, economic and legal environments. We discussed further on how initiating force against another person or their property, fraud, coercion, as well as doing anything that creates a substantial risk or threat of harm to another person or their property attributes to ensuring effective government functionality.
A conversation with community advocate Alison Porter. In this episode, Alison goes into strengthening and improving American democracy. Alison points out the perspectives of technology, money and activism in civic engagement. We discussed health care issues, voting and cultural impact and the influence of her parents in guiding her to advocate for solutions that get good people elected.
This episode captures Roy's influence in his community from a societal, industrial and individual perspective and the impact classical liberal ideas such as political and economic freedom, the rule of law and the open exchange of ideas connects to education, transportation and government activities in Arizona. Roy is a consultant, a retired banker, a retired Air Force Colonel, a community organizer, co-founder of the Goldwater Institute, an active ASU supporter, and involved in many civic and political organizations.
This episode takes into perspective personal responsibility as a strong trait that guided Marcy LaRont from profit to non-profit career. Her personal outlook of how she got to where she is today highlights the importance personal responsibility. Today, Marcy applies the lessons from her professional and personal experiences to structure and increase personal accountability within the homeless community in Phoenix, Arizona as Director of Development at St. Joseph The Worker.
Marcy Contact Info:
Phone:(844) SJW-JOBS/(844) 759-5627
Email: malaront@sjwjobs.org
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