Better Your World: Recent Episodes
Joshua LeClair
Better your world is a podcast featuring individuals taking action against the onslaught of disempowering headlines, and learning how we can make a difference too. In each episode we interview someone who is making a positive impact on their community and learn what we can do to make the world a better place 1% at a time.
For our last episode of the season, Laurel Lefkow gives an insight to her community storytelling events. Gather round as we chat personal narratives, the healing power of humor and overrunning Oscar speeches.
This week activist Michael Champagne takes time off saving the world to chat indigenous rights, subverting systemic racism and the Canadian ten dollar bill.
This week we chat to Craig Hung about the unlikely marriage of film and gerontology. We chat documentary filmmaking, why you should check your air filter, and ways to age well.
This week's guest is zero-waste activist and Broadway performer Julia McLellan! We chat zero waste on tour, dealing with trolls and how much of a difference you can actually make.
This joyful episode with David Kam explores the theory and benefits of play. Tune in for chat about stamp collecting, angry wedding planners and the power of play.
Karen Hartley comes to us from her temporarily digital counselling practice to talk about online therapy, Diet Coke and the art of conversation.
James Scott takes time away from running the news to chat about coming out of quarantine, avoiding the doom and gloom of news and where news comes from anyway.
Shruti has taken some of her valuable time off to discuss her experience as an intern in an Indian hospital. Listen on for Covid-19 wards, personal protective equipment and an unusual green tea recipe with Shruti Sinha.
Hannah Gibson sits down to talk with us about inequality in higher education. Listen for insights on reading lists, African languages and diversity in academia.
Martin Sherman offers us a quick refresher on what renewable energy is, why we need it and what he's doing about it. Look forward to chat about seaweed shepherds, self-taught science and the answer to everything in the universe ever.
Alex Ebinal is the founder of our partnered community, Knights of Academia, and the upcoming productivity platform Camelot. He sat down to talk with us about leadership, building strong companies and strategic thinking through Pokémon.
In our first full episode we sit down with Emma Compton who is pursuing her degree in Sign Language Interpretation in America. We talk about classic rock, Deaf vs. deaf, and how to flirt in sign language.
In this minisode, Joshua introduces the Better Your World podcast and the rationale behind it. A quick, three-minute sound bite to give you a taste of the exciting things to come! For show notes and more episodes visit betteryourworld.net.