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People-first leadership conversations.

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Hunger Can Affect Anyone - Carly Auten & Meredith Knopp on Food Insecurity

EP01 · CARLY AUTEN AND MEREDITH KNOPP

Jeff Rola talks with Carly Auten of Neighbor Impact and Meredith Knopp of the St. Louis Area Food Bank about what leadership looks like when hunger is real, constant, and deeply local. The conversation covers dignity-centered food access, the scale behind food banking, and why hunger can affect anyone - but anyone can affect hunger.

How Communities Fund Their Own Food Systems - Lyle Estill & Woody Tasch

EP02 · LYLE ESTILL AND WOODY TASCH

Jeff Rola talks with Lyle Estill and Woody Tasch about Slow Money, local food systems, community investing, and what it takes to keep capital circulating locally.

This Is What Soft Power Is All About - Renee Alexander & Thomas Rogers

EP03 · RENEE ALEXANDER AND THOMAS ROGERS

Jeff Rola talks with Renee Alexander and Thomas Rogers about the Peace Corps, USAID, humanitarian response, service abroad, and the quiet discipline of building trust across borders.

The Keeling Curve and What the Climate Data Tells Us - Ralph Keeling & Art Miller

EP04 · RALPH KEELING AND ART MILLER

Jeff Rola talks with Ralph Keeling and Art Miller about the Keeling Curve, atmospheric CO2, climate science, scientific responsibility, and what communities can still learn from long-range data.

We've Turned the Corner - Hydrogen, Microgrids and Community Energy with Shannon Souza & Dave Edlund

EP05 · SHANNON SOUZA AND DAVE EDLUND

Jeff Rola talks with Shannon Souza and Dave Edlund about hydrogen, microgrids, distributed generation, clean fuels, and community-scale energy in the Pacific Northwest.

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