FoossaPod is going on a hiatus while Lee-Sean works on a new podcast with AIGA called Design Future Now, which explores the changing context of the design discipline and profession. Tune in to the latest episode of Design Future Now featuring Jack Roberts, author, designer, educator,  filmmaker, and member of the Cherokee Nation. Subscribe to Design Future Now! http://anchor.fm/designfuturenow  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foossa/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/foossa/support

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FoossaPod Hiatus + Launch of AIGA's Design Future Now

We are back with FoossaPod, a podcast about creativity, community, and the things that matter. In this episode, Lee-Sean Huang and David Colby Reed have a conversation with filmmaker, children’s book author, breakdancer and all around polymath Paolo Bitanga, also known as B-Boy Pawi. We talked about the power of play, pursuing creative careers across disciplines, and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foossa/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/foossa/support

Paolo Bitanga (B-Boy Pawi) on Play

David Colby Reed and Lee-Sean Huang interview Jeremy Heimans, CEO of Purpose and co-author of the book New Power: How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World–and How to Make It Work for You. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foossa/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/foossa/support

Jeremy Heimans on New Power

Foossa's Lee-Sean Huang interviews Andrew Benedict-Nelson, author of See Think Solve: A Simple Way to Tackle Tough Problems. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foossa/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/foossa/support

Andrew Benedict-Nelson on Norms and Innovation

How can storytelling help foster healthy masculinity in a time of #MeToo and Time’s Up? How can social learning help us examine and challenge gender norms to promote health, peace, and justice?  In this episode of FoossaPod, Lee-Sean Huang interviews Dr. Josie Lehrer of the Men’s Stories Project, a movement building project for healthy masculinity. The project uses the power of storytelling and social learning to promote community, health, and peace-building. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foossa/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/foossa/support

Josie Lehrer on the Men's Story Project

This is the audio version of an article on Design Thinking that Lee-Sean Huang wrote in response to Pentagram partner Natasha Jen's provocative talk at the 99U Conference, "Design Thinking Is BS" --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foossa/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/foossa/support

Design Thinking Is BS, And We Should Promote It Anyway

Foossa’s David Colby Reed talks with New York City Council Member Keith Powers about civic engagement, housing, and criminal justice reform, including the planned closing of the Rikers Island jail complex. Council Member Keith Powers represents New York City’s 4th District, which includes the Manhattan neighborhoods of the Upper East Side, Central Park South, Grand Central Terminal, Tudor City, Waterside, Peter Cooper Village, Carnegie Hill, Stuyvesant Town, the United Nations as well as part of Yorkville and Turtle Bay. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foossa/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/foossa/support

NYC Council Member Keith Powers on Criminal Justice, Housing, and Civic Engagement

How can local politicians design ways to better engage their constituents? Can processes like participatory budgeting or streamlined digital technologies help increase civic engagement? In this episode of FoossaPod, David Colby Reed and Lee-Sean Huang have a conversation with New York City Council Member Carlina Rivera to discuss these topics and more. Council Member Rivera represents New York City District 2, which includes the diverse Manhattan neighborhoods of the Lower East Side, East Village, Gramercy, Rose Hill, Kips Bay, Flatiron, Union Square, and Murray Hill. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foossa/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/foossa/support

NYC Council Member Carlina Rivera on Civic Engagement

David Colby Reed & Lee-Sean Huang interview Ndidi Amutah about health disparities and equity and multidisciplinary approaches to deal with these issues. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foossa/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/foossa/support

Ndidi Amutah on Health Disparities and Equity

What can modern art museums teach us about commemorating the Holocaust? And why is legislation not enough to stop human trafficking? What are some of the recurring patterns that help us innovate by shifting behaviors, crafting culture, and making systems change? In this episode of FoossaPod, David Colby Reed and Lee-Sean Huang talk with Jeff Leitner to explore these questions and to discuss the importance of looking at norms as a starting point for social innovation. Jeff has worked on social innovation projects in a range of sectors ranging from diplomacy, to healthcare, to education. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foossa/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/foossa/support

Jeff Leitner on Innovation Dynamics

Loneliness kills.  Fortune Magazine analyzed findings from 70 scientific studies. They found that loneliness, isolation, and living alone all had a significant effect on a person's risk for early death.  Loneliness affects people of all ages, but older people are particularly vulnerable.   In this episode of Foossapod, we hear from Meli Glenn and Adam Green from Klaatch. Klaatch is a service that is ending loneliness among seniors.  Klaatch removes the barriers to making meaningful connections, in-person, that create lasting change and improve healthy aging. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foossa/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/foossa/support

FoossaPod: Klaatch on Design for Meaningful Connections and Healthy Seniors

How can community engagement help humanitarian health workers save more lives? What can the humanitarian health community learn from global brands like Coca Cola and McDonalds? In this episode of FoossaPod, we hear from Dr. Uzma Alam, an expert in international humanitarian health. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foossa/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/foossa/support

Uzma Alam on Community Engagement in International Humanitarian Health

What does Wonder Woman's long lost Black twin sister have to do with inclusion in the media and in public health? Find out from our special guest Regina Davis Moss, an expert in minority women and girl’s health and an Allies Reaching for Community Health Equity (ARCHE) Public Voices fellow at the The OpEd Project. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foossa/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/foossa/support

Regina Davis Moss on Wonder Woman's Black Twin Sister and Inclusion in Media and Health

Lee-Sean talks to Diane Hwang about her experience designing ways to help healthcare patients stay on track with their prescriptions. We also talk about designing for community in an open and iterative way at the MiLES DoTank. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foossa/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/foossa/support

Diane Hwang on Designing for Health and the DoTank

David Colby Reed and Lee-Sean Huang host conversations about creativity, community, and the things that matter. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/foossa/support

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