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Stoic Coffee Break283 - Interview With Entrepreneur Gavan WilhiteI'm sorry there is no transcript for this episode. I ran it through the usual service I use and it came out so poorly, that it wasn't worth putting up here. This weeks episode is an interview with Gavan Wilhite. Gavan has been an entrepreneur for over a decade and has had a few successes and a few misses. His most successful exit was when his company AltSpaceVR was purchased by Microsoft. We discuss how to use stoicism in entrepreneurship and person life to manage emotions, take risks and follow your personal principles. I hope you enjoy this...
2024-01-141h 26Stoic Coffee Break283 - Interview With Entrepreneur Gavan WilhiteI'm sorry there is no transcript for this episode. I ran it through the usual service I use and it came out so poorly, that it wasn't worth putting up here. This weeks episode is an interview with Gavan Wilhite. Gavan has been an entrepreneur for over a decade and has had a few successes and a few misses. His most successful exit was when his company AltSpaceVR was purchased by Microsoft. We discuss how to use stoicism in entrepreneurship and person life to manage emotions, take risks and follow your personal principles. I hope you enjoy this...
2024-01-141h 26
Stoic Coffee Break283 - Interview With Entrepreneur Gavan WilhiteThis weeks episode is an interview with Gavan Wilhite. Gavan has been an entrepreneur for over a decade and has had a few successes and a few misses. His most successful exit was when his company AltSpaceVR was purchased by Microsoft. We discuss how to use stoicism in entrepreneurship and person life to manage emotions, take risks and follow your personal principles. I hope you enjoy this interview as much as I enjoyed making it. You can find more information on Gavan at https://wilhite.ioSend us a textWant to be a more effective leader...
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REROUTE.FMNational Well-BeingIn this episode, we speak with Andrew Frawley. Andrew is many-talented force in American politics. Starting from a background in marketing, he became the first person hired onto the Yang2020 presidential campaign, created the MATH hat, and helped grow the movement into the force it is today.He currently is the Executive Director of the “Good Life Movement”, an organization dedicated to advancing mental health policy through bipartisan civic engagement, awareness, and direct action.Today we’ll dive into topics including the power dynamics present in American politics, how shifting views on mental health can lead t...
2023-01-081h 27REROUTE.FMMindful CreationIn this episode, we speak with Alex Maki-Jokela. Maki is an engineer-turned-artist and entrepreneur. His work includes Burning Man art installations, arctic vaults designed to preserve open-source code for millennia, and an AI-driven fashion company. He is currently the COO of GreenCubes, a startup building automated infrastructure for urban food production. We’ll dive into topics including integrating AI into design workflows, mindfully navigating the emotional challenges of entrepreneurship, and positive ways to push yourself to execute on intentions.>> Links and References
2022-11-141h 23REROUTE.FMPlatforms for the PeopleIn this episode, we speak with Aviv Ovadya. Aviv is a consultant who specializes in the governance of emerging technologies, particularly those of artificial intelligence and online social platforms. He has been a Technology and Public Purpose Fellow at Harvard's Belfer Center, and served as Chief Technologist at the Center for Social Media Responsibility at the University of Michigan. We’ll dive into topics including lottocracies, incentive-structures for change in big-tech companies, and promising social media algorithms for improving online discourse.>> Links and References
2022-08-011h 14REROUTE.FMFinding the Way WithinIn this episode, we speak with Adam Elzer. Adam is the founder of Within, a wellness retreat and event space in the Delaware River Valley, which is an hour or two outside New York City. His background includes 20 years of building NY-based organizations focused on hospitality and food, including Everyday Hospitality and Empellon. Today we’ll dive into topics like the healing power of nature, getting land-based projects off the ground, and how the inner work you do for yourself can turn into the outer work you do for others.>> Links and References
2022-06-2259 minREROUTE.FMHousing Our NeighborsIn this episode, we speak with Gabby Beans. Gabby is a member and lead producer for the New York-based aid network Home is a Human Right. She is also an actor, writer, and filmmaker, who has been recently featured in TV shows like Succession, House of Cards, and Blue Bloods. Today we’ll dive into topics including mutual aid networks, tactics for helping house the unhoused, and better ways to think about those living on our streets.>> Links and References Research Regarding Homelessness and Criminality
2022-04-181h 15REROUTE.FMSecuring the Social LayerIn this episode, we speak with friend of the show Dr. Matthew Canham. Dr. Canham is the CEO of Beyond Layer 7, a consultancy that assists with cybersecurity analytics and culture development, as well as the Senior Director of Operations at the security company Khonsoo.He previously worked as a Professor of Cyber Security at University of Central Florida, and as a Special Agent in the FBI. During his career in law enforcement, he served as the Program Manager of the Emerging Technologies Program for the FBI’s Operational Technology Division. While there, he evaluated new tec...
2022-03-241h 40REROUTE.FMWorking Well TogetherIn this episode, we speak with Rich D. Bartlett. Rich is a co-founder of Loomio: a platform for small-scale digital democracy; as well as The Hum: a consultancy for improving the operations of decentralized organizations. He also is the designer behind the Microsolidarity methodology of community-building. In this episode we’ll dive into process facilitation for decentralized organizations, methods for developing a sense of belonging, and how to create containers where people can actually change their minds. We also run our first ReRoute collaborative brainstorm for finding non-traditional forces to stay grounded to real needs as an or...
2022-02-211h 07REROUTE.FMBoth Regeneration And DevelopmentIn this episode, we speak with Jason Snyder, Jared Janes, and our very own producer, Nick Thurston.Jason is a homesteader, host of the Doomer Optimism podcast, and professor at Appalachian State University with a focus on local food systems. He is passionate about transitioning us to a more resilient and regenerative society.Jared is a prolific podcaster, yogi, and co-founder of the Evolving Ground community of practice. He cares deeply about the principles of human development and following its many threads.The two of them are the minds behind the Both/And...
2022-02-071h 24REROUTE.FMBuilding Beautiful WorldsIn this episode, we get to speak with Paisley Smith. Paisley is a virtual reality creator and filmmaker. She is a Civic Media Fellow at the University of Southern California, and currently leads Unity for Humanity, a project that funds impact-oriented creations that leverage the Unity game engine.Gavan and Paisley talk about a variety of ways one can create positive change through game technology, how we can challenge our cultural assumptions while crafting worlds, and the timeless power of the humble animated GIF.They also touch on Paisley's world building work with Feminist Futures...
2021-10-261h 31REROUTE.FMLead Like a JediIn this episode, we speak with Donnie Hill. Donnie is a communication & leadership coach, and an impact-oriented business strategist. He currently runs the Life Maximizer consultancy, sourcing his lessons from an eclectic background which ranges from personal training to stage acting.It’s clear that many traditional leadership and communication techniques aren’t taking us down the roads we need to walk together. Often “influence” techniques seem manipulative, morally grey, or even dark-side. Donnie points us down a new route: one inspired quite a bit more by the light-side of the force.Donnie and Gavan talk abo...
2021-10-101h 36REROUTE.FMReimagining Digital InfrastructureIn this episode, we speak with Cade Diehm. Cade is a political and systems theorist who was an early contributor on the messaging app Signal, as well as the chief design officer at SpiderOak. He went on to lead design and security research at Tactical Tech, and most recently founded The New Design Congress where he currently researches the intersection of digital infrastructure, politics, and society.Topics covered include the concept of digital regionalism, methods for building more ethical systems, and ways to challenge assumptions about how we build technology by imagining alternative histories.
2021-09-122h 17REROUTE.FMRationality AbroadIn this special episode, recorded on location in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, we speak with Tilek Mamutov. Tilek is a software engineer and entrepreneur. He recently led projects at Google X, including at Loon: a moonshot to deliver internet to underserved populations via stratospheric balloons.He now is the founder & CEO of Outtalent, a Y Combinator-backed startup helping engineers from emerging markets level-up and get jobs at Silicon Valley tech companies.In this conversation, Gavan and Tilek talk about fostering personal rationality, methods for instilling values into organizations, and how to create a career trajectory aimed at...
2021-08-221h 24REROUTE.FMWriting the FutureIn this episode, we speak with Sherryl Vint. Sherryl is a professor of science fiction at University of California Riverside, and the author of a number of books including Science Fiction from the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, and Biopolitical Futures, which comes out later this year.We'll be talking about the roles that speculative fiction plays in our society, ways to critically navigate both utopian and dystopian narratives, and how science fiction thinking is, and isn’t, making it into the corporate world.>> ACTIVATIONS REFERENCES
2021-06-271h 32REROUTE.FMTechnological Risk & RewardIn this episode, we speak with Jeffrey Ladish. Jeffrey wears many hats. He is variously a biologist, a cybersecurity and biosecurity consultant at Stanford University, and the founder of Gordian Research, which provides operational security and select biosecurity consulting services. Jeffrey and Gavan get meta/nerd out on the dual-use model of risk assessment for emerging technologies, discuss the lab origin theory for SARS-CoV-2, and Jeffrey offers some best-practices for your own personal security. Producer Nick's toe sticks out momentarily from behind the curtain.>> ACTIVATIONS LINKS AND REFERENCES
2021-06-131h 19REROUTE.FMDesigning Desire & the Post-Work CityIn this episode, we speak with Eric Wycoff Rogers. Eric is a scholar, organizer, designer, and artist currently based in Cambridge in the UK. We touch on their project Critical Hedonism(s), which seeks to transform how society distributes pleasure and care, and talk about redesigning cities in an increasingly post-work world; among many other interesting topics. We probably (definitely) nerd out about Cyberpunk 2077.>> References
2021-05-301h 13REROUTE.FMThe Politics of ReasonIn this episode of ReRoute, we speak with Sean Faircloth. Sean is a writer, an attorney, and a politician. Sean has authored both books and articles, served as State Senator, House Majority Whip, and as the Mayor of Bangor, Maine. He is also the founder of the Maine Discovery Museum. We speak about ethical capitalism, religious exemptions in government, the dangers of modern authoritarianism, and why you should consider getting involved in politics.>> Activations
2021-05-151h 12REROUTE.FMJust Living TogetherIn Episode 002 we have the pleasure of speaking with Zarinah Agnew, a neuroscientist and activist based in San Francisco, CA. We touch on relationship transitions vs. breakups, experiments in intentional community living, the dire need for criminal justice reform, and the massive potential for change in the aftermath of the COVID pandemic.
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https://givebutter.com/DistComm (Give to District Commons)
https://www.gofundme.com/f/district-commonscreating-collective-possiblities?utm_campaign=p_cp_url&utm_medium=os&utm_source=customer (District Commons GoFundMe)
https://beyondreturn.org/ (Beyond Return)
https://www.secondlifeproject.net/ (The Second Life Project)
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2021-05-011h 00REROUTE.FMThis Ten Thousand Year MomentIn our inaugural episode, we speak with philosopher and Director of Development for the Long Now Foundation Nicholas Paul Brysiewicz. We touch on topics ranging from finite vs. infinite games, our relationship to technology, and how to build and sustain multi-generational institutions.>> Activations Links and References
2021-04-301h 27REROUTE.FMTrailerHumanity stands at a crossroads. We face a myriad of existential challenges, yet we are closer than ever to realizing the dream of global flourishing. Finding the right path forward has never been more consequential.ReRoute is a podcast about creatively navigating around disaster and towards a brighter future.Join us as host Gavan Wilhite and a series of cultural and technological visionaries explore new systems and stories for brightening our shared path forward.Stay tuned for our first episodes on 5/1/21!
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