| 8/25/2008 |
Freeing the Internet: Outdoors and Online with NYCwireless
A feature about NYCwireless, a group that is trying to open free internet to everyone in parks and affordable housing. |
| 8/15/2008 |
Eight Years Out: The Public Impact of AmeriCorps Service with Bob Grimm
Bob Grimm, Director of Research and Policy Development & Senior Counselor to the CEO at the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), discusses an eight-year longitudinal study about AmeriCorps' effect on pursuing a public service career. |
| 7/31/2008 |
How to Learn-a-Palooza
This past May in Washington, D.C., people came together in the neighborhoods of Adams Morgan and Dupont Circle to teach each other everything they know. Literally.
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| 7/10/2008 |
Peace Corps & Graduate School: Eileen Conoboy
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Eileen Conoboy, Director of the Office of University Programs at Peace Corps, speaks with Idealist’s Amy Potthast about Peace Corps and its two graduate school partnership programs, Masters International and Fellows USA.
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| 6/9/2008 |
Born to be BAADS
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Features the Bay Area Association of Disabled Sailors (or BAADS), a sailing group that pairs two people with complementary disabilities as well as uses inventive technology to enable the more daring to sail alone. |
| 5/14/2008 |
Lifelong Service: AmeriCorps Alums' Amity Tripp
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Amity Trip talks about the role of AmeriCorps members, the long-term benefits of serving in AmeriCorps and achievements of alumni, and the work of AmeriCorps Alums nationally and locally. |
| 4/17/2008 |
Going Loco: The Ubuntu Community
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We explore Ubuntu Linux and open source software's history, what it does, how open source is changing technological development-- and why some people want to stop it. |
| 3/31/2008 |
Career Guru: NYU Wagner School's David Schachter
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An interview with David Schachter, Assistant Dean for Career Services and Experiential Learning at The Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at NYU. David manages Wagner’s career-related support of students and alumni. |
| 3/13/2008 |
Two Fools. One Adventure. No Idea: Tuxedo Travels and CouchSurfing.com
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We highlight two projects, Tuxedo Travels and CouchSurfing.com, that are making the world a little bit friendlier to live in. |
| 2/25/2008 |
PolitiCorps: Shaping Leaders for the Politics of Tomorrow
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Idealist.org's Amy Potthast talks with Caitlyn and Emily about the Bus Project, PolitiCorps, and careers in political campaigning. |
| 2/4/2008 |
Check Your Debt at the Door: Community Banking in the Bronx
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We explore what it means for a neighborhood to have an absence of banks—and what it takes for a few people to start one from scratch. |
| 1/11/2008 |
Lara Galinksy of Echoing Green
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Lara Galinksy talks about risk-taking in social entrepreneurship, how to measure social returns on an investment, common characteristics of the visionaries funded by Echoing Green, and the book Be Bold that she co-authored with Cheryl E. Dorsey on creating a career "with impact." |
| 12/21/2007 |
New Year's Wishes From Future World Leaders
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We hear wishes and dreams for the upcoming year from kids ages 3 to 13. We were inspired, moved and tickled by their honest ideas to make the world a better place—let's just say that robots are in the plan. |
| 11/26/2007 |
Pledgebank
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We discuss one of the success of Pledgebank, a project of the UK-based organization mySociety, where people pledge to take an action as long as a certain amount of others do too. |
| 11/2/2007 |
Interns Outside the Box
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When you hear about interns, you most likely think about someone being trapped in a boxy cubicle sending emails, fetching coffee for an angry manager or well connected kids kicking back their feet on the desk for a summer. We found otherwise. |
| 10/22/2007 |
Katrina Mathis, AmeriCorps*NCCC
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An interview with Katrina Mathis, the Recruitment Specialist with AmeriCorps*NCCC. AmeriCorps*NCCC (National Civilian Community Corps) is one of three branches of AmeriCorps, the domestic Peace Corps. |
| 10/3/2007 |
Walkers Part 2, Val
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In this two part episode we hear from two people who are connecting people, issues and organizations through the act of walking. More than just a leisurely stroll, they are raising awareness and money for important issues by walking an astonishing one thousand miles. |
| 9/25/2007 |
Walkers Part 1, Iain
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In this two part episode we hear from two people who are connecting people, issues and organizations through the act of walking. More than just a leisurely stroll, they are raising awareness and money for important issues by walking an astonishing one thousand miles. |
| 9/7/2007 |
Chris Asch, U.S. Public Service Academy
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Chris Asch discusses the mission of the USPSA-- the first national civilian university in the United States-- to develop and educate future leaders in public service. |
| 8/21/2007 |
Startup Meeting: Chicago
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We highlight the Chicago Idealist Network by interviewing the hosts (Dave and Katie) and some attendees (Ryan, Jeff and Jackie). They discuss how this group that grew from 9 to 150 members is now making connections within their community. |
