PODCAST · society
Onwrd
by Onwrd
Exploring the social innovations and innovators moving society forward.
Episodes
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Onwrd Ep. 40 - Scaling Renewable Energy with Aviv Shalgi of SolarSimplified
In this conversation, we connect with Aviv Shalgi, founder of Solar Simplified, an exciting example of win-win-win thinking applied to the energy industry. By matching renters, homeowners, and small businesses who care about the environment and want to save money on their electricity bill with...
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Onwrd Ep.39 - On Currency & Governance Design with Grace Rachmany
As we race into the greater recession, or depression, and the rules and tools we have taken as constant disintegrate, we are presented with an amazing opportunity - to invent systems that are stronger, more just - to shift our understanding of what value is and how it is transferred and to...
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Onwrd Ep.37 - On Incentivizing Healthy Financial Habits with Leighton Cusack of PoolTogether
By intentionally designing our processes and systems to reward the behaviors we want, we can more quickly create the outcomes we seek. Times are changing, and the time is ripe to re-establish, reinvent and rejigger the processes we rely on to move the world forward. Today we connect with Pool...
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Onwrd Ep.38 - On Improving The Housing Supply Chain with Amy Appleton of SHARE California
When it comes to housing, the challenge we face is not an imbalance of housing supply and demand, but a gross misallocation of our housing resources. How many homes do you have? How many empty rooms are in your home(s)? On your street? In your city? Map this fact on top of a growing elderly...
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Onwrd Ep. 36 - On Hip-Hop For Mental Health with Jonah Scott & Max Kline of Rhythmic Mind
Before we were mandated to stay isolated, many of us struggled with a lack a connection - to self, our culture, our families, our friends, our purpose and environments. This lack of connection is at the root of many of our mental health challenges, that present as anxiety, cutting, bullying…
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Onwrd Ep.35 - On Digital Ownership with Devin Finzer of OpenSea.io
What does ownership mean in a digital age? As our lives move more virtual, answering this question becomes very important. Questions of authenticity, of history, and of piracy. Blockchain technologies inherent transparency, veracity, and decentralized, baked into the infrastructure, make it...
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Onwrd Ep.34 - On Peer-to-Peer Lending with Sidney Powell of Maple.Finance
At the root of many social problems communities face the world over, at any scale, lay finances. Our financial services are inefficient, obfuscated and inaccessible. To respond to the pains and constraints we face regarding accessing and using money, a growing cohort of social innovators are...
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Onwrd Ep. 33 - On Spendless Giving with Victor Rortvedt of rTrees
There is a rising suit of tools that allow people the world over to begin doing things with their money that has previously been impossible. As blockchain tools begin to grow up, we are seeing a creative explosion of possibilities as people begin to program money. One tools that we have mentioned…
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Onwrd Ep. 28 - On How We Work with John Gieryn of Enspiral Network
Great work places inspire hope, foment change and are fertile grounds for creative thinking. Great work places and organizations are too far and few in between. Enspiral is changing that by ensuring their clients and partners are practicing effective patterns of collaboration. As we start this…
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Onwrd Ep.32 - On Real-time Payments for Work with Paul Berg of Sablier.Finance
The economy is rapidly evolving - we just had the highest highs, followed by unprecedented volatility. This combined with the fact that we enjoy a global workforce, interconnected by interdependent central banking systems, makes all of us vulnerable to the ebbs and flows of economic whims…
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Onwrd Ep. 31 - On Making Web3 Accessible with Jonny Zerah of Status
Marshall McLuhan once wrote, "We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us.” Consider how the internet has shaped reality in less than a quarter century. While human’s are great at creating tools, we have a shockingly poor ability to understand the implication of our tools when the world...
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Onwrd Ep. 30 - Improving Charitable Giving with Lucas Kohorst
Sustaining the important work of non-profits is vital to solving the challenges society faces that the "free market" is not incentivized to solve. Innovative solutions that lower the threshold for who can be a philanthropist, and that provide a dependable source of funding for our non-profit...
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Onwrd Ep.29 - Decentralizing Financial Services With Zer0 Collateral
In the face of this, a new bread of entrepreneur is emerging with the aims of decentralizing financial services and increasing the transparency, autonomy and validity of economic systems. The movement goes by the name, DeFi (as in decentralized finance). To realize this vision of decentralizing...
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Onwrd Ep. 27 - Elevating The Voice Of The Vulnerable with Law at the Margins
Media has always played a pivotal role in shifting the patterns we seek to change. New stories help cultures shift behaviors, patterns and potentially bring about long-sought-after changes. So how can we shift the narratives around some of our most entrenched social ills? Two innovators are…
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Onwrd Ep.26 - Home As Health with Dr. Bamberger of UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative
Over 80% of our health outcomes are determined by things doctors can't fix. In this episode, we meet a doctor has dedicated his life to to addressing the health needs of some of our most in need and vulnerable by taking a unique approach to healthcare. Through his journey, this doctor has…
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Onwrd Ep.25 - Community Land Trusts with Cassandra Ferrera of CommonSpace
Communities around the globe are experiencing unprecedented challenges in housing their residents, and social innovators are applying their creativity to solving the challenge. In this episode, we explore one potential solution that is elegant and complex: community land trusts. Helping us unpack...
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Onwrd Ep. 24 - With John McAfee
John McAfee is a visionary, mogul, fugitive, presidential candidate, entrepreneur, a true one of a kind. In this episode John and I discuss why he is running for President of the USA in 2020, love, literature, arrest records and more. Twitter: twitter.com/officialmcafee
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Onwrd Ep.23 - On Device Addiction with Alex Simmons of Yondr
Cell phone ubiquity is inhibiting us all from communicating and connecting in the ways we strive to be with one another. It has reached a fever pitch and I am more aware of their negative effects now more than ever. Leaving aside the impact of these devices on our youth (e.g. cyber bullying), our...
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Onwrd Ep.21 - Building A Better Monetary System with Ryan of PirateChain
In a world of increasing decentralization (think Social Media, WikiPedia, AirBnB, Lyft, #MeToo) one arena has not yet been decentralized - finance. That being said, citizens the world over are all too aware of the negative impact of the current financial system, driven by centralize banks. Thus,...
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Onwrd Ep. 22 - Industrial Scale 3D Printing with Samantha Snabes, Co-founder of re:3D
Creativity, autonomy, localism, and customization are just a few of the dominant trends of the 21st Century, so it is no surprise that we are seeing the rise of 3D printing. As more maker spaces, teen centers, science clubs and libraries getting a hold of these relatively inexpensive home-based...
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Onwrd Ep.20 - The Future of Governance with Paola Santana of Social Glass
Across the globe, liberal democracies are facing grave challenges. And should some of these nations fall, what will replace their democratic institutions? If we are not actively creating what comes next, we are likely to revert to one of the governing systems the 20th Century has already proven...
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Onwrd Ep. 19 - Improving Online Communication with Anthony Law, Founder of Gaugr
We have more communication tools than ever before, yet our ability to communicate with one another seems to be deteriorating. Is it the medium or the message that is becoming harder to navigate? Communication is the most powerful tool we have to solve and resolve our problems. But look around,...
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Onwrd Ep. 18 - Water with Ryan Pedrotti of Sonoma Water & Tyler Judson of Weeks Drilling & Pump
“Water is fluid, soft and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is another paradox: what is soft is strong.” – Lau Tzu No doubt, water is a powerful force...but, Mr....
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Onwrd Ep. 17 - Sustainable Disaster Relief with Will Heegaard of The Footprint Project
As natural disasters and their impacts grow by the year, the rebuild efforts become more complex and important. Many times, natural disasters set the stage for opportunists to come in and perpetuate the most unsavory aspect of capitalism. Luckily, many social innovators are dedicated to changing...
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Onwrd Ep. 16 - Food Is Medicine with Cathryn Couch of Ceres Community Project
Our health system tends to focus on drugs, diseases, doctors, and disorders, yet it is our daily habits and community that have a far greater impact on our health outcomes than the healthcare conversation tends to acknowledge. In this episode, I sit down with a revolutionary non-profit who is...
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Onwrd Ep.15 - Entrepreneurship with Elizabeth Gore of Alice
Entrepreneurship is at an all-time high. More creative risk-takers are bucking traditional employment and creating their own jobs, pursuing their passions and solving major problems at every scale, on every continent. But, becoming an entrepreneur is tough, and even tougher for those who the...
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Onwrd Ep.14 - Education with Give.si & Jen Klose
Our educational systems are out of date and in dire need of an upgrade. Luckily, there are many people working hard to shift the educational paradigm. In this episode, we meet two innovators who are changing the how education is delivered now, and for years to come. We discuss inspiring trends,...
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Onwrd Ep.13 - Beauty & Fashion with Style By Malia & Kreyol Essence
In this episode, I sit down with two entrepreneurs who are changing the fashion and beauty space business model - shifting from a culture that monetizes exploitation to one that is capitalizing off empowering. We discuss the state of the industry, inspiring trends, barriers to shifting culture…
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Onwrd Ep.12 - Housing The Homeless with Akash Kalia of The Palms Inn
Poverty in the USA has been stuck at 12% for the last 40 years. In recent years, cities have been dedicating more and more resource to fighting homelessness, yet the problem is only getting worse. While there are a lot of mysteries about homelessness, one things is clear, it is on the rise. And...
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Onwrd Ep.9 - Impact Investing with Casey Johnson of RSF Social Finance
While the social sector and private sector operate on different playing fields, they impact our shared reality. So how can we bridge this divide to ensure the great work of social innovators has the same opportunities to scale as the next Pepsi, Facebook or GoPro? A breed of financial services...
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Onwrd Ep.11 - On Diversity, Equity & Inclusion with Juan Lopez of Amistad Associates
Diversity is innovation. Innovation requires creativity, and creativity is bore from the alchemy of blending of multiple perspectives, possibilities and individual people. While individuality is powerful, it is even more impactful when mixed with the individualities of others. But how can we…
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Onwrd Ep.10 - Secure Elections with Jeffrey Stern of Votem
Democracy could use a reboot. A systems upgrade. We are in the middle of the 21st Century, and many basic democratic structures are way out of date. Voting is one of the most obvious examples. In today’s episode, I talk to Jeffrey Stern of Votem, a mobile voting platform designed to securely cast...
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Onwrd Ep.8 - On Workforce Development with Letitia Hanke of ARS Roofing
When was the last time you fixed a leaky sink? Built a fence? Rewired your lighting? If you are like me, the answer is “Never!” We rely on skilled tradesmen and women to fix-it and make our cars, homes, offices and vital infrastructure all better. But it’s becoming more difficult to find this...
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Onwrd Ep.7 - On Realtime Payments with Euros Evans of Etch
What if you didn't have to wait two weeks, or in some countries, a month to receive your paycheck? What if you could show up to work on Monday morning without a dime, and have enough money to buy lunch by 12pm? Payday advances/loans have been a long-time scourage on wage workers, but in the age…
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Onwrd Ep.6 - On Philanthropy with Dolores Estrada of CalEndow
Many problems our communities face are massive in scale, and the organizations fighting them are tiny in comparison. That being true, there are some behemoths out there. Large Philanthropic foundations who give millions upon millions of dollars away every year to remedy social issues. In this...
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Onwrd Ep.5 - On Distributed Ledger Technology with Piers Ridyard of Radix
The largest hotel company owns no real estate. The largest taxi companies own no taxis. The trend of decentralizing systems is creating a more resilient and flexible world. In this episode, I sit down with Piers Ridyard, CEO of www.RadixDLT.com, who is creating a platform for anyone to build...
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Onwrd Ep.4 - On Law & Power with Vinay Gupta of Mattereum
The scope of our rigid regulations and the diverse constituents occupying dynamic, radically changing societies are currently in painful juxtaposition. Luckily, Vinay Gupta, founder of Mattereum, Hexayurt Capital, and Ethereum, is working on making legal structures more flexible, enforceable and...
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Onwrd Ep.3 - On Global Health with Dr. Alex Cahana
AI, E-health records, telemedicine, the list goes on. So much innovation in the health space, so many exciting developments...but what is the problem health innovators are trying to solve? Dr. Cahana is a global health expert and practitioner with a systemic solution to the fissures of our global...
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Onwrd Ep.2 - On Personal Data with David Siegel of The Pillar Project
Data breach after data breach, hack after hack, our personal data is all over the internet, and is at risk of being compromised. What can we do to change how our digital identities and information is accessed, used and abused by organizations who rely on our data to provide services? David…
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Onwrd | On Social Innovation with Daniel Weinzveg
The "why" and "what" of the Onwrd podcast. I am your host, Daniel Weinzveg. Please join me on an inspiring journey as we talk to the humans working hard on the innovative projects and that are improving our global community.
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