Adam's Interviews

Motivation with Adam GreenbergHow can podcasts be designed and produced in multiple languages to serve specific, localized audiences effectively?A podcast is used as a tool to bridge gaps in health education for rural communities with limited internet access.“[It’s the] whole process of editing that’s tripped me up. What I’ve noticed, and what I’m realizing, is with the HIV podcast, doing that podcast for the community—for other people—is motivation for me to like… knock out those episodes in the same afternoon.” ~ Adam Greenberg (10:16)The conversation explores the creative and technical challenges of producing a multilingual podcast for rural communities, focusing on a project aimed at supporting HIV-positive individuals. This initiative, designed by a Peace Corps volunteer, leverages podcasts to share local stories and facilitate discussions. Technical hurdles, such as managing multiple RSS feeds in different languages, are discussed, alongside strategies for hosting and distribution on a budget.Adam reflects on the broader challenges of content creation, contrasting the ease of creating for others with the difficulty of personal projects. Topics include finding motivation, balancing creativity with logistics, and navigating the numerous rabbit holes that technology and content production present. The importance of mentorship, setting boundaries, and focusing on meaningful goals also surfaces as key themes in the discussion.TakeawaysThe importance of hyper-localized content — A podcast can be an effective tool to reach rural and underserved communities.Multilingual podcasting challenges — Managing multiple language feeds requires creativity and resourcefulness.Motivation from serving others — Creating content for community benefit provides a strong drive to complete projects.Avoiding technological rabbit holes — Focus and guidance help to bypass unnecessary technical distractions.Boundaries as a creative aid — Setting limits can foster productivity and clarity in creative endeavors.Mentorship and guidance — Having trusted advisors can help navigate complex decisions and stay focused.Personal versus community storytelling — Storytelling for a community often feels easier than personal storytelling.ResourcesHIV Positive Voices podcast — A multilingual podcast designed for rural education and health support.WordPress — A content management system used for hosting the podcast project.Peace Corps — Peace Corps Volunteers put their purpose, passion, and skills to work in partnership with host communities in more than 60 countries.AltMBA — A leadership and creativity workshop mentioned for its insights on focus and boundaries.(Written with help from Chat-GPT.)— Hello👋 I’m Craig Constantine.This is Podtalk. Short conversations with indie podcasters that are not just about podcasting, because I like to take the scenic route.In each episode, I talk with podcasters about their shows, experiences, what they’ve learned, what motivates them, and… well, pretty much everything related to podcasting from the indie creator’s point of view. I hope these episodes spark ideas and conversations for you, and lead to new ways of looking at this wonderful art of podcasting.If you like Podtalk, you’ll love the Podcaster Community, https://podcaster.community/I appreciate your time and attention, and I don’t take it for granted.— Thank you!My mission is creating better conversations to spread understanding and compassion. This podcast is just one of the things I do in service of my mission. Drop by my website https://craigconstantine.com/ for my weekly email, my other podcasts, writing and more.Thanks for listening!ɕhttps://podtalk.show/motivation-with-adam-greenberg/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit adamgreenberg.substack.com

Service Abroad is Service to the NationKen talks to Carrie Hessler-Radelet, the 19th Director of the Peace Corps, about service abroad and whether it is also service to the United States.The Peace Corps is different from most of the other programs we’ve discussed so far on Rebuilding America. Rather than serving fellow Americans, the Peace Corps sends volunteers abroad to serve communities in other countries. Ken talks with Carrie Hessler-Radelet, former Peace Corps Director and current President and CEO of Project Concern International, about international service and the benefits it has back home.The alumni testimonial features Kareen Sanchez and Adam Greenberg, both Peace Corps alumni.https://evergreenpodcasts.com/rebuilding-america/episode-8-service-abroad-is-service-to-the-nation#episodeContent This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit adamgreenberg.substack.com

Choosing Meaningful Work to Make an ImpactThis week’s episode is with Adam Greenberg. Adam is in his 30s and was most recently working with the Peace Corps along with his girlfriend, Lianne. What I really enjoyed about talking with Adam was the way that he expressed his thought process. As he shared his journey with us, Adam’s had some interesting experiences living in multiple countries and various cities in the US while doing meaningful work.Adam’s Brief BiographyAdam has an eclectic and fascinating background. He has paved his own non traditional career path, which has included backpacking and traveling both in the US and abroad for the past 13 years, traveling with intention through work with meaning. He is a proud 2-term alum of Americorps, as well as a recently evacuated Peace Corps volunteer working in rural Zambia the past two years.He has also lived on a vegetable oil powered school bus as part of an environmental nonprofit, helped redesign a campaign for the popular social enterprise Toms shoes and served a stint in the Obama White House. His is clearly an impressive and unique path which he credits to setting bold goals and the privilege of being debt free.Adam is an advocate of expanding national service and increasing access to such programs by reforming the United States’ broken student loan debt issues. Welcome Adam.Your Challenge InvitationChallenge 1Look into a password manager for your online account. If you’re interested in learning more about that, Adam has created a handy guide for you, which you can find here.Challenge 2Are you interested in listening to audio books or podcasts more quickly? If so, try this challenge. Slowly speed up your listening speed over time. Some apps will let you increase the speed in increments of 0.1 while others only allow jumps of 0.5. Start at the next speed up from 1 and once the audio sounds normal to you, increase the speed slightly once more. Keep increasing the speed over time as long as you are able to successfully adapt to the new speed.Contact LinksContact and follow Adam on his website, Instagram, Twitter or Linkedin.You can connect with Damianne on the Changes BIG and small website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube. You’re also invited to join the Changes BIG and small Facebook community.It’s about having the opportunity, the access to make your own choice. That’s freedom.Timeline of the Chat00:24 – Adam’s bio06:11 – Choosing meaningful work and the relationship to purpose08:20 – Finding and living your purpose11:30 – Lessons learned from travelling and moving often14:10 – Recognizing our privilege15:01 – Higher education in the US18:44 – The shortcomings in development work20:03 – Working in Zambia with Peace Corps24:37 – Social Activism in Business26:57 – Reflecting and finding what’s next28:22 – Editing and cybersecurity32:35 – Two challenges from Adam35:08 – Where to connect with AdamQuick Links* Happiness course by Laurie Santos on Coursera* Go, Went, Gone by Jenny Erpenbeck* The Hedonic Treadmill, Akimbo Podcast* Adam’s Edits* Cybersecurity guidehttps://changesbigandsmall.com/choosing-meaningful-work-to-make-an-impact/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit adamgreenberg.substack.com

A Conversation with AlumniWatch Zoom panel: https://cncs.zoom.us/rec/play/WVZP4heuq1q-5n665QQZ5YiU-yAVZb33pliveVHtkN47OHZDHWEAo5NFd007YI6FTtKqPbmLjkQIDJCI.U3F99C9JCZ8m_msf?continueMode=true This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit adamgreenberg.substack.com

Peace Corps: COVID-19 Evacuated Peace Corps Volunteers Oral History ProjectAdam Greenberg was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Zambia from 2018-2020 as a Rural Aquaculture Promotion Extension Agent. The Zambian government asked Peace Corps to assist with aquaculture, as protein deficiency is an issue. Adam has a history of community service, having also served two terms with AmeriCorps, as well as teaching and traveling for years abroad before joining Peace Corps with his girlfriend. He describes training and their work with fish farmers, as well as what life was like in rural Zambia with no electrical grid nor running water. He and his partner were planning to extend their service when COVID-19 forced their evacuation; they hope to return when the program restarts. Just before evacuation, they helped the village get needed supplies to repair a canal. Adam believes the U.S. needs to reform student loan debt and expand access to national service programs for more people from diverse backgrounds.https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt7jr2fpmmfnf This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit adamgreenberg.substack.com

Ep 10: Sector Spotlight: National Service & EONS (September 9)This week's podcast features representatives from partner agencies within the Employers of National Service movement talking about their commitment to hire RPCVs, as well as their experience as alums of other service programs like AmeriCorps NCCC, Teach for America, and Peace Corps, of course.Erin Dahlin is the Acting Chief of Program Operations at CNCS, now rebranded as AmeriCorps. Adam Greenberg is a proud two-term AmeriCorps NCCC Alum (2007; 2011) and recently evacuated RPCV (Zambia, 2018-2020).Watch Adam and Lianne's short fish farming videos at: https://peacecorps.adamgreenberg.comEmployers of National Servicehttps://nationalservice.gov/partnershipsMusic by Joseph McDade.https://jobswithjodi.buzzsprout.com/1202225/episodes/5822251-jobs-with-jodi-ep10-sector-spotlight-national-service-eons-september-9 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit adamgreenberg.substack.com

Peace Corps volunteers return home to a dismal job market and a future in limboAmong the millions of Americans whose lives have been upended by COVID-19 are the 7,000 who volunteer abroad through the Peace Corps.A couple of months ago, 34-year-old Adam Greenberg and his partner were developing sustainable fish farms in central Africa. Then, on March 16, they got an email from the Peace Corps telling them to come home.“Quite frankly, after learning about the chaos of airports and how it was accelerating in the United States, and the general unpreparedness that it looks like the United States was facing, we kind of thought we might actually be safer here in this rural village,” Greenberg said.They considered staying in Zambia, which would have meant that they’d be completely on their own — no more per diem pay, no health care, nothing. But that wasn’t the deciding factor for Greenberg to come back to San Diego.“After a very lengthy discussion all day about this, we decided, you know, we wouldn’t want to become a burden on Zambia’s infrastructure,” he said. “So we figured it would be the most responsible thing to return.”Greenberg and his partner can’t wait to get back to Zambia, but the official word from the Peace Corps is it’ll be at least October before anyone can return to their service countries…More from this article including photos at: https://www.marketplace.org/story/2020/04/27/peace-corps-volunteers-return-home-recession-covid19 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit adamgreenberg.substack.com

Adam GreenbergWelcome to Creative on Purpose, a show about defining, developing, and delivering the difference only you can make.I’m your host, Scott Perry, encore life coach, author of The Art of Encore Living, and Chief Difference-Maker at Creative on Purpose.My guest this episode is traveler, Adam Greenberg.Here are the highlights of our conversation:* traveling with intention* where meaning in work resides* presence, passion, purpose* non-attachmentTo learn more about Adam and the difference he makes, click here.Ready to play your game all in and full out? Visit CreativeOnPurpose.com to get started now! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit adamgreenberg.substack.com

Adam Greenberg shares his journey to become a Peace Corps volunteer in Zambia via AmeriCorps and other random travel. For someone so young, he’s certainly lived in a lot of places by his own choosing; this conversation was great. We need to all think more about the impact of student debt on the labor market and on civic life and do something about it, but that’s a story for another podcast. If you don’t know where Zambia is, no judgement, but once you see pictures you might want to be scheduling a trip there! And here is Adam’s Instagram account. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit adamgreenberg.substack.com

#19 Adam Greenberg (AmeriCorps NCCC Class 14)This might just be crazy enough to work. It's the approach that landed Adam Greenberg an internship at the White House. In this episode I chat with Adam's 10 year journey from NCCC Corps Member, to NCCC Team Leader, and soon to be Peace Corps Volunteer, and all the stuff he was able to do inbetween.AmeriCorps Alums Kiva Group: https://www.kiva.org/team/americorpshttps://web.archive.org/web/20201109035448/https://www.thisyearandbeyond.com/news/2018/1/29/19-adam-greenberg-americorps-nccc-class-14 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit adamgreenberg.substack.com

Last week, we talked about whether to be honest in interviews. This week, we ask why interviews need to exist at all. We bring on Jason Dana, a professor at Yale School of Management, whose research on interviews was featured in a New York Times Article entitled “The Utter Uselessness of Job Interviews.” He makes the case that interviews are inherently biased and actually hurt our ability to make smart hiring decisions. Marc and Warren wonder how interviewers and interviewees can do better.This week our episode is sponsored by Adam Greenberg.Read his blog post about AmeriCorps NCCC at:https://www.thegrindpodcast.com/blog/2017/11/30/guest-blog-post-do-you-want-to-get-paid-to-travel-the-us-on-a-national-service-road-trip-join-americorps-nccc This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit adamgreenberg.substack.com

Adam Greenberg joins the podcast this week to talk about traveling with intention via programs like AmeriCorps. Adam has done two stints with AmeriCorps, drove the US on the BioTour, interned at TOMS Shoes and worked in the White House.He’s currently utilizing his AmeriCorps Education Award to attend NOLS in Canada where he is sea kayaking around Vancouver Island and glacial mountaineering for 2 months! He is a proponent of reforming student loan debt and is thankful to have had a debt free 20’s. Oh, and he’s an awesome guy!Have questions about full time travel? I’m always willing to share what I know. I wouldn’t be plugging a mic into my laptop if I didn’t. Hit me up on social media or email me directly at: [email protected] with all your family travel questions.Each week I’ll release the next chapter of the book along with a supporting podcast, covering that chapters topics and highlights. Comments and questions are encouraged, so please comment and ask below. I’ll answer any questions either on the podcast or directly to you via email.Resources mentioned in this episode:* AmeriCorps – 18 – 24 yrs. can join numerous programs that allow for meaningful work around the US. The NCCC program is a 10 month program with stops in 4 US cities.* Habitat for Humanity – Help build housing for those in need.* BioTour – During the 2008 election cycle Adam toured on the BioTour Bus educating voters on climate change. Watch their video here.* This Week’s GuestAdam Greenberg – You can find Adam on Twitter, Instagram, or at his website.This Week’s Music & Art:* Cherry & Orange by the Smacken Pappy* Two Souls Riddim by Alan Ulises Rhythm* Podcast Art by TR of Nomads By DesignFollow along on our adventure at:https://slowtravelingsingers.wordpress.com/podcast/Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/travelingchimpsTwitter: https://twitter.com/TravelingChimpsYouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/travelingchimpsPinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/travelingchimps/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit adamgreenberg.substack.com

Co-Founder Adam Greenberg introduces #CleanGwangju This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit adamgreenberg.substack.com

29, Dec. 2010 - Tonight's Watercolor!Denver 9 News interview with Adam Greenberg of Tonight's Watercolor on his 2010 new year's resolution to paint (and give away free) watercolors every night. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit adamgreenberg.substack.com

An Interview with Adam Greenberg of AmeriCorps*NCCC, Red 6 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit adamgreenberg.substack.com