Ellen McGirt
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Ellen McGirt|Audio
S11E10: Activism in AI with Google’s Ovetta Sampson
Jessica Helfand|Audio
S11E9: What’s Love Got to do with Business with Jorge Fontanez
Ellen McGirt|Audio
S11E8: Poetry is Anti Capitalist with Tracy K. Smith
In this episode of DB|BD, hosts Jessica Helfand and Ellen McGirt sit down with Smith to talk through the writing process of two of her most recent works.
Jessica Helfand|Audio
S11E7: Using Design to Show the World Your Truth with Dionna Dorsey and Production Designer Olivia Peebles
This episode of DB|BD features two extraordinary women from two seemingly different corners of the design world, Dionna Dorsey and Olivia Peebles.
Ellen McGirt|Audio
S11E6: Why an Inclusive Global Economy is a Redesign Project with Mastercard’s Shamina Singh
In this episode of DB|BD, Shamina Singh, the co-founder and president of Mastercard’s Center for Inclusive Growth, explains why extreme poverty is the ultimate redesign challenge.
Ellen McGirt|Audio
S11E5: WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert on Talent, Activism, and the Business of Basketball
In this episode of DB|BD, Cathy Engelbert talks about the meteoric ascension of the WNBA and the unusual mix of talent, activism, fans, and business that make it a league like no other.
Ellen McGirt|Audio
S11E4: Richard Buery and Robin Hood Are Building a Coalition to Tackle Poverty in NYC
In this episode of DB|BD, Robin Hood CEO Richard Beury explains what is driving the uptick in poverty in New York City, how effective partnerships are built, and why he’s betting that AI will become an unexpectedly powerful …
Ellen McGirt|Essays
How to give peace a chance at the office
The CEO of the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding thinks business can lead the way in religious inclusion.
Jessica Helfand|Audio
S11E3: The Healthy Materials Lab says Everyone Deserves a Healthier Home
In this episode of DB|BD, Healthy Material Lab co-founders Jonsara Ruth and Alison Mears explain why they focus on affordable housing, what harmful materials are lurking in our homes and how healthy alternatives can be made accessible and …
Ellen McGirt|Essays
Wanna make a movie?
Ellen McGirt|Essays
What does it mean to observe the observer?
Ellen McGirt|Essays
College administrators have failed a basic leadership test
The sit-in is not a new protest tactic on college campuses. Why were the pro-Palestinian encampments such a threat?