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We’re having a conversation about why your internet sucks. But the internet doesn’t suck, your internet company does. Your internet is open and free to the world, but your Internet Service Provider (ISP), is surprisingly closed and lacking in innovation. This week, Jeff Christensen talks with Sean Sevy about how his company called EntryPoint has created … Continue reading "The Solution to Bad Internet Companies – with Jeff Christensen"

We’ve talked about racism and sexism, but today we’re talking about ableism–the discrimination against disabled people. In this episode we have a conversation about ableism with Dr. Romel Mackelprang, the Director of Disability Studies at Eastern Washington University. So how has society discriminated against disabled people? Here’s one: something called Inspiration Porn. This is when … Continue reading "How We Might Be Discriminating Against Disabled People- with Romel Mackelprang"

Next week, Utah State Prison will be having their prison marathon. As you would expect from any running event, the inmates have been training hard. And they have the rare opportunity of having a coach from one of the highest ranking cross country teams in the nation. BYU cross country coach Isaac Wood has been helping … Continue reading "What Happens When Jailbirds Run – with Isaac Wood"

What can we give to homeless people? Food? Money? How about: Haircuts. Joining us on the show is Leslie Kawai, who is a board member and Gala Events chair for an organization called Care-Cuts. We talk about how offering homeless people haircuts is not just a nice thing, but something that creates job opportunities and–most … Continue reading "Empowering the Homeless (through Haircuts)"

Tom Christofferson is a gay Mormon. To many, this is a conflict that cannot be reconciled. But for Tom, it’s not that simple. His personal journey brought him away from being an active Mormon years ago. But most recently, his journey brought him back to being a full-time member of the church. In this episode, … Continue reading "A Gay Mormon’s Perspective on Faith & Family- with Tom Christofferson"

Racism is hard to talk about. But we did it. Sean Sevy and Cheryl Neufville had a candid conversation about how racism is experienced and what we can do about it. This is the second time that Cheryl Neufville has been on the podcast. The first time Cheryl was on the show, she only briefly talked … Continue reading "A Conversation About Racism- with Cheryl Neufville and Sean Sevy"

Many people believe compassion and conservatism mix just like oil and water. But Marco Díaz says NO. Marco Díaz has been heavily involved with the Utah Republican Party and he talks about how compassion and conservative can not only coexist, but they can in fact complement each other. In our political climate where there’s a scarcity of compassion on both … Continue reading "Compassionate & Conservative: Can we do both?- with Marco Díaz"

Armando Porras is a Spanish Teacher for students experiencing the devastation of Hurricane Harvey. To Armando, cancelling school for the pending storm at first seemed like a good chance for a break. But (of course) it wasn’t. The storm hit harder than expected and Armando went from a full-time teacher to a full-time volunteer in disaster cleanup. … Continue reading "Hurricanes Harvey & Irma: Are We Disconnected from those Affected?"

A typical Engineering graduating class only has a handful of women. And often we see even less women in the actual engineering force. So how do we address this? That’s a question that the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) is constantly asking. Joining us in this episode are two women heavily involved with SWE: Amy Jo Moore and … Continue reading "The Role of Women in Engineering"

Scott Porter has been to hundreds of taquerías (aka taco shops) across North America and he’s learned a few valuable lessons. It turns out that the secret to the universe when it comes to exceptional customer experiences can be found in the taquería experience. Scott Porter joins Sean Sevy in a random taquería near Salt Lake City, Utah called … Continue reading "Taco Stands: Models for Exceptional Customer Experiences-with Scott Porter"

Is the goal of receiving counseling for you to be happy all the time? We talk to a licensed clinical social worker, Keri Dyer, whose answer to that question is a big NO. So if it’s not about always being happy, what is it all about? For Keri, the answer lies in implementing what is … Continue reading "Why It’s OK to Not Always Be Happy-with Keri Dyer"

Linden Baker & Melissa Sevy co-founded a business which empowers artisans in developing countries who make indigenous handcraft which is sold to customers in the United States. Before they started this venture, all their efforts were in a similar non-profit called Musana International. But then they scaled up that concept to start Fair Kind, which … Continue reading "Nonprofit vs. For-Profit Social Ventures-with the Co-Founders of Fair Kind"

People who frequent networking events have a common problem: they keep meeting the same people at their table. Networking events try to fix this problem by having you draw a number out of a hat. But still, that’s not good enough. Because the hat doesn’t know what events you’ve been to before and how many people you’ve … Continue reading "Networkr: The New App that Revolutionizes Networking"

Trump loves to use phrases like “fake news” or “witch hunt.” In fact he’s used these phrases in over 100 of his Tweets. But what do these Trumpisms actually mean? We take a deep dive into Trumpisms as Sean Sevy interviews President Donald Trump (Sean Sevy). In this interview, we don’t get any new Earth-shattering statements from the … Continue reading "Impersonating Trump: Fake News, Witch Hunt, & #MAGA"

Are you wasting money by donating to a charity? And is it worth it to start your own charity? We talk with Alicia Gettys who is the Director of Communications at BYU’s Ballard Center for Economic Self-Reliance. We talk about what makes a good charity and what makes one bad. Finally, Alicia gives us the framework … Continue reading "Good vs Bad Charities: Finding Social Ventures that Work"

Will Artificial Intelligence take away my job? Is there a bright future ahead with the way technology is going? This week, we’re asking questions about the future of technology, and joining us to sort it all out is Kevin Kelly, a co-founder of Wired magazine.Last month, he published the paperback of his new book The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 … Continue reading "Technology 30 Years in the Future- with Kevin Kelly"

Piper Christian helped her city leaders pass a clean air resolution when she was only 16 years old. 16 years old! And she continues to inspire youth activism throughout her state as they approach government leaders with clean air and climate change issues. And her crew of young activists have had success with both left- and … Continue reading "Solving our Clean Air Problem: Science won’t be Enough"

The US/Russia relations have been pretty rocky recently, but not when it comes to manned space travel. In fact, crews on the International Space Station with both Russians and Americans get along so well, that these astronauts believe the space station is a model for society. But it wasn’t always this way. During the “Space Race” … Continue reading "US & Russia Relations are Better than Ever…in Space"

Many slum dwellers in India live without a toilet. As a result, they must attend to nature’s call out in the open. Not only is open defecation an inconvenience or embarrassment, but it causes other issues such as: insect bites, disease,  missed education opportunities, and sexual abuse. Sean Sevy talks to the founder of SAPID, Dr. … Continue reading "Toilets that Break Down Waste with Earthworms- with Dr. Meera Khader"

Typical female sanitary pads take hundreds of years to decompose in a landfill. So unless we’re ok with future archaeologists digging up our remains in a thousand years just to find a bunch of used maxi pads…something must be done. In this week’s episode, Sean Sevy talks with Ali Dibble and Ben Bradford, who are … Continue reading "Biodegradable Maxi Pads: Female Hygiene Just Got More Sustainable"