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Welcome to the Idealist.org Podcasts! We have two types of podcasts available. The first is The Idealist Community Podcast (highlighted below in blue) which tells the stories of Idealist.org members and other related organizations from around the world doing good in their communities. The second is The Idealist Careers Podcast which covers topics specifically related to professional and educational development for people in the nonprofit world through interviews with professionals in the field.
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    11/19/2008 Faith and Service, Pt. 2: AVODAH -- The Jewish Service Corps

    In this podcast we discuss the organization Avodah, a nonprofit that offers young people a chance to affect social change while deepening their commitment to Jewish life by serving for a year at anti-poverty organizations.
    11/01/2008 Real Food and the Fort Greene, Brooklyn CSA

    Guest contributor Cambra Moniz-Edwards follows the Fort Greene CSA Coordinator Jen Datka as she explains the ins and outs of one of Brooklyn's newest "Community Supported Agriculture" ventures.
    10/17/2008 Faith and Service, Pt. 1: The Catholic Network of Volunteer Service

    We speak with Nikki Roehling and discuss CNVS, a network of Christian faith-based volunteer programs.
    10/1/2008 The Poverty Initiative: Redefining Christian Charity

    "The poor will always be among you" is a biblical quote often cited by Christian leaders as a reason to not focus on poverty work. Some Christians, however, believe the quote means the exact opposite and that although 1.4 billion people live on less than $1.25 a day, poverty can end.
    9/16/2008 Green Building One Piece at a Time: The Rebuilding Center

    We speak with Shane Endicott, Founder and C.E.O. of Our United Villages, the organization that runs Portland's environmentally sound The Rebuilding Center which recycles used building and remodeling materials.
    9/5/2008 Cultures in Harmony

    Our guest contributor, Eric Hanser, brings us this story about the nonprofit group "Cultures in Harmony" an organization that encourages cross-cultural understanding through music.
    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.
    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.
    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.

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