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Solutionary Voices

Solutionary Voices

por Zoe Weil

Ciencias Sociales

Peter Singer: Animal Liberation and the Next Moral Frontier

Peter Singer, philosopher and author of Animal Liberation, discusses fifty years of the modern animal liberation movement and where reason, emotion, and effective altruism fit in the fight to reduce unnecessary suffering. The episode covers personal ethical choicemaking as well as systems-level change; how we can extend concern beyond our own families and communities to those who need help most;, AI's growing influence; and effective altruism's evolving priorities. Peter traces his own reckoning with the movement's uneven progress and his hopes for the future. Referenced in this episode: https://www.systemic-altruism.com/ Follow Peter Singer: Website: petersinger.info AI Persona: petersinger.ai Lives Well Lived Podcast: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, etc. Substack: boldreasoningwithpetersinger.substack.com YouTube: youtube.com/@peter_singer Follow the Institute for Humane Education for updates, episode releases, and resources: Website: https://www.humaneeducation.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zoe.weil LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/zoeweil Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zoeweilauthor TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@zoeweil About the Podcast Solutionary Voices is a podcast hosted by Zoe Weil and produced by the Institute for Humane Education. Each episode highlights individuals who are working on the forefront of building a more humane, just, and healthy world for all people, animals, and the ecosystems that sustain life. Episodes: • Bring solutionary thinkers to a wide audience • Offer ideas for solving the problems we face in a range of arenas • Provide actionable ideas • Turn values into measurable impact

The Importance of Immeasurables

Abby Falik, Co-Founder of The Flight School and creator of the Taking Flight Substack, shares insights from her career reimagining learning as animation, co-creation, and liberation. Abby focuses on educating for more than just test results;, prioritizing knowledge of our own minds and hearts;, and the opportunities to be found in transitions. Abby joins Zoe fresh off a 10-day silent meditation retreat, and her clarity and presence are palpable in this episode. Also referenced in this episode: https://www.systemic-altruism.com/ Follow Abby Falik: Company site: https://theflightschool.org/ Personal site: https://www.abbyfalik.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abbyfalik Substack: https://abbyfalik.substack.com/ Follow the Institute for Humane Education for updates, episode releases, and resources: Website: https://www.humaneeducation.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zoe.weil LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/zoeweil Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zoeweilauthor TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@zoeweil About the Podcast Solutionary Voices is a podcast hosted by Zoe Weil and produced by the Institute for Humane Education. Each episode highlights individuals who are working on the forefront of building a more humane, just, and healthy world for all people, animals, and the ecosystems that sustain life. Episodes: • Bring solutionary thinkers to a wide audience • Offer ideas for solving the problems we face in a range of arenas • Provide actionable ideas • Turn values into measurable impact

How to Resist Algorithmic Drift

Rahim Hirji, author of Super Skills: The Seven Human Skills for the Age of AI and creator of Box of Amazing, explores what it means to stay fully human as intelligent machines become more embedded in daily life, work, education, and decision-making. Rahim emphasizes that the most urgent challenge is not whether people use technology, but whether they surrender their judgment, agency, and humanity to it. His framework focuses on seven human skills: curiosity, change readiness, big picture thinking, empathy, global adaptability, principled innovation, and augmented mindsets. The episode ultimately frames AI not as something to fear or worship, but as a force that requires stronger human capacities, clearer ethics, and more intentional education. Follow Rahim Hirji: Website: https://www.thesuperskills.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahimhirji/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rahimhirji/ Follow the Institute for Humane Education for updates, episode releases, and resources: Website: https://www.humaneeducation.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zoe.weil LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/zoeweil Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zoeweilauthor TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@zoeweil About the Podcast Solutionary Voices is a podcast hosted by Zoe Weil and produced by the Institute for Humane Education. Each episode highlights individuals who are working on the forefront of building a more humane, just, and healthy world for all people, animals, and the ecosystems that sustain life. Episodes: • Bring solutionary thinkers to a wide audience • Offer ideas for solving the problems we face in a range of arenas • Provide actionable ideas • Turn values into measurable impact

Can Awakening Help Heal a Divided World?

Richard Lang, a teacher of the Headless Way, shares a direct practice for noticing our true nature. Richard describes this awakening not as a belief or, philosophy, but as a simple act of looking and seeing that we are “space” for the world and one another. From that recognition, the episode explores how separation, confrontation, death, and relationships can be understood differently. What emerges is a quiet but radical invitation to live with greater presence, humility, openness, and love. Follow Richard Lang: Website: www.headless.org YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@headexchange Follow the Institute for Humane Education for updates, episode releases, and resources: Website: https://www.humaneeducation.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zoe.weil LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/zoeweil Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zoeweilauthor TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@zoeweil About the Podcast Solutionary Voices is a podcast hosted by Zoe Weil and produced by the Institute for Humane Education. Each episode highlights individuals who are working on the forefront of building a more humane, just, and healthy world for all people, animals, and the ecosystems that sustain life. Episodes: • Bring solutionary thinkers to a wide audience • Offer ideas for solving the problems we face in a range of arenas • Provide actionable ideas • Turn values into measurable impact

When Hope Becomes a Verb

Rae Sikora, Co-Founder of the Institute for Humane Education, reflects on more than four decades of humane education rooted in compassion for all life. At the heart of the episode is her practice of meeting harm, resistance, and disagreement with love as her most powerful inclination and strategy. The result is a deeply personal and useful episode about how humane education can keep people’s “heart door” open while still asking them to examine the impact of their choices. Follow Rae Sikora: Website: www.plantpeacedaily.org Follow the Institute for Humane Education for updates, episode releases, and resources: Website: https://www.humaneeducation.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zoe.weil LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/zoeweil Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zoeweilauthor TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@zoeweil About the Podcast Solutionary Voices is a podcast hosted by Zoe Weil and produced by the Institute for Humane Education. Each episode highlights individuals who are working on the forefront of building a more humane, just, and healthy world for all people, animals, and the ecosystems that sustain life. Episodes: • Bring solutionary thinkers to a wide audience • Offer ideas for solving the problems we face in a range of arenas • Provide actionable ideas • Turn values into measurable impact

Educating for Agency in an Age of Distraction

Navin Amarasuriya, CEO of the Contentment Foundation, explores what it means to educate for agency, attention, compassion, and contentment in a time shaped by persuasive technologies and accelerating change. Nav connects his own path from a family business to contemplative practice and service with a broader question about what schools can cultivate beyond academic performance. He emphasizes that educator wellbeing is not a side issue, but a foundational necessity for the children they teach. Navin’s perspective invites a deeper view of education as a place where inner development, systems awareness, and human flourishing meet. Follow Nav: Website: https://contentment.org Instagram: https://www.linkedin.com/in/navin-amarasuriya-b4496211a/ Follow the Institute for Humane Education for updates, episode releases, and resources: Website: https://www.humaneeducation.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zoe.weil LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/zoeweil Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zoeweilauthor TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@zoeweil About the Podcast Solutionary Voices is a podcast hosted by Zoe Weil and produced by the Institute for Humane Education. Each episode highlights individuals who are working on the forefront of building a more humane, just, and healthy world for all people, animals, and the ecosystems that sustain life. Episodes: • Bring solutionary thinkers to a wide audience • Offer ideas for solving the problems we face in a range of arenas • Provide actionable ideas • Turn values into measurable impact

Can We Build a World That Works for All?

Shariff Abdullah, author of Creating a World That Works for All and founder of the Commonway Institute, frames his life’s work around a deceptively simple question: how do we create a world that works for all living beings? He connects that question to a shift in consciousness, moving from separateness toward a recognition of interdependence. Shariff emphasizes that inclusivity is not about liking everyone or agreeing with them, but about recognizing shared belonging and acting from that recognition. The episode moves through his upbringing in Camden, NJ, his framework of Keepers, Breakers, and Minders, and the practical challenge of living in accordance with one’s deepest values. Shariff does not offer a simple policy solution. Rather, he asks what kind of consciousness, behaviors, and sense of responsibility would be required to build institutions that serve life, arguing that transformation begins with how people relate to what they do not like, do not understand, or would rather ignore. Follow Shariff Abdullah: Website: https://www.commonway.org LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shariff-abdullah-2a551714/?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_profile_view_base%3BowvfKDX6R2i75sURrSz%2Bxg%3D%3D Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shariff.abdullahJD Follow the Institute for Humane Education for updates, episode releases, and resources: Website: https://www.humaneeducation.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zoe.weil LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/zoeweil Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zoeweilauthor TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@zoeweil About the Podcast Solutionary Voices is a podcast hosted by Zoe Weil and produced by the Institute for Humane Education. Each episode highlights individuals who are working on the forefront of building a more humane, just, and healthy world for all people, animals, and the ecosystems that sustain life. Episodes: • Bring solutionary thinkers to a wide audience • Offer ideas for solving the problems we face in a range of arenas • Provide actionable ideas • Turn values into measurable impact

The Olympic Medalist Challenging Dairy’s Myths

Dotsie Bausch, Olympic silver medalist and Founder of Switch4Good, discusses how cycling saved her life and how compassion shaped her life’s work. Dotsie traces her shift away from animal products to a deeper awareness of the food system, then explains how dairy became Switch4Good’s primary leverage point for health, justice, animal protection, and environmental impact. Her perspective is grounded in practical behavior change: people need more than information, and lasting shifts often begin with access, choice, and a first experience of feeling better. The episode connects personal values with systems-level advocacy, especially around school meals, dairy marketing, plant-based options, and the cultural myths that shape what people believe is necessary for health. Follow Dotsie Bausch: Website: switch4good.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/switch4good Follow the Institute for Humane Education for updates, episode releases, and resources: Website: https://www.humaneeducation.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zoe.weil LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/zoeweil Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zoeweilauthor TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@zoeweil About the Podcast Solutionary Voices is a podcast hosted by Zoe Weil and produced by the Institute for Humane Education. Each episode highlights individuals who are working on the forefront of building a more humane, just, and healthy world for all people, animals, and the ecosystems that sustain life. Episodes: • Bring solutionary thinkers to a wide audience • Offer ideas for solving the problems we face in a range of arenas • Provide actionable ideas • Turn values into measurable impact

The System Failures Behind Opioid Addiction

Dr. Andrew Kolodny, medical director of the Opioid Policy Research Collaborative at Brandeis University, frames the opioid crisis as an epidemic of opioid addiction rooted in aggressive prescribing, pharmaceutical influence, regulatory failure, and inadequate access to treatment. The episode moves beyond blame toward a systems-level examination of what failed, what remains unrepaired, and what would be required to prevent similar public health crises in the future. Dr. Kolodny consistently returns to the same solutionary structure: prevent opioid use disorder and ensure people already suffering from it can access effective treatment. The episode also raises difficult questions about pharmaceutical accountability, sealed litigation records, settlement funds, cannabis legalization, kratom, chronic pain, and the need for more nuanced policy than simple prohibition or legalization. His core solution centers on preventing new cases of opioid addiction while making effective treatment easier to access than illicit opioids. Follow Andrew Kolodny: Brandeis: https://scholarworks.brandeis.edu/esploro/profile/andrew_kolodny/overview LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-kolodny-3b8409a/ Follow the Institute for Humane Education for updates, episode releases, and resources: Website: https://www.humaneeducation.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zoe.weil LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/zoeweil Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zoeweilauthor TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@zoeweil About the Podcast Solutionary Voices is a podcast hosted by Zoe Weil and produced by the Institute for Humane Education. Each episode highlights individuals who are working on the forefront of building a more humane, just, and healthy world for all people, animals, and the ecosystems that sustain life. Episodes: • Bring solutionary thinkers to a wide audience • Offer ideas for solving the problems we face in a range of arenas • Provide actionable ideas • Turn values into measurable impact

The Real Drivers Behind Inequity In America

Ayo Magwood, founder of Uprooting Inequity, focuses on reducing racial and income disparities through measurable, system-level interventions, particularly in healthcare. She outlines a structured framework for understanding structural racism through interconnected factors of bias, income, and place, emphasizing how these forces shape real-world outcomes. Her work shifts the focus from individual attitudes to institutional design, showing how organizations can create tangible improvements in health equity. By grounding solutions in data, geography, and personal experiences, she demonstrates how complex inequities can be addressed with clarity and precision. Follow the Institute for Humane Education for updates, episode releases, and resources: Website: https://www.humaneeducation.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zoe.weil LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/zoeweil Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zoeweilauthor TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@zoeweil About the Podcast Solutionary Voices is a podcast hosted by Zoe Weil and produced by the Institute for Humane Education. Each episode highlights individuals who are working on the forefront of building a more humane, just, and healthy world for all people, animals, and the ecosystems that sustain life. Episodes: • Bring solutionary thinkers to a wide audience • Offer ideas for solving the problems we face in a range of arenas • Provide actionable ideas • Turn values into measurable impact

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