Play It Forward

Ever wonder what the connection between an Academy Award-nominated Holiday movie and PeacePlayers’ core values is? Us too! That’s why we’ve brought back the host of the PopViolence Podcast, Tim Rasmussen, to discuss the critically acclaimed 2019 animated film, Klaus. In today’s holiday, bonus episode of Play It Forward, a social justice podcast presented by PeacePlayers, you’ll hear Chinny, Emmett, and Tim discuss the animation style, the stereotypes of Christmas and Holiday movies, whether or not Tim thinks the Nightmare Before Christmas is a Christmas movie AND the systems of violence and oppression that exist within our societies, even during the holiday season. This is a great, light conversation for anyone who enjoys a holiday movie, and also enjoys thinking more critically about the media we consume over the holidays. Be sure to follow and listen to Tim’s podcast, PopViolence: movie/film reviews that interlace critical perspectives about violence, justice, conflict, and peace! Follow it on Instagram @pop.violence Interested in learning more about PeacePlayers mission of growing a youth-led movement to build a more peaceful and equitable world? Visit our website https://peaceplayers.org/playitforwardpodcast/ [https://peaceplayers.org/playitforwardpodcast/] and check out our social handles. Twitter: @peaceplayers [https://twitter.com/peaceplayers] Instagram: @peaceplayersintl [https://www.instagram.com/peaceplayersintl/] and @playitforwardpodcast [https://www.instagram.com/playitforwardpodcast/] Facebook: @peaceplayersintl [https://www.facebook.com/peaceplayersintl] LinkedIn: PeacePlayers International [https://www.linkedin.com/company/peaceplayers-international] YouTube: PeacePlayers [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdSu0WwgWRz4BSd9xnyVrfw] The Play It Forward podcast is produced by: Chinny Nwagbo Emmett Shepard Leif Frymire The Play It Forward podcast audio engineering and editing LeBaron Leath Animation and music created and designed by LeBaron Leath Podcast Cover Art by: Adam Hawkins Marketing by: Gabriella Mora Sophie Kennedy Bailee Rasmussen

The insightful, intelligent, and generally magnificent Nichol Whiteman of the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation joins Play It Forward, the social justice podcast, presented by PeaePlayers for the season 3 finale! Our hosts explore Nichol’s career path from Wall Street to Los Angeles, and the lessons she learned along the way that enabled her to lead with authenticity, compassion and service to others. Nichol share’s plenty of advice that you can use for your personal and professional growth, so we recommend you grab your favorite dipping sauce because she serves up a 40-piece McNugget size of wisdom in this episode! Follow Nichol on Instagram @ceonichol Follow the LA Dodgers Foundation on Instagram @dodgersfoundation Interested in learning more about PeacePlayers mission to build a more peaceful and equitable world? Visit our website https://peaceplayers.org/playitforwardpodcast/ [https://peaceplayers.org/playitforwardpodcast/] and check out our social handles. Twitter: @peaceplayers [https://twitter.com/peaceplayers] Instagram: @peaceplayersintl [https://www.instagram.com/peaceplayersintl/] and @playitforwardpodcast [https://www.instagram.com/playitforwardpodcast/] Facebook: @peaceplayersintl [https://www.facebook.com/peaceplayersintl] LinkedIn: PeacePlayers International [https://www.linkedin.com/company/peaceplayers-international] YouTube: PeacePlayers [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdSu0WwgWRz4BSd9xnyVrfw] The Play It Forward podcast is produced by: Chinny Nwagbo Emmett Shepard Leif Frymire The Play It Forward podcast audio engineering and editing LeBaron Leath Animation and music created and designed by LeBaron Leath Podcast Cover Art by: Adam Hawkins Marketing by: Gabriella Mora Leif Frymire

In today’s episode of the social justice podcast Play It Forward presented by PeacePlayers,  power couple Evan Unrau and Seb Kimyacioglu share their personal journeys from playing collegiate basketball to falling in love. Seb Kimyacioglu is a former professional basketball player having won trophies with Galatasaray in Turkey, represented Turkey at the Rio Olympics, and now works for the FOX corporation! Evan, also a former professional basketball player, went down the coaching route and shares with us some of those experiences that led her to her current role as director of PeacePlayers Los Angeles. We ultimately arrive at how their two journeys were interconnected and led them both to be confident and comfortable with who they are, which allows them to be their fullest selves in their relationship with each other, their peers, and the people they engage with. AND we also get to hear who they think would win in a one-on-one match-up. As Chinny says at the top of the episode, we were originally hoping to share this during Pride month in June, BUT let’s make EVERY month PRIDE MONTH! Interested in learning more about PeacePlayers mission to build a more peaceful and equitable world? Visit our website https://peaceplayers.org/playitforwardpodcast/ [https://peaceplayers.org/playitforwardpodcast/] and check out our social handles. Twitter: @peaceplayers [https://twitter.com/peaceplayers] Instagram: @peaceplayersintl [https://www.instagram.com/peaceplayersintl/] and @playitforwardpodcast [https://www.instagram.com/playitforwardpodcast/] Facebook: @peaceplayersintl [https://www.facebook.com/peaceplayersintl] LinkedIn: PeacePlayers International [https://www.linkedin.com/company/peaceplayers-international] YouTube: PeacePlayers [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdSu0WwgWRz4BSd9xnyVrfw] The Play It Forward podcast is produced by: Chinny Nwagbo Emmett Shepard Leif Frymire The Play It Forward podcast audio engineering and editing LeBaron Leath Animation and music created and designed by LeBaron Leath Podcast Cover Art by: Adam Hawkins Marketing by: Gabriella Mora Leif Frymire

Have you ever wondered how sports and diplomacy intersect? Well in today’s episode of the social justice podcast Play It Forward presented by PeacePlayers, you’ll get a lot of answers to that curiosity! Travis Murphy is a former Foreign Service Officer and the former Senior Director of International Government Affairs for the NBA. Our hosts and Travis discuss immigration, identity, and the important role that sports plays in breaking down barriers and building connections. You’ll even get to hear about Travis’ relationship with NBA star, Tacko Fall! To learn more about Travis’ new venture, visit https://jetrglobal.com/ [https://jetrglobal.com/]! Interested in learning more about PeacePlayers mission to build a more peaceful and equitable world? Visit our website https://peaceplayers.org/playitforwardpodcast/ [https://peaceplayers.org/playitforwardpodcast/]and check out our social handles. Twitter: @peaceplayers [https://twitter.com/peaceplayers] Instagram: @peaceplayersintl [https://www.instagram.com/peaceplayersintl/]and @playitforwardpodcast [https://www.instagram.com/playitforwardpodcast/] Facebook: @peaceplayersintl [https://www.facebook.com/peaceplayersintl] LinkedIn: PeacePlayers International [https://www.linkedin.com/company/peaceplayers-international] YouTube: PeacePlayers [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdSu0WwgWRz4BSd9xnyVrfw] The Play It Forward podcast is produced by: Chinny Nwagbo Emmett Shepard Leif Frymire The Play It Forward podcast audio engineering and editing LeBaron Leath Animation and music created and designed by LeBaron Leath Podcast Cover Art by: Adam Hawkins Marketing by: Gabriella Mora Leif Frymire

Jessica Gelman is the CEO of the Kraft Analytics Group (KAGR), co-chair of the MIT Sloan Data Analytics Conference, AND is in the Harvard University basketball Hall of Fame! This was an incredibly fun conversation where our hosts of the social justice podcast Play It Forward presented by PeacePlayers dive deep with Jessica into the power and the challenges that face the “4th industrial revolution” that has seen data become an asset. They also discuss Jessica’s career as an athlete and how it relates to her journey as a trailblazer in the sports analytics field. Lots to learn and take away from this conversation; we hope you enjoy it as much as we did! Learn more about PeacePlayers mission to build a more peaceful and equitable world by visiting our website https://peaceplayers.org/playitforwardpodcast/ [https://peaceplayers.org/playitforwardpodcast/] and check out our social handles. Twitter: @peaceplayers [https://twitter.com/peaceplayers] Instagram: @peaceplayersintl [https://www.instagram.com/peaceplayersintl/] and @playitforwardpodcast [https://www.instagram.com/playitforwardpodcast/] Facebook: @peaceplayersintl [https://www.facebook.com/peaceplayersintl] LinkedIn: PeacePlayers International [https://www.linkedin.com/company/peaceplayers-international] YouTube: PeacePlayers [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdSu0WwgWRz4BSd9xnyVrfw] The Play It Forward podcast is produced by: Chinny Nwagbo Emmett Shepard Leif Frymire The Play It Forward podcast audio engineering and editing LeBaron Leath Animation and music created and designed by LeBaron Leath Podcast Cover Art by: Adam Hawkins Marketing by: Gabriella Mora Leif Frymire