Solutionary Voices

From Success to Service

Nimo Patel’s story follows several forms of success, including business, music, entrepreneurship, and performance, before arriving at a deeper definition of purpose. The episode reveals how the recognition of misalignment can become a doorway into service when one is willing to listen, change course, and release attachment to outcomes. Nimo’s work with children in Ahmedabad becomes the clearest expression of this shift, where art is not the mission but the shared practice that makes dignity, belonging, and transformation possible. The episode also explores how music and presence can create connection, whether in prisons or universities. Follow the Institute for Humane Education for updates, episode releases, and resources: Website: https://www.humaneeducation.org [https://www.humaneeducation.org] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zoe.weil [https://www.instagram.com/zoe.weil] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/zoeweil [https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoe-weil-3749b4a/] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zoeweilauthor [https://www.facebook.com/zoeweilauthor] TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@zoeweil [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

What US Students Learned Living on $2 a day

Shirin Karsan, a former refugee from Uganda, long-time educator, and peacebuilder, explores how conflict, bias, and disconnection persist when we fail to pay attention to our relationality. Drawing from immersive experiences she developed as a college professor when she joined her students in an experiment to live on $2/day in preparation for their service work in Africa –she illustrates how perspective shifts occur when people confront their assumptions and recognize their interdependence. Without this awareness, conflict can escalates into division and harm, but with it, even disagreement can become a pathway to connection and change. Follow the Institute for Humane Education for updates, episode releases, and resources: Website: https://www.humaneeducation.org [https://www.humaneeducation.org] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zoe.weil [https://www.instagram.com/zoe.weil] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/zoeweil [https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoe-weil-3749b4a/] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zoeweilauthor [https://www.facebook.com/zoeweilauthor] TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@zoeweil [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

Rethinking Journalism in an Age of Complexity

Andrew Revkin, longtime environmental journalist and former New York Times reporter, reflects on how decades of covering climate have reshaped his understanding of the role of journalism in creating positive change. He emphasizes that complex, interconnected challenges like climate change cannot be reduced to simple narratives or singular solutions. Instead, he advocates for a shift toward ongoing inquiry, community dialogue, and shared learning. With a surprise ending to this episode exploring the solutionary potential for journalism, Andy provides a hopeful (and comic!) vision of the future. Follow the Institute for Humane Education for updates, episode releases, and resources: Website: https://www.humaneeducation.org [https://www.humaneeducation.org] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zoe.weil [https://www.instagram.com/zoe.weil] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/zoeweil [https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoe-weil-3749b4a/] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zoeweilauthor [https://www.facebook.com/zoeweilauthor] TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@zoeweil [https://www.tiktok.com/@zoeweil] Stay connected with Andrew Revkin: Substack: https://revkin.substack.com/ [https://revkin.substack.com/] Twitter: @revkin [http://twitter.com/revkin] Facebook: http://fb.com/andrew.revkin.5 [http://fb.com/andrew.revkin.5] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andyrevkin [https://www.linkedin.com/in/andyrevkin] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/anrevk [https://www.youtube.com/anrevk] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrew_revkin [https://www.instagram.com/andrew_revkin] Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/revkin.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/revkin.bsky.social] Threads: https://www.threads.net/@andrew_revkin [https://www.threads.net/@andrew_revkin] TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@andy_revkin [https://www.tiktok.com/@andy_revkin] Music: http://bit.ly/revkinsmusic [http://bit.ly/revkinsmusic] 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

Human Connection in the Age of AI

Michelle Culver, founder of The Rithm Project and former leader of Teach For America’s Reinvention Lab, is focused on rebuilding human connection in a world increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence. Drawing from her work with young people, she describes how AI is already influencing human relationships. Michelle centers the need for intentional design that prioritizes human connection alongside technological advancement. Through immersive experiences and cross-generational dialogue, Culver is creating spaces where people can actively engage with possible futures and clarify what they want to preserve. Her work challenges the assumption that human connection will naturally (and healthily) endure in the age of AI, instead positioning it as something that must be consciously cultivated. Stay Connected Follow the Institute for Humane Education for updates, episode releases, and resources: Website: https://www.humaneeducation.org [https://www.humaneeducation.org] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zoe.weil [https://www.instagram.com/zoe.weil] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/zoeweil [https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoe-weil-3749b4a/] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zoeweilauthor [https://www.facebook.com/zoeweilauthor] TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@zoeweil [https://www.tiktok.com/@zoeweil] Stay Connected with Michelle Culver Website: https://www.therithmproject.org/ [https://www.therithmproject.org/] Michelle's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-culver [https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-culver] The Rithm Project's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-rithm-project/posts/?feedView=all [https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-rithm-project/posts/?feedView=all] The Rithm Project's Substack: https://therithmproject.substack.com/ [https://therithmproject.substack.com/] 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

What Happens When You Stop Chasing Goals?

Rudy Karsan, an immigrant from Kenya and a serial entrepreneur who experienced repeated bankruptcies before selling a company to IBM for more than $1 billion, describes a turning point where achievement no longer provided meaning. In that recognition, he began to reorient his life toward joy, curiosity, and human connection. Through the creation of FunCon, he now cultivates spaces where people can engage in deep conversations and feel seen, supported, and fully present with one another. His perspective offers a redefinition of success as something that arises in loving relationships rather than material accumulations. Stay Connected Follow the Institute for Humane Education for updates, episode releases, and resources: Website: https://www.humaneeducation.org [https://www.humaneeducation.org] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zoeweil [https://www.instagram.com/zoeweil] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/zoeweil [https://www.linkedin.com/zoeweil] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zoeweilauthor [https://www.facebook.com/zoeweilauthor] TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@zoeweil [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