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Editing, Mixing, and Production by Jeff Cendejas (Season 1) and Austin Linkous (Seasons 2 & 3). Logo design by Josh Wolk.
Season 3 Episode 5: Trauma-Informed Collaboration & Workplace Liberation
This episode is the grand finale of Season 3, an inspiring and healing conversation with Lucia Die Gil and Melinda Varfi from Greaterthan and Heather Archer from Thriving with Heather. We explore how trauma shows up in the workplace, practice tools for reducing retraumatization and promoting thriving, and share incredible visions for the liberated, collaborative workplaces of the future!
Season 3 Episode 4 Part 3: Designing Gatherings for Belonging Using Ritual and Technology
This episode is Part 3 of 3 of a conversation with Theodore Taptiklis about his 2023 joint project with Richard Bartlett, merging their Microattunement and Microsolidarity frameworks. We explore the importance of the role of host and ritual, as well as the design of the physical space, for creating conditions for belonging, membership, and responsiveness to the needs of the group.
Season 3 Episode 4 Part 2: Using AI to Discover Unique Genius and Unleash Collective Wisdom
This episode is Part 2 of 3 of a conversation with Theodore Taptiklis about his 2023 joint project with Richard Bartlett, merging their Microattunement and Microsolidarity frameworks. We explore the scales of microsolidarity and why group sizes matter for power dynamics and learning. We discuss how Microattunement uses sound recordings to enable leaders to create conditions for unleashing unique genius, and how for the first time in history, we have AI as a tool to enable us to best contribute our talents in group settings. We dive into Teddy’s Entangled Bodies project and end with a reflection about the magic of humanity.
Season 3 Episode 4 Part 1: The Promise of Nonverbal Communication & Listening to Transform Culture
This episode is Part 1 of 3 of a conversation with Theodore Taptiklis about his 2023 joint project with Richard Bartlett, merging their Microattunement and Microsolidarity frameworks. We explore communication that goes past our heads and why the feeling tone of a host and the primary senses that we use to engage with a group matter. We wonder about today’s text-based performative identity and if our shift from oral tradition to writing has created a cult responsible for this white dominant culture we now find ourselves struggling to replace with something different and better.
Season 3 Episode 3: Reflections on Workplace Culture - The Impact of the Protestant Work Ethic & The Wisdom of Paganism
A conversation with Lawrence Lerner, a pioneer in payment technology with 25 years of success as a C-level executive in digital transformation, who shares his story about coming out as Pagan and tips for creating workplaces inclusive of Pagan identities. We explore the roots of religious conversion and the lasting impact of Protestantism on workplace culture, as well as the wisdom from Earth-first traditions reminding us how to authentically celebrate diversity and work with more purpose and balance, in tune with our own bodies and nature.
Season 3 Episode 2: How Religious Diversity & Tradition Can Transform Finance Education & Economics
A conversation with Professor Atul Shah, author of Inclusive and Sustainable Finance: Leadership, Ethics, and Culture, about what ancient religious traditions contribute to our understanding of finance and economics and why neoliberal business school education needs to change.
Season 3 Episode 1: What Evolutionary Biology Teaches Us About Conscious Capitalism
A conversation with Gavin Watson, author of Altruistic Business: Why Conscious Business Outperforms the Competition, about group evolution, conscious culture and its impact on performance, and an altruistic culture’s impact on stakeholders at large (suppliers, customers, investors).
Season 3 Interfaith Business Network Podcast - Trailer Out Now
Join Angie Luo, MS, Social Entrepreneurship alumna from the USC Marshall School of Business, for Season 3 of the Interfaith Business Network Podcast to hear stories from business leaders around the world bringing science, religion, technology, and business together to care for life on this planet.
Season 2 Episode 4: Founders' Stories: Breanne White & Angie Luo
A conversation between your hosts, Breanne White and Angie Luo, about why we founded the Interfaith Business Network, started this podcast, and where we are going from here.
Season 2 Episode 3: Identity and Community-Building on College Campuses
A conversation with Eddie Banks-Crosson, M.S. Ed, Director of the Office of Student Life for the Wharton MBA Program, about why and how business schools can and should offer opportunities and training for students to discuss beliefs and identity.
Season 2 Episode 2: Religious Literacy for Managers
A conversation with Parth Bhansali from Groupon about managing people in a way that is inclusive of religious, spiritual, and secular identities.
Season 2 Episode 1: The Impact of a Faith-Friendly Workplace
A conversation with May Mowzoon and Tasvir Singh Virk from Intel about the nuances that employees from diverse religious and secular backgrounds face in a global company and the importance of creating a faith-friendly workplace.
Season 2 Interfaith Business Network Podcast - Coming Soon
Join Breanne White, MBA student at Wharton, and Angie Luo, MS, Social Entrepreneurship alumna from the Marshall School of Business, for Season 2 of the Interfaith Business Network Podcast to hear stories from managers and colleagues in tech and academia about how religious literacy and belief inclusion show up in the workplace.
Season 1 Episode 4: The Global Impact of Interfaith Leadership
Ambassador Suzan (Sujay) Johnson Cook shares how her intersectional identities as a Black, Christian woman have contributed to her personal and professional success as a trail-blazing interfaith leader with global influence and impact.
Season 1 Episode 3: Integrating Faith and Artificial Intelligence
David Brenner and Linda Kinstler discuss why religion and faith matter in the tech sector and provide advice for technologists and business leaders who wish to build ethical products and a future that is good for everyone.
Season 1 Episode 2: How to Start an Interfaith Employee Resource Group
A conversation about starting an Interfaith ERG at work between Jonathon Felter (Twitter), Farah Siddiqui (Salesforce), and Marsie Sweetland (Equinix).
Season 1 Episode 1: A Case for Religious Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at Work
A conversation with Brian Grim (Religious Freedom and Business Foundation) and Craig Carter (Intel) about why religious freedom and inclusion at work matters.
Season 1 Interfaith Business Network Podcast
Join Breanne White, MBA student at Wharton, and Angie Luo, MS, Social Entrepreneurship student at the Marshall School of Business, for Season 1 of the Interfaith Business Network Podcast to learn more about how business leaders and students can create workplaces and communities that are diverse, welcoming, and inclusive to all.