Can Tenure Be More Humane? Ethics Of Care With Dr. Shawntal Brown
Dr. Shawntal Z. Brown, higher education scholar, incoming Program Manager for Freedom to Learn at PEN America, and President of the Texas Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education, explores what it means to love an institution that cannot love you back, from tenure and academic freedom to the gap between symbolic gestures and structural change.
Is Eco-Capitalism an Oxymoron? A Report From the Field
Can markets and ecology genuinely coexist, or does profit logic always eat its host? Drawing on more than 25 years in the natural products industry, Dr. Corinna Bellizzi weighs the skeptic’s and believer’s cases for eco-capitalism, from the unraveling of Ben & Jerry’s independence to algae-grown omega-3s, and argues that values endure only when they are built into a company’s foundation.
Shame Is Not A Health Plan: Coach Bill Hogarty On Our Kids and Families
William “Coach Bill” Hogarty, twelve-time bodybuilding champion and founder of the Kids Diabetes Foundation and the Coach Bill 1% Club, joins Care More Be Better to make the case that insulin resistance in children is preventable and that education, not shame, is how families turn it around. He and host Corinna Bellizzi talk honestly about metabolic markers, moderation over abstinence, leading by example at home, and what it takes to get 1% better every day.
Climate And Code: Bridging The Digital Divide In Disaster Recovery With Monica Sanders
Monica Sanders, Georgetown Law professor, National Geographic Explorer, and founder of the Undivide Project, shares how Hurricane Katrina shaped her fight for climate resilience that includes everyone, and why digital access belongs at the center of disaster preparedness. Drawing on her new book Climate and Code, she joins host Corinna Bellizzi to explore community-led technology, the true cost of hyperscale data centers, responsible AI use, and simple actions anyone can take to strengthen their community.
Can AI Be Used Responsibly? The Ethics of Care in a Machine Age
Almost no one is asking what it would mean to bring care to artificial intelligence — and in this solo episode, host Corinna Bellizzi, PhD does exactly that. Drawing on Carol Gilligan’s ethics of care, her own doctoral research into regenerative enterprise, and her personal experience using Claude and ChatGPT in dissertation research and podcast production, she makes the case that AI can be an amplifier of care rather than a substitute for it — but only if we use it with intention, transparency, and accountability.
Getting Unstuck: Facilitation, And The Work Of Values Alignment With Genevieve Smith
Genevieve Smith, organizational effectiveness consultant and founder of GV Advisory, returns to Care More Be Better to share how she helps social change organizations get unstuck through facilitation, power sharing, and honest conversations about values alignment. She joins host Corinna Bellizzi to explore organizational grief, the “power under” trap, the myth of neutrality, and practical tools any team can use to move from panic to possibility.
Inspired and Enraged: Wayne Pacelle on the War on Wildlife
The federal government plans to kill 450,000 barred owls over 30 years to protect the northern spotted owl — while simultaneously narrowing the definition of harm under the Endangered Species Act to allow old-growth forest logging that will destroy the spotted owl’s habitat.
Wayne Pacelle, president of Animal Wellness Action and the Center for Humane Economy, joins Corinna Bellizzi to expose the timber industry logic behind both moves. Together, they explain what’s happening to wild horses and wolves on America’s public lands, and share what 35 years of animal protection work has taught Wayne about how a slippery slope can lead to environmental devastation. We must act to protect America’s open spaces and wild habitats.
How Corporations Socialize Costs In The Profiteers With Christopher Marquis
Seventy percent of global carbon emissions over the past thirty years came from one hundred companies — yet BP spent millions convincing individuals to calculate their personal carbon footprint, redirecting blame onto consumers rather than the corporations responsible. Cambridge Professor Christopher Marquis, author of The Profiteers: How Business Privatizes Profit and Socializes Cost, returns to Care More Be Better to explain how corporations systematically shift their true costs onto the public, why the solutions must be systemic rather than individual, and where genuine examples of responsible business are quietly showing the way.
How Shoes That Fit Transforms Lives And Educational Futures With Amy Fass
More than 1.3 million children in the United States are unsheltered — and for many of them, a pair of new athletic shoes is not a given but a barrier, to school attendance, to team participation, to the simple feeling of belonging. Amy Fass, Executive Director of Shoes That Fit, joins Care More Be Better to share what happens when a child who has never owned new shoes opens a brand new box for the first time, and how her organization has delivered more than one million pairs of sneakers to kids in need across all 50 states.
Your Body Has Its Own Repair System: A Deep Dive Into Stem Cells And Regenerative Medicine With Christian Drapeau, MSc
Stem cell scientist Christian Drapeau was among the first researchers to propose that stem cells function as the body’s innate repair system — a paradigm shift that now shapes regenerative medicine and longevity science. The founder of Stemregen and author of Cracking the Stem Cell Code joins Care More Be Better to explain how plant extracts discovered through decades of global research can support the daily release of the body’s own stem cells, and why understanding your repair system may be the most important thing you can do for long-term health.
