What it really takes to make change | Jacqueline Novogratz

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Society & Culture, Personal Journals

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🗓️ 20 May 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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From the strikes that transformed the world's view on climate change to the marches that demanded equity and justice for Black lives, there has been a new awakening of people passionate about creating change. As founder and CEO of Acumen, Jacqueline Novogratz decided early on to dedicate her life's work to doing just that. In this episode, Chris talks to Jacqueline (who he also happens to be married to) about the wisdom she gained from abandoning a lucrative career as a banker to start a nonprofit dedicated to eradicating global poverty, and the moral imagination -- and difficult tradeoffs -- she believes are necessary to make a transformative impact on the world.

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0:00.0	Have you listened to Talk Radio recently?
0:03.0	Let's talk about this war on white people.
0:05.0	That's a pro-quiling, it's good for you.
0:07.0	Bill the Keystone pipeline, deport illegals, build the wall.
0:10.0	I'm Katie Thornton, host of the divided dial,
0:13.0	a new five-part series from WNMC's On the Media,
0:17.0	about how the American right came to dominate Talk Radio
0:21.0	and how one company is launching a conservative media empire
0:25.0	from the airwaves.
0:26.0	Listen every Tuesday and on the media feed.
0:30.0	Hi there, I'm Chris Duffy, host of How to Be a Better Human,
0:33.0	another Ted podcast.
0:34.0	Most of us want to be better, but we're not quite sure where to begin.
0:37.0	And our show is here to help.
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0:41.0	who might just make you a better human,
0:43.0	from standing up for what you believe in to challenging conventional wisdom
0:46.0	embracing rejection or finding gratitude every day,
0:49.0	our show is your guide to becoming a little less terrible.
0:52.0	Not that you're terrible right now, I think you're great,
0:54.0	but not something me become a little less terrible,
0:56.0	and maybe you'll pick up something along the way.
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