Story Untold Podcast
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Arno Kopecky: “Environmental issues are the story of our times”
InThe Environmentalists Dilemma, award-winning journalist Arno Kopecky zeroes in on the core predicament of our times: the planet may be dying, but humanitys doing better than ever. To acknowledge both sides of this paradox is to enter a realm of diffi
Shad: “We really need each other”
The Peabody and International Emmy Award-winning host of Hip-Hop Evolution, Canadian rapper Shad is something of a hip-hop polymath. Born in Kenya to Rwandan parents and raised in London, Ontario, he
Daniel Cordaro: “The knowledge of enough”
The founder and CEO of the Contentment Foundation, a global organization devoted to bring[ing] indestructible wellbeing practices into every school around the world, Daniel Cordaro has spent the last decade of his career studying what it means to live
Jill Heinerth: “Water connects us all”
More people have walked on the moon than explored some of the places Jill Heinerth has been underwater. One of the worlds most accomplished cave divers, Heinerth has escaped from exploding icebergs off the coast of Antarctica, probed the deep and winding
Antonio Michael Downing: “The mask is how we unleash [our stories]”
Raised in the lush rainforest of southern Trinidad, Antonio Michael Downings life was interrupted at age 11 when his caretaker grandmother passed. Uprooted and sent to live in Canada, Downing arrived in northern Ontario in a tiny, frostbitten community
Cheri DiNovo: “Every revolution seemed impossible until it happened”
Cheri DiNovo is no stranger to revolution. At twenty, openly queer, DiNovo was the only woman to sign Canadas first gay rights manifesto, We Demand, in 1971. Thirty years later, as a minister with the United Church of Canada, she would perform Canadas
Noah Asanias: “Survive the first two years”
In 2016, freshly laid off from his job, photographer Noah Asanias had a camera, a single lens, and $3,000 in his bank account. Just a few short years earlier, hed arrived from the Philippines on a student visa and traded his work for studio time. Today,
Todd Spoth: “[Photography is] the only class I’ve ever failed in my existence”
An award-winning photographer based in Houston, TX, Todd Spoth has photographed U.S. presidents, Olympic athletes, and recording artists alike. Known as “Uncle Todd” to more than a few hip-hop artists’ families,
Todd Spoth: “[Photography is] the only class I’ve ever failed in my existence”
An award-winning photographer based in Houston, TX, Todd Spoth has photographed U.S. presidents, Olympic athletes, and recording artists alike. Known as Uncle Todd to more than a few hip-hop artists
Marta Zaraska: “Optimism, kindness, and friendship”
From the day her daughter was born, science journalist Marta Zaraska (Washington Post, The Atlantic) fretted about her family’s health. She fasted, considered adopting the keto diet, and ran a half-marathon.