An inspirational podcast about how we were never meant to be common. There are giants among us who have figured out how to be uncommon and inspire greatness. Each episode is a narrated journey about how they started “incredible” out of nothing, or how they broke the status quo, or faced down adversity, or took the road less traveled. "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." The Podcast is hosted by Tinotenda Charles Rutanhira -- @tcrutan -- www.tcrutanhira.com
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Summer Break: I'm working hard getting some much needed R&R before I start my next season of the On The Shoulders Of Giants Podcast. I've already lined up some exciting guests for Season 3, but in the meantime, here is one of my favorites from Season 2.Katherine Bramhall is a midwife who specializes in pregnancy, at home childbirth, postpartum, wom…
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Summer Break: I'm working hard getting some much needed R&R before I start my next season of the On The Shoulders Of Giants Podcast. I've already lined up some exciting guests for Season 3, but in the meantime, here is one of my favorites from Season 2.Rebecca Roose and Timna Dulmer are two parents of two children who have taken the decision to all…
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Summer Break: I'm working hard getting some much needed R&R before I start my next season of the On The Shoulders Of Giants Podcast. I've already lined up some exciting guests for Season 3, but in the meantime, here is one of my favorites from Season 2.Confronted by Hope: Episode 24 - Reverend Rick Welch is the Executive Director of Teen Challenge …
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Children Of Hephaestus: Chris Thompson is the Executive Director and a founding board member at Generator Makerspace. Generator Makerspace is a combination of artist studio, classroom, workshop, and business incubator at the intersection of art, science, and technology. Generator is mashing together traditionally siloed areas like art, technology, …
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Mind Full or Mindful: Dr. James Hudziak is a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, who was named to U.S. News and World Report’s Top Doctors list in 2012-2013. Dr. Hudziak placed in the top 1% for excellence in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry with special expertise in ADD/ADHD, genetic neuroimaging and health promotion. He is also a Professor of Psych…
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My Brother’s Keeper: Jacob Bogre is the Executive Director of the Association of Africans Living In Vermont (AALV), an organization whose mission is to equip immigrants and refugees with necessary tools, skills and support to resettle in Vermont.Jacob is an immigrant himself, who arrived on the shores of this country in 2003 from Burkina Faso. He h…
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Be Curious, Be Curious, Be Curious: Jan Reynolds is an award-winning author of 17 books and photographer whose work has appeared in numerous publications, including National Geographic, The New York Times, and Outside magazine. Jan is also a world class skier who holds the women’s record for high altitude skiing; an Olympic biathlete and Triathlete…
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The Voice of Vermont: Jane Lindholm is the host of the award-winning Vermont Public Radio program "Vermont Edition" and is also the host and creator of "But Why: A Podcast For Curious Kids". Jane joined VPR in 2007 to expand Vermont Edition from a weekly pilot into the flagship daily program that it is today. Jane is now the unofficial voice of Ver…
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Episode 28: Rebecca Roose & Timna Dulmer
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Unconditional Love: Most transgender children still live in the shadows, viewed as freaks of nature: rejected by their families, many grow up hating their bodies, falling victim to high rates of drug abuse, violence, depression and suicide.Rebecca Roose and Timna Dulmer are two parents of two children who have taken the decision to allow their chil…
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Community Driven: Ali Dieng is a Councilman for Burlington Ward 7. Ali is a passionate and dedicated community leader. Only having been in the U.S. for 10 years, Ali is now the Family Outreach Coordinator and Parent University Manager in the Burlington School District, and is deeply engaged in the community in everything from the the Champlain Vall…
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Informed Choice: Katherine Bramhall is the founder of Gentle Landing Midwifery and President of Yayasan Bumi Sehat in the US. Katherine specializes in pregnancy, at home childbirth, postpartum, women's sexual and reproductive health, and newborn care. In 2004, in response to the earthquake in Bam, Iran, Katherine began her intensive years of disast…
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A Bold Explorer Into The Great Unknown: Bruce Duncan is the Managing Director of the Terasem Movement Foundation Inc. The Terasem Movement Foundation is a Vermont-based organization that supports scientific research and development in the areas of cryonics, biotechnology, and cyber consciousness and they are the inventors of Bina48, one of the most…
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Confronted by Hope: Reverend Rick Welch is the Executive Director of Teen Challenge Vermont. In this interview, he talks to me about experiencing abuse as a child, a troubled life as a teenager and drug addiction as an adult, but how Teen Challenge freed him from a life of enslavement.Teen Challenge was founded by David Wilkerson in 1958 as a faith…
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Overweight Underachievers with Counter Culture Values: Jerry Greenfield is the co-founder of Ben & Jerry's. Jerry talks to me about how he and his childhood friend, Ben Cohen, two overweight underachievers with counterculture values, founded the world's most popular ice cream brand out of the failure of the things they were individually trying to d…
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From Dilettante To Turnaround Artist: Elisabeth (Liz) Robert is the former CEO of Vermont Teddy Bear & now Owner/CEO of Terry Bicycles. 'Start-up entrepreneur’, 'business executive', ‘going-private’, ‘turn-around artist’, ‘relocation-preneur’ and real estate developer, from startups to publicly traded corporations - there are very few Vermont busin…
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Red Sea, Blue Ocean: Marguerite Dibble is the President/CEO of GameTheory. Marguerite founded GameTheory in her Junior year at Champlain College in Burlington Vermont in 2011. She and a small team of fellow Game Development students dove in directly after graduation, building products and forging a future for the company, building game powered solu…
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Episode 20: Sascha Mayer & Christine Dodson
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Breasts: Fun and Sexy … and Practical: Supermoms, Sascha Mayer & Christine Dodson, are the founders of Mamava Inc. Mamava is a company that delivers design solutions for nursing mamas on the go. Mamava is on a mission to normalize pumping and breastfeeding. With the "Happy Breasts" logo and the words “Privacy for pumping and breastfeeding” emblazon…
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Mission Driven: Allyson Laackman's 16 year old daughter convinced her to volunteer for the Obama 2008 Presidential Campaign. Little did Allyson know that in a few short months, she would then go on to serve as the first Chief Financial Officer of the Obama White House, as the Interim Director of Executive Residence and eventually the Chief of Staff…
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Empowering Communities One Student At A Time: Raichle (Rai) Farrelly is an Assistant Professor by day who follows the convictions of her heart by night. After a trip to Tanzania and seeing how lack of access to education was adversely affecting children in rural communities, Rai founded Project Wezesha, a non profit aimed at providing educational o…
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Give Peas A Chance: At the age of 26, Trevor Sullivan, was already on the way to founding Burlington's most popular vegan restaurant-café: Pingala Café, and in just 3 short years has already opened a second cafe as well as a vegan consumer packaged food line, Animaloo Vegan Foods. I've found myself pigging out at Trevor's vegan cafe, the stuff is r…
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The Best Of Season 1 (Part 2 of 2): This is the second of two parts recapping all of the best portions of the interviews conducted in Season 1.I wanted to start Season 2 of the Podcast with a bang, and thought what better way to do this than by going through all of the inspirational interviews I had in Season 1 and summarize them into 2 power-packe…
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The Best Of Season 1 (Part 1 of 2)
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The Best Of Season 1 (Part 1 of 2): This is the first of two parts recapping all of the best portions of the interviews conducted in Season 1.I wanted to start Season 2 of the Podcast with a bang, and thought what better way to do this than by going through all of the inspirational interviews I had in Season 1 and summarize them into 2 power-packed…
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Being Comfortable With Being Uncomfortable: When was the last time you intentionally put yourself out of your own comfort zone in order to relate to and meet the needs of the underprivileged. Stephanie Hobold, a mentor, and community and relationship builder focused on strengthening local communities and youths did just that; she moved out of her h…
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No Child Left Inside: Ever since she was a child, Angella Gibbons, the Founder of EarthWalk Vermont, has been passionately curious about the great outdoors. She founded EarthWalk Vermont in 2005, and uses nature-based education like observation training, animal tracking, wilderness first aid and a general appreciation of the outdoors to inspire and…
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Heady Heights: When John and Jen Kimmich founded the Alchemist Brewery, they had no idea that they would lose their entire brew pub to a hurricane and by taking risks and trusting their instincts would end up running arguably the most popular craft brewery in the country and the beer that has been christened “the best beer in the world”.…
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A Call To Serve: Miro Weinberger is the Mayor of Burlington, Vermont's largest city. He give up a successful & promising career in the private sector to run for Mayor in 2012.Por Tinotenda Charles Rutanhira
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Look for The Space Between The Trees: Murray Banks followed his instincts and found his calling as a Motivational Speaker. Murray's many credentials include Vermont Teacher of the Year, Outstanding Educator Award, winner of 4 National Championships in Triathlon, as well as one of the top finishers in the Ironman Triathlon World Championship. He als…
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From The Agony of Defeat, To The Thrill of Victory: Hannah Kearney is a mogul skier who won a gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and a bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Having placed 3rd-to-last in the 2006 Olympics, with her 2 Olympic medals, Hannah went on to amass a record-tying 46 World Cup wins and 3 world tit…
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The Intersection of War and Beer: Andrea Gagner, is the CEO of 14th Star Brewing Company, a Vermont brewery founded by her brother Steve, a veteran of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars whose idea for the business took shape during downtime between patrols. Andrea has helped transform 14th Star from a home brewing hobby to one of the most sought after b…
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If We Don’t Shape The Change, The Change Will Shape Us: Kesha Ram is the embodiment of a leader and community activist: she was the first minority Student Body President in the history of the University of Vermont and only the 7th female President in its 227 year history. At 22, Kesha became the youngest ever member of the VT Legislature.…
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The Ghost Of Christmas Past: Rich Tarrant, entrepreneur, founder and CEO of MyWebGrocer is not stranger to business success - he is the son of Rich Tarrant Sr. who founded IDX, and as a boy, Rich's philosophy about business, leadership and entrepreneurship was shaped at the dinning room table. Proving that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, …
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Highly Meditated: Yoga Instructor Kerry Fantelli discusses her life as a Yogini and how yoga became her passion and way of life ... Yoga can change the heart - but we're not just talking about blood pressure.Por Tinotenda Charles Rutanhira
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The Rock That Never Rolls: A Gallop Poll shows Vermont as being the least religious state in the US. Pastor Mike Kriesel, the Lead Pastor at Community Bible Church talks about his life as a Pastor and the challenges of Christianity in the state of Vermont.Por Tinotenda Charles Rutanhira
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Episode 5: Natalie Miller & Nathan Hartswick
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Laugh Out Loud ... Natalie Miller & Nathan Hartswick, founders of The Vermont Comedy Club, talk about making a living in the performing arts industry & how they created work for themselves in a field that no one had previously been successful in.Por Tinotenda Charles Rutanhira
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Making serendipity happen. Ted Adler, Entrepreneur & President of Union Street Media talks about how he started a thriving business in his college dorm.Por Tinotenda Charles Rutanhira
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The dead have taught me how to live. Jean Luc Dushime photojournalist and social activist talks about surviving the genocide in Rwanda and the challenges of an immigrant’s life in America.Por Tinotenda Charles Rutanhira
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Markey Read, President and Co-founder of Career Networks a leadership, organizational and career development company based right here in Vermont.Markey Read has 25 years of experience in coaching and training groups and individuals in developing and implementing sustainable Leadership and Professional Development programs. Markey is Certified in My…
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Ashley Wishinski, Rental Real Estate Investor & Strategist and a Mom of Twins. Ashley helps real estate investors get started in the field of real estate.Not your average 30-something year old ... my hope is that by sharing her story, Ashley will inspire you to take action, make your dreams a reality and live a fulfilling life. She wasn’t gifted wi…
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