Ep 13: Shattering Echo Chambers and Building Community Creatively with Sophie Beren, Founder & CEO of The Conversationalist
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If you ever want to have an incredible conversation about having incredible conversations, Sophie Beren is your girl! She is the founder and CEO of The Conversationalist, a multimedia digital platform empowering 15,000+ Gen Z leaders to break out of their echo chambers, have difficult conversations, and unify together. Through The Conversationalist's Gen Z Talk Show, "POVz"; their digital network on the Geneva app; and their text line, Sophie is helping unifying diverse young people from across the globe, once voice at a time. Sophie was recently recognized for her work as a 25 Under 25 by Social Entrepreneurs Magazine and 21 Womxn Entrepreneurs to Watch in 2021. Today, Sophie chats with Liz, Abby, and Hesandi about her journey from Kansas to the University of Pennsylvania to starting the Conversationalist, why echo chambers matter, and how writing and art can be used to build unifying communities. 
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