Episodes
June 9, 2019, Bill Quinn   There's a new episode with excellent interviews that needs attention, stat!  This time we'll hear from three organizations in the field of medicine including Medshare which redirects medical surplus from landfills to developing healthcare systems, Shoe4Africa which built a children's hospital in Africa and You Can Thrive which holistically supports women as they deal with a cancer diagnosis and treatment.  Snapping on their rubber gloves and buckling...
Published 06/10/19
Published 06/10/19
This episode, my friend Preya Singh and I look at the art of writing through the lens of three very different interviews.  We start with the benefits of creative chaos orchestrated by 826NYC and the Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co.  We then hear how the Library of America is preserving and sharing the American experience.  And we finish with Walking in Other People's Shoes which is building a community of women sharing inspiring stories of struggle, perseverance and triumph. I want to thank all...
Published 02/19/19
This episode I hear from some environmental Davids who are enthusiastically staring down the Goliaths of climate change, waste and many other pressing environmental issues.  We'll hear stories from Kaia Rose, the director of Climate Countdown which is making climate politics much more accessible, Robert Lee of Rescuing Leftover Cuisine who has found a way to make enormous environmental gains while helping support New York’s food insecure and Justin Bulova & Emily Stewart of Grades of...
Published 12/18/18
Happy Giving Tuesday!  Since starting Nonprofit Tangent, I've ended almost every interview with a simple question: What have you learned?  This episode we get to hear those answers.  So Instead of stories, I present the collected wisdom from (most of) the volunteers, founders, executive directors, and others I have spoken with over the past year and a half.    To help me sort through the excellent and diverse advice is Elizabeth David Dembrowsky, herself a founder of Good Counsel...
Published 11/27/18
This episode I present a tasty three course meal of a podcast with organizations that span the spectrum  of food's role in our lives from basic sustenance to cultural ambassador to bringing community together.  We start with One Sandwhich at a Time's Erin Dinan who explains how half a sandwich spawned an army of sandwich makers  across New York that feed the homeless.  Then Robert Sanfiz of La Nacional relays the enduring power of the 150 year old Spanish Benevolent Society supporting Spanish...
Published 09/12/18
This episode we get into the transformativeand healing power of music!  I talk to three organizations that use this power to help various populations.  We hear about middle school students being turned onto music for the first time and 90 year old veterans of the industry.  And everything in between.   And don't forget to join us for some networking, fundraising and 90s hip hop at Nonprofit Mixtape '18!    I want to firstly say thank you to DJ Syncro for the songs featured throughout...
Published 08/28/18
We have got a supersized Nonprofit Tangent episode for you today!  We're packing your happy meal full of three fantastic interviews; You'll get stories from the passionate Carmin Caterina’s education nonprofit, "Lessons for my Daughters," the amazing Ambassador Rubina Ali and the Global Learning Trust and the charming Rami Abouemira who has a number of projects that seeking to counter Islamophobia. Learn more about these organizations and musicians here!
Published 08/16/18
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Published 05/29/18