Walk Talk Listen Podcast

Walk Talk Listen, an attempt to connect people and make this world a bit better by sharing opinions and experiences based on the belief that everyone’s perspective is true albeit partial. It is also an effort to create awareness and to inspire a growing group of listeners to be engaged with the Global Goals (SDGs) and their attainment. A spin-off of the 100 mile walk. #gotheextra100mile
Episodes
Episodes



Wednesday Jul 26, 2023
Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Gaya Herrington (episode 125)
Wednesday Jul 26, 2023
Wednesday Jul 26, 2023
Gaya Herrington is Vice President Sustainability Research at Schneider Electric (voted most sustainable corporation in the world in 2021). She studies how environmental, social, behavioral and economic trends interact and what systems changes are needed for achieving true global sustainability. Gaya is best known for her research on the Limits to Growth (LtG), and how it informs us about a more human and ecocentric economic system, one fit for the 21st century: wellbeing economics.
Gaya has given keynote speeches and guest lectures around the world, and is an Advisor to the Club of Rome, an international 100-member club of scientists, economists, and other thinkers. She has a Master’s degree in Econometrics from the Liberal Amsterdam University and another Master’s in Sustainability from Harvard University. She lives in Washington D.C.
Recent interview with Gaya about her work: https://www.wired.com/story/gaya-herrington-avoiding-global-collapse/
Peer-reviewed journal article on Gaya’s LtG research: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jiec.13084
Gaya’s book (free for download): https://www.mdpi.com/books/mono/6206
Social media: Gaya's Facebook and Schneider Electric's: Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here.
Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you.
Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.



Wednesday Jul 19, 2023
WTL Special Series Enough 4 All - Linda Hartke (episode 27)
Wednesday Jul 19, 2023
Wednesday Jul 19, 2023
Linda Hartke is currently serving as the Interim Vice President of Operations at CWS and is a consultant who supports not-for-profit organizations. Her previous professional experience includes: President and Chief Executive Officer of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service; Executive Director (founder) of the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (Geneva, Switzerland); Deputy Executive Director of CWS; Country Director of CWS Cambodia; Chief of Staff to Congressman Chet Atkins; and Executive Director of the Massachusetts Democratic Party. In a volunteer capacity, Linda has served on several not-for-profit Boards of Directors, including: the Center for Migration Studies; the World AIDS Campaign (chair); Amnesty International USA (chair); and the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA (on behalf of the ELCA). Linda graduated from Smith College with a double major in Government, and Religion and Biblical Literature (New Testament) and she is active in a local congregation in Massachusetts where she lives.
Many of the guests are asked to come up with song that reminds them somehow about CWS, these selected songs are part of a special Playlist #CWSsongs.
Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you.
Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org.



Wednesday Jul 12, 2023
Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Tosca Bruno - Van Vijfeijken (episode 124)
Wednesday Jul 12, 2023
Wednesday Jul 12, 2023
Tosca Bruno-van Vijfeijken is an experienced INGO and philanthropic actor-focused consultant, leadership development trainer and coach, change management expert, author, evaluator and analyst with strong knowledge of international development, civil society organizations, leadership development, organizational development/organizational change, social development and gender and leadership. Excellent strategic, organizational, team management, communication and mentoring skills. Strong analytical, research and evaluation skills. Co-author of ‘Between Power and Irrelevance: the Future of Transnational NGOs’, with Hans Peter Schmitz and George Mitchell, and published by Oxford University Press (July 2020). Co-author of several academic articles in peer reviewed journals; author of many practitioner-oriented reports, blog posts and essays. Podcast host of ‘NGO Soul+Strategy’. Tosca is a Dutch national who has worked in multiple regions around the globe and who currently is living in the United States.
Tosca’s experience spans think tanks, NGOs, the World Bank, UN and academia. She has worked on civil society issues and social development since 1988. Prior to being the Principal Consultant at Five Oaks Consulting, Tosca worked in a European think tank focused on governance in Sub-Sahara Africa and the Caribbean; various UN agencies and an American NGO in Cambodia; as Social Development Specialist in the World Bank; and as ‘pracademic’ at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Management at Syracuse University, USA, where she directed the Transnational NGO (TNGO) Initiative. The TNGO Initiative focuses on the governance, leadership development and effectiveness of transnationally operating NGOs.
Social media: Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. Do check her blog.
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The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here.
Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you.
Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.



Wednesday Jul 05, 2023
Virtual WalkTalk Listen with Chrissa Pagitsas (episode 123)
Wednesday Jul 05, 2023
Wednesday Jul 05, 2023
Chrissa Pagitsas is a keynote speaker and strategic advisor to senior executives and boards on driving business value through global sustainability and ESG strategies. She is Principal and Founder of Pagitsas Advisors and a Senior Advisor to McKinsey & Co.
Recognized as a “Green Bond Champion” by the Climate Bonds Initiative and a recipient of the US Green Building Council Leadership Award, Chrissa led the Green Financing Business at Fannie Mae and was the Head of ESG. Her leadership and product innovation has made Fannie Mae the world’s largest issuer of Green Bonds, with over $110 billion issued through 2022.
Chrissa’s best-selling book Chief Sustainability Officers at Work (Apress, 2022) explores the unique business opportunities and challenges tackled by the Chief Sustainability Officers and Heads of ESG of Fortune 500 companies including BlackRock, Coca-Cola, Duke Energy, and Procter & Gamble.
Chrissa holds an MBA from the Darden School of Business, University of Virginia and a BA from Johns Hopkins University.
Her Twitter and Instagram.
The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here.
Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you.
Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS. The 11th 100 mile walk campaign will continue until the summer, find more info via de 100mile.org website. Or go straight to our fundraising page.



Wednesday Jul 05, 2023
Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Chat GPT (episode 122)
Wednesday Jul 05, 2023
Wednesday Jul 05, 2023
Yes, you read it correctly, we are experimenting in this episode and put many of our usual questions in front of Chat GPT! This is part of our learning and hope you enjoy it. Despite the "robot" voice, we hope that you pull throught the whole episode, because Chat GPT comes up with some interesting answers. Let us know what you think.
Chat GPT is a language model developed by OpenAI, capable of answering a variety of questions on a broad range of topics. The discussion that was held ranged from an overview of its creation and purpose, to thoughts on societal and ethical implications of AI, to perspectives on personal development and the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals.
Since Chat GPT is an AI model and not an individual or an organization, there are no social media handles. However, you can go to OpenAI's social media accounts or website if you are interested in learning more about the work being done in the development of advanced AI models like Chat GPT. As of its knowledge cutoff in 2021, OpenAI's website is www.openai.com.
The Chat GPT continued to remind me that while it can generate responses to a wide array of prompts, Chat GPG doesn't have beliefs, desires, or consciousness, and its responses are generated based on patterns and information in the data its was trained on.
The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here.
Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this series. We would love to hear from you.
Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS. The 11th 100 mile walk campaign will continue until the summer, find more info via de 100mile.org website. Or go straight to our fundraising page.



Wednesday Jun 28, 2023
Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Frank So (episode 121)
Wednesday Jun 28, 2023
Wednesday Jun 28, 2023
Frank So comes to Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon directly from the Office of the Vice President at the White House. As a Vice-Presidential Associate, he frequently traveled with the Vice President, advising her office on trips outside the continental United States. He previously worked for President Obama as a Presidential Associate, where he traveled in advance of the President to help ensure effective state functions on the ground.
For over a decade, Frank served as a U.S. diplomat in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Northern and East Africa. Most recently, he was the Senior Mission Advisor with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Columbia and Senior Human Rights Advisor for USAID in Honduras.
Before working with the government, Frank served with the United Nations in Darfur, Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan. His last post with the U.N. was as the Darfur Officer in Charge for the International Organization of Migration.
Throughout his career, Frank has specialized in strategy, policy, and coordinating various agencies as they address challenges related to conflict and human migration. Working with refugee and immigrant populations has been one of Frank’s lifelong passions. He is eager to apply this experience to EMO’s refugee and immigration work.
Frank holds a master’s degree in Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution from the University of Ulster and a bachelor’s degree in International Studies from Seattle University, where he served as the student body president.
A lifelong Catholic, Frank was educated by Jesuits in Portland, Ore. He is pleased to come “home” to the Pacific Northwest. Fluent in Spanish, Frank is a first generation American—his mother was born in Peru and his father in Thailand.
Social Media handles of EMO Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn
The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here.
Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you.
Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS. The 11th 100 mile walk campaign will continue until the summer, find more info via de 100mile.org website. Or go straight to our fundraising page.



Wednesday Jun 21, 2023
Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Isra Chaker (episode 120)
Wednesday Jun 21, 2023
Wednesday Jun 21, 2023
Isra Chaker is a Syrian-American activist, humanitarian advocate, and public speaker. She is an appointed Ambassador for One Young World (OYW), a global forum of young innovative leaders and has served as a speaker at their annual OYW Summit in London (2019), and Manchester (2022). She is a Public Advocate for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency USA (UNRWA) for her invaluable contributions in raising awareness and funds for their projects supporting Palestine refugees.
In addition, Isra was recognized as an Icon for the "We The Future" campaign by Amplifier, which recognizes ten young activists from across the United States in their leading work on current social justice issues affecting humanity. Isra was chosen to represent the refugee and immigration justice theme, known as "We the Future, will not be Banned". She is the only Muslim in the campaign, and artwork of Isra as well as a curriculum she designed to break down the stereotypes and misconceptions of Muslims, refugees and immigrants was taught to over 400,000 students in schools across the United States in the 2019 academic year.
Isra is a firm believer in positive social change and created a social media platform Isra Speaks to empower people around the world to use their personal narrative to become engaged and active global citizens who use their voice to create a positive human right impact. She uses her platform to educate people on social justice and political challenges facing humanity, to advocate for underrepresented populations, and to put a spotlight on leaders and organizations doing positive social change work.
Social media handles are: Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.
The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here.
Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you.
Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS. The 11th 100 mile walk campaign will continue until the summer, find more info via de 100mile.org website. Or go straight to our fundraising page.



Wednesday Jun 14, 2023
Virtual Walk Talk Listen with David Vásquez-Levy (episode 119)
Wednesday Jun 14, 2023
Wednesday Jun 14, 2023
Rev. Dr. David Vásquez-Levy serves as President of Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California –a progressive, multi-denominational seminary and center for social justice that prepares theologically and spiritually rooted leaders to work for the well-being of all. A committed pastor, a nationally recognized higher education and immigration leader, and a sought after speaker, Vásquez-Levy leads at the intersection of faith, higher education, and social change.
David is committed to innovation and access in theological education and leadership formation. He serves on the GTU Consortial Council, is co-founder and convener for the Latinx Presidents and Deans of ATS schools, and is a member of the executive leaders group of AshokaU campus network and the Asociación para La Educación Teológica Hispana (AETH). He also serves as Vice-Chair on the board of Church World Service, one of the largest ecumenical development agencies in the world, and the Advisory Council for Encore.org.
He regularly contributes a faith perspective to the national conversation on immigration, including speaking at a congressional briefing, immigration consultations with the both the Obama and the Biden White House, engaging in a series of public conversation with various State Attorneys across the country in an effort to reframe our national conversation about immigration. He has worked on consulted on a number of documentaries on immigration, labor, and human rights and is the author of various publications that explore migration stories in sacred texts and in peoples lives.
David has lived in four countries, including working on refugee resettlement in Canada, and taught courses and led international study and service trips across the globe. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science from Texas Lutheran University and a Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry degrees from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, including studies at Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, Germany.
Social media handles of the University: Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter and Linkedin.
The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here.
Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you.
Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS. The 11th 100 mile walk campaign will continue until the summer, find more info via de 100mile.org website. Or go straight to our fundraising page.
