The 4 Best Breaking the Ocean Podcast Episodes
1) Episode 8 – Land of the Silver Birch: Pandemic as a form of Exile
Annahid Dashtgard narrates this intimate story of the pandemic as exile, and the land as a source of resilience and hope.
2) Episode 6 – Challenging anti-Black Racism in Organizations
We’ve seen a lot about anti-black racism in policing and during this pandemic, but what about the everyday insidious ways anti-Black racism is perpetuated in our organizations and by many well-intenti...Show More
3) Episode 5 – Storytelling as Resilience
Host Annahid Dashtgard reflects on the ability to make meaning in the face of hardship, a particularly necessary skill in this time of global pandemic. Reading an excerpt from her own life story — Bre...Show More
4) Episode 4 – For the Love of Unions
In a thriving democracy, unions are a necessary counterpoint to totalitarian power. Yet it seems that general literacy about the labour movement is on the decline— for eg. many of us would be hard pre...Show More
5) Episode 7 – Diversifying Organizations, Leading Inclusion: Tales from the Trenches
Organizations are the interface between society and the individual. In the midst of great societal upheaval around issues of race and equity, we’re taking you inside a couple of large organizations on...Show More
Episode 7 – Diversifying Organizations, Leading Inclusion: Tales from the Trenches
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6) Episode 3 – Super Kids: Tips for Teaching Empathy
We’re into fall again – that time of year where most of our young folks are in the first flush of a new school year. And even though schools today generally have a much better grip on preventing and d...Show More
7) Episode 2 – Healing America: The Psychological Case for Reparations
A visit to New Orleans: modern day tourist haven, historical slave port. Listen to this courageous convo with key American voices on how this past influences the present, and what debt remains in our...Show More
8) Episode 1 – The Heroes in Judy’s Head
Heroes in my Head is a heartwrenching and hopeful memoir about the resiliency required to facilitate wholeness, both in the world and in oneself. Overcoming childhood sexual abuse through discovery of...Show More