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We interview brilliant humans who share their journeys, insights, and experiences. Each interview is with someone from the Good Humans Club. We bring you the voices of those from all walks of life to share with you what they geek out about-- their passions, talents, struggles, and successes. This doesn't mean that they're going to be tech talks (although they might be!). Each episode will feature the hosts and their guests talking about topics including health, psychology, art, music, learning, and more-- the list goes on. Episodes are fun and engaging and provide some nuggets of information that you can take away. Oh, and yeah, they might be awkward sometimes. That's just how we roll.

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October 28, 202655 min

Rethinking Fundraising and Equitable Space-Making with Erica Rife

What happens when a self-described lost soul who studied nutrition and art history ends up leading an architecture nonprofit and decides some money isn't worth taking? Let's find out! In this episode, we speak with Erica Rife , Executive Director of the Architecture Foundation of Oregon , former head of Design Museum Portland, and MassChallenge alum, for a candid conversation about leading with your values in a sector built on donor money. We dig into how one event at MassChallenge introduced her to design as a way of thinking, why a playbook that works in Boston wouldn't work in Portland, what her grad school research on whiteness in philanthropy revealed, what community-centric fundraising means, and why architecture's long, expensive road to licensure keeps the field so homogeneous. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction & Welcome, Erica Rife 00:41 - From Nutrition and Art History to MassChallenge and Design Museum Portland 08:20 - Why Erica Never Wanted to Be an Entrepreneur 12:20 - Boston vs Portland and a City Built for Design 17:49 - Grad School, Whiteness in Philanthropy, and a Street Art Detour 28:46 - Community-Centric vs Donor-Centric Fundraising 34:35 - Saying No to Problematic Donors and Protecting Staff 40:20 - Who Gets to Design, Diversity and the Path to Licensure 46:36 - Unlearning Startup Habits and Learning AFO's History 50:50 - Closing Thoughts & Where to Find Erica Visit us at InclusionGeeks.com to stay up to date on all the ways you can make the workplace work for everyone! Check out Inclusion Geeks Academy and InclusionGeeks.com/podcast for the code to get a free mini course.

October 27, 202657 min

You Can See Everything ... or Can You?

Is Elizabeth Holmes a manipulative mastermind, a deeply broken person, or both at the same time? Let's find out! In this very spoiler-heavy episode, we unpack You Can See Everything, the new documentary from Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim about Elizabeth Holmes, for a messy and fun conversation about truth, performance, who's shaping the story, and why. Honestly we could have gone another hour... maybe we will. We're not sure. We dig into how our read on Holmes kept shifting from scene to scene, why turning anyone into a one-dimensional villain gets in the way of understanding how harm happens, what it means when the people on camera know they’re being watched, and how Nathan Fielder’s style makes us question everything. We also talk about the trauma, control, and manipulation threaded through her story, and why naming that context explains without excusing. Content note: this episode includes discussion of sexual assault (roughly 15:30 to 22:50) and contains many spoilers. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction & Spoiler Warning 00:41 - What We Knew About Elizabeth Holmes and Nathan Fielder Going In 11:45 - Who's On First? 15:28 - The Revelation From Her Father and Multiple Truths at Once 22:53 - One-Dimensional Villains, Bad Blood, and Where Belief Became Fraud 29:36 - Let's Talk About Billy, the Eggs, and Folie à Deux 37:37 - The Tweets, the Gag Gift, and Amanda Seyfried 47:26 - Scripted Showdowns, Trailer vs. Final Cut, and the "I Trust You" Call 51:19 - The Ending Visit us at InclusionGeeks.com to stay up to date on all the ways you can make the workplace work for everyone! Check out Inclusion Geeks Academy and InclusionGeeks.com/podcast for the code to get a free mini course.

August 26, 202649 min

Survivor-Centered AI, Data Centers, and the Future of Remote Work with Theodora Skeadas

Theodora Skeadas is back for round two, and we packed in a lot! In Part 1 , we got into red teaming, AI governance, and social scoring. This time we went wider, starting with what's happening to remote work and who gets left behind as companies pull people back into offices, tighten visa rules for trust and safety roles, and automate outsourced content moderation jobs. We talk about the "portfolio life" as a way to future-proof your career instead of betting everything on one role, what happened to Twitter's workforce demographics after the layoffs, and Theo's survivor-centered approach to fighting AI-generated intimate image abuse. We also make the case for treating cloud infrastructure as a public utility, and dig into the climate and water costs of data centers. Whew! Chapters 00:00 - Felicia and Rachel intro: Spider-Man's Vulture and class solidarity 11:02 - Remote work 18:45 - The case for a "portfolio life" 24:33 - Centering survivors in the fight against AI-generated intimate image abuse 32:13 - The case for treating cloud infrastructure as a public utility 35:54 - Data centers, water, and the climate cost of cloud infrastructure 46:41 - Panpsychism, consciousness, and AI Visit us at InclusionGeeks.com to stay up to date on all the ways you can make the workplace work for everyone! Check out Inclusion Geeks Academy and InclusionGeeks.com/podcast for the code to get a free mini course.

July 2, 20261 hr 5 min

Trust, Safety, and Responsible AI with Theodora Skeadas

Theodora Skeadas has spent her career at the messy, consequential intersection of technology, governance, and harm reduction, long before "responsible AI" became a job title. She studied philosophy and government, witnessed the Arab Spring firsthand, spent years at Twitter facilitating the Global Trust and Safety Council, and now heads AI red teaming at Humane Intelligence while also serving as a PhD researcher at King's College London, board co-chair of the Integrity Institute, and advisory board chair of All Tech is Human . As she put it: she sleeps occasionally! We get into what red teaming is and why everyone, not just researchers and AI labs, should be doing it. We also talk about how trust and safety and AI governance are more connected than the headlines suggest, what social scoring actually means (yep, like that Black Mirror episode), the human cost of Meta pulling its content moderation contracts, what it takes to get into responsible tech right now, and how companies should be thinking about AI in hiring and performance reviews. We didn't even get into all of our questions, so we had to do a part 2... stay tuned! Chapters 00:00 - Felicia and Rachel get into it... Knicks win, New York City, and the need for human connection 09:30 - Theo's origin story: philosophy, the Arab Spring, and landing in responsible tech 14:51 - Twitter's Trust and Safety Council, AI governance, and why they're more connected than you'd think 19:01 - Red teaming: what it is, who does it, and why everyone should be involved 24:30 - Guardrails: from social media deny lists to the EU AI Act 30:33 - Meta, BPO contracts, and the global human cost of cutting content moderation 32:34 - Social scoring: from Black Mirror to reality 37:31 - Online fraud, vulnerable populations, and the case for critical thinking 42:07 - Getting into responsible AI: honest advice for a crowded, shrinking field 50:33 - AI in the workplace and the global picture: governance, bias, language gaps, and what's next Visit us at InclusionGeeks.com to stay up to date on all the ways you can make the workplace work for everyone! Check out Inclusion Geeks Academy and InclusionGeeks.com/podcast for the code to get a free mini course.

June 2, 20261 hr 6 min

AI Policy and Work Inequality with Julia Regier

Julia Regier is a policy and research manager at MIT's Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work , where she focuses on workforce and policy impacts. Her path here was anything but straight, from studying philosophy at Wellesley to an MBA at Yale to translating dense economics research for people who don't speak economics. We talk about what the data shows for workers without college degrees (spoiler: it's not great, and it’s been getting worse since 1980), why the self-checkout AI surveillance story is a perfect case study in automation gone wrong, and what it would take to redirect AI development toward something that works for workers, not just around them. We also get into the market failure at the heart of how AI is being built, why a handful of people setting the vision for all of us is a problem, and what policy levers could shift things. Julia also makes the moral case, loud and clear, for a living wage, and we’re here for it. Chapters 00:00 - Intro - Felicia and Rachel talk local politics, civic assemblies, and more 20:28 - Welcome Julia! Her Nonlinear Path: Philosophy, Recruiting & Landing at MIT 25:00 - Worker Ownership, Co-ops & Why It's Harder Than It Sounds 29:35 - Job Quality for Workers Without College Degrees: What the Data Shows 37:00 - AI Surveillance, Self-Checkout & the Annoyance Factor 43:45 - Taking the Long View: Policy Impacts & the Case for Investing in Children 49:40 - Who's Setting the Vision for AI (and Why That's a Problem) 54:26 - Pro-Worker AI: Policy Levers That Could Actually Change Course 62:00 - Gender, Diversity & Who's Missing from the Research 65:20 - If You Could Change One Thing + Closing Thoughts Visit us at InclusionGeeks.com to stay up to date on all the ways you can make the workplace work for everyone! Check out Inclusion Geeks Academy and InclusionGeeks.com/podcast for the code to get a free mini course.

May 28, 20269 min

We launched a new pod!

We are SO excited to share that we launched a new podcast called Public Speak! If you've listened to our intros lately, you may already know that we're engaged in local government. As it turns out, there's a lot to it! ☺️ In this teaser episode, we pull back the curtain on our unexpected journeys into local public service, with Felicia serving as City Councilor in Easthampton, MA, and Rachel freshly elected to her North Park Neighborhood Planning Committee in San Diego. What prompted this new pod? Our shared conviction that local government is wildly misunderstood, frustratingly slow for good reasons, and way more accessible than most people think. From demystifying city council meetings to explaining why your park might take five years to materialize, Public Speak aims to make civic life feel a little less like a foreign language, and a lot more like something you could actually be part of. Guests from around the country are coming. Robert's Rules will be explained. Subscribe on any platforms or you can support us and get full episodes at https://publicspeakpodcast.substack.com/ ! Visit us at InclusionGeeks.com to stay up to date on all the ways you can make the workplace work for everyone! Check out Inclusion Geeks Academy and InclusionGeeks.com/podcast for the code to get a free mini course.

April 24, 20261 hr 6 min

Belonging and Somatic Leadership with Rhodes Perry

What happens when a former White House policy nerd realizes the real work of culture change isn't in politics? Let's find out! In this episode, we chat with Rhodes Perry , social entrepreneur, author of Imagine Belonging , and founder of Rhodes Perry Consulting, for a thoughtful, grounding conversation about what it takes to build belonging at work when the ground keeps shifting under all of us. We dig into why the epidemic of loneliness at work is a business risk most leaders aren't tracking, why Rhodes welcomes diversity of thought but draws a hard line at diversity of respect, how somatic leadership and nervous system regulation are becoming essential skills for leading through chaos, and what it means to support trans, non-binary, and gender diverse colleagues when just existing feels targeted. Rhodes also shares how burnout cracked him open five years into building his company, why he made unapologetic trans joy a personal commitment, and why the leaders we've been underestimating the longest are the ones this moment is calling for. It's one of those conversations where we left feeling steadier and a little more hopeful, and we think you will too! Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction & Episode Preview 01:50 - Felicia and Rachel Intro 11:57 - Welcome, Rhodes! 13:09 - The Epidemic of Loneliness at Work 15:38 - From the White House to Founding Rhodes Perry Consulting 18:35 - Why Belonging? The Heart Behind DEI 23:54 - Diversity of Thought vs Diversity of Respect 27:51 - Somatic Leadership and Regulating the Nervous System 33:34 - Why Getting Into the Body Feels Hard 38:54 - The Sludge of Transformation 43:36 - Does the DEI Industry Still Have a Place? 47:22 - What This Work Really Asks of Leaders 50:51 - Supporting Trans, Non-Binary, and Gender Diverse Communities 59:53 - The Future of Work and the Rise of Minority Leadership 64:04 - Rhodes's New Book, Out This Fall 64:56 - Closing Thoughts & Where to Find Rhodes Visit us at InclusionGeeks.com to stay up to date on all the ways you can make the workplace work for everyone! Check out Inclusion Geeks Academy and InclusionGeeks.com/podcast for the code to get a free mini course.

March 18, 20261 hr 6 min

AI Ethics, SHRM, and Building New Playbooks with Kristy McCann

What happens when one of HR's most seasoned leaders gets fed up with broken systems and decides to build new ones? Let’s find out! In this episode, we sit down with Kristy McCann, multi-time founder, CEO, and HR powerhouse, for a wide-ranging, energizing conversation about the real state of the future of work. We dig into why change management is ultimately just project management (and why most leaders are failing at it), the growing ethics and efficacy crisis around AI adoption in the workplace, what's gone wrong with SHRM as a certifying body, and why consumer power might be the most underutilized lever we have right now. Kristy also shares how she reads pattern recognition as a superpower, and what her next chapter looks like as she works to close the skilling gap she's spent her career fighting. It's one of those conversations where we left feeling genuinely fired up and we think you will too! Also in this episode: we introduce Ask the Librarian , our new AI-powered tool built on the Inclusion Geeks resource library. {blush emoji} Chapters 00:00 - Introduction & Episode Preview 01:14 - Introducing Ask the Librarian, Our New AI-Powered Resource Tool 11:47 - Welcome, Kristy McCann Flynn 12:03 - Kristy's Career Journey, From Scranton to HR Founder 18:02 - Rethinking Change Management for a World in Constant Flux 22:00 - AI in the Workplace, Enhancement or Replacement? 28:33 - AI Ethics, Data Privacy & the No-Guardrails Problem 31:11 - Leadership Gaps, Accountability & Why Ideas Aren't Enough 33:21 - Kristy's Stealth Next Chapter, Education, Skilling & AI Efficacy 35:13 - The SHRM Problem, When Certifying Bodies Lose Their Way 44:49 - Rebuilding Critical Thinking & Trust in Institutions 50:18 - Consumer Power, Boycotts & Collective Action 52:59 - Unionization, General Strikes & Protecting Workers 57:42 - Think Globally, Act Locally 61:14 - AI Displacement, What History Tells Us 64:31 - Closing Thoughts & Where to Find Kristy Visit us at InclusionGeeks.com to stay up to date on all the ways you can make the workplace work for everyone! Check out Inclusion Geeks Academy and InclusionGeeks.com/podcast for the code to get a free mini course.

February 19, 20261 hr 16 min

The Future of Work, Gig Economy Lawsuits, and Who Tech Really Builds For with Jarah Euston and David Chiu

This episode goes somewhere we didn't plan, and we think that makes it one of our best yet. We sat down with Jarah Euston, co-founder and CEO of WorkWhile , a fast-growing app-based staffing platform connecting 80 million frontline workers with flexible shift opportunities. Jarah grew up in Fresno working retail, got burnt out building software for tech people, and decided to build technology for workers instead. It's a compelling vision and a genuinely interesting conversation about flexibility, AI, and what the future of work could look like for hourly employees. But after that conversation wrapped, we learned that WorkWhile had recently settled a second major lawsuit with the San Francisco City Attorney's office for misclassifying workers as independent contractors. So we spoke with David Chu, the San Francisco City Attorney , and asked for his side of the story. What you'll hear in this episode is both interviews back to back. First, Jarah's perspective on building worker-centered technology, and then David's perspective on what happens when "flexibility" becomes a cover for avoiding worker protections. Together, these two conversations raise a question that feels urgent right now: Is it possible to build a genuinely worker-centered future of work, one with flexibility, innovation, and fair treatment? Or are we just repackaging old inequities in new apps? Visit us at InclusionGeeks.com to stay up to date on all the ways you can make the workplace work for everyone! Check out Inclusion Geeks Academy and InclusionGeeks.com/podcast for the code to get a free mini course.

February 13, 202646 min

Billionaires, Epstein, and the Reckoning We're Living Through

It's February 2026, and everything is happening all at once. In this unfiltered bonus episode, we try to make sense of the polycrisis… from billionaires losing it (looking at you, Benioff), to the Epstein files, to AI potentially developing consciousness, to Tesla pivoting to humanoid robots. We dig into why the people with the most power and money seem to be the most broken, how institutions (including Felicia's own alma mater!) are choosing money over morals, and why this might actually be the reckoning we've been overdue for. Plus: Reggie Watts' optimistic AI theory, the case for dismantling the patriarchy, why capitalism is the connective tissue in all of this, and an honest conversation about aging as women in a world designed to make us hate our wrinkles. Let’s get into it! Visit us at InclusionGeeks.com to stay up to date on all the ways you can make the workplace work for everyone! Check out Inclusion Geeks Academy and InclusionGeeks.com/podcast for the code to get a free mini course.