Seth Kaplan: Repairing America One Zip Code at a Time (Pt 1)

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We Don’t Need More Heroes. We Need More Bowling Leagues

For Shop Talk, we unpack Robert Putnam's monumental book "Bowling Alone" and the collapse of the civic habits that once held our communities together — from church groups to bowling leagues. And what we as Army members are going to do about it! Support the show: https://www.norma ...  Show more

If You’ve Never Failed, You’ve Never Done Anything Worth Doing (Pt 1)

At 19 years old, King Randall put aside his own self-interest and started taking care of other people’s kids in Albany, Georgia, which has the highest concentrated poverty rate in the state. His summer school program grew into The X School for Boys, a private school that is compl ...  Show more

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