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Lead the Change Podcast explores leadership and innovation in the field of sustainability.

19/12/2025

Could moving just 1% of NYC’s capital transform the local economy?

That’s the question Michael Shuman opens with in our most recent Lead the Change podcast episode—a live conversation with Karla Pinzón on community power, workforce development, and what it really takes to build a just energy transition in New York City.

If you’re thinking about the future of clean energy, sustainable cities, or how local investment can create real pathways into green careers, this episode is worth your time.

🎧 Haven't listened to the conversation yet? Listen now: https://hubs.ly/Q03Yz1wW0

20/11/2025

“How do we create sustainability in New York City?”

That’s the first question Michael Shuman asks in today’s new episode — a live conversation with Karla Pinzón on community power, workforce development, and what it really takes to build a just energy transition in NYC.

🎙️ Listen now: https://hubs.ly/Q03Vflr90

18/11/2025

What does it look like when communities shape their own economic future?

As Karla Pinzón puts it: “When we invest in local knowledge, we’re the ones that are able to get the returns on that investment.”

Stay tuned for our next episode, where she and Michael Shuman explore why equity and local investment are essential to sustainable change.

🎙️ Episode drops Thursday.

16/10/2025

In the latest episode of 🎙️ Lead the Change, host J. Renay Loper sits down with Lauren Kiel (Bard MBA Faculty + Global Head of Community Innovation, Bloomberg Media) and Alec Turnbull (Founder, Climate Tech Cities + Co-Founder, Climate Film Festival) to unpack how organizations are communicating—or choosing not to—about climate and ESG in 2025.

They dig into the rise of greenhushing, the fine line between silence and strategy, and what effective sustainability leadership looks like right now.

Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or Podbean — or here: https://hubs.ly/Q03N_9zy0

14/10/2025

Did you catch the latest episode?

Host Renay Loper sits down with Eban Goodstein, Director of the Bard MBA in Sustainability, and Reagan Richmond, Sustainability and Climate Expert at EY, to explore the state of sustainable business in 2025.

They discuss how leaders are navigating pushback, the bold strategies shaping the next chapter of climate action, and what it means to stay resilient in a shifting political and economic landscape.

Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Podbean — or find it here: https://hubs.ly/Q03NnScW0

17/09/2025

📣 New on the Lead the Change Podcast 🎙️

Recorded as part of Bard’s new Inside Sustainability Live series, host Renay Loper sits down with Bard MBA alum Reagan Richmond ’17 and Bard GPS Director Eban Goodstein to explore how companies can navigate sustainable business, climate risk, and leadership in polarized times.

🔑 Key insights:
1️⃣ Using resilience as a unifying narrative
2️⃣ Integrating climate + nature risk assessment
3️⃣ The Global South’s growing influence on sustainability

🎧 Listen now: https://hubs.ly/Q03JNWQp0

03/09/2025

♻️ It’s Zero Waste Week — and we’re revisiting some of our favorite conversations on rethinking waste.

From plastics to textiles to circular design, these leaders are proving that trash is just a resource in the wrong place:

✨ Eliminating the idea of waste with Tom Szaky, CEO and founder of TerraCycle US
✨ Closing the loop on textile waste with Jessica Schreiber + Camille Tagle, co-founders of FABSCRAP
✨ Transforming waste into valuable products with Isaac Nichelson, CEO and co-founder of Circular Systems
✨ Reducing classroom plastic waste with Heather Itzla, CEO and co-founder of The Wisdom Supply Co.

🎧 Listen to these episodes + more via the link in our bio.

27/08/2025

💍 When your favorite podcast is coming back soon and it feels like true love…

🎙 New episodes of Lead the Change drop this September!
✨ Subscribe now so you’re ready when the first one lands: https://hubs.ly/Q03FRT1F0

19/08/2025

🌍 Takeaway Tuesday: How can education and innovation create hope for children in conflict zones?

On World Humanitarian Day, we’re spotlighting Shiva Sarram, Founder and Executive Director of the Blossom Hill Foundation, and her vision for helping children thrive despite the challenges of war and displacement.

From coding schools for girls in Afghanistan to Montessori classrooms in Jordan and art therapy in Turkey, Blossom Hill invests in leaders who are building peace through education, innovation, and care.

💡 Key Takeaways:
1️⃣ Education is a tool for peacebuilding.
2️⃣ Investing in people drives lasting impact.
3️⃣ Measuring outcomes strengthens change.

🎧 Listen to Shiva’s full conversation on Lead the Change:
🔗 https://hubs.ly/Q03Dm6BC0

17/08/2025

🌟 Happy National Nonprofit Day! 🌟

We’re revisiting a favorite Lead the Change episode featuring Terreform ONE, a nonprofit using design to tackle biodiversity loss and combat extinction.

🎙 Hear cofounder Mitchell Joachim, PhD, share how bold, nature-driven design can shape a sustainable future.

🎧 https://hubs.ly/Q03D20gP0

15/08/2025

🎤 This is actually my favorite podcast. — Taylor Swift
😱 AAAAAGH! — Jason Kelce

We can’t confirm or deny if this exact conversation happened… but we can say Lead the Change is packed with big ideas, bold leaders, and stories worth shouting about.

🎧 Listen now: https://hubs.ly/Q03CB4sG0

08/08/2025

🔊 Back-to-School Listening (from the archives!): Can publishing drive cultural change?

📚 Chelsea Green Publishing has been proving it can for decades—pairing values-driven publishing with sustainable printing practices and a catalog that shaped the climate movement.

🎙️ In this classic episode of the Lead the Change podcast, Bard MBA students spoke with Margo Baldwin, Co-Founder & Publisher, about:
✅ Why books still matter in a digital world
✅ How publishing can be a tool for systems change
✅ What it takes to run a mission-driven company

Perfect listening as you sharpen pencils, update syllabi, or plan your fall reading list.

🎧 Listen in:
https://hubs.ly/Q03BkRX10

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The Impact Report: Stories From the Front Lines of Business & Sustainability Innovation

The Impact Report is the first podcast of its kind bringing together students, alumni and faculty in Bard College’s MBA in Sustainability Program with leaders in business, sustainability, and social entrepreneurship. The Impact Report features conversations with sustainability leaders from around the world, from the C-suite in New York City to social enterprises in rural Africa.

The Impact Report podcast emerged from the Sustainable Business Fridays podcast hosted by the Bard MBA in Sustainability program. Sustainable Business Fridays was first launched in 2013 as a live dial-in conversation series where Bard MBA students engaged with sustainability leaders around their work. In 2016, Sustainable Business Fridays moved the podcast format and has seen tremendous growth in the eighteen months since the launching of the podcast. The Bard MBA program is rebranding Sustainable Business Fridays as The Impact Report in February 2018.

The Impact Report partners with GreenBiz to publish excerpts of each podcast on The Sustainable MBA.