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  • We Are Not Here By Accident | The B-Effect with Sister Bethany Fitzgerald, SJ

    Sister Bethany: “How does one become a butterfly? You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar…” Hello and welcome to The Butterfly Effect, a show about becoming. In this episode, we meet Sister Bethany Fitzgerald SJ, who, for more than 65 years, has been serving people…

  • Your Most Important Capital Is Resilience | B-Effect with Esosa Ohonba

    In this episode, we meet Esosa Ohonba, the founder of Layman, a justice-tech company that helps individuals and lawyers navigate civil legal processes. A graduate of the NYU School of Law, Esosa launched Layman to expand access to justice for self-represented persons and underserved communities. His work bridges law and technology to help close the…

  • Evidence Based Optimism in Complicated Times | B-Effect with Prof. Tania Israel

    Tania Israel | Photo credit: Laurie Bailey In this episode, we meet Prof. Tania Israel, an energizing voice of academia with ready-made and science-backed solutions on how to make our society better in grim reality. Learn with me from Tania on the power of dialogue and how to keep engaging with the people and the…

  • Purpose & Journalism in the Digital Era | B-Effect with Maida Maya Salkanović

    In this episode, we meet Maida Maya Salkanović, a journalist, anti-misinformation upstander, and a human rights activist. Maya connects Europe and North America with her passion for making an impact wherever she is and with whomever she interacts. Her profession is to share stories, and she does not shun herself from telling also those difficult…

  • Against All Odds | B-Effect with Katrice Williams

    In this episode, we meet Katrice Williams, a dreamer who turns her aspirations into achievements, from overcoming childhood challenges of abuse to becoming a Stanford alumna and an attorney deeply rooted in her passion for civil liberties and service within the Cleveland community. Currently, Katrice is reimagining her entire life in order to care for…

  • Redefining Strength & Living Forward with MS | B-Effect with Adam Nelczyk

    In this episode, we meet Adam Nelczyk, a researcher, biologist, and a champion of life. In 2022, Adam, filled with hopes and dreams right before finishing his PhD and starting a career in industry, received a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS), a chronic autoimmune neurodegenerative condition currently without a cure. However, Adam has not stopped…

  • Talking to Rivers | B-Effect with Tzintzun Aguilar-Izzo

    In this episode, I have the great pleasure of talking with Tzintzun Aguilar-Izzo, an environmental storyteller and community weaver based in Upstate New York. Tzintzun, through their art, films, activism, and community-building efforts, works to protect rivers and seeks to rebuild a sense of belonging between people and nature. Tzintzun is a co-founder of the Talking Wings Collective and a pursuer of optimism…

  • Can genocide and war stop you from achieving your dreams? | B-Effect with Keiday Ali

    In our first episode, I have the great pleasure of talking with a real-life hero, Keiday Ali: a survivor of the Darfur genocide, a person who was imprisoned seven times, a witness to the worst that humans can do to one another, and a tireless pursuer of education and self-growth. Currently, he is a Toronto-based…