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The Make Meaning Podcast

Dec 28, 2020

Growing up in the Chabad Lubavitch community, Bassie Shemtov always knew she’d devote her life to service. So when she married and moved to Michigan, she and her husband set about dedicating their life and family to building friendships with people in isolation.

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Dec 21, 2020

When many people receive life-altering medical news, they don’t see it as opportunity. Keisha Greaves does. As founder of Girls Chronically Rock and an inspiring advocate for the disability community, Keisha embraced her situation and let it motivate her to live her best life.

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Dec 14, 2020

She calls herself an eco-warrior, and her mission started early in life. By the age of 8, Kehkashan Basu was already advocating for sustainability, and now as a university student in Toronto and the founder of the Green Hope Foundation, she shows no signs of slowing down.

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Dec 7, 2020

Eric Hale says he’s not trying to be the best teacher; he’s trying to be the most impactful educator in the country. As Texas Teacher of the Year, and the first African-American man to be awarded this honor, Eric raised more than $100,000 in the last two years for his economically challenged school district in the...


Nov 30, 2020

When his young daughter faced a rare form of cancer as a baby, Jim Rajan turned his family’s life upside down for the sole purpose of finding a way to help her survive. He left a high-profile career that included working for MTV U.K., and moved his family to Spain, where his daughter recovered and Jim built a life on...