Episode 217: Why Are All The Grocery Stores Closing?
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The concept of a food desert isn't new. Traditional models for food distribution struggle in areas with high concentrations of poverty. This week, Meg and Alex talk about the third grocery store to close nearby and talk about what might work in the community.
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Episode 216: It's Ok To Get It Wrong
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No one ever gets it right one hundred percent of the time. This week, Meg and Alex talk about what to do when you get something wrong and give some advice on how to develop the habbit of constant improvement.
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Episode 215: The Benefits and Challenges Of A Meritocracy
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This week Meg and Alex talk about the benefits and challenges of living in a meritocracy, speficically as it pertains to areas of concentrated poverty.
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Episode 214: Christmas At We Got This
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This week, Meg and Alex talk about scarcity around the holidays and the annual gift shop at We Got This.
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Episode 213: The Bubble
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All of us have routines and patterns that create bubbles for us. This week, Meg and Alex talk about that value in reaching outside of our bubbles and share how that can benefit us personally and benefit the world around us.
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Episode 212: It Seemed Like A Good Idea
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Why does anyone do what they do? For most of us, we choose to do whatever seems like a good idea at the time. This week, Meg and Alex talk about how living in the inner city seemed like a good idea 20 years ago and how it still does today.
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Episode 211: SNAP Part 2
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This week Meg and Alex continue their conversation on SNAP and give a little insight on what it might be like to be reliant on a safety net like SNAP.
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Episode 210: SNAP
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Every few years, we get moments in time where the call to do something becomes louder while simultaneously, the questioning on why we should care becomes more targeted. The suspension of SNAP benefits may have been one of those times. This week, Meg and Alex talk about SNAP benefits and our societies preference that programs like SNAP to not exist.
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Episode 209: Using AI To Make Systemic Change
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This week, Meg and Alex dream a little bit about how the current and future advancements in artificial intelligence could promote progress in inner city neighborhoods.
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Episode 208: The Perception Of The Neighborhood
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For years the perception of our neighborhood has been one of the biggest things holding it back. This week we talk about neighborhood perception and talk about reasons someone would want to stay here.
info_outlineIt's garden season. This week, Meg and Alex recap week 1 at We Got This and talk about the muscle known as responsibility and how kids at We Got This get to grow that muscle throughout the summer.