Sounds Good Podcast

Danielle Coke uses art to educate and inspire millions online about anti-racism and allyship. In this episode, Dani shares five steps to allyship during a crisis and how we can maintain hope.

Katherine Gehl says reforming our voting system is the solution to political division and gridlock. Our current political system makes polarization and incivility commonplace and compromise nearly impossible, but ranked choice voting promises to make efficient cooperation possible.

Dr. Rick Hanson is a psychologist who creatively works at the intersection of three circles: psychology, neuroscience, and contemplative wisdom. In this conversation, he speaks to the empowerment that comes with using our inner resources for hardwiring happiness in relationship with pain.

Fine art photographer Brooke Shaden brought the Promoting Passion Convention to life — a series of hands-on workshops and creative panel discussions dedicated to helping artists make a difference with their passion. In this episode, Branden and Brooke hash out the belief that the greatest gift an artist has is to share your unique self.

Nigerian American professional soccer player, Amobi Okugo, has had an incredible journey in the world of soccer ever since he was young. In this conversation, Branden and Amobi unpack how his journey has unfolded as a professional athlete who is passionate about educating and guiding the next generation of athletes in living a life well-spent.

In their second Sounds Good conversation together, Branden and Amber Rae dive deep into the process of writing her newest book, Choose Wonder Over Worry and more.

In 2005, Shawn Askinosie left his career as a criminal defense lawyer to start a bean-to-bar chocolate factory, Askinosie Chocolate, and never looked back. In this conversation, Branden and Shawn explore the journey of weaving social responsibility into everything we do — the overarching idea that doing more is not enough, but work worth doing is.