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.

Timba Smits is an award-winning designer, artist, illustrator and part-time crime fighter based in East London. In this episode Timba shares about his life growing up in Melbourne, Australia, working hard to accomplish his goals, and overcoming a difficult time in his life.

Elsie Larson is a brilliant blogger, entrepreneur and all-around creative person. Elsie runs the popular blog A Beautiful Mess with her sister and through A Beautiful Mess has launched a handful of bestselling apps, dozens of courses, a number of products, and of course thousands of blog posts.

Ryan O’Neal is the singer-songwriter and composer behind the band Sleeping At Last. His music has been featured in the Twilight saga, The Fault in Our Stars trailer, and dozens of other shows. This week Branden talked with Ryan about how he got where he is, his creative process, & what inspires him.

Nirrimi Firebrace is an award-winning Australian photographer. She runs an incredibly popular blog called Fire & Joy, where she’s shared her beautiful, sometimes heartbreaking, and always hopeful life story through photos and words since she was a young teenager.