Champions of the Lost Causes

Champions of the Lost Causes


Latest Episodes

Episode 70: Michael Lawrence-Riddle
December 16, 2024

Host Marvin Stockwell talks with Michael Lawrence-Riddle, Executive Director at Self-Evident Education, at his office in Northampton, MA. The two discuss Michael's work with educators, students and communities to encourage people to think critically about

Episode 69: Linda Zebian
November 11, 2024

Host Marvin Stockwell talks with Muck Rack Senior Director of Communications Linda Zebian at her home in Wilbraham, MA. The two discuss championing the cause of the free press in a polarized age of disinformation, and how, by developing relationships with

Episode 68: Christine Lutts
October 03, 2024

Host Marvin Stockwell talks withChristine Lutts, board chair of Friends of Greenlawn Cemetery, at herhome. Over the last twelve years, Christine and her organization have made steady progress in restoring Dickson Memorial Chapel & Conservatory and G

Episode 67: Alicia Lehrer
September 10, 2024

Host Marvin Stockwell talks to Alicia Lehrer, executive director of the Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council at her officein Providence, RI. The two discuss the group's origins, how their work to clean up the river and surrounding land has progres

Episode 66: Asima Jansveld
August 29, 2024

Host Marvin Stockwell talks to Friends of The High Line's Chief Program and Engagement Officer Asima Jansveld about The High Line's earliest days, facing down demolition threats, working through adversity and, finally, persevering! The two also ta

Episode 65: Rochelle Joseph
August 14, 2024

Host Marvin Stockwell talks toRochelle Joseph, board chair of Support The Pink House, a group working to preserve the historiclandmark, which has drawn countless photographers to capture its unique beauty. The 10-year fight to save it has had many twist

Episode 64: Nupur Chaudhury
August 05, 2024

Host Marvin Stockwell talks with ioby CEO Nupur Chaudhury at the Sheraton Hotel lounge in Brooklyn. The two discuss how ioby has grown and changed over the years to help fund neighborhood-level change all over the country, which include Marvin's own c

Episode 63: Kim Yim
July 22, 2024

Host Marvin Stockwell talks to Kim Yim, president of thePleasant Village Community Garden in East Harlem. What began as people seed-bombing vacant lots in the early 1970s to beautify their neighborhood grew into a community garden that serves as a place

Episode 62: Doug Pick
July 13, 2024

Host Marvin Stockwell talks to Feed More President and CEO Doug Pick about the organization's efforts tocollect, prepare and distribute food to people facing hunger across 34 Central Virginia cities and counties. The two talk about Feed More's or

Episode 61: Christopher Reyes and Kathryn Hicks
June 28, 2024

Host Marvin Stockwell talks to two of his fellow co-founders of Baron Von Opperbean and the River of Time (BVO), Chief Visionary Officer Christopher Reyes and Chief of Games and Technology Kathryn Hicks, on location at the former site of the Mississippi R