Champions of the Lost Causes
Latest Episodes
Episode 66: Asima Jansveld
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
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
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
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
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
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
Episode 60: John Carroll
Host Marvin Stockwell talks to City Leadership executive director John Carroll at his Crosstown Concourse office. The two explore how the nonprofit helps recruit, catalyze and develop leaders at every level to help Memphis grow and thrive.
Episode 59: Marvin Stockwell
Guest host/producer J.D. Reager interviews Champions of the Lost Causes founder Marvin Stockwell at the Memphis Listening Lab. They discuss last summer's podcast road trip, what's next for the show, the Mid-South Coliseum, and more.
Episode 58: Libby Crimmings
Host Marvin Stockwell talks to Libby Crimmings, president of Atlas Community Studios, at her office in Des Moines, Iowa. The pandemic showed everyone just how portable some types of work can be, and that was an advantage to small to midsize cities looking
Episode 57: Joe Vital and Dean Dovolis
Host Marvin Stockwell talks to Joe Vital and Dean Dovolis of the East Phillips Neighborhood Institute at Dean's office in Minneapolis. With the help of many, Joe and Dean have championed the cause of the East Phillips Depot, a building that people in