Ellen McGirt

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S8E4: Ari Melenciano

Ari Melenciano is an artist, creative technologist, educator, and the founder of Afrotectopia, a social institution fostering interdisciplinary innovation.

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S8E3: Maxwell Anderson

Maxwell Anderson is the president of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation and Community Partnership.

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S8E2: Deanna Van Buren

Deanna Van Buren is the co-founder of Designing Justice Designing Spaces, a nonprofit working to end mass incarceration by building an alternative infrastructure.

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S8E1: Maurice Cherry

Maurice Cherry is the host of Revision Path and the principal and creative director at Lunch.

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How Janelle Monáe Built a Creative Empire on Her Own Terms

Janelle Monáe is a singer, songwriter, actor, and producer.

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S7E11: Paola Antonelli

Paola Antonelli is senior curator of the department of architecture and design at the Museum of Modern Art.

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S7E10: Elizabeth Alexander

Elizabeth Alexander is president of the Mellon Foundation.

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S7E8: James Rhee

James Rhee is executive chair and CEO of the fashion brand Ashley Stewart as well as the founder and president of the investment firm FirePine Group.

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S7E6: Courtney Cogburn

Courtney Cogburn is a professor at the Columbia School of Social Work and the co-creator of 1000 Cut Journey.

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S7E5: George Gendron + Patrick Mitchell

George Gendron is writer in residence at MIT’s integrated design and management program. Patrick Mitchell runs Modus Operandi Design.

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S7E4: Vivianne Castillo

Vivianne Castillo is senior design researcher at Salesforce.

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S7E3: Sara Hendren

Sarah Hendren is an artist, design researcher, and professor at the Olin College of Engineering.