Venerable Dr. Pooja Dabral is a Buddhist monk and an assistant professor at Nalanda University in Rajgir, India, a university which originally dates back to more than 1500 years. Her research focuses on Buddhist 'middle path' philosophy and psychology and Buddhist Psychology.

This conversation was recorded on January 28, 2025.

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Venerable Geshe Dorji Damdul is the director of the Tibet House, the Cultural Center of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in New Delhi, India. He previously served as the English translator to His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

This conversation was recorded on September 18, 2024.

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Sandeep Vaheesan is the legal director at the Open Markets Institute and a former adviser to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. He is a staunch advocate for antitrust regulation and consumer protection. He is the author of Democracy in Power: A History of Electrification in the United States.

This conversation was recorded in October 2023 and includes discussion about the FTC during the Biden administration.

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Yanis Varoufakis is a renowned Greek economist and bestselling author. He served as the Minister of Finance in Greece and co-founded the political party Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25). His books include Another Now and Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism.

This conversation was recorded in November 2024. Learn more about Yanis and Ramesh. Questions or comments? Email podcastutopias@gmail.com.

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Sara Dosa is an award-winning documentary director and producer, and Shane Boris is an award-winning documentary writer and producer. Their most recent collaboration, Fire of Love, was nominated for Best Documentary Feature Film at the 2023 Academy Awards.

This conversation was recorded in the spring of 2023.

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Nathan Schneider explores the intersection of democracy and technology as a professor of media studies and the director of the Media Economies Design Lab at the University of Colorado Boulder. He is a founder of the platform cooperativism movement and Occupy Wall Street.

This conversation was recorded in January 2024.

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Elaine McMillion Sheldon is an Academy Award-nominated and Peabody and Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker. Much of her film work, including her most recent film King Coal, is rooted in the culture and environment of her home region of Appalachia.

This conversation was recorded in October 2023.

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Nipun Mehta is a designer of large-scale social movements that are rooted in small acts of service. He is the founder of ServiceSpace, a global community working at the intersection of technology, volunteerism and gift culture. Mehta was honored as an Unsung Hero of Compassion by the Dalai Lama and appointed by President Barack Obama to a council addressing poverty and inequality in the U.S.

This conversation was recorded in March 2024.

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