Eileen and Sage: The Stories We Believe In
On this episode of Formative, Eileen Lehpamer and middle schooler, Sage, discuss the importance of stories—the ones on the news and the ones we tell ourselves about who we are and what we’re capable o...
19 Nov 202417min
Larry and Lyric: Putting in the Work
On today’s episode of Formative, Larry Gallegos and middle schooler, Lyric, are joined in conversation. Larry is the Public Policy Manager at Lyft, and they bond over their love of law and debate. Lar...
12 Nov 202421min
Kathy and Gigi: Showing Up for Ourselves
Kathy Coughlin joins us today on Formative. Kathy is the Chief People Officer at Doherty Enterprises, a company focused on growing popular franchise restaurants like Panera Bread and Applebees. Joinin...
5 Nov 202420min
Gregg and Viduni: Taking Our Lemons and Making Lemonade
Gregg Bishop joins us today to kick off the eighth season of Formative! Gregg is the Executive Director of the Social Justice Fund, an organization with the ten year commitment to center its work aro...
29 Okt 202420min
Ashley and Nevaeh: Reaching a Healthy Balance
To wrap up this season of Formative, we are joined by Ashley Parke, a content creator in the fashion space. Ashley tells us about how learning to find balance has always been a constant theme in her c...
17 Sep 202416min
Dina and Atef: We All Want to Be Included
Dina Clark has always seen diversity and inclusion as a personal responsibility. 6th grader and co-host, Atef, joins Dina in conversation today to discuss Dina’s childhood pull toward inclusion and th...
10 Sep 202418min
Rio and Lauren: We Don’t Want to Know What the Future Holds
Rio Vander Stahl’s childhood dream was to become a cellist in the ranks of the great Yo-Yo Ma. But his career didn’t turn out that way, which makes his story much more fun. On this episode of Formativ...
3 Sep 202423min
Councilwoman Marmorato and Lamiya: Why Not Us?
Kristy Marmorato joins us on Formative today to discuss her journey from being a radiologic technologist to now serving as the Councilwoman for the 13th District of the New York City Council. In conve...
27 Aug 202411min
